[vcf-midatlantic] A 1986 bulletin board system has brought the old Web back to life in 2017

RETRO Innovations go4retro at go4retro.com
Sun Apr 9 02:14:49 EDT 2017


On 4/9/2017 1:00 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>> Well, this is interesting ...
>>>
>>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/a-1986-bulletin-board-system-has-brought-the-old-web-back-to-life-in-2017/ 
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Nice to know something I wrote in 2004 or so (tcpser) is still being 
>> used.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Hi Jim.
>
> My response was nothing against your product! :)  Just meant what the 
> person did with it isn't THAT impressive vs. a real BBS.

Understood

I would ask what we all consider a "real" bbs, then, as the user is 
running the system on a real Apple II, as far as I can tell.  The only 
thing differing is the choice of modem (virtual versus real POTS)

Jim


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