#bbses — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bbses, aggregated by home.social.
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@paul_ipv6 Right on! I asked my first question about #Kermit on Usenet in 1996!
If you happened to enjoy using #BBSes back in the day, Kermit's character set translation feature makes it really easy to connect to a telnet #BBS and see ANSI CP437 graphics in today's UTF-8 world. https://www.openkermit.org/ckermit/bbs/ tells how.
One command does it: "set terminal character-set cp437 utf8". Also it's bidirectional!
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Way back in the 1970s/1980s, before the Fediverse, before the web, there was an even older open network: "bulletin board systems" or BBSes.
You can watch a multi-part documentary about the history of the BBS network at:
➡️ https://fedi.video/w/p/h6CMyFnbdPZXpaRpMCBKdk
The episodes are themed rather than chronological, so you can watch any episodes you want in any order.
#BBS #BulletinBoards #BBSes #CreativeCommons #ComputingHistory #RetroComputing
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BBSing big with MuffinTerm on the Mac.
#BBS #BBSing #BBSes #MuffinTerm #Mac #dialup #telnet #Apple #MacStudio #LG #LGDualUp #setups #desk #NoMansSky #video #ByteCellar
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This reminds me of the "MCI" tricks we'd do on #Citadel #BBSes, where some control code would print out the name of the currently-logged in user (`^An`, I think it was).
https://void.rehab/notes/a2w70590l19fwyje -
As the snow keeps falling outside, I am reminded that snowdays are the best time to BBS. Always have been.
https://bytecellar.com/2022/01/11/bbsing-in-the-snow-is-the-best-way-to-log-in/
#BBS #BBSing #BBSes #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #AppleII #blog #photo #Apple #CRT #telnet #dialup #nostalgia #modems #memories
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When I describe #IGS as being a "niche community," you might wonder "how niche?"
Only 15% of U.S. households owned a #computer in 1990, when IGS hit its stride, according to the Census Bureau.
And even among those, calling #BBSes wasn't common. Just 23% of adults' computer systems in 1989 included modems.
Few owned an #AtariST. At its peak in 1987, #Atari sold 400,000 ... Compared with 6 million PCs sold the same year.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc
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"Today, many folks look back with fondness on the early days of computer-based messaging. Depending on age, they may wax nostalgic for #bbses #Usenet, or #webforums. All these technologies still exist, although either barely used or are full of spam. It’s hard not to think that something may have been lost.
Perhaps the future isn’t one of endless growth for all-powerful corporations but a return to smaller, more personal “third spaces” where we can feel comfortable."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/first-post-a-history-of-online-public-messaging/ -
@scott Here you go!
Love the pull quote — "We don't have to eat at Taco Bell anymore. We can eat at Jack in the Box."
#doom #apcidoom #gaming #retrogaming #newspapers #localnews #bbsing #bbses
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From the story:
> As committed as these Forest Park residents are to computer games, even they are sometimes stunned by the intensity of their clients.
> They recall two men who teamed up to play Trade Wars 2002 continuously in five-hour shifts for two weeks. They recall partners who fell out over games and now won't talk to one another. They note that some players log on for six-hour stretches. Computer games? Heck, these are more like addictive substances."
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Though I have plenty more "photos of dudes posing with computers", I decided to share just one more — my favorite.
I love how the Cincinnati Post forced these three "major players" to squeeze together into a corner beside the PC running their gaming BBS.
Their board allowed users to play Doom II, Heretic, Descent, and other games head-to-head.
#bbsing #bbses #bbs #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #history #newspapers #localnews #photos #oldphotos #the90s #gaming #retrogaming #vintagegaming
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I give you ... MORE "photos of dudes posing with computers, for newspaper profiles of their bulletin board systems in the 1990s."
#bbsing #bbses #bbs #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #history #newspapers #localnews #photos #oldphotos #the90s
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I give you ... "Photos of dudes (and one lady) posing with computers, for newspaper profiles of their bulletin board systems."
#bbsing #bbses #bbs #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #history #newspapers #localnews
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If you were born on or after 1970, it's interesting to see what major #tech events happened in the year you were born: https://techcentral.co.za/what-happened-in-tech-year-you-were-born/237474/?utm_source=Mastodon
My year is 1980. It's a pity that they don't mention #BBSes or #FidoNet, because both of those were, IMO, pretty important precursors to the modern #Internet and social networks (I ran a #BBS in the early 1990s, and it was connected to a FidoNet network).
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@DBailey635 @ldodds And the funkiest one-operator #BBSes were occasionally unavailable because their owner was using the phone line themselves. I know because I ran one on a #Amiga 500 with two floppy disk drives out of my bedroom.
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@stublad @SpindleyQ I’m often saddened that I missed out on #Habitat, but it was limited to #QuantumLink and as a teenager I couldn’t abide the per-minute charges when I could dial into local #BBSes for free.
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BBSes were slightly before my time, but it seems they were very much in the spirit of the Fediverse.
There's a really good documentary series about them called "BBS: The Documentary", it was made in 2005.
You can watch the series on PeerTube at:
Episode 1 - https://fedi.video/w/tg9fLgWc3xfFEwuPLGSZqv
Ep 2 - https://fedi.video/w/fKKGi7DMESVgG4BRvxQ2Qt
Ep 3 - https://fedi.video/w/kUdTQTeLyAdbwM5TcsKkPR
Ep 4 - https://fedi.video/w/4b6j4HXJuKFpQbF92jRx1C
Ep 5 - https://fedi.video/w/7jNrzMA2ktfVh1XozC56Fo
Ep 6 - https://fedi.video/w/k75mXqRdBoVeVcgxSFgoZZ
Ep 7 - https://fedi.video/w/k8L1kco3pFW3JMLfzU3RE5
Ep 8 - https://fedi.video/w/mWPZj3m2Kz9UethNxQoVP5Posting as a lot of the issues they had to deal with sound very familiar to anyone who uses the Fediverse today.
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 8 - SEA vs PKWARE
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 7 - The End of the BBS
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 6 - The Underground BBS
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 5 - ANSI Artscene
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 4 - Fidonet
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 3 - The BBS Industry
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 2 - Sysops and their Users
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BBS: The Documentary (2005) - Episode 1 - The Beginnings of the BBS
