#bbsing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bbsing, aggregated by home.social.
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In the decade after Ward Christensen and Randy Suess created the first BBS, there was a growing tension between commerce and the common good.
BBSes were born in a spirit of openness and sharing, but it wasn't just a hobby anymore, according to folks like Jack Rickard and Phil Becker. It was "an emerging growth industry of unprecedented opportunity."
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/16/business-of-bbsing-ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-4/
#retrocomputing #ansiart #textmode #ansi #bbs #bbsing #computerhistory #history #mastoart #comics #digipres
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In the early 1990s, as BBSes turned into businesses, some sysops and developers started making real money.
Could ANSI artists and publishers do the same?
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/16/business-of-bbsing-ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-4/
Part 4 of my series "ANSI art and webcomics" is here!
#retrocomputing #ansiart #textmode #ansi #bbs #bbsing #computerhistory #history #mastoart #comics #digipres
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Feb. 16, 1978 -- forty eight years ago today -- the first public dial-up bulletin board system or BBS went online.
Wired: "1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems..."
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/
I got my first modem in the summer of 1986, a Prometheus ProModem 1200A (modem on a card) for the Apple II. The first BBS I logged in to was OxGate, an RBBS/RCPM system the phone number of which I still can remember (my earliest BBS software -- firmware-based on that modem card -- had no phone book). I used BBSs avidly until sometime in 1994, when I subscribed to a local ISP's (Widomaker of Williamsburg, VA) dial-up modem-based PPP service that brought TCP/IP to my 486 PC with Windows 3.1. I could then browse the web from home, and that was basically the end of BBSing for me -- for the moment, anyway.
For those interested in experiencing this early form of online community, there are many BBSs online right now, accessible via telnet on systems old and new. I've enjoyed getting back into BBSing this way, especially when using vintage systems to login.
Most any computer can do it, today. Tips on how: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing
#BulletinboardSystem #BBS #BBSing #telnet #dialup #modem #online #terminals #terminalprograms #computinghistory #history #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #nostalgia #ATDT #onlineforums #preinternet #internet #communication #RBBS #AppleII #CRT #memories #Wired #tech #technews #technology
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"Dialed" into the Mac Studio wirelessly across the room for some IRCing on old hardware, here as the snow falls. ❄️
I had to modify the plist and shell config scripts I'd setup on the Mac since "upgrading" to macOS 26 Tahoe to get this working without gripes in the terminal.
#Mac #macOS #terminal #serialterminal #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinginthesnow #AppleII #AppleIIe #MacStudio #ProTerm #BBSing #IRCing #BBS #IRC #WiFi232 #login #telnet #WiFimodem #computers #CRT #floppydrive #ByteCellar #BASH #photo #UNIX
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BBSing with some tracker tunes tonight.
#BBS #BBSing #blinkenlights #tracker #trackermusic #mods #chiptune #Telix #DOS #PC #retrowave #mancave #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #GUS #gravisultrasound #cubicplayer #vumeter #vibe #Tandy #CRT #video #level29bbs #ByteCellar
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A pretty fascinating multi-part look at the IGS BBS protocol (Instant Graphics, later Instant Graphics & Sound) on the Atari ST.
This is part of the #BBS scene that I missed, I must say. By 1990 I was still BBSing full tilt, but had moved off of Atari.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2024/08/01/instant-graphics-and-sound-part-1-introduction/
#BBSing #BulletinBoardSystem #dialup #Atari #AtariST #IGS #BBSs #telecommunications #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #TOS #GEM #modems #blog #screenshot
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Logged into the Level 29 BBS via TiPiPEB, using its ANSI-supporting telnet app connected via WiFi. 80-column display courtesy of F18a video board.
#TI99 #TI994A #TiPi #RPi #BBS #BBSing #vintagecomputers #retrocomputers #photo #setup #ByteCellar #CRT #VGA #tech #vintagetech
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Happy Baud Day, everyone!!
3/12/24
In honor of this singular occasion, I share two facing pages from the modem section of a 1983 Inmac computer supply catalog, for your enjoyment.
Let the festivities commence!
#BaudDay #Baud #bps #modem #telecommunications #computinghistory #BBS #BBSing #terminals #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintagetech #tech #hardware #computing #holiday #celebration #March
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ANSI BBSing on the TI-99/4A.
Raspberry Pi 3 interfaced to the TI-99 via peripheral expansion card and F18A video hardware replacement enabling 80-column, 16-color text. Logged in via WiFi232 device connected to Myarc serial card.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/46317912492/in/album-72157707233990765/
#TI99 #TI994a #BBS #BBSing #RaspberryPi #Tipi #hardware #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #electronics #cables #vintagetech #tech