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Happy BBSday !!
On this day today in 1978, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess took the world's first bulletin board system (the "CBBS") officially online.
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Hackaday Links: November 24, 2024 https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2024/ #HackadayColumns #perpetualmotion #WardChristensen #opticalsorting #Hackadaylinks #bulletinboard #hackadaylinks #machinevision #simulation #Smartring #timepiece #wearable #openems #XMODEM #Atmos #casio #clock #KiCAD #watch #bbs #emc
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Hackaday Links: November 24, 2024 - We received belated word this week of the passage of Ward Christensen, who died un... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/24/hackaday-links-november-24-2024/ #hackadaycolumns #perpetualmotion #wardchristensen #opticalsorting #hackadaylinks #bulletinboard #machinevision #simulation #smartring #timepiece #wearable #openems #xmodem #atmos #casio #clock #kicad #watch #bbs #emc
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R.I.P. Ward Christensen
Co-Creator of one of the earliest forms of Social Media — BBS
#BBS #CBBS #retroComputing #socialMedia #vintageComputing #wardChristensen
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#Requiescat For #WardChristensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/
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Before the world wide web arrived in my house, I used to dial in to local BBSes (which were advertised in the Yellow Pages!) and download Commander Keen and other shareware games. It was a good—though brief—time before the internet swallowed everything.
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'On Friday, #WardChristensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (#BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with #RandySuess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today.'
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Sad to hear of #LillyLedbetter passing on. My spouse met her a few times. Her work was so important & so glad there was an act named after her.
Also sad to hear of #WardChristensen passing on. BBS were the only way this non-drinking introvert could meet people back then.
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@arstechnica this is sad. It was the #bbs world that got me online at such speeds as 300 and 1200 baud and in 40x20 characters with at best 4 colours. I was still able to send email though.... ahh #fidonet
RIP #wardchristensen online pioneer.