Bulletin Board Systems
Videos about the Computer Bulletin Board System Scene (BBS) of the 80's. These private individuals were the pioneers of early electronic communications. Using old tech dial up modems they bounced Fidonet network ftsc mail packets worldwide. Though most of those early bbs systems are gone, many like Doc's Place BBS are still online today providing Fidonet BBS access through http and telnet, and are quite active despite their text based interfaces.
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Computer Bulletin Board Systems & The Fidonet Network Online
Added 506 Views / 0 LikesA look back in time when computer bulletin board system operators and the Fidonet network ruled early communications. Doc explains how it worked and toward the end adds a real-time HTTP and Telnet narrated screen video tours from yesteryear. Founded in 19
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Doc's Place BBS 'Computer Bulletin Board System' Video Tour
Added 166 Views / 0 LikesThis is a narrated screen video tour of Doc's Place BBS that first went online in 1991. It is still active today at bbs.www.fidosysop.org and was upgraded to allow access from the Internet via the www and telnet in 1997. It's how we first communicated lon
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BBS Telnet Tour Video
Added 455 Views / 0 LikesFidonet BBS Telnet Tour Video. See how we connected by dial up modem to send messages worldwide before the net went public.
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