BBSes (Was Re: 8-bit War (Was Processor balance))

From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit_at_lerctr.org>
Date: Thu Nov 16 15:17:59 2000

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> What you perhaps fail to realize is the a "BBS" is an expression of an
> extremely ancient human trait (sit around and flame each other :-) The dial
> in kind of the 70's gave way to vastness of Usenet and are now being
> replaced by web sites that behave in much the same way. All we've done is
> removed the modem and xmodem and replaced them with web browsers and ftp. A
> telnet version of a BBS would be even easier. I think this is sort of
> exemplified in what Slashdot does.

You can find telnettable BBS's (RBBS, Fido, WWIV, etc.) by searching
around. Be sure your Telnet program is ansi-compatible, or you'll
miss some R377Y K3WL FX! :-)
Received on Thu Nov 16 2000 - 15:17:59 GMT