BBS's

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Sun Nov 19 17:04:43 2000

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus_at_canit.se>
To: "Geoff Roberts" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: BBS's


> Geoff Roberts skrev:
>
> >I play with teletypes a lot, perhaps a global mechanical TTY network,
> >LOL.
>
> I've got an article in an old issue of Radio & Television about
building your
> own radio-teletype. It is dated 1974, and really seems like the
forerunner to
> the BBSes.

There was stuff like that around until relatively recently. There were
RTTY BBS programs, which
were your basic BBS msg board etc, but designed to work with Baudot TTY
machines.
Some survived as an adjunct to Packet, I think the one in Adelaide only
closed down it's RTTY gateway last year.

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie,
South Australia
geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe_at_tell.net.au
ICQ: 1970476
Received on Sun Nov 19 2000 - 17:04:43 GMT