Most kids I speak to know nothing of usenet. Would doubt they’d know BBS. I always thought BBS was parallel,not before? I mean I had friends who posted in the early 80s on usenet.
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MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s interesting he went s far as to include UseNet, but did not cover the networked BBS subject. I wonder if he even knows about them. I find most younger people have no idea what a BBS is, or how they worked.
I was exchanging email with people as far away as Finland who had the common interest of Amiga computers. I am in the USA, and that was in 1985 or 6.
UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.world 9 months ago
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I meant far as in deep. UseNet was for academics because it wea hosted on ARPANET and linked via mainframes and omnicompetent.
BBS were hosted by Joe Geek in his basement and might have been connected worldwide via Fidonet. The masses had access to BBS.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I’m aware of the concept of BBS, but have no real idea of what they were or how they worked beyond what’s depicted in a few movies from the 80s like Wargames
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Imagine you are hosting your own discord and game server in your basement with a dozen modems ready to receive connections. Now add Facebook and email services. You have a BBS.