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RIP Mr. Suess, and I hope you're not cringing too much at "Mr. Suess and Mr. Christiansen built their electronic bulletin board using a personal computer called
by jejones3141 7y ago
RIP Mr. Suess, and I hope you're not cringing too much at "Mr. Suess and Mr. Christiansen built their electronic bulletin board using a personal computer called the S-100."
- flomo 7y agoThat sentence conveyed an important fact, but is missing a word or two for technical accuracy. Hopefully, after a long full life, he had much more important things to cringe about! Glad the Times published his obit even with this bit.
- 8bitsrule 7y agoHere's a PDF of the 1978 Byte with all the details. http://vintagecomputer.net/cisc367/byte%20nov%201978%20computerized%20BBS%20-%20ward%20christensen.pdf http://vintagecomputer.net/cisc367/byte%20nov%201978%20compu...
- flomo 7y agoSuper interesting primary source with the technical details and a bit about how they built the community. Thanks and merry christmas!