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>You've just described a BBS. Some are still around, accessible via telnet/SSH. right, but that misses the point a bit; being connected to others on the system
by serf 4y ago
>You've just described a BBS. Some are still around, accessible via telnet/SSH.
right, but that misses the point a bit; being connected to others on the system at the time was basically frictionless -- no need to connect somewhere, you were already on the same machine.
saying "hey bob, connect to X bbs" is a bit different; you're not already working there -- it requires user intervention to experience.
- ptman 4y agoYou usually didn't have a local computer. Or if you did, it was just about powerful enough to call into a mainframe and act as a terminal.