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This is basically how computers in the 80s and part of the 90s worked. I wonder if we could really bring back modems and BBS. How could we make that happen aga

This is basically how computers in the 80s and part of the 90s worked. I wonder if we could really bring back modems and BBS. How could we make that happen again? I feel like with modern internet, we’re stuck in this streaming TV, social media daze.

aspenmayer 1y ago
They never really went away, just sort of evolved, but a lot of the old ways were lost. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF_Public_Access_Unix_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF_Public_Access_Unix_System Impulse: We Resurrected Underground 1990s BBS Software in 2025.. With Docker [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44422006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44422006