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The 25th Anniversary of the BBS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arbitrary-dates dept.

Jason Scott writes "25 years ago today, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess officially announced the creation of a little project they threw together with a 300 baud Hayes modem, a Z-80 based S-100 computer, and a phone line. They called it "Chicago Bulletin Board System" (CBBS) and it was the first dial-up BBS. From this beginning, BBSes grew into the many thousands and became an entire industry, and when the Internet started to mature with the World Wide Web, the users who had cut their teeth on BBSes moved over to it. So raise a toast to these two fellows for a quarter century of great online times."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. Early Post for MAKE IT STOP ARRGGHH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He is the Chosen One! Follow in his path!

  3. me too by matt4077 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    somebody just _had_ to say it

    --
    Fleur de Sel
  4. Y.A.P.S. MAKE IT STOP ARRGGHH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yet Another Post Saluting MAKE IT STOP ARRGGHH! Stay strong in the struggle bro!

  5. Stop the geekness! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For example, look at Seumas McNally!

    He died in March 21, 2000! He's a geek and he's dead! The man was great, yet being a geek obviously hurts your immune system and he died of Hodgekin's lymphoma!

    I'm talking to all of you, more-so the trolls that spend all their time spamming slashdot!

    Get outside, peel and eat a fresh orange, ride a bicycle! DO SOMTHING! DON"T LET YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TAKE A SHIT ON YOU!