[NetBehaviour] Remembering BBS Boards

[mez breeze]

on another [related] note: any thoughts on the AT&T block against
4chan? surprised net/b/'s don't have anything 2 say re it:
http://www.centralgadget.com/att-blocking-access-to-portions-of-4chan-2336/

/m/


On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:59 PM, marc
garrett<marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I thought that I'd Step back into the BBS discussion - I've been away
> for a couple of days so I missed out.
>
> As Alan mentioned, it would be very fascinating and great for
> contemporary Internet users if there was a publication about BBS
> culture. Especially grass root BBS's - features around various artists,
> thinkers, activists and groups who used them at the time and where they
> are now...
>
> marc
>
>
>
>
>> I've wanted to see a history of these for years - there was and still is,
>> http://www.mono.org that I was on for quite a while. Their cultures were
>> amazing and really undocumented (I feel the same about newsgroups, in
>> spite of Google, and early IRC) and important since they grew into other
>> modes of "web 2.0" which should be "web 0.0" or some such - ascii-based
>> community.
>>
>> Anyway, thanks!
>>
>> - Alan
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, marc garrett wrote:
>>
>>> Remembering BBS Boards
>>>
>>> A few of the BBS Boards I used before the Internet and its early days -
>>> Fast Breeder, Cybercafe, New World Disorder, ENTITY, Blue Obsession,
>>> Darkness Descends and many more...
>>>
>>> "A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software
>>> that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal
>>> program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading
>>> and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and
>>> exchanging messages with other users, either through electronic mail or
>>> in public message boards. Many BBSes also offer on-line games, in which
>>> users can compete with each other, and BBSes with multiple phone lines
>>> often provide chat rooms, allowing users to interact with each other."
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system
>>>
>>> My main involvement with BBS Boards began with Cybercafe with a certain
>>> MR.Bunting (http://www.irational.org/cybercafe)
>>>
>>> marc
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