[NetBehaviour] Remembering BBS Boards

[marc garrett]

Hi Simon & all,

I think a wiki is definately a good start. I can see a possible
collaboration happening here ;-)

marc
> Perhaps a Wiki is a good place to start – we can all throw in what we
> remember and see what we have.
>
> Simon Biggs
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> *From: *marc garrett <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org>
> *Reply-To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
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> *Date: *Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:59:35 +0100
> *To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
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> *Subject: *Re: [NetBehaviour] Remembering BBS Boards
>
> 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)
> <http://www.irational.org/cybercafe%29>
> >>
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