Bulletin board system
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A bulletin board system, also called a computer bulletin board service, is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal or a terminal emulator. Once l
Ward Christensen holds an expansion card from the original CBBS S-100 host machine.
The 300 baud Smartmodem led to an initial wave of early bulletin board systems.
Amiga 3000 running a two-line BBS
BBS ANSI Login Screen example
FidoNet
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FidoNet is a worldwide computer network that is used for communication between bulletin board systems. It uses a store-and-forward system to exchange private and public messages between the BBSes in t
Bulletin board system
…and exchanging messages with other users through public message boards and sometimes via direct chatting. In the early 1980s, message networks such as FidoNet were developed to provide services such as NetMail, which is similar to internet-based email. Many BBSes also offered online games in which users could…
Hand-compiled list of Fido BBS systems, June 1984. This document formed the basis of the first nodelists.