BBSes were pre-public internet, not part of the internet. The connected ones were a separate network in and of themselves. I ran a WWIV BBS in the late 80s to early 90s that had its own networking system allowing communication, and even file sharing between instances. It was pretty sophisticated for the time, but hella slow over my 14.4k modem.
WWIV did migrate to using the internet for connection, and maybe others did as well. Perhaps that’s what you were considering with this comment?
Yeah I know, I was not answering the question properly here. In my head I was thinking “best thing about computer communication” I guess. I didn’t run a bbs on the internet, but I did before it. :)
Best thing about the internet was being able to find what I was looking for, before corporations wanted to monetize everything.
BBSes :) Because it was fantastic that we could dial eachothers computers and just share files and chat. Before that every computer were an island.
I feel the same with the fediverse now. The tech can create communities where people can talk without big tech being involved.
BBSes were pre-public internet, not part of the internet. The connected ones were a separate network in and of themselves. I ran a WWIV BBS in the late 80s to early 90s that had its own networking system allowing communication, and even file sharing between instances. It was pretty sophisticated for the time, but hella slow over my 14.4k modem.
WWIV did migrate to using the internet for connection, and maybe others did as well. Perhaps that’s what you were considering with this comment?
Yeah I know, I was not answering the question properly here. In my head I was thinking “best thing about computer communication” I guess. I didn’t run a bbs on the internet, but I did before it. :)
Best thing about the internet was being able to find what I was looking for, before corporations wanted to monetize everything.