Sunday, 25 January 2009

A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and login to the system using a terminal program. Once a user logged in, they could perform functions such as downloading or uploading software and data, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. Many BBSes also offered online games, in which users could compete with each other, and BBSes with multiple phone lines often offered chat rooms, allowing users to meet each other.
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  1. NClancy1926 January 2009 at 05:02

    RINCY

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  2. CurlyWurly28 January 2009 at 18:15

    hey, have u got an example of a BBS site?

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  3. Matt Bemment29 January 2009 at 18:19

    The website textfiles.com serves as a collection point of historical data involving the history of the BBS. The owner of this site produced BBS: The Documentary, a program on DVD that features interviews with well-known people (mostly from the United States) from the "hey-day BBS" era.

    There is also Pay BBSes such as The WELL and Echo NYC are admired for their tightly-knit communities and quality discussion forums.

    Some BBSes, called "elite boards" or "Warez boards", were exclusively used for distributing illegally copied software.

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