Subj : Re: I need help from BBS experts! To : alt.bbs.ads From : "Max" Date : Wed Dec 24 2003 01:50 am "Tom Miller" wrote in message news:vues2lqsvqvh4b@corp.supernews.com... > Rumor has it that the bbs system that started it all by a guy named > Christiansion (sp) who wrote it on some tiny little pre-ibm OS. It has > maybe 4 message areas, e-mail and a download area that was expanded so it > could handle 4 files.... > That would be Ward Christensen and he had help from Randy Seuss. You can email Randy at Randy@chinet.com and talk to him about the very first BBS but I can tell you this much: It was written on an IBM OS, it had no more than 4 message areas and NO FILES AREAS. If you want proof of this, talk to Randy. The first BBS's name was the Chicagoland Bulletin Board System which was later renamed Ward and Randy's. I was a member of this BBS. -- Max Email: mikohn@ameritech.net ICQ: 4609988 AOL/AIM: SeekingMyFreedom Yahoo: SeekingOurFreedom .