Subj : Re: computers
To   : Utopian Galt
From : J0hnny A1pha
Date : Sun Jul 21 2024 15:47:52

BY: Utopian Galt (21:4/108)
On Saturday,July 20, 2024 at 06:20 PM, Utopian Galt (21:4/108) wrote:

UG> BY: Spectre (21:3/101)
UG> 
UG> |11S|09> |10Here a lot of BBS became early dialup ISPs.  I believe 90%
UG> |11S|09> of dialup BBS|07
UG> |11S|09> |10were|07
UG> |11S|09> |10gone by late 93, I forget a little, but it was every user just|07
UG> |11S|09> |10disappeared|07
UG> |11S|09> |10overnight.  One month there were users, next month, not a one.|07
UG> Yes, people got bored of the bbs'es and even if you bribed them with
UG> money they did not want to touch them with a ten foot pole in 1996/1997.

I remember there was a time in early Internet where BBSers were trying to create/port experiences into Web form. It was the paradigm many people were most familar with. Services like GEnie and AOL felt very familiar in those days.



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