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A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to connect to the system, typically over an analog phone line, to perform various social and recreational tasks, and communicate with others on the system. Using a terminal program, remote users can perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, playing games, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. During their heyday (from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s), many BBSes were run as a hobby free of charge by the "SysOp" (system operator), while other BBSes charged their users a subscription fee for access.
In current usage (primarily in Taiwan, Japan and China) the term BBS may be used to refer to any online forum or message board. See Internet forum.
Bulletin board systems were in many ways a precursor to the modern form of the World Wide Web and other aspects of the Internet. BBSes were a highly social phenomenon and were used for meeting people and having discussions in message boards as well as for publishing articles, downloading software, playing games and many more things using a single application.
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@RobCottingham Easy! Bulletin board systems! ATDT555-1234 ! ;)
drfyzziks (Mike Kelly) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:03:21 -0000
@RobCottingham Easy! Bulletin board systems! ATDT555-1234 ! ;)
@EeyoresTail BBS = Bulletin Board Systems. Before easy internet access, going online sometimes meant getting huge long distance phone bills.
markzero (mark zero (jason)) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:52:52 -0000
@EeyoresTail BBS = Bulletin Board Systems. Before easy internet access, going online sometimes meant getting huge long distance phone bills.
I hate old school bulletin board systems. Why does my online class use them. AaRRHGGH
jayTOH (Jay Panaligan) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:15:50 -0000
I hate old school bulletin board systems. Why does my online class use them. AaRRHGGH
Arcade BBS - The definitive Acorn based bulletin board, on the net. It's on-line in south-east England, practically all the time for access by modem dialup, serving as a virtual meeting point for hundreds of users and holding an impressive array of files numbering a few thousand.
Meta Description: [ Here is Arcade, the definitive Acorn BBS (bulletin board system), on the net. It's on-line in south-east England, practically all the time for access by modem dialup, whilst serving as a virtual meeting point for hundreds of users and holding an impressive array of thousands of files. ]
CCl4 - Solvent Abuse - Bizarre BBS which seems to have some weird connection to RISC OS.
Meta Description: [ CCl4 - rising out of the still burning embers of the worlds oldest surviving public viewdata bulletin board, the CCl4 organisation is a collection of offbeat humour, trivia, cartoons and cheesecakes. Remember; on the shout of fish, reply bang. On the shout of bang, reply fish. ]
The Plasma Sphere BBS - Supporting speeds 300-33600 bps, two lines, online 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Online support for Acorn, ArmBBS, FidoNet, Arc-Binkley, and ARCbbs in its 8500+ file filebase and message base.
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