For many (including myself, it turns out), it would be easy to mistake a bulletin board system for some kind of first-generation website without understanding the fundamental differences between ...

The 80s and 90s were the glory days of the BBS. The plain old telephone system was responsible for bringing us connection to other digital beings, along with plenty of spuriously-obtained software ...

Within just two weeks, the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) was born. Users would call up a computer at Suess’s house, which, thanks to his innovations, automatically booted up ...

A bulletin board system, also known as a BBS, serves as an unofficial information network for computer users nationwide. In the Chicago area alone, there are probably hundreds of bulletin board ...

Let’s start with something that for many, might seem a little … unusual. The dial-up bulletin board system (BBS). You see, we didn’t always have the ability to obtain always-available ...

In the back corner, I hear a faint humming. It’s my old computer, still running my 1990s-era bulletin board system (BBS, for short), “The Cave.” I thought I had shut it down ages ago ...

1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online ...

They thought of it as an electronic version of the cork bulletin boards on the walls of grocery stores, where anyone could post paper fliers. Two weeks later, their system was up and running ...

trading platform for over-the-counter bulletin board (OTCBB) stocks (TTW, June 30), Archipelago (Arca) has launched ArcaEdge, an OTCBB alternative trading system. The move injects the prospect of ...