The 25th Anniversary of the BBS

16 de febrero de 2003•Computers and Internet•Giancarlo Girardi

According to Slashdot we celebrate today The 25th Anniversary of the BBS. I think, the existence of BBS and their messaging networks was of key importance in the massification of the Internet. It proved that there was necessity to communicate, and Fidonet proved that a decentralized network was a good choice.

In April 4th 1993, I configured a BBS system at home with help of two good friends (Felipe and Christian). Callers used my parent's telephone line and therefore could only access the BBS between 23:00 and 07:00. AMTService BBS was not the first BBS in Chile, but if changed the BBS-World in Chile. Access was free and a great community was built on top of that old 386 machine.

Gik.-