Comments on: A/S/L???

A/S/L???

nylon — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 05:34:18 -0800

Community Memory : the world's first public computerized bulletin board system, set up in 1972 with an ASR-33 Teletype machine. Also, please welcome Benway, possibly the world's first net personality (beating Miguel and Quonsar by a couple of weeks). More on Benway in Steven Levy's book Hackers.

By: tss

tss — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 05:59:36 -0800

Great post! I remember reading about Community Memory here. (You have to scroll a bit, it's a text file. Look for the interview with Lee Felsenstein.) RIP Computer History Assn. of California.

By: SteveInMaine

SteveInMaine — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:50:08 -0800

Others stake a claim to the "first" BBS. My earliest experience with online conversations was on the Chicago-based CBBS. Sometimes I long for the days of watching the words leisurely scroll by at 300 baud. I did have some horrendous phone bills in those days, though.

By: FormlessOne

FormlessOne — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:55:23 -0800

Very cool - thanks for posting this one!

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:38:00 -0800

A tragedy that the data itself does not live on, for surely -that- would be a legacy.

By: plep

plep — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:07:35 -0800

I enjoyed this - thanks nylon.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:20:47 -0800

Excellent post. (Based on the sample given, I suspect Benway was quonsar.)

By: dg

dg — Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:02:44 -0800

[this is good]