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Originally Posted by EYES WIDE OPEN
bbs?
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Lol - you must be quite a bit younger than me
BBS - Bulletin Board System.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system
Before the internet, us early cybernaughts used modems and terminal emulators to dial up other computers (often equipped with a bank of modems) and downloaded thier unread messages and articles, or even earlier - read them online!
Back then if you wanted to download a file, you had to battle with file transfer protocols like ZMODEM.
Some BBS systems had internet gateways, and you could use them to send and receive internet email.
What is good about this is that the old fashioned phone system is still quite reliable, but fewer people have modems.
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