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It’s The Internets 25th Anniversary How Did We Live Without It?

03/12/2014 Ed 'Doc' Koon

Doc's Place BBS in late 1997 Camped out on a MSN 128k ISDN Internet Connection

Doc's Place BBS in late 1997 Camped out on a MSN 128k ISDN Internet Connection

It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 Years since the Internet was rolled out to the general public I was a BBS SysOp (bulletin board system operator) at the time having put my 1st board online with an old IBM 286/12 clone computer and a 2400 baud modem. And i…

When Pioneering Fidonet Bulletin Board System Operators Ruled

02/14/201402/26/2024 Ed 'Doc' Koon

Fidonet Net 3603 Sysop Meeting

Fidonet Net 3603 Sysop Meeting

An educational trip back in time when Computer Bulletin Board System Operators (SysOps) and the Fidonet Network dominated early personal communications worldwide. Many of those BBS’s still exist into 2018 and hopefully beyond. 😉 Doc came across this article on ZDNet and were reminiscing the good old Computer Bulletin Board…

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