I wonder why this BBS doesn't have a room dedicated to BBS systems and software.
...
The Wikipedia page on Jeffrey Prothero/Cnybe tu Taren, the programmer of the original version of Citadel, states that Citadel was "arguably the first virtual world system" ([citation needed]). Citadel, then and now, is quite different from what we think of as a virtual world, but do you think that comment is based on Citadel message boards being presented as rooms that users move through to read and write messages relevant to the current room's topic, and chat with other users currently accessing the same room?
This means his claim of being "first" is obviously an exaggeration, since he based it on something else, even though that something else is long forgotten.
And it would be another six years before Citadel was rewritten on unix as a multiuser experience.
Well, if you want one, create one.. :)
Tue Apr 11 2023 10:49:22 PM EDT from papaI wonder why this BBS doesn't have a room dedicated to BBS systems and software.
I just found the button, but I think I'll get to know Uncensored a little better before I start changing the topology. ;)
Wed Apr 12 2023 10:08:16 EDTfrom Nurb432Well, if you want one, create one.. :)
Grex.org, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based on-line community established in 1991, is shutting down for the last time on April 15, 2023.
It was quite a big deal in its day. A lot of fine software hacks pulled-off and a lot interesting people passed through.
Sad to see another avatar of the kinder and gentler, if more naive, Internet of the past get redirected to /dev/null.
as us old timers die off.. so does our legacy
I think I had a grex.org account. I know I had one on Cleveland Freenet.