How did Bulletin Board Systems in the late 80s and early 90s work?
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My first interaction on the internet (before it was really called the internet) was to connect to a BBS. It was about 1993 when my boss said to upgrade the firmware on a cable tester we had. I followed all the instructions in the manual not really understanding how this was going to work. The modem dialed out and all the sudden I saw this text-based welcome message with several options underneath it. It was easy enough to use and it took about 10 minutes to download the firmware. But it was another year or so before I actually ever saw my first web page and realized what this was all about.
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