Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoWard Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1320cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1320external-linkWard Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78arstechnica.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 days agoComputer nerd me loved dialing up BBS’s on my TRS-80 CoCo with 16k RAM. My parents on the other hand hated getting the phone bill. 30 cents a minute in 1980 dollars was steep
Computer nerd me loved dialing up BBS’s on my TRS-80 CoCo with 16k RAM. My parents on the other hand hated getting the phone bill. 30 cents a minute in 1980 dollars was steep