Birthday BBS
February 16, 1978 Americans Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launched the world's first open BBS (bulletin board system) on the dial. It took several decades until hardvernaya and network industry could realize the fantasy Christensen and Suessa, but all the basic rudiments of a modern online communication were prepared at a time when those two run bulletin board called CBBS (computerized bulletin board system). Two programmers presented their creation to peace in the November issue of Byte. Article caused quite a stir among fans and hackers, after a short time began to appear numerous clones CBBS. By the mid-80's around the BBS to form an active community, and at least three magazine covers this news to the online era. They say that the idea came to Christensen, when he was locked in his house during the Great blizzard in 1978 in Chicago, and the concept of BBS was borrowed from conventional boards with ads, which at that time, the plight closed the entrance to public places, ...