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2. Ward Christensen - Wikipedia

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   Ward Leon Christensen (October 23, 1945 – October 11, 2024) was an American computer scientist who was the inventor of the XMODEM file transfer protocol and a co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.

3. Randy Suess - Wikipedia

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   Randy John Suess (January 27, 1945 – December 10, 2019) [1] was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online. [2] Suess, along with collaborator Ward Christensen, whom he met when they were both members of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists’ Exchange, or CACHE, started development of CBBS during a blizzard in Chicago, Illinois, and ...

4. Bulletin board - Wikipedia

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   A bulletin board which combines a pinboard (corkboard) and writing surface is known as a combination bulletin board. Bulletin boards can also be entirely in the digital domain and placed on computer networks so people can leave and erase messages for other people to read and see, as in a bulletin board system. Bulletin boards are particularly ...

5. CBBS - Wikipedia

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   CBBS ("Computerized Bulletin Board System") was a computer program created by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess to allow them and other computer hobbyists to exchange information between each other. [1] [2] [3] In January 1978, Chicago was hit by the Great Blizzard of 1978, which dumped record amounts of snow throughout the Midwest. Among those ...

6. Bulletin board system - Wikipedia

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   A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), [1] is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.

7. List of BBS software - Wikipedia

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   Diversi-Dial (DDial) – Chat-room atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other DDial boards. GBBS – Applesoft and assembler-based BBS program by Greg Schaeffer. GBBS Pro – based on the ACOS or MACOS (modified ACOS) language. Net-Works II – by Nick Naimo. SBBS – Sonic BBS by Patrick Sonnek.