https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/ 2026-05-29T15:39:51+00:00 https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/ https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2020-11-22T16:08:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:comp:bbs:a_bbs_history&rev=1606061296&do=diff RO))$219029323 AT 0 ATDT12095551363 CONNECTED AT 300 BAUD =================================== A Little Microcomputer BBS History =================================== command:_ text/html 2020-11-22T16:08:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:comp:bbs:about_cbbs&rev=1606061295&do=diff I recently came across this interview with the 'fathers of bulletin board systems' Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. This is over a year after their introduction of CBBS, but (as you read near the end), before the development of the x-modem file transfer protocol. text/html 2020-11-22T16:08:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:comp:bbs:sidebar&rev=1606061295&do=diff * Home * Larry's Pages: * Projects * Computing * Commdore ---- * Computer Bulletin Boards * Silicon Realms BBS * SiliCon BBS Gaming/Gathering * SiliCon 5 recap * SiliCon 6 recap * A BBS History * About CBBS * Modem Line Switch text/html 2020-11-22T16:08:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:comp:bbs:slr&rev=1606061296&do=diff the SILICON REALMS BBS! The Silcon Realms BBS, a good BBS, a Commodore BBS. It was 1985 when I bought my first modem, it was a “Total Telecommunications” 64 Modem for the unbelievable low price of $20, back then 300 baud was still used by many. I remember calling long-distance numbers in the nearby cities and thoroughly enjoying the experience, Apple, Atari, TRS-80 and Commdore 64 BBSs all were out there. Of course these cities were long-distance calls to me, and there were no local BBSs. So… text/html 2020-11-22T16:08:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:comp:bbs:start&rev=1606061296&do=diff COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD PAGES Computer Bulletin Boards (aka CBBS or just BBS) have been around since 1978. I spent many years calling and later running my own BBS, the menu to the left are some of my pages about them. OTHER BBS RELATED SITES: *