Hi Simon & all, I think a wiki is definately a good start. I can see a possible collaboration happening here ;-)
marc > Perhaps a Wiki is a good place to start – we can all throw in what we > remember and see what we have. > > Simon Biggs > Research Professor > edinburgh college of art > s.biggs@ eca .ac.uk > www. eca .ac.uk > www. eca .ac.uk/circle/ > > [email protected] > www.littlepig.org.uk > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > > *From: *marc garrett <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > *Date: *Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:59:35 +0100 > *To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [NetBehaviour] Remembering BBS Boards > > HI all, > > I thought that I'd Step back into the BBS discussion - I've been away > for a couple of days so I missed out. > > As Alan mentioned, it would be very fascinating and great for > contemporary Internet users if there was a publication about BBS > culture. Especially grass root BBS's - features around various artists, > thinkers, activists and groups who used them at the time and where they > are now... > > marc > > > > > > I've wanted to see a history of these for years - there was and still is, > > http://www.mono.org that I was on for quite a while. Their cultures were > > amazing and really undocumented (I feel the same about newsgroups, in > > spite of Google, and early IRC) and important since they grew into other > > modes of "web 2.0" which should be "web 0.0" or some such - ascii-based > > community. > > > > Anyway, thanks! > > > > - Alan > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, marc garrett wrote: > > > >> Remembering BBS Boards > >> > >> A few of the BBS Boards I used before the Internet and its early days - > >> Fast Breeder, Cybercafe, New World Disorder, ENTITY, Blue Obsession, > >> Darkness Descends and many more... > >> > >> "A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software > >> that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal > >> program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading > >> and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and > >> exchanging messages with other users, either through electronic mail or > >> in public message boards. Many BBSes also offer on-line games, in which > >> users can compete with each other, and BBSes with multiple phone lines > >> often provide chat rooms, allowing users to interact with each other." > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system > >> > >> My main involvement with BBS Boards began with Cybercafe with a certain > >> MR.Bunting (http://www.irational.org/cybercafe) > <http://www.irational.org/cybercafe%29> > >> > >> marc > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >> > >> > > > > > > > > | Alan Sondheim Mail archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > > | Webpage (directory) at http://www.alansondheim.org > > | [email protected], [email protected], tel US 718-813-3285 > > ! http://www.facebook.com/alan.sondheim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number > SC009201 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
