1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online ...

For many (including myself, it turns out), it would be easy to mistake a bulletin board system for some kind of first-generation website without understanding the fundamental differences between ...

After Christensen and colleague Randy Suess computerized this method of communications, the name of the first BBS system was born: Computerized Bulletin Board System, or CBBS. During their zenith ...

of Pop Omniscience), and it marked one of the rare occasions when anyone else at the Pioneer Press reported something for Bulletin Board. A few people in the early years — notably Shefchik and ...

Prior to creating the first BBS, Christensen invented XMODEM ... "They finished the bulletin board in two weeks but they called it four because they didn't want people to feel that it was rushed ...