Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Back in the BBS days: how-to helps newbs navigate to a pre-internet playground

Back in the BBS days: how-to helps newbs navigate to a pre-internet playground

The web has an origin story, one that predates any cozy trip in the wayback machine. That's because where we're going, there is no internet - at least, not as you now know it - only Bulletin Board Systems. And to help guide curious digital natives on this journey back to the time tech forgot, a programmer by the handle of Proppelerpowered has whipped up a how-to that leverages nothing more than a microcontroller-based microcomputer and BASIC knowledge.

Engadget , Back in the BBS days: how-to helps newbs navigate to a pre-internet playground, Back in the BBS days: how-to helps newbs navigate to a pre-internet playground

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