BBSs and early Internet access in the 1990ies Modems, FIDO, Z-Netz, Usenet, UUCP, SLIP and ISDN

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61 min

61 min 2017-12-27

2017-12-27 2017-12-29

2017-12-29 2057

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This talk explains how individuals were able to communicate globally in the 1990ies using self-organized networks of BBSsin networks like FIDO and Z-Netz, before individual access to the Internet was possible. It also covers the efforts of non-profit organizations to provide individual access to Internet Mail+News via UUCP and later via IP during that period.

This talk covers how individuals could participate in local, regional and global message-based data communications in the 1990ies. It covers the technologies used to access such networks, both on the infrastructure (BBS) side, as well as on the user/client side.

At the same time, the talk is a bit of a personal journey from





accessing dial-up BBSs using accoustinc coupler and modem



becoming CoSysop of a BBS and learning about how to operatie BBSs



being a Node/Point in message based communications networks like Z-Netz and FIDO



using UUCP to participate in Internet mail/news (Usenet)



working in the technical team of Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. to set up a community-based ISP with modem and ISDN dial-up banks, satellite based Usenet feeds, analog leased lines ISDN-SPV.



helping getting Germany's alleged first Internet Cafe (we then called it an Online Bistro) connected



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