January 2001 Archives

A time not so long ago, the online world was a very different place.  The online community was for the most part a network of amateur-ran bulletin board systems (BBS's), and the Internet was a place for scientists, geeks, students, and those with money.  Back then, a 56k line could carry the Usenet newsgroups and move email, as well as provide telnet 24 hours a day, and cost hundreds of dollars..  The amateur community interfaced various applications with their BBS's, to bring the internet email and newsgroups to their BBS's, in order to offer a low cost way of getting email to their users.