Comments on: When the BBS Broke Free http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1474 Jason Scott's Weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:59:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Doug http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1474/comment-page-1#comment-5535 Doug Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:09:26 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1474#comment-5535 As one of the users of the Mars Hotel, I must say that it was an awesome BBS. It was much better than dialup. Its chat functionality became the main focus of it after a while. If I remember right, Ed Luke called the underlying software the Waffle House BBS system. He wrote the initial ideas while eating at Waffle House. Also, it was called the Mars Hotel because it was hosted on the Unix server mars.msstate.edu. MSU based its initial Unix box names on gods (Mars, Venus, Ra). It seemed that approximately 50% of the users of the Mars Hotel were related to MSU, but there was a decent contingent of folks from outside of MSU. As one of the users of the Mars Hotel, I must say that it was an awesome BBS. It was much better than dialup. Its chat functionality became the main focus of it after a while. If I remember right, Ed Luke called the underlying software the Waffle House BBS system. He wrote the initial ideas while eating at Waffle House. Also, it was called the Mars Hotel because it was hosted on the Unix server mars.msstate.edu. MSU based its initial Unix box names on gods (Mars, Venus, Ra). It seemed that approximately 50% of the users of the Mars Hotel were related to MSU, but there was a decent contingent of folks from outside of MSU.

]]> By: Chris http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1474/comment-page-1#comment-5534 Chris Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:33:21 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1474#comment-5534 Ah, the Cleveland Freenet. I was a frequent user in the early and mid 90's. Cleveland gave me my first exposure to the 'World Wide Web' through the Lynx browser (text only, until I got my hands on a copy of Netscape!) Ah, the Cleveland Freenet. I was a frequent user in the early and mid 90’s. Cleveland gave me my first exposure to the ‘World Wide Web’ through the Lynx browser (text only, until I got my hands on a copy of Netscape!)

]]> By: Ryan Russell http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1474/comment-page-1#comment-5533 Ryan Russell Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:29:10 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1474#comment-5533 You're surely familiar with Metcalfe's Law? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfes_Law" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfes_Law</a> You’re surely familiar with Metcalfe’s Law?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfes_Law

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