TIL the first bulletin board system could only support one user at a time

julian

... because the CBBS hardware and software supported only a single modem for most of its existence, users had to take turns accessing the system, each hanging up when done to let someone else have access.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBBS

teh_g

We sure have come a long way!

a_5mith

Nodebb-plugin-cbbs-emulator

One user at a time. Everyone else gets a please wait screen + you are x in queue. Haha.

teh_g

@a_5mith said:

Nodebb-plugin-cbbs-emulator

One user at a time. Everyone else gets a please wait screen + you are x in queue. Haha.

Sounds like an awesome April fools joke.

julian

@a_5mith said:

please wait screen + you are x in queue

That'd be nice... In reality I'd imagine it would be closer to:

Ali

by the way, I noticed that YouTube videos seems buggy.

a_5mith

@Ali said:

by the way, I noticed that YouTube videos seems buggy.

It's the aspect ratio due to it being an old video. Should resize though. Maybe @Julian can recommend a workaround once he's fixed his pull request on the plugin.

julian

a_5mith

@julian said:

Needs a 3rd option for push it anyway...

Steve

That's pretty much how all the old-school BBS's ran back in the day. I was running WWiV on C++ doing my own mods and compiles in the middle of the night after everyone logged in for their daily turns on the games.

The way information is now it's so much more accessible... almost dirty.