Why I Am a Programmer(alfie.wtf)
279 points by jruohonen | 87 comments
Personal blog essay recounting how BBS-era cracktros, the demoscene, and Denthor's ASPHYXIA Pascal demo tutorials inspired the author to become a programmer.
#bbs on Hacker News
6 stories tagged bbs, newest first.
Sanity's Edge – A voice BBS from 1994(sanitys-edge.shouden.us)
21 points by indigodaddy | 1 comments
A web preservation of Sanity's Edge, a 1994 Tampa voice BBS, letting visitors pick a date to hear the board's recorded prompts from that era.
Bark: The Toll-Free BBS for 90s Teens(blog.bityard.net)
38 points by bityard | 10 comments
A personal blog post recalling BARK, a toll-free bulletin board system for teenagers in the 1990s, and the author's early online communities.
Telnet BBS Guide(telnetbbsguide.com)
93 points by kmstout | 31 comments
Telnet BBS Guide is a directory website listing bulletin board systems accessible via telnet, with options for sysops to add and manage their BBS listings.
La Cueva BBS in Mexico in 1993 (session replay)(nanochess.org)
61 points by nanochess | 22 comments
Óscar Toledo G.'s blog post replaying a 1993 terminal session on La Cueva de Atari BBS, a dial-up bulletin board in Mexico.
Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died
988 points by AaronFriel | 87 comments
A Hacker News post by Aaron Friel announcing the death of his father John Friel, creator of QModem, inviting people to share memories.