BBS
The first Bulletin Board System, CBBS, went online on this day in 1978. BBS�s were in some ways the predecessors of the �social networks� of today, before most people had even heard of the Internet.
Back in those days, you used your dial-up MODEM to call into the BBS Server. The BBS had a local phone number, because it was typically one guy�s DOS-based PC running of his house. Often there were only a few (or even one) phone lines available, so you got lots of busy signals. Once logged in, you used a simple number-based menuing system to leave messages or download/upload files. It was usually all text-base, there were no graphics except for simple ASCII art. Some BBS�s were free, and sometimes you had to pay to be a member.
Roberta Williams
Roberta Williams was video game designer during the 1980�s and 1990�s. Her perhaps best known series is King�s Quest, an early graphical adventure. She also worked on (and was on the cover of) a text-based softporn adventure that inspired the Lesiure Suit Larry series. She even has a fanclub.
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