Dialling Into the Boards
In short: Before the Web, people dialled in by modem to bulletin-board systems built around special interests, which peaked in the tens of thousands in the mid-1990s before the Web's arrival brought a sharp decline.
A 1:44 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Bulletin-board system | Online Forum, Message Board, Networking | Britannica”; BBC, “BBC - History - Tim Berners Lee”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Bulletin-board system | Online Forum, Message Board, Networking | Britannica · View →
- BBC — BBC - History - Tim Berners Lee · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: www.britannica.com — Bulletin-board system | Online Forum, Message Board, Networking | Britannica
- Also: BBC: BBC - History - Tim Berners Lee
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