Super brilliant in their day not to mention expensive too. From a CPU power point of view these machines were 386 40 Mhz or perhaps even a 486. If I wanted to send email to someone in England from Australia the journey could potentially take a day or two. They could also send email around the world in much the same way as we can now, albeit slower. A crude menu was presented offering functions such as ‘Read Mail’, ‘Play Games’, ‘Download Software’, etc. Their computer had a MODEM (Modulator / Demodulator ) attached through which they dialed the telephone number, making a connection before logging in. They were used by computer enthusiasts to converse with like minded people or download files, such as games, images or read articles and email. What was a BBS?Ī BBS is Bulletin Board System. Legend of the Red Dragon was one of those games and it was a lot of fun. They could browse the BBS via a menu, send mail to others, download images or play online games.
Before the internet became a thing people who wanted to send email or download games would connect, via their telephone, to a BBS.
