Re: What is BBS ?

#Hai wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm just a novice of computer. I'm using Outlook Express to read message
> from "newsgroup" (OE say that is a news group) like comp.bbs.misc. Is "BBS"
> is an alias of "Newsgroup". If not, what BBS is which tool should we use to
> read BBS ?  (I've already know that BBS is an acronym of Bulleting Board
> System).
>
> And how about usenet ? Is it another name of BBS ?
> Thanks

BBS == Bulletin Board System

it its more pure context, and dialup bbs, in which a modem capable computer
connects to another modem capable computer, to exchange information, and
interact as a user...  Usually with ANSI-BBS emulation.

Today, this has stretched into ANSI-BBS telnet bbses, like the one I run,
and more loosely to web-based bbses, and other proprietary software
bbses... Most people consider it a bbs, if you can access it via a console,
or terminal application...

This newsgroup, allong with alt.bbs.* is dedicated towards the discussion
of these softwares, and sites...

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