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Sep 30The Cleveland Freenet Goes Offline
The Cleveland (Ohio) Freenet (CFN), which started in July 1986, ceased operations on this day, September 30th, in 1999. CFN was a a free public community computer system, the first of its kind in the world. The success of CFN lead to the creation of other Freenet systems located throughout the world. However, dwindling usage due to the growing World Wide Web and Y2K concerns in its software, lead
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Oct 12BBS Express Pro! ownership changes hands
On October 12, 1990, Orion Microsystems (the company owned by Keith Ledbetter and Chris King) sell the BBS Express Pro! source code to Bob Klaas of K Products. According to the attached archived message on the Basement BBS, the source code was sold for $5000.
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Oct 14
ZMODEM is released
On October 14, 1988, Chuck Forsberg releases the ZMODEM specification. Zmodem is a file transfer protocol that superscedes both XMODEM and Forsberg's own YMODEM (see http://timeline.textfiles.com/1988/10/14/1/FILES/zmodem.txt). The YMODEM protocol specification, which was introduced in 1985, was documented and re-released on this day as well (see http://timeline.textfiles.com/1988/10/
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Oct 14
FoReM XE Online
FoReM XE on this date in 2021 was restored back to service. Part of the Southern Amis Projects and run by Sysop Giarc The Warden of Alcatraz BBS: alcatrazbbs.ddns.net port 9000 Feature enhancements as well as code improvements for modem and wait call routines increase reliability which provide the consistent uptime and confidence of continued service of FoReM XE. Accessible at foremxebbs.ddns
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Nov 01
The Basement BBS first goes online
The Basement BBS first goes online in November, 1986. The first version of the BBS ran MPP A.M.I.S. BBS Software on an Atari 800XL, 1 Dual Density 1050 disk drive, and a Supra 300AT modem (which was a rebranded MPP 1000E modem). The modem/dial-up version of the Basement BBS was online until September, 1998. It then returned as an Internet telnet only BBS on July 4, 2017. Its telnet address is base
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