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@@ -3869,6 +3869,53 @@ setTimeout(w3c_slidy.hide_slides, 50);
 <span id="author">Harald Welte &lt;laforge@gnumonks.org&gt;</span><br />

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_introduction">Introduction</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<ul class=" incremental">

+<li>

+<span>

+this is not a high-tech talk

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+way fewer acronyms than in mots of my other talks

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+I didn&#8217;t invent any of the technologies covered

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+I didn&#8217;t write any of the software covered

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+Just a mere user and operator/sysadming

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+.. this is the world I grew up in (age 11 onwards)

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+very limited information available in literature and on the WWW

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+lots of younger members of our community lack this history

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide incremental">

 <h1 id="_circuit_switched_telephony">Circuit Switched Telephony</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

 <ul class="">

@@ -3911,19 +3958,50 @@ Telephone
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Copper wire

+Copper wire[s]

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Telephone Exchange

+Telephone Exchange[s]

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+<div class="paragraph"><p><span class="image">

+<img src="images/pots_fig10.2.png" alt="images/pots_fig10.2.png" width="80%" />

+</span></p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_phone_charges">Phone Charges</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p>In Germany during the 80ies and 90ies</p></div>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+even local calls were metered / charged

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+flat rates didn&#8217;t exist

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+various zones between local and long distance

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+not many people could afford long distance BBSing

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

-<h1 id="_accoustic_coupler">Accoustic Coupler</h1>

+<h1 id="_acoustic_coupler">Acoustic Coupler</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

 <ul class="">

 <li>

@@ -3950,11 +4028,11 @@ After call was established, both sides put receiver into coupler
 <div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_modems">Modems</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Automatization of the accoustic coupler</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Automation of the acoustic coupler</p></div>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

 <span>

-Avoid speaker/micrphone path

+Avoid <em>air gap</em> speaker/microphone path

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

@@ -3969,6 +4047,14 @@ directly dial the phone number / answer the line
 </li>

 </ul>

 <div class="paragraph"><p><span class="image">

+<img src="images/analogm.png" alt="images/analogm.png" width="80%" />

+</span></p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_modems_2">Modems</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p><span class="image">

 <img src="images/Modems.jpg" alt="images/Modems.jpg" width="50%" />

 </span></p></div>

 </div>

@@ -4058,6 +4144,44 @@ offering interactive service to users who dial in
 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>To operate a BBS, you had to have</p></div>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+a separate/dedicated computer

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+most BBS software predated/predates multi-tasking OSs

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+running 24/7

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+attached to separate / dedicated phone line

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>To use a BBS, you</p></div>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+power your computer when using it

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+can share your regular phone line with the modem

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

@@ -4106,7 +4230,7 @@ Both sides: Computer + Modem
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-BBS Side

+BBS Side Software

 </span>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

@@ -4116,14 +4240,14 @@ BBS Software
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-often extended by "doors" (external programs, think of CGI for web)

+often extended by "doors" (external programs, think of CGI in Web)

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-User Side

+User Side Software

 </span>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

@@ -4140,6 +4264,20 @@ Terminal Program (e.g. TELIX, Telemate for DOS)
 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_demo">Demo</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Time for a demo</p></div>

+<div class="admonitionblock">

+<table><tr>

+<td class="icon">

+<div class="title">Note</div>

+</td>

+<td class="content">I&#8217;m using telnet instead of modem/dialup (POTS lines hard to find these days)</td>

+</tr></table>

+</div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_the_bbs_protocol_stack">The "BBS Protocol Stack"</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

 <div class="paragraph"><p>In the spirit of protocol stack diagrams&#8230;</p></div>

@@ -4256,6 +4394,7 @@ BBS can scale to more users this way
 <div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_bbs_networks_store_forward">BBS networks (store + forward)</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p>As opposed to individual BBSs with isolated communities&#8230;</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>Idea: Replicate bulletin / message boards between independent BBSs, for</p></div>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

@@ -4349,24 +4488,24 @@ Starts in 1984 with two BBSs
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Initial limit of 250 nodes reached in 1985

+Initial technological limit of 250 nodes reached in 1985

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Hierarchic, Regoinal routing/Adressing introduced in 1986

+Hierarchic, Regional routing/Addressing introduced in 1986

 </span>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

 <span>

-Nodelist defines all nodes of the network + hierarchy

+<em>Nodelist</em> defines all nodes of the network + hierarchy

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Addresses like "Harald Welte @ 2:2490/1343"

+Addresses like <strong>Harald Welte @ 2:2490/1343</strong>

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

@@ -4405,7 +4544,7 @@ CrossPoint (DOS) most popular point software for ZConnect
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Addresses like <a href="mailto:H.WELTE@SILVER">H.WELTE@SILVER</a>, later <a href="mailto:H.WELTE@SILVER.zer">H.WELTE@SILVER.zer</a>

+Addresses like <strong>H.WELTE@SILVER</strong>, later <strong>H.WELTE@SILVER.zer</strong>

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

@@ -4422,12 +4561,12 @@ Established in 1980 in the US
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Uses UUCP (Unix-to-Unix-Copy) as transport mechanism over Modmes

+Uses UUCP (Unix-to-Unix-Copy) as transport mechanism over Modems

 </span>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

 <span>

-UUCP was created in the 1970ies and used to copy files, including Internet Mal

+UUCP was created in the 1970ies and used to copy files, including Internet Mail

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

@@ -4439,9 +4578,21 @@ Usenet News format (RFC850) designed very similar to Internet Mail (RFC822)
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Hierarchy of News Groups that gets replicated / flooded accross the network

+Hierarchy of News Groups that gets replicated / flooded across the network, e.g.

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+comp.* — Discussion of computer-related topics like &#8220;comp.lang.c++&#8221;

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+sci.* — Discussion of scientific subjects

 </span>

 </li>

+</ul>

+</li>

 <li>

 <span>

 Routing defined in route maps

@@ -4453,7 +4604,7 @@ Routing defined in route maps
 <div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_curiosity_floppy_poll_point">Curiosity: Floppy Poll/Point</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

-<ul class="">

+<ul class=" incremental">

 <li>

 <span>

 Not everyone had a phone line in the 1990ies

@@ -4468,7 +4619,7 @@ particularly Eastern Germany had big lack of phone lines
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Some people thus exchanged daily floppies in evenlopes and mailed them as postal letters

+Some people thus exchanged daily floppies in envelopes and mailed them as postal letters

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

@@ -4555,7 +4706,69 @@ you could run SLIP on both sides, transporting IP over the modem line
 <ul class="">

 <li>

 <span>

-IP. At home. In your apartment !!1!

+Result: IP. At home. In your apartment !!1!

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+later superseded by PPP (auto-configuration, authentication, compression, &#8230;)

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Popular software stack looked like:</p></div>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+Windows 3.11 + Trumpet Winsock (Windows didn&#8217;t have TCP/IP!)

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+NCSA Mosaic as web-1.0 browser (1993 onwards)

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+<div class="paragraph"><p><span class="image">

+<img src="images/mosaic.jpg" alt="images/mosaic.jpg" />

+</span></p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_internet_on_pcs_before_linux">Internet on PCs before Linux</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+if you didn&#8217;t have a 386 or if Linux didn&#8217;t exist yet

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+there was KA9Q NOS

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+Implementation of TCP/IP, SLIP, PPP for CP/M and DOS

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+POP3 + SMTP server + client, IP routing, telnet, ARP, etc.

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+you could run SLIP on both sides, transporting IP over the modem line

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+Result: IP. At home. In your apartment !!1!

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

@@ -4670,7 +4883,7 @@ Grass-Roots groups of enthusiasts established themselves
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (KNF, franken.de) one of them

+Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (KNF, &#8220;franken.de&#8221;) one of them

 </span>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

@@ -4739,7 +4952,7 @@ commercial ISPs were widespread, and
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-remaining IN member organizations could get decend connectivity with IN e.V.

+remaining IN member organizations could get decent connectivity with IN e.V.

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

@@ -4779,7 +4992,7 @@ Telephone operator permanently interconnects wires at exchange
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-No signaling (dialtone/ringtone etc)

+No signaling (dial tone, ring tone etc)

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

@@ -4794,7 +5007,7 @@ ATA without an incoming ring first
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-ATD without a dialtone first

+ATD without a dial tone first

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

@@ -4833,6 +5046,14 @@ I finally could afford one in 1998
 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_hub_nbg_franken_de_1998_2">hub-nbg.franken.de, 1998</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p><span class="image">

+<img src="images/pict4_Lg.jpg" alt="images/pict4_Lg.jpg" />

+</span></p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_isdn_leased_lines_spv">ISDN Leased Lines "SPV"</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

 <ul class="">

@@ -4850,6 +5071,13 @@ Basically only "flat rate calls" to one specific (fixed) destination
 <span>

 Available in national 1TR6 only

 </span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+some of them operated until 2006

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

 </li>

 </ul>

 </div>

@@ -4903,9 +5131,17 @@ Special ISDN routers without signaling to use even 16k D-channel for data!
 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_hub_fue_franken_de_undated_2">hub-fue.franken.de, undated</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p><span class="image">

+<img src="images/hub-fue-04_Lg.jpg" alt="images/hub-fue-04_Lg.jpg" />

+</span></p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_abusing_analog_lines_part_2">Abusing Analog Lines, Part 2</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

-<div class="paragraph"><p>When the first DSL modems became availale in the US</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>When the first DSL modems became available in the US</p></div>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

 <span>

@@ -4914,7 +5150,7 @@ we imported some Ascend DSLpipe
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-with some fimrwares, they could be used back-to-back (without DSLAM)

+with some firmwares, they could be used back-to-back (without DSLAM)

 </span>

 </li>

 <li>

@@ -4990,12 +5226,53 @@ people started to dial into CompuServe, AOL, etc.
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

-Internet became more popluar, Falken&#8217;s Maze started subsidiary in Nuernberg

+Internet became more popular, Falken&#8217;s Maze started subsidiary in Nuernberg

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+ISDN SPV was used as Internet uplink

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_summary">Summary</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+The first decade[s] of wide-area electronics communications

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+were powered by a community of enthusiasts

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+largely motivated by non-commercial motives

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+without much corporate or government influence

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+BBS community / culture is a distinct sub-culture.

 </span>

 <ul class="">

 <li>

 <span>

-ISDN SPV was used as Intenret uplink

+different norms than HAM radio, Hackers, Free Software, but some of overlap

 </span>

 </li>

 </ul>

@@ -5004,6 +5281,35 @@ ISDN SPV was used as Intenret uplink
 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_conclusions">Conclusions</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<div class="paragraph"><p>In the BBS days</p></div>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+networks were distributed, without single point of failure

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+infrastructure <strong>owned and operated by its users</strong>

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+connection speeds were largely symmetric

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+no data center vs. consumer separation with asymmetric speeds

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>This autonomy and de-centralization has been lost in the Internet age</p></div>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_further_reading">Further Reading</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

 <ul class="">

@@ -5045,6 +5351,18 @@ Archive of ANSI Artwork
 </li>

 <li>

 <span>

+<a href="https://artpacks.org/">https://artpacks.org/</a>

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+Another Archive of ANSI Artwork

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

 <a href="http://www.filegate.net/nodelist/">http://www.filegate.net/nodelist/</a>

 </span>

 <ul class="">

@@ -5055,13 +5373,62 @@ FIDO nodelist of 2017
 </li>

 </ul>

 </li>

+<li>

+<span>

+<a href="http://www.ka9q.net/code/ka9qnos/">http://www.ka9q.net/code/ka9qnos/</a>

+</span>

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+Phil Karn&#8217;s page on KA9Q NOS

+</span>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</li>

+</ul>

+</div>

+</div>

+<div class="sect1 slide">

+<h1 id="_thanks">Thanks</h1>

+<div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

+<ul class="">

+<li>

+<span>

+my uncle for giving me his old Olivetti acoustic coupler in 1990

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+Josef Groll, SysOp of SILVER.zer / SILVER.nbg.sub.org

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+Max Riegel, Martin Bokaemper, Joerg Kinzebach and KNF crew

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+Reinhold "unhold" Pretscher for Falken&#8217;s Maze

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+All sotware developers of BBS related software

+</span>

+</li>

+<li>

+<span>

+All SysOps that made the BBS community possible

+</span>

+</li>

 </ul>

 </div>

 </div>

 <div class="sect1 slide">

 <h1 id="_eof">EOF</h1>

 <div class="sectionbody" style="max-width:45em">

-<div class="paragraph"><p>End of File</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>NO CARRIER</p></div>

 </div>

 </div>

 </body>