[ih] AT&T, carterfone, the 103, and why didnt BBSs start earlier?

• Subject: [ih] AT&T, carterfone, the 103, and why didnt BBSs start earlier?
• From: randy at psg.com (Randy Bush)
• Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:48:06 +0900
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> does anybody recall why these things could not have happened with the
> Bell 103 from1962 on?

a dual serial port on an ibm lameframe, and there were only lameframes
in '62, was the size of a fridge and cost a mint.

randy

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