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Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] Hikermick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Computer nerd me loved dialing up BBS's on my TRS-80 CoCo with 16k RAM. My parents on the other hand hated getting the phone bill. 30 cents a minute in 1980 dollars was steep

[โ€“] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Looks like $1.20 in today's money, assuming usd. That would add up fast lol, I'd have gotten banned from the computer instantly