Go to the group BBS to see the group rules first. What does BBS mean?

The English full name of BBS is Bulletin Board System, and Chinese translation is "bulletin board system". BBS was first used to publish information such as stock prices. At that time, BBS didn't even have the function of file transfer, so it could only run on Apple computer. Early BBS, like bulletin boards on the street and on campus, only spread or obtained news through computers. It was not until personal computers began to spread, and some people tried to transfer BBS from Apple computers to personal computers, that BBS began to spread gradually. In recent years, due to the efforts of fans, the functions of BBS have been greatly expanded.

At present, you can get the latest international software and information at any time through the BBS system, and you can also discuss various interesting topics such as computer software, hardware, internet, multimedia, programming and medicine with others. You can also use the BBS system to publish some notices such as "recruiting friends", "cheap transfer" and "company products". This garden is right beside you and me. As long as you have 1 computer, 1 modem and 1 telephone line, you can enter this "super-era" field and enjoy its unparalleled power!

First, the history of BBS

1978 developed a set of BBS Chicago (Computerized Bulletin Board System/Chicago) based on 8080 chip, which is the earliest BBS system. Then, with the appearance of Mac, two BBS systems based on Mac, bulletin board system and people's message system, were developed. When 198 1 was born, IBM PC didn't have its own BBS system. It was not until 1982 that Baslane wrote a prototype program for IBM personal computer in Basic language. After several revisions, the BBS of personal computer system was finally rewritten in 1983 through the efforts of members of the communication special interest group of the Capital PC User Group (CPCUG). After finishing by Thomas Mach, the BBS system of 1 version of personal computer-RBBS-PC was finally completed. The biggest feature of this BBS system is that all source programs are open, which is conducive to future modification and maintenance. Therefore, it is used as a framework when developing other BBS systems, so RBBS-PC has won the reputation of the originator of BBS.

But at that time, the problem of how to realize the connection between stations was not solved. From 65438 to 0984, Tom Jonning of the United States developed a bulletin board system program FIDO with electronic function. Because the software has the function of connecting lines between stations and automatically transmitting information to each other, the stations can transmit mail at a common scheduled time, which makes BBS networking have an opportunity.

Since the development of BBS, apart from FidoNet, there are several well-known amateur BBS networks in the world, such as EggNet, AlterNet and RBBBS. Because the information exchange between these networks and FidoNet is not a problem, this realizes the so-called cross-network.

Second, BBS is in China.

About 199 1 year, the first BBS station in China started. After a long period of development, until 1995, with the sharp price reduction of computers and peripherals, BBS was gradually recognized by people. 1996 has developed at an amazing speed. Domestic BBS stations can be divided into two types according to their nature: one is commercial BBS stations, such as Xinhua News Network; The other is amateur BBS stations, such as Paradise Information Station. Because the use of commercial BBS stations needs to be charged, and the services provided by commercial stations have no advantage compared with amateur stations, the number of users is small. Most webmasters of amateur BBS stations, based on personal relationships, exchange emails every day, and gradually form a national email network-China FidoNet (China Huiduo Network). As a result, users everywhere can exchange information with netizens in different places through local amateur BBS stations. This cross-regional mail exchange is the fundamental factor that commercial radio stations cannot compete with amateur radio stations. Because amateur BBS stations have this advantage, users are more willing to join. The word "amateur" here does not mean that the service and technical level of such BBS stations are amateur, but refers to the nature of such BBS stations. Generally BBS stations are developed by volunteers. They pay not only money but also energy. Its purpose is to promote the healthy development of China's computer network and improve the application level of computer users.

Third, PC BBS and Internet BBS.

From the way of construction, BBS can be divided into PC BBS and Internet BBS. PC BBS is a BBS system composed of existing telephone networks. Because of the low construction cost, the BBS mentioned above is generally built like this. With the development of amateur BBS stations in full swing, with the full opening of ChinaNet, more and more people use the Internet and realize the convenience and fun of using the Internet. Internet-based BBS, that is, network BBS, has begun to develop. However, due to the high cost of Internet BBS construction, it has not yet formed a large scale. I believe that with the decline of Internet usage fees, there will be more and more BBS of this type.

The operation of PC BBS must rely on telephone network, so the number of visitors accepted by a BBS station is limited by the line. A monorail station can only provide up to 200 visits a day. To expand the line, the investment must also be doubled. However, because Internet BBS is not limited by lines, it can generally allow 100 users to be online at the same time. The BBS built in the form of Web has almost no limit on the number of visitors it can accept.

However, compared with PC BBS, the biggest disadvantage of Internet BBS is "insufficient popularity". Whether a BBS station is popular or not is not only related to the erector, but also related to the quality of users participating in BBS activities. The core content of BBS activities is "communication". This two-way communication mainly occurs between users. After a long time, some BBS platforms will gather a group of loyal users. Many amateur BBS stations, platform software is not so advanced, but very famous, and this is related.

Fourthly, the present situation and prospect of BBS in China.

BBS stations and single-line stations in China still account for the majority. With the popularization of computers, especially the widespread use of modems, BBS activities will further increase. However, the following problems will be aggravated. Although the number of BBS platforms is increasing, the growth rate can't keep up with the growth of user groups. Many people dial a platform at the same time, which inevitably leads to conflicts. It has become a difficult problem for domestic BBS users to dial dozens or even hundreds of times each time to successfully connect to a BBS station. With the deepening of BBS activities, there have been some multi-line stations in China, which can allow more than two people to visit at the same time.

In the development of BBS, there are also some problems. Because BBS software used in China is imported from abroad, there is no necessary Chinese explanation. Although some enthusiastic webmasters have translated some materials, it is not enough to rely on them alone. In addition, some platforms are copied from each other, so there are inevitably similarities in structure.

1999 is the development year of China network. However, we should be soberly aware that some BBS stations have not yet reached the level of "easy to use". Including BBS stations erected by some manufacturers, the practicality needs to be strengthened. In the future, domestic BBS stations will develop in the direction of personalization and specialization.

A brief history of BBS in China

Original author: Uma

1997 is still in the chat room era, and the forum based on WWW has not yet become a climate. Most of the early netizens in China still used BBS under TELNET, but because of the rough and complicated TELNET interface, most users were professionals. The rise of online forums began with the top ten competition of 1997. At that time, Si Tong Li Fang Sports Salon gathered a group of sports fans. The netizens who are active in the forum include Lao Rong, Sydney Scout, Wei Yixiao, Wang Xiaoshan, Beijing Chef, Diao Deyi, Lijiang Yu Yan and so on. Later, most of these people entered the professional sports media and completed the transformation from bandits to regular troops. The symbol of the rise of sports salons is Lao Rong's No Tears in Dalian Jinzhou. It is said that in the heyday of the sports salon, sports journalists and editors from all over the country were looking for first-hand information here. 1at the end of 998, after the establishment of Sina. Com, which started as a sports salon, the initial netizens left one after another, and the sports salon went into decline. Today's sports salon is as famous as Minsk, but it is just an empty shell.

Also in 1997, NESO and NEED Studio founded by Honghong set up Jiaxing Forum, where a group of excellent bamboo gawkers, three-legged cats, Dr. Tea, Ears and Feifei gathered. After 1998 Sina forum, it quickly became a well-known forum in China. At this time, another personal website named Star Companion is also emerging. This forum, which is mainly composed of netizens from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen and students from North America, won many eyeballs on 1998. There have been accidental deaths of netizens on both websites. Shang Xiao, a Jiaxing netizen who is famous for writing beautiful articles, died in a car accident, and Qingyi, a star companion netizen, died mysteriously, bringing netizens from the internet to reality for the first time. Both forums have set up online mourning halls respectively. Unexpectedly, on the day of 1999, Jiaxing Forum itself joined the ranks of death. A forum with high reputation among early netizens in China, like the Kursk, disappeared from the world's vision. Soon after, the Star Companion Forum also disappeared in the Wang Yang sea of the network because of the division of management. These two forums, which were the first to set up a network mourning hall in China, finally put themselves on the list of the dead. Jiaxing's short-lived glory and the rapid extinction of its companions marked the disillusionment of idealism in online forums. Due to the disorder of development and poor management, coupled with the money-burning movement of the network at that time, under the impact of the network bubble, online forums ceased to exist as the spiritual home and ideal country of netizens.

Network forum entered the Warring States period. Internet forums, large and small, live and die, and with the rapid development of the Internet, netizens are gradually dividing and refining, and the classified and refined online community stands out. From 65438 to 0999, Su Qin, who was born in Jiangsu and raised in Shaanxi, established a community-based "Xilu" website. At this time, Tianya Community in Hainan and Xici, the ancient capital of Nanjing, also robbed netizens with their own distinctive community services. These three community websites with business backgrounds are different from the founders of the first generation of online forums. From the beginning, they abandoned their ideals and humanistic colors, attracted new netizens to join them with standardized business practices, and completed the enclosure movement. The website will use huge netizen resources to carry out commercial activities. Stable income is the guarantee for the long-term stable development of these forums. Judging from this year's adobe ranking, the posts of these three communities are often on the list. These three communities and the forums of the three portals have formed an antagonistic situation. At present, it is difficult to see who will win the absolute advantage, just as a writer wants to be a literary master. Competition is who lives long and laughs last.

In addition, there are active online forums such as Powerful Country Forum, China Youth Forum and Fan House. Powerful country forum is a forum opened by People's Daily, which is aimed at patriots who have no way to be patriotic but have a passion in their hearts. Zhongqing Forum is a forum of Zhongqing Online, among which the topic of youth is the most popular. It is hosted by Li Fang, editor of Zhongqing Daily, and aims to solve problems for young women in literature and express petty bourgeoisie. The fan family and Tianya community mentioned above belong to Hainan Online, which mainly accommodates stragglers who fled from Sina Sports Salon that year.

There are also some professional forums, which are not necessarily very popular, but have high popularity. In IT, there are Sina IT industry forum and DONEWSIT writing community, photography has the third eye and Jianghu color forum, and literature has olive trees and poetic life. These forums have a common feature: they are bleak and low-key under the noisy network background. Netizens who are involved in it all want to stand out and find their place in the industry one day.

After several years' baptism, the online forum has got rid of the early idealistic attitude, from passion to rationality, from utopia to business down-to-earth. Both the online forum and netizens have experienced spiritual fission, and the online forum has evolved from a romantic beach for petty bourgeoisie to a training ground for professionals.