Subj : Re: innovations back in the day
To : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Jan 13 2021 02:27 pm
On 13 Jan 2021, August Abolins said the following...
AA> AA>> Just before the internet/www browser approach took off, there was a
AA> AA>> very interesting BBS solution by Shotgun BBS.
AA>
AA> TL> This approach and RIP turned out to be too little too late for the BBS
AA> TL> scene. Sad, as there was a bit of innovation at the time. I never got
AA> TL> try any of the graphical BBS interfaces.
AA>
AA> The graphics were much better than the ansi offerings in standard bbses
AA> at the time. Mouseble too.
AA>
AA> The concept was brilliant, IMHO.
I remember RIP, and I kind of liked it. Shotgun I don't recall. I don't know
for sure that I would say RIP was better, anymore than I'd say ANSI was
better than C=64 graphics.
