On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:36 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hey all, was Delphi accessible as a bulletin board before 1990?
Yes. Wikipedia says it was launched in 1981. I know I accessed it in the mid '80s. > But for early 1980s, what as Delphi? Was it a telnet-sort-of-thing only > accessed only from universities? It was a public online service like Compuserve, The Source, GEnie, Bix, etc.. It ran on VAX/VMS. Text only. They had direct dial-ups and access via Tymnet and Telenet. > I've searched through early BYTE and PC Mag and just not finding any > advertisements about it. Check Rainbow magazine for the Color Computer. You'll find ads for it there. Jim
