The New York Times

Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74

The messaging system that he and a friend created in 1978 was a forerunner of social media services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. By Cade Metz Randy Suess, a computer hobbyist who helped build ...
Inc

Electronic Bulletin Boards

Electronic bulletin boards (also known as message boards or as computer forums) are online communication systems where one can share, request, or discuss information on just about any subject. E-mail ...
Wired

Dead Media Beat: bulletin board systems

Christensen and Suess dubbed the system “Ward and Randy’s Computerized Bulletin Board System,” or CBBS. It was, as the name suggested, an electronic version of the community bulletin boards that you ...

In 1978, two computer hobbyists wired a machine through a Chicago blizzard and built the online message board that helped create internet forums

A 1978 Chicago snowstorm sparked an innovation: the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS). Two hobbyists connected a computer to a phone line, enabling remote message exchange and file sharing.