Wesley R. Elsberry
Posts: 4991
Joined: May 2002
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From spring of 1989 to summer of 1997, I operated the Central Neural System BBS. This dial-up resource provided the usual FidoNET node amenities with access to a selection of Echo discussion fora, plus my file collection of artificial intelligence, artificial neural network, and genetic algorithm resources. I founded the NEURAL_NET and EVOLUTION echoes. The file collection is now available via archives at Carnegie Mellon University. While the BBS operated, it got dial-ins from around the world, serving people looking for code and guidance on the technical topics I had made the focus of the BBS.
The Central Neural System BBS was not a local phenomenon; it served a world-wide audience. It was not evanescent; it lasted for many years and produced a collection that is of some value to this day.
And all of it was completely legal.
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"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker
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