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by Dracophoenix
1642 days ago
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I don't mean to digress, but you seem like an interesting individual and I have several questions that you might be able to answer: 1) What was your first computer? Was it a Russian clone or a smuggled American or European one? 2) What was the USSR BBS scene like? What BBS software was in common use at that time? 3) Were you ever familiar with OGAS or latter-day Soviet/Russian equivalents to ARPANET? 4) Seeing as you were in Physics, did you ever meet the famous figures like Landau or tour areas like Dubna? |
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2) Maximus BBS was the most popular software to run a BBS in USSR in late 80s, in addition to FifoNet utilities for sending/receiving/reading messages. In 80s there were just a few BBSes but their number grew exponentially starting 1990.
3) Unfortunately OGAS ceased to exist before my time. I haven’t seen Soviet equivalent of ARPAnet either.
4) I‘m in Mathematics, not Physics and never visited Dubna. Although I had a tour once of accelerators in Novosibirsk Institute of Nuclear Physics, it was very cool experience.
When I was an intern at the Institute of Catalysis I was introduced to Yulii Khariton, chief designer of Soviet nuclear program. I don‘t remember details of that meeting unfortunately…