internet on the 80s?

[ancalimon]

Was that really a thing? You can build servers and rent them in game.

[Kheryo]

Originally posted by history.com:

The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network.
[...]
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.

[ancalimon]

Originally posted by Kheryo:

Originally posted by history.com:

The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network.
[...]
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.

Yes I know about Arpanet. But as far as I know it was not used by game companies. It probably was only used by military and and to some extend universities and governments.

[basszje]

'Game companies' were also not as big as we know now. Bigger -software- companies probably has access to internet at some point in the late 80's as well.

There was also BBS which was widely used for distribution of software - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

[ancalimon]

Originally posted by basszje:

'Game companies' were also not as big as we know now. Bigger -software- companies probably has access to internet at some point in the late 80's as well.

There was also BBS which was widely used for distribution of software - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

Yes I also used them myself for Amiga software.

[twiigss]

Originally posted by basszje:

'Game companies' were also not as big as we know now. Bigger -software- companies probably has access to internet at some point in the late 80's as well.

There was also BBS which was widely used for distribution of software - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

You didn't have the same kind of connectivity to a larger network with a dial-up modem, since that was the only way to access a BBS back then, (unless there's something I don't know) and from what I do know, BBS software is on one machine.

I used to use the BBS for playing games, software downloading and the chat room they had on there.

[LatN's Strategy]

IT's a GREAT GAME, play and enjoy all it has to offer!
Question... if it only allowed you to build a BBS would it be as fun?

[ElmGrief]

Originally posted by LatN's Strategy:

IT's a GREAT GAME, play and enjoy all it has to offer!
Question... if it only allowed you to build a BBS would it be as fun?

An in-game system that pulled the categories and topics from steam's discussion boards, and then converted them to look, or at least have the same visual feel as the old BBS would make for a really neat feature, but probably a pain to code. But imagine watching it evolve into modern discussion boards as the decades tick by.

[ash]

Originally posted by LatN's Strategy:

IT's a GREAT GAME, play and enjoy all it has to offer!
Question... if it only allowed you to build a BBS would it be as fun?

It's ok man, don't upset yourself. He's not saying your favorite game is rubbish, just asking about the realism (or lack) of building/hosting internet servers in the 1980's.

[Absolutely Nobody]

Originally posted by ancalimon:

Originally posted by Kheryo:

Yes I know about Arpanet. But as far as I know it was not used by game companies. It probably was only used by military and and to some extend universities and governments.

last time I checked this game is called Software Inc. not Game Inc

[Dreamsurfer]

Don't forget Compuserve.

Another thing that could be simulated that was indeed rented out. Mainframe capacity, databases etc. There were companies that charged a lot for the privilege of renting mainframe time and search in central databases. I have wondered for some time now why mainframes are not feature here? They are still around :). Also mini computers (Vax etc).