I was one of the 125 homes in Coral Gables that was an early tester of Viewtron. I was only 10 or so at the time so I only vaguely remember the Viewtron, but my memory was that it seemed like magic compared to the BBSs I was able to dial in to from an Apple II we also owned.
At some people point we got a Source account (which was acquired by CompuServe) and there wasn’t much need for the Viewtron anymore. I think we may have canceled our Viewtron subscription even before the service was shutdown.
Perhaps HN readers can help confirm a related memory of mine. I recall their being a graphical BBS called I think gbbs for the Apple II that existed maybe around 1985 or so. I can’t find any confirmation of this via Google though. The client was written in assembly (it was one of the first programs I recall printing out the assembly for and trying to understand) and used hires graphics to emulate 70 col text as well as could draw graphics. Does that ring any bells for anyone?
At some people point we got a Source account (which was acquired by CompuServe) and there wasn’t much need for the Viewtron anymore. I think we may have canceled our Viewtron subscription even before the service was shutdown.
Perhaps HN readers can help confirm a related memory of mine. I recall their being a graphical BBS called I think gbbs for the Apple II that existed maybe around 1985 or so. I can’t find any confirmation of this via Google though. The client was written in assembly (it was one of the first programs I recall printing out the assembly for and trying to understand) and used hires graphics to emulate 70 col text as well as could draw graphics. Does that ring any bells for anyone?