it was before the internet exist. they had forums, programs but not many were available that i wanted. there was thousands of utilities. us dial up 24k, 56k was not born yet. it was, trs80, digital group pdp11 (8080 microprocessor). matrix printers were to expensive. (it was thermographic paper about 2" wide. 4k memory, 9" black/white screen, no hard drive. 4meg was something like $4000.
cassette interface. no 3-1/2 disk, it was cassette interface mabe 2400 baud.
mostly, bbs was expensive to get to the boards with dial up. not local calls. all my boards were long distance. 25 years ago my phone bill was $300.
isn't the internet the greatest sheet ya ever did see.
gota love it.
the only one i remember was Promethisis.
im looking at my notes.
i had dates starting around 1977.
some of the magazines had bulletions.
kilobaud, 80micro and 80us journal.
cheers........