The Brief History of Iconoclastic Visions

Raise your hand if you remember the days where you tied up the house line to dial in to your favourite BBS? 🖐️I was in high school when a schoolmate shared news that he had his own BBS (or Bulletin Board System for those not familiar) and I was instantly curious. He shared that he hosted software, had door games you could play, and even a board to keep in touch with the Jones'. Or whomever they might be.He even had some pretty bad-ass 8-bit ASCII art when you logged on, similar to what you see below. 'Deep' BBS Menu by gwydian And in my world, that meant he was as cool as anyone could be. Small universe and all.Around the same time, my family got access to our first computer - a hand-me-down loaner for my Mom to become proficient with typing. But even more importantly, again to me, was that it also came with a 2400 baud modem - my door the great world of BBS'.Now I imagine at this point, there are many of you who don't quite understand the whole modem tying up the phone line thing,…