{"id":154,"date":"2020-11-21T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/chapter\/scitech-bbs-user-interfaces\/"},"modified":"2020-11-21T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T18:01:52","slug":"scitech-bbs-user-interfaces","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/chapter\/scitech-bbs-user-interfaces\/","title":{"raw":"SciTech BBS User Interfaces","rendered":"SciTech BBS User Interfaces"},"content":{"raw":"\nThere were many points of entry to the SciTech BBS for endusers, from a modem terminal view to a Windows \/ Macintosh client application, and web browser. A history of BBS interfaces is examplified in <a href=\"https:\/\/tedium.co\/2020\/07\/21\/bbs-graphics-history-ripscrip-naplps\/\">Web the RIPper by Ernie Smith<\/a> (Jul 21, 2020). Unfortunately there is no surviving screen shot of the SciTech BBS RIPscrip Graphics. It is noteworthy that back in the 1990's, terminal mode was much faster to render on any display and had easily accessible keyboard functions, whereas RIPscrip Graphics benefited from more computer processing power, a higher resolution display, faster modems, and mouse peripheral.\n<h2>Terminal View<\/h2>\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Terminal-View.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"335\">\n<h2>Worldgroup Client View<\/h2>\n[caption id=\"attachment_375\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"406\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-375\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Splash-Screen.jpg\" alt=\"Worldgroup Splash Screen\" width=\"406\" height=\"330\"> Worldgroup Windows \/ Mac client splash screen.[\/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_374\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"510\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Main-Window.jpg\" alt=\"Worldgroup Main Window\" width=\"510\" height=\"438\"> Worldgroup Windows Client from administrator viewpoint.[\/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_373\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"660\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Client-View-teleconference.jpg\" alt=\"Worldgroup Client View - teleconference\" width=\"660\" height=\"500\"> Teleconference with group whiteboard, chat, and image share.[\/caption]\n<h2>World Wide Web View<\/h2>\n[caption id=\"attachment_378\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"800\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-378\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Webview-login.jpg\" alt=\"1998 Worldgroup Webview login\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"> 1998 Worldgroup Webview login[\/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_379\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"800\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-379\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Webview.jpg\" alt=\"1998 Worldgroup Webview\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"> 1998 Worldgroup Webview[\/caption]\n","rendered":"<p>There were many points of entry to the SciTech BBS for endusers, from a modem terminal view to a Windows \/ Macintosh client application, and web browser. A history of BBS interfaces is examplified in <a href=\"https:\/\/tedium.co\/2020\/07\/21\/bbs-graphics-history-ripscrip-naplps\/\">Web the RIPper by Ernie Smith<\/a> (Jul 21, 2020). Unfortunately there is no surviving screen shot of the SciTech BBS RIPscrip Graphics. It is noteworthy that back in the 1990&#8217;s, terminal mode was much faster to render on any display and had easily accessible keyboard functions, whereas RIPscrip Graphics benefited from more computer processing power, a higher resolution display, faster modems, and mouse peripheral.<\/p>\n<h2>Terminal View<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Terminal-View.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Worldgroup Client View<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375\" style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-375\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Splash-Screen.jpg\" alt=\"Worldgroup Splash Screen\" width=\"406\" height=\"330\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worldgroup Windows \/ Mac client splash screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Main-Window.jpg\" alt=\"Worldgroup Main Window\" width=\"510\" height=\"438\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worldgroup Windows Client from administrator viewpoint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Client-View-teleconference.jpg\" alt=\"Worldgroup Client View - teleconference\" width=\"660\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teleconference with group whiteboard, chat, and image share.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>World Wide Web View<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-378\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-378\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Webview-login.jpg\" alt=\"1998 Worldgroup Webview login\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1998 Worldgroup Webview login<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-379\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/on-linelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/Worldgroup-Webview.jpg\" alt=\"1998 Worldgroup Webview\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1998 Worldgroup Webview<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-154","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":134,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/154\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/134"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/154\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/imem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}