{"id":54,"date":"2011-09-14T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T07:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onramp.com.au\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2024-12-09T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T04:25:08","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onramp.com.au\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Onramp Computer Services began life in 1990 as MacBBS – a service to the Perth Macintosh community, running on a Xenix\/386 system from the offices of ICL in West Perth.<\/p>\n

The original MacBBS was entirely written in Bourne Shell, with a backend “database” in plain-text.  It wasn’t connected to the Internet in any way, but through the helpful assistance of Curtin University, where I would later work, I was able to acquire items of interest from UseNet groups like, alt.binaries.mac and repost them for download through our 2400bps modems.<\/p>\n

In March 1994, MacBBS returned as a much more mature user experience using SoftArc’s First Class system running on a Macintosh IIx through bleeding edge 9600bps modems<\/p>\n

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\nWe even had support for direct connections from Newton MessagePads<\/p>\n

In late 1994, we were heavily involved in getting a new ISP, Highway 1, up and running – this was the first time that MacBBS, now officially called “Onramp” had direct Internet connectivity, and the users of the system had real-time email access.<\/p>\n

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Key Projects in Onramp’s early history:<\/strong><\/p>\n