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Monochrome BBS, known to users as "Mono," is a text-based multi-user bulletin board system featuring thousands of discussion files, along with games, user messaging, and a talker. it is one of the few BBS's still in operation and actively used on a daily basis by its community, with over 5000 comments in a typical month. Monochrome runs on custom software, making the platform and user experience distinct from other bulletin board systems. == History == The underlying software (''mono'' - small ''m'') was originally written in around 1990 by David Brownlee, then a student at City University, London, for his final year project. Monochrome BBS (big ''M'') is a specific instance of mono; another instance of mono was used for a few years as the official user interface for students in the Information Science department, but usage declined around 1996. Once the Monochrome board was up and running, fellow students were given accounts and word began to spread. The first non-City users were admitted in 1991-1992. Eventually Mono's userbase became international, although the majority of those joining were UK university students. By its peak in the mid-1990s, over 8000 accounts had been created, and there were often more than 150 people logged in simultaneously, making it almost certainly the most popular internet BBS in the UK〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =alt.bbs.unixbbs Frequently Asked Questions )〕 . The artist Alan Sondheim has written of his experiences of Mono:〔 〕 However, with the advent of web forums and GUI-based instant messaging, Mono's text-only format was already seen as nostalgic even in 1994 when it appeared in the first issue of .net magazine. Within the Mono community there were discussions about moving the content to a web forum, but the consensus was to retain the format. Activity declined over the years, particularly as LiveJournal〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://spods-in-exile.livejournal.com )〕 became popular, but remained fairly strong even to the present day, when 30 or more members may be logged on during a typical day. In 2010, Mono was noted by Eileen Brown as an example of a bulletin board that is still in use.〔 p.26〕 Most of those now using the system are long-time members. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monochrome BBS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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