Randy Suess

Randy John Suess (January 27, 1945 – December 10, 2019)[1] was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.[2] Suess, along with partner Ward Christensen, whom he met when they were both members of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists’ Exchange, or CACHE, started development of CBBS during a blizzard in Chicago, Illinois, and officially established it four weeks later, on February 16, 1978.[3][4][5]

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