c. 1990
RaLab, Rickard's own BBS software
Rickard developed BBS software called RaLab (RemoteAccess Laboratory) in Turbo Pascal.
I wanted to get rid of all the abbreviations and computer jargon. The nerds thought it was cool to have their own terms, but I wanted anyone at all to be able to hang out there.
- RaLab = RemoteAccess Laboratory, written in Turbo Pascal.
- Rickard ran digital meeting places on his own ”from 1989 to 2000” (Q&A 2006).
- The Swedish Internet Foundation (Internetstiftelsen), 2014: ”burning 5,000 a month on the phone bill” was everyday life for the BBS crowd.
Sources: Internetstiftelsen 2014