EDSI

EDSI, or Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, was a computer Bulletin Board System (BBS) located in Appleton, Wisconsin. This system was running on an IBM PS/2 Model 55SX system with SCO Xenix 2.3.2. The system used the STARBASE II BBS Software and provided many local discussion rooms as well as full access to USENET and E-Mail via a dialup UUCP connection. This was Fox Valley (Wisconsin)'s first UNIX based BBS and provided many users with early Internet access.

Besides dialup access, the System Administrator, Chuck Tomasi, often held meetings at his house where the system was located. The meetings featured a basement full of various Computer terminals where everyone could sit down at a terminal and login to the BBS.

Once the dawn of the Internet arrived, and low-cost dial-up Internet access was available to everyone, people lost interest in connecting to these dialup BBS systems. Now, replaced by the World Wide Web, the BBS era remains a fond memory for many.