The Dis Boards origins?

[k5thbeatle]

Just curious but when did these Dis boards first go online for the public?

 

[Simba's Mom]

I kind of wonder that too. I first found them in 1998, and I think back then there was just one general board, not broken into categories. But I've got to admit that that was the first year we had the internet, so since I was so new to the whole process, maybe I just didn't find the different boards. I remember that I read the boards for several months before I realized I could register for free!

 

[Dan Murphy]

June, 1997. I've been here since March, '99. Many changes over the years.


(eta date)

 

[Dan Murphy]

It was a lot different prior to April, 2000, as well as August, 1999, as Dorothy says above.

This is from 2001.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010604183039/http://www.disboards.com/forums/

Here is my page from 2001, as far back as 'wayback' goes.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010611054104/http://www.wdwinfo.com/disteam/danmurphy.htm

 

[gometros]

It was a lot different prior to April, 2000, as well as August, 1999, as Dorothy says above.

This is from 2001.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010604183039/http://www.disboards.com/forums/

Here is my page from 2001, as far back as 'wayback' goes.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010611054104/http://www.wdwinfo.com/disteam/danmurphy.htm

I remember that layout well. I joined in early 2000. Lots of us came over from the Prodigy Theme Parks board.

 

[jsilvers]

Some old threads:

http://www.disboards.com/threads/the-history-of-the-dis-boards.1267807/

http://www.disboards.com/threads/the-history-of-the-disboards-wdwinfo.2968670/

http://www.disboards.com/threads/he...ine-has-www-disneyinfo-com-from-1998.1488427/

 

[Communicore1991]

Wow vBulletin 2.0! I think I first started lurking here around the rollout of vBulletin version 3.8? Fairly late. Sorry, a real technical junkie/guru here

 

[pooch]

I remember boards that looked different (much more "basic") than the one Dan posted. Questions with responses just tiered under the original post? I found the boards while I was researching my 1999 trip and they were very rudimentary back then but still enormously helpful!

 

[Tess]

Just curious but when did these Dis boards first go online for the public?

I have been here since 1997. I logged on within a couple of months after the boards launched. It truly was a much different place back then with a handful of regulars.

 

[UmmYeahOk]

I have been here since 1997. I logged on within a couple of months after the boards launched.

...it took that long to for dial-up to connect and load. =)

 

[Tess]

...it took that long to for dial-up to connect and load. =)

That is certainly true, although there wasn't as much traffic to slow it down!

 

[Dan Murphy]

I remember boards that looked different (much more "basic") than the one Dan posted. Questions with responses just tiered under the original post? I found the boards while I was researching my 1999 trip and they were very rudimentary back then but still enormously helpful!

I do recall that setup. There is a name for that forum style layout. Maybe linear?

...it took that long to for dial-up to connect and load. =)

Ugh, sure do remember those days, that sound, the wait.

 

[leebee]

Ugh, sure do remember those days, that sound, the wait.

I can still hear it... the tones, the scratchy sounds. It's amazing how quickly technology has developed. I read that the standard smartphone has more computing power than did NASA when they put men on the moon- in a fraction of the space. We've come a long way, baby!

 

[thptrek]

Who remembers the great WAPASADI contest?

 

[Evoga]

I remember there was a big drama long ago and a group set up a separate board. Is that still going?

 

[Robo]

Who remembers the great WAPASADI contest?

It was actually, " WPASADI ."

 

[Cyrano]

Moving to the Podcast board as this is where the team will discuss the history of The DIS