Talk:The Matrix

One or two articles?

From the looks of it, when I first wrote this article I intended to make a separate one for the Matrix. Given that a) both were the same BBS, just the names changed and b) it was the Matrix longer than it was America On-Line, I'm not sure that makes sense. I'm thinking now there should just be one article covering the BBS's entire existence. Any thoughts? --Lkseitz (talk) 23:01, 4 January 2018 (PST)

• I think one article would be sufficient, but it would be nice to have a simple redirect to the AOL page from the Matrix page. The original BBS that Rocky started in the early '80s was named "Birmingham BBS" which eventually became America On-Line and then the Matrix. There was a nice B'ham News article written sometime in the early '90s that interviewed Rocky and gave a lot of history. I saved the article, but unfortunately I put it in a "safe spot" so that I wouldn't lose it, and it's still there to this day, buried in a box or a file cabinet. (-: Robert Matthews (talk) 10:02, 5 January 2018 (PST)
  • You can search the Birmingham News archives. The catch is you have to go down and just pick the paper from the lengthy list. (Aren't you glad Alabama is the first state, alphabetically?) I searched for Rocky Rawlins and found these relevant articles, but didn't buy any of them.

1. "Local Internet On-Ramp Ready Fore Traffic" (November 11, 1994)
2. "Slow Ramp Onto Internet Local Access Lags, But Future Appears Bright" (December 26, 1994)
3. "From The Board To The World Matrix Evolves From Local Board To Web Provider" (August 5, 1996)
4. "Local Men Refused Stock, Took Cash For AOL Name" (January 12, 2000)

You can also find a complete archive of Birmingham Telecommunications News in the external link at the bottom of that article. (Although I'm working on something that lets you search them.) --Lkseitz (talk) 19:30, 5 January 2018 (PST)