The Lazy River Road In service since 1991. It was first started as a (don't have to call the hotline; remember what the hotline was like in `91) diseminating service, but soon grew into a communication tool for diseminating Grateful Dead Tour Information. From 91 - `94 these ends were met by newsletters and old MA Bell. |  |
LRR BBS The Newsletter's became a sucess so there was a need to streamline the way the info was getting out. Remember this is before the Internet push, in fact the Web was just being invented in 1994. Yes there was life before the WWW. Not very graphical and DOS based. If you had a modem and a computer you could dial in and get the latest. Funny note: The lowest baud allowed on LRR BBS is 300, today's standard is 56,0000. With this new medium it was easier to present more than just Grateful Dead stuff. So with the advent of the first online version of The Lazy River Road with the LRR BBS, came the expansion into covering other bands. LRR BBS Officially went online February 9th, 1994. LRR BBS has a very strong emphasis on communication between people through local Message Boards and international News Groups, such as Rime and Fido Net Newsgroups via a front door connection, as well as carrying many of the Internet's Usenet Newgroups. Since this is a BBS, most user's dial in directly, or now, can telnet in from the Internet. Hello World Wide Web In March of 1995 the LRR came to the Internet. In June of 1997 The Lazy River Road got a major face lift. In fact the music links page is the only original file left. It's main structure went to frames. It was transformed into a general information site with a reference and a sports section, while still holding on to the intial cause with a beefed up Music site and other features for your everyday hippy. 1997 - September, Final Music enhanced 1997 - November, Political Corner Added 1998 - February, Java enhancements are added to pages 1998 - Feburary, Yearly Sports Base, Sports page enhanced 1998 - April, Environment Section Added 1998 - June, New Speedway Web Conceived 1998 - September, New Times, Feature, Cool Picks Added 1999 - February, LRR BBS updated 1999 - March-April, Maintainence Revision 1999 - April, Newsletter Added 1999 - September, Taper's Pit Added 2000 - February, Cassidy's Corner And The Virtual City Added