Wayne Bell
Biography
Wayne Bell is the creator of the WWIV BBS system. The first WWIV BBS went online in Los Angeles in December 1984. His BBS, WWIV version 1.0 written in BASIC and 2.0 written in Turbo Pascal later came to be named Amber, node 1 of the WWIVnet BBS network. His handle as the SysOp was Laison Al'Gaib when it was WWIV, then Random when it became Amber. Bell continued to own and develop the WWIV software for over a decade, becoming an iconic figure in the online world, before the privatization and subsequent expansion of the Internet caused the BBS world to fade in the mid to late nineties. Bell eventually sold WWIV, retaining his career as a computer technician. Clips of an interview with Bell appear as part of BBS: The Documentary.
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Credited work
56 releases · 33 albums · active 1987–2000
- Performance · 40
- Production · 28
- Other credits · 8
- Engineering · 7
Studios: Blue Hearts Recording · Studiomedia · River North Studios · Music Institution Memorial, Detroit
Frequent collaborators
- House Of Jazz
- Reggie Hall
- Bigger Than Life
- Jolynn Murray
- Musical Expression
- Kim English
- Vicki Ryan
- Derrick May