Amisoft Internet

Profile

Online Since Jan 1989

The Library Network has conducted online service activities since Jan 1989, when our 24Hr Bulletin Board Service (BBS) first went to air. The BBS service was hobby orientated (similar to amateur radio). As such subscription charges aided the telephone and running costs, but were never intended and did not shown profit. The 'BBS' orientation has always been towards the Computer Communications Hobbyist and Enthusist, never towards commercialisation or the Businessman. Internet also existed prior to 1989, but until almost 1995 was heavily orientated towards Education and Military use, and directly against commercialisation and consumer or commercial use.

The Internet Potential

On Internet, commercial forces existed in the background, but without a suitable environment were all but benign. This was going to change. Tiggering a potential for major change in internet usage and acceptance, was the creation and arrival of the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). With it's graphical presentation and simple control scripts, the 'Web' took off quickly. Commercial usage of the network began a continuing climb, as business and sales people world wide began to see the real potential. The Internet 'proper' was born.

Service Launch

Beginning in April 1996, we expanded into the internet service business, with full business orientation. It was after all exactly the same activity we'd been enjoying for years from a hobbyist perspective. We easily claimed to be over qualified for the general System Operator tasks involved, and indeed that was proven to be largely accurate, when comparing the performance and technical levels of many of the existing service providers of the time.

Current Operation

Since then in reality little has changed. The stock market discovered the Internet, then got shy. Major corporations took on the ISP business, with somewhat mixed results. A good example are Mobile Phone companies - who offer financing and marketing in excess but little else. The Telstra monstor has unfortunately dominated the Australian environment, with huge negative longterm ramifactions for the industry. For real ISPs operations continue however, the internet is an extremely interesting place to be. You're welcome to join us..

Our current commercial activities include:

1. Broadband and modem Internet access provision and related services.

2. A specialisation in the Linux operating system, specifically RedHat Linux, providing Linux based internet/intranet network management and consulting services.

3. PC hardware service and sales of custom machines and quality components.

4. Software and HTML development under the Codeland trading banner.

Our site runs on a 100Mb ethernet network using RedHat Linux operating systems, and is powered by a set of Pentium based machines.

Your System Operator and Company Proprietor is Colin Wheat.