Byte Information Exchange

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Byte Information eXchange (BIX) was an online service created around 1985 by Byte magazine. It was a text-only BBS-style site running on the CoSy conferencing software. McGraw-Hill also used the same software internally. Access was via local dial-in or for additional hourly charges, the Tymnet X.25 network. Monthly rates were $13/month for the account and $1/hour for X.25 access. Unlike Compuserve, access at higher speeds was not surcharged. Many of the Byte staff were active on the service. Later, gateways permitted email communication outside the system. BIX was acquired by the Delphi online service in 1992.