Fn was used as a realtime communications channel after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake - Internet access from hard-hit Santa Cruz returned to service before reliable phone service did . In March 1991 the University of Kentucky changed policy and shut down the fn server . Within 2 months a new server had been created from the client software by another fn user , John Atwood Devries , and was put online now renamed ICB . This new server code , unrelated to the original server except by the common client software source , was then used as the basis of many ICB servers to follow . From 1995 to 2000 the server code was heavily rewritten for stability and additional features by Jon Luini and Michel Hoche-Mong and remains available at the ICB.net web site
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
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