Subj : Re: computers
To   : Nightfox
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sun May 04 2025 12:22:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 Ni> Where I am, I'd say there were more than just 'several' BBSes still
 Ni> running in 1993.  I didn't even start running my BBS until 1994, and I
 Ni> think there were still a lot of BBSes in my area at that time.  Mine
 Ni> got plenty of callers..  I think it was around 1997 or so when BBS
 Ni> usage in my area started to drop off, and it seemed to drop off fairly
 Ni> quickly.  I took my BBS down in 2000 because it was rarely getting any
 Ni> callers anymore.

Understandable.

 Ni> What I think is interesting is that I think my current BBS now gets
 Ni> more use than my original BBS was getting in 2000..

LOL - yeah, I can kinda see that though... In Jackson, there were several
dozen regular callers. In Memphis that was several dozen PER BOARD
and not a lot of them were power users that were on ALL boards. Heck,
I was on a few, but ended up gravitating to about three. :-)


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