Subj : Rise and fall of BBSes
To   : Diamond Dave
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 10:48 pm

  Re: Rise and fall of BBSes
  By: Diamond Dave to All on Thu Sep 22 2005 10:45 pm

 > I've noticed quite a few telnet BBSes come online, only to dissapear after a
 > month or two.
 > 
 > And then there are others (like mine) that have been around for many years
 > (mine is over 12 years old) and are still going strong.
 > 
 > I wonder why people go to all the trouble of setting up a new telnet BBS, on
 > to take it down a couple of months later?
 > 

Hi Dave ...

I think with awesome programs like Sync it's cake to get a board setup and 
running with echos in no time.  I downloaded Linux in about 2 hours, 
installed it in 20 minutes, and installed Sync in about another 20 minutes.  
Total time to setup some newsgroup feeds and Dovenet was maybe 30 minutes if 
that... so in maybe 3 hours anyone can get a fully functional board up with 
thousands of messages.

Granted this makes a board that looks just like everyone else's board who 
did the same, but still, it's a full BBS.  I think lots of folks go through 
this but the nostalgia wears off after a few months.  I personally setup a 
BBS with Fidonet and everything around 2001 with Sync on Windows, but the 
system wasn't stable nor was my broadband connection.  The board I have up 
now I plan on spending some time on, so though it won't be oldschool like 
some, it should be around for a while.

Take care,

Sam

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