Subj : Re: Rise and fall of BBSe To : Sam Alexander From : Mweeby Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 03:53 pm "Sam Alexander" wrote in message news:4337FF6E.1533.dove-gen@lifeisbunk.homelinux.com... > Re: Rise and fall of BBSes > By: Pbmountaincat to Mweeby on Mon Sep 26 2005 07:47 am > > > Re: Rise and fall of BBSes > > By: Mweeby to Y on Fri Sep 23 2005 03:35 am > > > > > Re: Rise and fall of BBSes > > > By: Diamond Dave to All on Thu Sep 22 2005 10:45 pm > > > > > > > I wonder why people go to all the trouble of setting up a new telnet B > > > > to take it down a couple of months later? > > > > > > > Well Dave that's an interesting question. I've just put mine back up aga > > > although I don't have tons of doors on it, I think perhaps they take it d > > > because they have a problem dealing with the disapointment of not having > > > flocking in, or they have a crash, or something. > > > Or they just downloaded it, tried it, and got frustrated with setting it > > > although Synch is great since it almost runs completely out-of-the-box. > > > I'da'know. > > > > > > > I used to run a Spitfire BBS at home, and ran a Spitfire BBS at work when I > > worked for a local college. It was great, it started out as a class project > > when the class was over, I was working in the computer lab and maintained it > > for years until I left that job and the BBS left with me. > > > > I am dabbling in Synchronet now and still trying to figure things out, but > > it's up, and dove-net is working. > > > > Very different from Spitfire, haven't looked at the doors and such but havin > > it up and running out of the box is great. > > > > I like the other BBS clone screens you can pick. > > > With the Sysop to User ratio being dang near 1:1 I don't think many boards > will have the type of callers they had 10 or more years ago unless your a > message or game hub. My board has gotten about 10 new users since setting > it up over the last week, but quite honestly none have called back because > my board is for the most part stock. I've done no changes to the ANSI > graphics and other then some Newsgroups and DoveNet it's not very dynamic. > > For me, my BBS wasn't setup for the sole purpose of getting users... it is > for my use, and if anyone else wants to use what I use it's there. I do > want to write some custom apps to add maybe RSS news feeds and some other > nifty stuff, but most of what I'll have can easily be found on other boards > or on websites. > > I will say that being back into BBSes these last two or so weeks has been > really fun, and just the chat on Dovenet has kept my computer hobby > interests sparked. I don't have as much time to get online as I used to > (getting married in less then 4 weeks), but I love this! Once the wedding > is over and I start having more time to 'nerd out' (as friends call it), > I'll start working on the ANSI graphics, getting back into programming, and > start jazzing-up the site -- but until then my site will be mainly stock and > not very appealing to the newcomer. > > Sam > > --- > "Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not > understanding, Understanding is not wisdom." -- Cliff Stoll Well I wouldn't worry about the fact that your system is stock, except for the groups and stuff, mine is almost entirely stock except for a LORD game I added, but eventually I plan to add a few 3rd party things, like a oneliner or wall gadget, and a few more doors. Can't do ansi stuff here, cuz ya can't draw what ya can't see, but there's plenty other stuff to fool around with, all the while learning the intricacies of this amazing piece of software. > --- --- þ Synchronet þ Greenwood, Lake Placid, NY, telnet://greenwoo.synchro.net .