Subj : Rise and fall of BBSes To : Pbmountaincat From : Ralph Smole Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 11:00 am Re: Rise and fall of BBSes By: Pbmountaincat to RALPH SMOLE on Mon Sep 26 2005 10:54 pm > > RS>Spitfire was one of the many BBS softwares that I ran Nimbus on. Used to > RS>it. I ran Spitfire,Shotgun,Wildcat,Renegade,Mystic and even tried Telix > RS>hostmode. Finally settled on Synch and plan to remain with it for good. > > I like how Spitfire runs and such but most people hated Spitfire. > > I wrote a program for Spitfire years ago to read file lists and create > bulletins of # of files in areas, and such. Don't know if I have it > around anymore, wonder how Syncronet file areas look like. > > Back in the day, we had over 300 areas, fidonet, relaynet and some other > small ones. College paying the bill, calling Indianapolis several times > a day was good to keep fresh content. > > Have a great day. > > Philip > You too! ********************************************* Yes, Guns DO kill people! The Nimbus BBS. Briar,TX ********************************************* --- þ Synchronet þ The Nimbus BBS: nimbus.synchro.net AND www.freewebs.com/ralphsmole .