Subj : Re: Telgate/Mudgate Echo
To   : Time Warrior
From : Jazzman
Date : Thu Jun 30 2005 08:38 am

    
 >  > Do we actually have 1000+ Synchronet bbs's (modified or not) out in
 >  > telnet-land  ?

 >  > Whatever the number is, i look at it sort of like modding a car. Some
 >  > will do this and some will do that. When it comes to cars, some
 >  > prefer a plain-ole sleeper. It's a matter of taste i suppose.

 >  Kind of a bad comparison. With a car, you need to either have ALOT of money
 > or skill to mod out something like that (ussually both). All you need is to
 > know enough about computers to run a BBS and THEDRAW. Ansi's don't need to b

Well, if i have anything in common here with other Sysops it is the
amount of time and money i've poured into both cars and bbs progs
alike. Having said that, i still consider my comparison to be valid.

Addon's of both bbs's and cars take money, with some ability needed
to install the parts. Skill level needed always depends on what it
is one is installing on the car/bbs. I have dialed what i'd call
sleeper bbs's. Basically plain vanilla installs of software that
served the sysops purpose for whatever. Example: Remember McAfee's
bbs ?  I'd say that was a sleeper that served one heck of a purpose.
Nothing pretty but everything worked and it had alot of mileage.

Course you have OTOH scene, or modded boards. Serves the same purpose
as sleeper boards but much prettier to look at is all. My point is
don't think people call your bbs simply because you have some killer
ansi's. I use to have one user who donated to my board monthly
that only called in to grab their qwk mail bag of Rime. That's it!
Didn't matter how much time i spent on menus or games, this user
could simply care less about flash and only wanted to grab his mail
bag like clock work. The most important thing imho is "does it work"?

 > wide at minimum. I remeber that even Hawaii had a descent amount at one time

That's where TBird's all started for me in the early 90's. When i
discovered bbsing i just thought man, this is absolutely the coolest!
Look at me now, still can't create a decent looking ansi! :-p


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