Subj : Re: I need help from BBS experts! To : alt.bbs.ads From : oldbbsstuff@yahoo.com (Marc Abrahams) Date : Tue Dec 16 2003 08:42 am "Tom Miller" wrote in message news:... > Wow, I see where your coming from, but I would find it very hard to believe > someone would have that old a system still intact. A lot of bbs sysops > upgrade incrementally (which is 1 way to "buy it on time"). So even if I > had that system at 1 time, the motherboard, hard disk, modem, monitor etc > will all been moved on/off to the trash.... > Tom > > "Marc Abrahams" wrote in message > news:da91d15b.0310300835.37cc9d6d@posting.google.com... > > Hi all, > > > > I'm working on a patent-related project on my new job that has me > > searching for hardware from ancient BBS systems. Does anyone still > > have an ORIGINAL BBS server from 1989 or earlier? I mean the very > > same computer that ran the BBS, with the same hard disk, with the same > > BBS software and file archives. The more complete the system, the > > better. For example, it would also be desirable to have the same > > modem (or modem pool) and monitor. Better still to have logs of files > > downloaded by users. > > > > If you still have this old hardware, software and other stuff, please > > drop me an e-mail. I'd like to ask you some questions about your > > system. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Marc > > > > oldbbsstuff@yahoo.com > > oldbbsstuff@hotmail.com I've figured that was going to be the case that most of the original stuff was history. However, even though the original hardware is gone, many of the systems contents are moved over to the next incarnation of the BBS so the files are all preserved. They become a snap shot of historical value and would still interest me. So I would still like to find a system that had been running since that time even though it had gone through some changes. .