Subj : Re: I need help from BBS experts! To : alt.bbs.ads From : "Tom Miller" Date : Mon Dec 22 2003 04:31 pm Rumor has it that the bbs system that started it all by a guy named Christiansion (sp) who wrote it on some tiny little pre-ibm OS. It has maybe 4 message areas, e-mail and a download area that was expanded so it could handle 4 files.... Tom "Marc Abrahams" wrote in message news:da91d15b.0312160842.17d59142@posting.google.com... > "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. .