Subj : Re: Good reason not to ru
To   : Bf2k+
From : Mickey
Date : Mon Oct 07 2024 19:24:00

On 06 Oct 2024, Bf2k+ exclaimed the following...
 
 Bf> I like running my BBS(es) at home.  Been doing it since 1984.  Of course
 Bf> they are very different now than they were then. Then, I only ran 1
 Bf> Atari 8-bit BBS on several floppy drives (and eventually a 5 mb hard
 Bf> disk (wow)).

Warms my heart. I had the same kind of setup although a Commodore 64 with 3 X 1541 drives (floppies) :-)
The difference was that back then, mostly people within your personal areacode called you, and today, you're available to the whole world and nobody calls. <grin>

Mick Manning
@ Mick's Place
centralontarioremote.net:23

.... Youth is glorious, but it isn't a career

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