Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Apr 07 2022 23:16:29

 Ar>  >  An> And as I mentioned in my last post, the security and privacy world
 Ar>  >  An> advanced hugely in the last few decades, and BBS software did not 
 Ar>  >  An> up. So in a way, a sort of technical debt is instantly created by
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > You could probably go so far as to say obsoleted. Generally trying to m
 Ar>  > this mish mash of antique and semi-modern systems up to date would be l
 Ar>  > asking MS to provide updates for Win 3.11
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > The only real way to manage all this would be to start again, but then 
 Ar>  > lose most of that which probably drives people to use/run it now, nosta
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > ST
 Ar> 
 Ar> I am not here for nostalgia. I am here becuse I like terminal message
 Ar> boards.
 Ar> 
 Ar> I didn't grow up with this tech at all.

I used BBS's for a few years in the 90s, when they started their decline.  Came back for nostalgia, but only stayed for this reason, that a simple, fast terminal based interface is preferable than busy "modern" interfaces.

If it were just nostalgia, I would have left, but it is *different* tech, and in a good way.  Partly why I kind of like the idea of modernising things a bit.  I actually prefer to message and engage in discussion this way, than an electron app.

.... A PC a day keeps the Apple away!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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