Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Apr 23 2022 07:33:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Arelor <=-

 Ni> If the number of people buying (or building) PCs has dwindled that
 Ni> much, then I can see how it might not be a reliable business model
 Ni> anymore.

I miss the corner PC shops, where they'd advertise in the local tech 
newspaper. They'd custom build a PC to your specs, and throw in the OEM 
license at their cost.

In San Francisco in the '90s, there had to be dozens of them, and 
competition was pretty fierce, which kept the prices down the service high.


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