Subj : RE: Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 26 2023 10:29:56

  Re: RE: Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Apr 25 2023 05:49 pm

 Ni>> I find that interesting, as I don't remember seeing any Synchronet
 Ni>> BBSes in my area in the 90s (I hadn't heard about Synchronet until I
 Ni>> was looking up BBS packages to start my BBS again in 2007). Many of
 Ni>> the bigger BBSes 

 PF> It's my theory that BBSes grew organically. Someone starts a BBS running
 PF> package X, local callers, if they like it, choose package X when they
 PF> start their BBS. Get enough BBSes going and you have critical mass.

 PF> WWIV and Forum were the two primary packages in 415 when I was starting
 PF> out -- later Searchlight for small BBSes and PCBoard/TBBS for the pay
 PF> boards.

Yeah, that's what I've often thought too.
There were many BBS packages I remember being used in my area: RemoteAccess, WWIV, Searchlight, Wildcat, Maximus, MajorBBS, Spitfire, Ezycom, TAG, Telegard, Renegade, and probably others.  It sounds like Synchronet was another popular one, so I'm a little surprised I don't remember seeing any Synchronet BBSes in my area.

Nightfox
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