Subj : Re: Starlink + BBS
To   : hollowone
From : Adept
Date : Tue Jun 06 2023 12:33:18

 ho> I believe all depends on the purpose of the board and the storage
 ho> required. VPSes or minimum spec that won't cost fortune usually offer
 ho> very limited storage space. If all you need is message boards and games,
 ho> fine, but data hoarders most likely may require some proxy to their
 ho> local NAS infrastructure by some door or other customization, I assume.

I'm guessing I'm not the first to say this, but "minimum spec" seems basically _perfect_ for BBSs, since requirements are as minimal as you want them to be.

Though, yeah, I guess I do tend to want to have more files and message retention than probably people would have ever considered back in the 1980s.

But, that said, I imagine a lot of people want to play with the hardware themselves, in a way that's just not there with a VPS.

For me, VPS just makes more sense. Or at least did when my situation was unstable. But at this point, I have my BBS on a VPS, and it'd be more effort to change things again, and not really much of a point.

But if I were trying to run a BBS on 1980s hardware, obviously, no VPS option.

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