Subj : Re: First Computer
To   : Rixter
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Oct 01 2024 07:38:00

-=> Rixter wrote to kirkspragg <=-

 Ri> The struggle to keep the BBS/computer running was the fun part I still
 Ri> remember those days. Computers kits and hardware shows. I wonder how
 Ri> much money we have spent on these things over the years?

For me, the fpart of the fun of BBSing was the challenge of getting a
BBS package, a mailer, a tosser, a nodelist utility, a file tosser, file
announcer, disk defragmentation and scheduled BBS ads on several
networked subboards working - all through a batch file on an old DOS box
in the corner.

I think at one point I even played with accepting FAXes from the BBS.

The flipside was getting people to call your BBS and send you files
instead of you having to call BBSes and download files from elsewhere,
keep your ratios up, &tc. So much easier to run the game than to play
it!


 
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