Subj : [ANSI] Sysops vs. Users To : All From : warmfuzzy Date : Thu Jul 04 2019 03:06:53 Bulletin Board SystemsSysOps vs. Usersby: Jon Just vig, Sp00knet Editor---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------Have you ever won dered what it was like before the internet? Well, I tellyou , a lot of people were into Bulletin Board Systems before this new mo dernage era.A bulletin board back in the 80's and early 90's were a lot like how theinternet is today. Yo u had message base conference areas much like a largeaudienc e of people like social media. There was also netmail which is like private messages such as today's e-mail system. There were even text based on-line games people played which could be played across the world; these games had to exchange data files called game packets from a central hub and distribute it out to other hubs throughout other countries. It was quite costly back then to even afford ten phone lines and the equipment tied into it. There was teleconferencing much like texting on your phone. BBSing simply is a retro/vintage type of spreading information and entertainment much like we see today.A SysOp or a System Operator had much control over the BBS. Some hadCo-SysOp(s) to help maintain it and moderators to filter unwanted content.There were a lo t fewer systems back then. Overall there were a lot more bbses than there presently are, however they were very limiting in which ones you could use do to the major problem of long-distance charges. It was more of auserbase then, of hundreds of thousands of users across the  globe.Today, just about anybody can setup a BBS so t he SysOp vs. User ratio haschanged dramatically in the past decades. A lot of software is cheap andthe price to run one  can be cheap as well. I encourage more users onexisting sy stems to motivate the BBS scene by posting messages,particip ating in teleconference chats, perhaps get a little gaming in there for those interested, upload more files than download.Togethe r, let's work for a common purpose. That purpose being to keep the BBS community alive and well, to spread information technology to those that have an eager passion for it. Information should by all means be free just like living water. Take a step up and spread the word to your friends what BBSing means to you in a positive way. It can be fun for all ages and you can possibly make a lot of friends and spend time learning something new each and every day.So, the question is: Is BBSing better than the Internet? I believe theInternet is laziness; just point and click to anything you want. BBSingtook a lot of t ime, hard work and felt a lot like more of a real community. Now that you know a little about the past, lets not reinvent the wheel, but cange its direction. Lets keep the dreams of BBS SysOps and BBS Users alive by spending quality time on them. I encourage it. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 컴컴컴컴컴컴��複複複複複複複��  複 複 � 複 複 複 � 複�霜 � ��複�霜霜�� � � 白� 賞 � � � 霜� � � � ��� �� 複�� �� �� 霜� � � 蔔� � � �複� 霜� � �� 栢�� ����栢栢�� cr1 mson@phatsar.org, PHATstar Editor�栢栢 幡���賞栢栢��栢幡 蔔� 蔔�賞栢� e-Ministries article writer, syste m operator, familiar with�栢�� 賞幡賽����� windows & li nux, simple life, simple world, knowledgable at� 栢�� 霜魄�朋��� � computer trouble-shooting, easy-going, friendly and carin g.�賽賽賽賽賽賽賽�� --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64) * Origin: PHATstar Fishingnet (700:100/50) .