Subj : Re: Issue With Message Im
To   : paul lee
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Oct 14 2026 07:39 am

-=> paul lee wrote to Digital Man <=-

 pl> All the other big guys wanted $1000+, for sysops to pay for modules as
 pl> if the BBS was a base sofware and were just milkin it... I think the
 pl> smart ones saw the writing on the wall and needed to get as much out of
 pl> the platform before it all came down;

 pl> TBBS, Major, Galacticom(?) - and all the other big multi-node joints.
 pl> Sync was always the community BBS software WITH the fancy stuff. I

 What I remember most was that all of the boards using BigName(tm)
 software were always desperately trying to recoup their costs through
 memberships. I was all about hobbiest (sic) boards back then, didn't
 want access to megs and megs of shareware and wasn't willing to pay for
 a board to have multiple lines.

 I don't think I ever called a Synchronet for DOS BBS back in the day -
 surprising since I was in California. DM, were you still in California
 back then?

 The bay area was mostly Forum, Telegard, Searchlight and
 Wildcat/Spitfire, if memory serves. Some older Opus systems still
 hanging around - and Tom Jennings still ran a Fido BBS...



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