PENUltimate
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Also listed as: The Penultimate BBS

"Originally ran on a 386/16 hacked together pile of parts with a
single line. Eventually grew to 3 networked machines providing
Usenet, 3 dialup lines, and PPP dialup unlimited connections for
$19.95 a month. Ran on Galacticomm software then Worldgroup.
Ruston's 1st fulltime BBS with Internet access. Main pipe was a
dedicated 28.8 modem connection to Bayou BBS in Monroe via a
Windows NTAS 3.51 Server. The network on the BBS side ran on
Netware Lite, OS/2, NTAS and DOS for the Worldgroup machine. I,
the sysop, left to become an officer in the Air Force. I should
have stayed and ridden the Internet boom." - Robert C. Bullock
"I had a sort of hack to get the connection from Ruston, LA to
Monroe, LA. It wasn't close enough to get the unlimited 'local
optional service' (I think it was called that) for phone calls. I
had to dial a town in the middle that had the phone permanently
forwarded to Monroe. :) Cute eh? But it was much cheaper than a
dedicated line of any sort, and back then, even two people over a
33-38k connection still wasn't bad. I had a satellite feed at
19.2K of news and files from some company I forget, so that added
to the content. I had a small dish on the roof that ran down to
the downlink modem (there was no send capability) and the DOS
software for it ran in a window on the OS/2 machine. Slick! Some
days I still wonder if I could have expanded it and become more
successful. The guy I left in charge didn't take advantage of the
opportunities at that time, and eventually shut it down even
though he only had to cover the costs of the phone lines etc.
which should not have been hard to do at $20 a month for a
subscription." - Robert C. Bullock

Phone   : 318-255-5233
Place   : Ruston, LA
Years   : 1994 - 1996
Sysop   : Robert C. Bullock
Software: Galacticomm

Listed by telephone number, as they all were. A few of
these boards did reach the web: see recoveries-002.txt.
Source  : bbslist.textfiles.com, compiled by Jason Scott

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