Spot
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Also listed as: Up the Road

"SPOT started as S.P.O.T. as an acronym for ""Someone Playing On
Transistors."" Believe the original Node Number was 1:154/110 and
then 1:154/154 and ran on a Columbia MPC-1600 Portable Computer
with a Courier HST modem. Was test run from the UK prior to moving
stateside, but no public node number issued as I had been
communicating via FidoNet for a couple years at that stage. Did
some experimenting as a point system along the way. SPOT carried
on slightly past the nodelist dating without echomail as local
only BBS. As an out of pocket project the system never had more
than one line available. What ended SPOT was monopolization by a
handful of local trolls, including a local Radio Shack franchise
owner in a persistent pervasive troll campaign, which took away
the fun. Add a couple of house moves and a young family and
suddenly the logistics and expenses were hard to justify.
Rejecting user requests to run an ""Elite"" section also reduced
the caller count. An extra discussion area for users obviously
smarter than me didn't last long, as not all would accept the
invite or participate on a regular basis. What really matter to me
was communications across the FidoNet, as I was all into netmail
and EchoMail. Users were a bonus but not a requirement. Files were
sent to Mystery Manor BBS nearby in Manitowoc, WI when SPOT shut
down and I used an off-line message program until internet email
became more solid. A modernized version of SPOT has been an
on-and-off project recently." - Steve Weinert

Phone   : 414-682-7427
Place   : Branch, WI
Years   : 1989 - 1992
Sysop   : Steve Weinert
Software: Opus

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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