Introspective
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"I operated this WWIV BBS on and off for over a year, although
most of that time was spent in an experimental state. There wasn't
much I could do with a slow modem (2400bps), so I needed something
faster to run the system. For Christmas 1993, I got a 14.4k modem,
and I was finally getting things ready to go!
"In April 1994, I ordered a dedicated phone line for the BBS. But
not until I purchased a CD full of shareware did it finally go
live; this happened in July. Around the middle of January 1995, I
got a nasty virus from somebody and had to reformat my machine.
That was a small tragedy: I enjoyed running the BBS. It was also a
blessing in disguise though, because after the system went down, I
was able to use my computer for my own needs instead of serving
others. If I'd had another computer, who knows how long I could
have run?
"Introspective received over 20 calls a day during its prime that
November. Earlier that fall, I helped set up a message network
with a sysop in Maple Grove, Minnesota. It was cool to syndicate
e-mail and message boards across a wide area.
"All in all, it was fun and educational to run a BBS, but the
internet really pointed out the weaknesses of a single-user
system." - Jonathan Osborne

Phone   : 715-834-2085
Place   : Eau Claire, WI
Years   : 1993 - 1995
Sysop   : Jonathan Osborne
Software: WWIV & ViSiON-X

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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