Subj : Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : T.J. Mcmillen
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon Apr 10 2023 06:43 pm

-=> T.J. Mcmillen wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> Do you recall how much it was back then?  I ran a purchased/registered
 DC> copy of PCBoard back in the 90's, and I think it was either $125 or
 DC> $150, which was a significant cost for me back then.  Also registered
 DC> InterMail/InterEcho.  Didn't have any subscription fees, although I did
 DC> grant higher access levels for those who wanted to donate or register a
 DC> door or something.  I was surprised at how many actually did want to
 DC> do that.

 TM> I remember sending JoHo an international money order for $250 for
 TM> FrontDoor 2.20 (which a few months later became 2.3x -- FREE
 TM> thank God. <G>)  GEcho was $35, ALLFIX was $40ish ... $15/mo for
 TM> a FidoNet feed ... all the countless doors ... yeah I remember.
 TM> :)

Hehe, yep it all added up.  And that was when that much money was a LOT!



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