Subj : Re: What do you get out of running a BBS?
To   : Nightfox
From : Bucko
Date : Tue Apr 06 2021 07:13 pm

On 06 Apr 2021, Nightfox said the following...
 
 Ni> For the BBS sysops out there, what motivates you to keep running a BBS?

Back in the 80's and 90's I ran a BBS because I enjoyed programming in Basic
for the Image BBS for the C64, I spent more money and more time doing both. I
loved it but then it became a job. When that happened and my old hardware was
dying I got out.. In 2018 because I saw some groups on Facebook catering to
BBS' I put one up again. Why? I did it for me! It was a way to kill time at
night instead of sitting in front of that boob tube and watching my brain rot!

Since that first Mystic board (The one I am posting on) I put a BBS on every
platform that means something to me, Amiga, Linux, C128 and I and another
programmer just released Image BBS v3.0 for the C64. Now I am programming for
my fun, not anyone else's.. So that is what motivates me, I do it for me! If
I get callers to call great, if not, I still can sleep at night knowing I am
having some fun and also keeping my brain working before Alzheimers sets in!

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