Subj : My BBS
To   : Bob Worm
From : deon
Date : Thu Nov 21 2024 10:22 am

  Re: My BBS
  By: Bob Worm to deon on Wed Nov 20 2024 02:34 pm

Howdy,

 > Oh, wow - you really went deep with it. I never really took a close look at
 > Viewdata, I have a client on my Mac but it's not the smoothest experience -
 > for example I can't resize or maximise the window. I also prefer BBSing off
 > my Acorn, so as a result I barely bother with Viewdata. It sounds like there
 > are a lot of mechanisms inside it that I wasn't aware of.

Yeah, I used to work for a company (actually a computer magazine company), who also was a service provider on Viatel - from memory we owned *642# - and it was my job to maintain it.

I used to run an online chat activity on Fri/Sat nights, where folks used to post messages - they would appear like a forum, and I would sometimes add comments to the bottom of the message. It used to get quite busy, and on some nights I might end up processing 100-200+ messages, all at 1200/1200 baud. Like this hobby, there were regulars and you got to know there personalilty, and it was all fun.


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