Hello, Eric.

Thursday January 06 2011 at 15:46, you wrote to All:

 EO> admin standpoint.  There really are many ways of doing something, and
 EO> these days, it seems that everything online is web-centered, and as
 EO> it's all web-based, in a way it all seems the same, and thus less
 EO> interesting than when BBSs were more popular.

I couldn't agree more.  That's why I don't have a Web-based interface on my
BBS; even using fTelnet you're still telneting into the board directly.  I
remember the late 80s and early 90s when I really got heavy into BBSing.  I
still have a soft spot in my heart for Wildcat! as I called a lot of
WC!-based boards where I was at.  There were a few guys running VBBS, one
that ran PCBoard with all the goodies (it was, and would still be
considered to be a HUGE BBS; he even had a tower of 24 4x SCSI CD-ROMs that
were attached to the computer so he could offer a big file base!), a few
running TBBS, lots running WWIV...and each one was different.

At night I'd keep my parents' phone line tied up calling all of these
boards and I enjoyed it.  I thought I was hot stuff when I managed to get a
2400 baud modem. :)

My goal with my BBS, besides my own personal enjoyment, is not to attract a
whole bunch of new callers, but to provide a place for people who remember
BBSes from in their heyday to enjoy a quieter side of the now-overpopulated
thing we call "cyberspace".  While I appreciate people trying to
come up with new and interesting ways to interface BBSing with the Web, I
feel by doing that, BBSing loses its individuality and its niche appeal.

To each their own, I suppose, but I'm happy with what I have now and really
don't plan to change it anymore.  I think we should be happy with keeping
the past alive and reminding kids of today that things weren't always
"on" and "point and click".

Later,
Sean

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