On Sat 16-Nov-1996  6:59a, Arthur Sawilejskij wrote:
AS> In a message of 14 Nov 96 Shaun Gamble wrote to me:

AS>  SG> Thanks for the confirmation :-) Seems the net is taking over
AS>  SG> everywhere, as MON mentioned to me, looks like the possible demise of
AS>  SG> fidonet and related networks. Sad really. I just don't have time to

AS>      Well, you would have seen the stats someone posted in one of the
AS> sysop echos - BBS numbers are certainly on the fall.

:-( Yeah... i'net really is taking over. Web sites rising BBSes falling.
Although it'll take me a lot to drop the bbs. Not much in way of support
for the amiga in Brisbane (in regards to BBSes).

AS>  SG> participate in this echo anymore. It certainly helped me along my
AS> Amiga
AS>  SG> days. (The A4000 is still going strong before you ask :-) ). Mind
AS> you,
AS>  SG> the amount of Amiga BBSes up here is rapidly diminishing. I don't
AS> know
AS>  SG> how many amiga bbses there are up here that actually run on an
AS> Amiga...

AS>      Well, I picked up a 686 the other day, so I'll be spending time on
AS> thar and I guess progressively less on my 2000 (sold a 1200 recently).

AS>      The BBS is still running, but I don't know for how much longer.

AS>      So many people have left the platform and most of those that have
AS> strayed have an interent account and don't want to support the BBS
AS> anymore. :(

I have a few computers plus my internet account. I don't think I'll be
selling my A4000 for a while though...

Ciao for now,

Shaun.

  //sgamble{at}verbal.apana.org.au
\X/ AmigaDos, so good IBM cloned it :-)
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