Hello BOB!

Feb 19 14:16 03, BOB GEARHART wrote to DANIELJANGELICH{at}PEOPLEPC.:

 BG>  Yes a few BBS's still exist and gratefully the FIDO NET is carried 
 BG> on
 BG>  most of them.  They help keep groups like ours alive, so we want to 
 BG> do
 BG>  everything possible to make their job as easy and rewarding as we 
 BG> can.

Yep i'm one of the sysops ;) My BBS isn't very old.. that might be
suprising somebody, but here's my story.

In 96 or something my father bought a modem, for our computer.. I thought
what are we going to use that thing for.. but we connected to a BBS for the
first time, it was a big experience, Computerland BBS was the name. I got
very fashinated about the BBS'es, i made my own, but it was a private
system, because i couldn't afford a phoneline more, so it was only used
then my friends, should download files from me.

Then the internet came, i "forgot" all about the bbs'es.. but
this summer i talk to RC Denmark, in fidonet, and he told me about fidonet
thru the internet, and i came back, and soon i started my BBS agian (just
on some different software).

 BG>  Without them, we would be stuck in newsgroups where insults and 
 BG> other
 BG>  flames are the norm. Until using the PhotoShop newsgroup, I never 
 BG> had
 BG>  a need for the twit filter in my software.   I love a nice 
 BG> civilized
 BG>  forum such as we have here where ideas can be exchanged and 
 BG> discussed
 BG>  with others from a sensible point of view.

I droped usenet, most of the people are unseriusly.. And i like fidonet
better, because there are a spirit, "it's my system, i'm a part of
this system".

 BG>  These still didn't produce a file that was acceptable to send over 
 BG> the
 BG>  FIDO net, they did produce a file that was acceptable to send over a
 BG>  connection to a BBS where it could be stored and shared by other 
 BG> users.

The nodelists, bbs lists, etc is still distributed by fileechos.

Regards,
Bo

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