-=> PETER COGGON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

 from Down Under! ;)

 PC>   Hello Tony VK3JED ....    Thanks for the hello ... ...always
 PC> welcome.   Are you on packet?

No, haven't run packet for years.

 PC>   Does this mean you are opening a BBS in OZ?   That is great, I

Sort of, I will be controlling the board from here, but it will actually be
physically located on a Linux virtual server in Atlanta.  Mixing the best of
the old and new. :-)

 PC> used to have a dialup here, until the PC crashed, and I never
 PC> quite got back to getting it running fully...I then decided in 2005
 PC> due to personal and family circumstances to close it...I really think

I started a dialup in 1992, ran it for 18 months, until a friend took the
system over.  I stayed on to maintain it, until we closed it for good in 1998.

 PC> BBSes were great.   They could never be replaced by the Internet,
 PC> which killed 30 in my area alone.

Agreed, and I think people are realising that, there seems to be a bit of a
comeback for BBSs, although now they can take advantage of the Internet, and
exist _because_ of it, not in spite of it. :)
73 de VK3JED
http://www.vkradio.com
Synchronet BBS coming soon!
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