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Skriven 2005-11-29 14:59:00 av PETER COGGON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av STEVEN HORN
Ärende: BBS Days of Olde
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Hello Steven;

  WOW...a lot of time has gone by since the posting :) ...but
better late then never.

 -=> Quoting Steven Horn to Peter Coggon <=-

 SH> I found while I was surfing recently that Victoria's user group, Big
 SH> Blue and Cousins, is still in existence.  It certainly had a BBS but
 SH> now has newsgroups as well as a web page, http://www.bbc.org.  It has
 SH> also managed to keep a membership of 250 (as opposed to 1800 in the
 SH> mid=90s.  

   My market here at the lake, was as a population area ...well 20,000
people in total so I never made it into the 300s.  :)     1800 would
have really made my day, and I guess the local Amateur Radio Club
that started the BBS.

 SH> Our banks use debit cards and other electronic processes so while
 SH> there is human contact, it's not all that great.  And I much prefer
 SH> paying bills on-line to standing in line.

  Not I Steven...Everytime I hear of a intruder...and bank accounts
and Internet access..I smile knowing that it will never come to that
for my accounts.   I perfer to stand in line and do my jokes with
everyone in the bank.
 
 SH> When a group of idiots destroyed Burt Juda's Fidonet <> Internet
 SH> gateway, I was really upset as it provided me with Internet access for
 SH> several years while there was nothing available locally.
 
  We had that too...but my Internet email was abused.   My fault really
from screening Assist sysops, to helpout when I was not around.
I just killed everything then brought in another program and restarted
and just left everything on "dummy" and all sysop Qs were sent to me
when I had the time to answer them.

 SH> I think our discussion of unincorporated organizationa is dead but
 SH> drop into ALASKA_CHAT and say hello.

 SH> Take care,

 SH> Steven Horn (steven.horn@gmail.com)
 SH> Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
 SH> -!- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 SH>  ! Origin: North of 60 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (1:17/67)

   Okay...thanks very much....I would consider one day with a partner
to setup and BBS on the Internet...but I would have to really look
into it...and I would want dialup and the Packet Radio gateway too.

ttfn

Peter


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