Subj : BBS Documentary 1/2
To : Daryl Stout
From : Matt Bedynek
Date : Thu Jul 02 2015 07:33 am
Hello Daryl!
29 Jun 15 10:06, Daryl Stout wrote to MATT:
DS> The BBS is one of the last hobbies I can still do because of
DS> declining health, and my BBS is the last one left in the state
DS> of Arkansas.
For me it was a matter of technical persuits. I had nothing technical to do
after getting home from work outside the BBS. I used to with regularity write
scripts, patch and compile programs. Granted I am no developer it gave me
enough justification to learn the basics of those things.
DS> Years ago, when we had at least a dozen BBS's in the Little Rock
DS> area
DS> alone, users and Sysops would gather at a local restaurant every so
DS> often, to put names to faces, recruit new users to their BBS's, etc.
DS> Sadly, those days around here are long gone.
I do believe we caved in to easily. It is to easy to 'just google it'.
DS> Most of the time, I'm the only caller on the system, although I've
DS> picked up some new users via another hobby, ham radio. I'm glad there
DS> are several brands of software, but I've only run the following:
DS> 1) SoftMail and Mini-Net -- BBS software for the Radio Shack TRS-80..
DS> 2) GT Power (dial-up) -- for my birthday in 1992, a friend of my ..
DS> 3) Synchronet (dial-up, telnet, and web) -- in May, 2005, I upgraded..
It is unlikely someone is messing with your system. In my opinion, telnet
based bulletin boards to not represent a large enough trophy for someone to
concern themselves with attacking one. It would most likely be a system update
which is having compatibility with legacy software. Could try seeing if
running in 'compatibility' node would help.
DS> .. software, to get "the best of both worlds". One thing I really like
DS> about Synchronet (3.14a and later) is that you can run both fossil
DS> and on-fossil doors on the system.
I am leaning on the Sync route with Linux when I get to setting up a BBS.
Wanted to get a mail node running first (FreeBSD).
DS> 4) Virtual Advanced (telnet and web) -- currently running it, but as
DS> noted above, with constant telnet server crashings, I'm working on
DS> setting up Synchronet again. However, there won't be dial-up access ..
My first was RBBS because it was among the first boards I dialed, learned how
to use and the software was free. My first BBS was running on a Tandy (8086)
with 2400 bps modem when 14,400 was the new hotness. If I recall, it was my
first computer with a hard disk drive (a whopping 20 MB). It was a paid to run
some programs when you did not have enough 'conventional' ram.
Regards,
Matt
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