> On 01 Apr 2022, Nigel Reed said the following...
>
> NR> There is no future. Not sure about anyone else but most of my
> NR> callers are other sysops or users wanting to relive the good
> NR> times and call a few times and then that's that.
> NR>
> NR> People, generally, are not bothered about bulletin boards any
> NR> more, not when they can have instant email and instant news from
> NR> the site of their choice. If they want to talk to people, they
> NR> have facebook, if they want to view images, they don't have to
> NR> download them, they can go to Instragram. If they want to real
> NR> time chat, they have snap chat.
> NR>
> NR> Until someone can find a way to make board relevant in the modern
> NR> society, you're doomed to talking to the same people on the same
> NR> boards about the same subjects.
>
> That might be the case indeed, but I still believe that there is
> some hope in our cause.
>
> The problem is that before it was really easy to get users. A
> simple ad at the local newspaper and hundreds of people would dial up
> to your system.. those times are gone.
>
> What I am trying to do is to bring the BBS to some of these
> retrocomputing events that happen at my city every now and then.
> With the COVID restrictions lifted, probably we will have one in
> the upcoming months and I plan to participate bringing a system on an
> old laptop, so people can really see it.
That's a good idea. I wonder if I can donate a PC to the local computer
museum with a copy of syncterm and a few bulletin boards. I'd have to
find some way to lock the config so people don't save their credentials
or add other boards.
Thanks for the idea.
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