Subj : Re: future for fido
To : Nigel Reed
From : Dan Clough
Date : Wed Apr 06 2022 07:18 pm
-=> Nigel Reed wrote to All <=-
> 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.
NR> That's a good idea. I wonder if I can donate a PC to the local
NR> computer museum with a copy of syncterm and a few bulletin
NR> boards. I'd have to find some way to lock the config so people
NR> don't save their credentials or add other boards.
NR> Thanks for the idea.
That's a great thing to do. Another possibility might be the same
thing at a local branch library.
