Subj : Re: something new..
To   : Terry Roati
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Thu Feb 09 2023 07:13 am

-=> Terry Roati wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

TR>  Most of the systems in Metro Manila were run by Chinese Filipinos
TR> probably due to the cost, there were only two expats being a Brit and
TR> myself. I can't really remember but I don't think the Philippines ever
TR> had 50 systems even with the Americans when they had the two bases
TR> there.

It's weird to think back to how much BBSing cost. I was lucky and used
a cast-off PC, but since most BBSes ran under DOS and in most cases
needed to be dedicated to the BBS, you'd be talking about $1000 for a
PC, a couple of hundred for a decent modem, at least $70 to install the
phone line (plus inside wiring) and then $20-30/month depending on your
phone service. The cheapest way to do a BBS line was to use measured
rate service, so you paid by the minute for outbound calls, but inbound
was free.

Fast forward to 2004, and I was able to take another cast-off work PC,
throw Synchronet on it, port forward telnet to it, and I was up and
running on my existing internet connection.





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