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Re: Put your BBS back online with MagicJack?
Compression could be a killer...or it could mean a lower baud rate... I'll
have to try it out and see what kind of connection I can get...if any...
"Steven Lichter" <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> wrote in message
news:QLiUl.34311$ZP4.5146@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
Terry Olsen wrote:
Has anyone ever thought of running their old BBS just like they did in
the heyday??? With actual Apple hardware, an analog modem, and a phone
line? Now that MagicJack has come into existence, $40 to purchase, and
$20 per year of service with free long distance, seems to me it would be
entirely possible to have a bunch of Apple II bbs's to call once again.
Sysops would not have to shell out a monthly payment for a 2nd phone line
and users wouldn't have to worry about long distance phone charges to
call. No-brainer, eh?
So would there be any interest? Are there any sysops who would consider
running a BBS like this? In the next month or so, I'll probably go buy a
MagicJack, put mine online, and see what happens. Anyone else?
You would need to run the Magic Jack with a PC or Intel Mac, I would guess
from there you could plug a modem into the phone jack then to your Apple.
I have a Magic Jack, but I have never tried a modem on it. There might be
problems since the system requires compression. I know years ago when
Sprint has PC Pursuit it required special drivers to allow the Apple BBS
software t o run on it.
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