Re: Speaking of BBS's...

[Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>]

noone@nowhere.net wrote:

> OK, I'm bound to get flamed for this, but what is/was Fidonet?
>
> I am a long time computer user, but I never really did internet or news
> group until the last few years.  I remember playing with Telnet hopping
> from computer to computer back in 92 or so, just to see how far around
> the world I could get.  It was all menu driven Unix anon logins.  I
> didn't understand the technology then.  I only BBSed locally.  (Geez, we
> had about a dozen BBS's back then.)  I always wanted my own BBS just to
> play LORD.  :)  Anyone still have that door running?  I still have two
> custom mazes that I created.  :)

Hmmmm.... I suppose it would be possible to do an AppleLinc BBS. I have an extra phone line that could be used from, say, 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM....

Roy

>
>
> Thankx,
> Ed
>
> Steve Quarrella wrote:
> > If I was to find a system that allowed telnet access and that carried the Fidonet Apple II conference, would anybody here be interested in helping me to revive the darned thing?