Re: Speaking of BBS's...

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On 24 Aug 2001 14:24:01 GMT, Steven Lichter wrote:

> <<
> I just read a post from Ernest about setting up a BBS.
>
> Did anyone else out there run a BBS on their Apple II+/e/c/GS in the "old
> days"? I had an Apple IIe with 4 5.25" floppy drives running GBBS software.
> It was called "The Apple Worm Pit". I ran it out of my house when I was in
> 7th and 8th grade. I remember thinking I was such a stud for having 4 whole
> floppy drives! What drive space! Haha. Ah the good old days. If anyone has
> GBBS, email me, would you? I remember how fun that was to code in. It was
> like Applesoft Basic without line numbers.
>
> >>
>
>
> Yes, I still run one.  I put it online in 1987 and it has
> been up since.  Not many calles, but since I bought
> the right to GBBS to keep in from getting flushed
> down, I have kept it up for support for systems that
> are still online and for the few people who still like
> to call local systems and play the games.
>
Can't you link it to the Internet as well? I'd like to log in but the cost of a
call to the U.S.A even over a weekend is bloody expensive.

>
>
> Apple Elite II 909-359-5338. Home of GBBS/LLUCE, support for the
> Apple II 24 hours  2400/14.4.  An OggNet Server.
>
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