An A2 BBS Sad Story to Relate

[cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)]

Well, it seems Y2K strikes again in A2land with respect to an old and well know
BBS that�s going to end it�s online life at the end of this month, because of
problems related to not being able to fully function as it had before as a
result of the Y2K date problem and an inability to sustain operations fully.
The BBS message base is off and while their news groups come in - they can no
longer translate them. 

So, although I�ve never before actually accessed a BBS or downloaded anything
from one, during my long history in the Apple II world over the past several
years, I received an email inviting me to connect to this BBS with unlimited
use
to browse over all of it�s contents and download anything I find that could be
of useful value to the general Apple II community and its users, that our
current
A2 sites might not have on them.

Well, come next week - of I go on my �first ever� Apple II BBS browsing review
and adventure to rescue and secure for uploads to our existing ftp sites -
anything the BBS contains, that�s unique and of value for all the Apple II
users to
have access to.

It�s rather sad to see any Apple II BBS exit the online world and I�m sorry to
see it happening.  But, I�m thankful that the BBS host was concerned enough
with
securing anything from it (not currently available to the public) for the needs
of the general Apple II users - to invite me to do the search and rescue effort
with it�s contents.  Whatever I may find there that I don�t see available at
the
present on our public ftp sites, I�ll make sure to download and upload it -
ASAP.

I guess that�s about all I have to relate on the matter.

Best Wishes to You & Thanks Norman,
Tom