Re: Apple II BBS's???

[dboomsma@sci.kun.nl (Doede Boomsma)]

Steven H. Lichter <ue554@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca> wrote:

> BBSing will never be what it was a few years ago. I can remember getting
> 30 or more calls a day, and today I'm lucky to get 2, and they just play
> the games. I'm still trying to get Fruity Dog up and running.

My topper was 28 calls one day. 20 wasn't an exception. But the average
was around 10 per day. Even had days that the phoneline was busy for
over 6 hours per day. The system was very popular among youngsters, but
the Apple II folks never really used all the possibilities, except for
one: Pim Blokland (Pim, are you around?).

There was a working Fruity Dog version for METAL/FV, but it wasn't
compatible with the latest FV version. I have been trying to contact/
track down George Fodi (the author of the METAL/FV version), but I had
no luck-- in two or three years I never heard from him :-(

Now that I know that running a Prodos 8 based BBS via Bernie ][ the
Resque is impossible, a Telefinder BBS-idea has entered my mind. It will
be accessible via internet, like I planned for Dark Castle BBS too.

:-\

      --Doede