Re: Apple II BBS's

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article terryolsen@aol.com (TerryOlsen) writes...

>I see all this discussion of GBBS.  I didn't know there were still any Apple II
>bbs's running...  Heck, I thought with the internet being readily available, no
>one bothered calling private bbs's anymore...  At least that was my experience
>with The BoycoT.  So what bbs's are out there?  Are there any METAL bbs's among
>them?

    Surprisingly, there are still a fair bit left in the Apple II 
world, or at least according to what is listed on the Apple II BBS 
List that used to be posted monthly to comp.sys.apple2.

   Here in the 514 area (about to split into 450 and 514) we still
have one Apple II BBS running, even on an Apple IIgs with FV/Metal.
I was even upgraded from file manager to co-sysop several months
back, although admittedly I rarely call these days since I can now
correspond with all the users through the Internet (they're all
online now). Most people calling the board these days are either
just looking for general chit-chat or, ironically, Macintosh
support and discussion. I've not had a strong interest in BBSes 
for at least the past 7 years now (roughly the amount of time 
I've had Internet access). It seems almost strange to think of
a modem doing anything else these days except call up an ISP. :)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca