Re: Put your BBS back online with MagicJack?

[Steven Lichter <diespammers@ikillspammers.com>]

Terry Olsen wrote:
> Has anyone ever thought of running their old BBS just like they did in 
> the heyday???  With actual Apple hardware, an analog modem, and a phone 
> line? Now that MagicJack has come into existence, $40 to purchase, and 
> $20 per year of service with free long distance, seems to me it would be 
> entirely possible to have a bunch of Apple II bbs's to call once again.
>
> Sysops would not have to shell out a monthly payment for a 2nd phone 
> line and users wouldn't have to worry about long distance phone charges 
> to call. No-brainer, eh?
>
> So would there be any interest?  Are there any sysops who would consider 
> running a BBS like this?  In the next month or so, I'll probably go buy 
> a MagicJack, put mine online, and see what happens.  Anyone else?


You would need to run the Magic Jack with a PC or Intel Mac, I would 
guess from there you could plug a modem into the phone jack then to your 
Apple.  I have a Magic Jack, but I have never tried a modem on it. 
There might be problems since the system requires compression.  I know 
years ago when Sprint has PC Pursuit it required special drivers to 
allow the Apple BBS software t o run on it.

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