Re: Put your BBS back online with MagicJack?

[]3ob <bob [ @ ] onemanband.com>]

On 2009-05-30 18:51:26 -0400, Steven Lichter 
<diespammers@ikillspammers.com> said:

> 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.

Maybe this guy's antics (surfing the web at 300 baud with an acoustic 
modem from 1964 (!)) could help shed some light on how to do it?

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25938

]3ob