Re: Telnet BBS Interface

["Phil Abel" <phil_abel@nomorespamorviagraadsforme.prodigydotnet>]

Heh I've been meaning to call your board for some time now to get my
collection of ACOS segs up to date, but as you say, "never seem to have the
time".  I will endeavour to be your first call since may :)

yes the traditional BBS requires an extra phone line and also requires your
long distance users to pay up to call you.  With a telnet interface the
issue of cost would be a small one.  I would subscribe to my internet
service regardless.  The only incremental "cost" would be the electricity to
leave the host PC and the IIgs on all the time.  Then there is the security
risk of having a machine always connected to the internet.  Maybe I could
set up NAT with a router and use my old PII machine as the BBS host so I
don't have to tie up my "primary" machine.

I guess a BBS might qualify as "running a server", which on cable modem is
technically a violation of "terms of use" of service... but the bandwidth
use would be so small I doubt it would red flag any monitoring systems.

"Steven Lichter" <stevenl11@aol.com> wrote in message
20030921195105.18281.00001835@mb-m06.aol.com">news:20030921195105.18281.00001835@mb-m06.aol.com...
> << The other GBBS/Metal telnet boards that were around didn't seem to have
much
> interest around them.  But if there is interest among the a2/retro
computing
> community maybe I will rethink putting it up.  I have a whole bunch of
> classic GBBS games (spacer quest, SPUR, empire, etc) that could provide
some
> entertainment value anyway and plenty of disk space for message bases.  :)
>
>  >>
>
>
> I think cost was a big factor in the other
> boards going down.  At first it was free, then
> it started costing a lot more.  I though about
> putting mine up on one of my gs's, it sits on
> a //e now and no calls have been logged, since
> May.  I never seem to have the time.  I have
> Cable and it works fine with the gs over my
> Mac.
>
>
>
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> Apple II 24 hours  2400/14.4.  An OggNet Server.
>
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