7 Feb
2002
7 Feb
'02
5:12 p.m.
On 7 Feb 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
If anyone's intersted in putting classic systems
on-line as BBS
systems, I'll gladly maintain a list of systems, telephone numbers,
hours of operation, etc. and make it available on my web site.
I've a few questions. I missed the BBS era by just a few years; a friend
of mine used to run one but shut it down eventually. How were nodes linked
together? If every COM port is used for a modem, you're out of COM ports.
Were they independent BBSs that checked in with each other, or were they
networked together over ethernet or (...) ?
Furthermore, what are the practical limits of the BBS software? How many
ports can they handle MAX?
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