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  • Running beside the BBS a forum server

    From Michael Selhof@2:240/8050 to All on Sun Feb 18 16:26:32 2024
    A friendly hello to all readers!

    Some people might know that I run a BBS.
    In addition, I thought early on about how the topic of BBS'ing could
    be made more popular? I noticed that a lot of users ˙prefer˙ to go
    to a forum rather than a BBS. That's why I had firmly planned to open
    one as a second project. And what can I say.... The basic structure
    of the forum server is now in place and waiting for people to come in.
    This forum exclusively deals with the topic of BBS'ing. Ideally, there will
    be enough people who would like to share their experiences or suggestions
    on this topic? Long story short sense....

    www.sysops-finest.org

    would be the address. And the server ist multilingual (german/english) with it's main treads.

    Have a great day!

    Michael Selhof, AKA Mike



    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: Delivered from GLOBAL CHAOS BBS (2:240/8050)
  • From Atreyu@1:229/426 to Michael Selhof on Sun Feb 18 11:24:37 2024
    On 18 Feb 24 16:26:32, Michael Selhof said the following to All:

    In addition, I thought early on about how the topic of BBS'ing could
    be made more popular? I noticed that a lot of users ˙prefer˙ to go
    to a forum rather than a BBS. That's why I had firmly planned to open

    Not necessarily, at least not in my case. I have regular callers here.

    Atreyu

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From Atreyu@1:229/426 to Michael Selhof on Sun Feb 18 22:15:41 2024
    On 18 Feb 24 22:16:12, Michael Selhof said the following to All:

    The deeper meaning of this forum are not the callers. Apart from that, behavior
    varies from country to country. This is actually about us sysop's. The aim the forum is to bring many Sysop's together at one table in order to create much dialogue as possible. To bring together at one point the knowledge tha is actually distributed across many networks. It is important to start from

    I'm game for really any type of conversation about BBS'ing.... but.... having been around for a long time, I notice the following patterns.

    - Linux Linux Linux. An obscene amount of Linux, to the point of a few who
    felt the need to shove it down my throat when opportunity arose. Yes I know theres a tinkering aspect of Linux. Its fun to mess around with but I'm the type of Sysop who made an XP system work and largely left it alone. I simply do not have interest in the tech-aspect that much anymore so that excludes me from at least 90% of most conversation.

    - Every few years or so a Sysop makes noise with the "Next Best Thing" which when that does not catch on, that Sysop and conversation vanishes.

    - Sysops who have really good intentions and well-meaning, who up and vanish, in some cases the ZC of a popular Othernet which really had the good Sysop convo you mention.... left many Sysops "hanging" with a bad aftertaste.

    But its fun to run a board and I cannot imagine my tech-life without it.

    Atreyu

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to All on Sun Apr 28 22:43:25 2024
    I still like running boards that have nothing to do with Linux, Windows and the common PC. They are way to common, abundant and to easy to toss up a BBS.

    * ACIS Member. AmigaNet ArakNet C=Net FidoNet PiNet RetroNet
    * C-Net/5
    * Origin: call.rofbbs.com ports 6800 6400 8502 / 423-541-8271 (1:154/50)
  • From Alan Beck@1:229/426.36 to Gary McCulloch on Tue Apr 30 07:56:56 2024
    //Hello Gary,//

    So what do you run that does not require an OS.

    Alan


    on *28.04.24* at *22:43:25* You wrote in area *BBS-SCENE*
    to *All* about *"Re: Running beside the BBS a forum server"*.

    I still like running boards that have nothing to do with Linux, Windows and the common PC. They are way to common, abundant and to easy to toss up a BBS.

    * ACIS Member. AmigaNet ArakNet C=Net FidoNet PiNet RetroNet
    * C-Net/5
    * Origin: call.rofbbs.com ports 6800 6400 8502 / 423-541-8271 (1:154/50)

    Regards,
    Alan Beck
    --- WinPoint 415.0
    * Origin: Another Random *WinPoint* Origin! (1:229/426.36)