BBS Box

From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
Date: Fri Oct 31 19:35:43 1997

On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Hotze wrote:

> Well, I really want to just have about 5 connections. I don't want to be
> using the machine for my own purposes, but rather to "join in" on the BBS
> itself. I think that a 4800 connection would be good... about twice as
> fast as a 28800 internet connection.

Huh? I hope you mean text based versus graphics here 8-)

> I'm really ready to learn, but at
> this time of writing, I only have the 486/66, and an 080880/8Mhz, which
> dosn't work. I really just want to make something for my friends and I to
> meet on... here, Internet is still expensive, and most people refust to
> upgrade to anything past Netscape 2.0. I need really to know about
> multiple phone/modems. The phone isn't a problem, the modem is. How much
> do the 4800's run for? I've already got two modems, one a 2400 sendf/9600
> recieve, and another a 33.6 both ways. I really need to know what to do,
> the whole smackum, as I'm very "computer literate", in DOS and Windows, but
> rather inexperianced with this kind of stuff.
> Ciao,
>
> Tim D. Hotze

Tim - go right for Linux! Don't even think of FIDO - well think about it
8-)

If you get UUCP support, you can acutally become a local provider. If your
buddies want web pages and a shell account to play with Linux is your best
bet. You can - with UUCP - even allow Internet EMail - and even even
access other systems if you set up your system correctly. You can send and
recieve email and files - oh say 4-8 times a day - more frequently if you
want and all of them will transfer in one shot so it is *like* FIDOnet.

I run Linux 2.0.28/9 on two machines - one is my dedicated comms server
with diald to make the connection and it has a HTTP server with EMail.
We only connect with one modem and everybody uses the same connection at
the same time.

Get whatever modems you want to use - a multiple port serial card will
let you run as many modems as you can afford 8-) 16-32 way too many
phones lines to afford! DO NOT use internals - even with M$ stuff!

FIDO net was set up to allow home computers to run like UUCP machines
(when they were the *rage*) so why not use the real thing?

Just my $0.48 worth 8-)

BC
Received on Fri Oct 31 1997 - 19:35:43 GMT