BBS Box

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Fri Oct 31 21:36:21 1997

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From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: BBS Box
Date: Saturday, November 01, 1997 4:35 AM


On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Hotze wrote:


Huh? I hope you mean text based versus graphics here 8-)
Anything will be fine, but I want as much graphics cabilities as possible.
> 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-)
I only have a 28.8 connection, and I don't know where I can get an
inexpensive Linux OS. Maybe you can help me. OR CAN ANYONE ELSE HERE HELP
ME?
>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.
Can you help me with that? Explain more. That's very interesting.
>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.
Yeah, but here, a dedicated connection costs about $10,000 a month. I
don't even want to think of that. Possibly I could just connect then
disconnect really quickly.
>Get whatever modems you want to use - a multiple port serial card will
>let you run as many modems as you can afford 8-) 16-32 way too many
>phones lines to afford! DO NOT use internals - even with M$ stuff!
Okay, no internals. But don't worry about the phone lines. 1: it's only
5, and 2. I can get them free.
>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?
Why not? But I want to do this on my home computer :-)
Just my $0.48 worth 8-)

BC
Received on Fri Oct 31 1997 - 21:36:21 GMT