BBS systems on PDP-11s (was: Original Searchlight bbs...)

From: Kris Kirby <kris_at_catonic.net>
Date: Fri Feb 8 01:12:28 2002

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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