On February 8, Kris Kirby 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.
Depends on the software...early FidoNet nodes, for example,
exchanged messages across FidoNet via part-time dialup connections,
usually using the same modem that users dialed into...
> Were they independent BBSs that checked in with each other, or were they
> networked together over ethernet or (...) ?
Yup, generally the former.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Fri Feb 08 2002 - 01:32:19 GMT