[retrochallenge] Re: BBSes
- From: "Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: retrochallenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 17:17:31 -0400
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 02:59:37PM -0500, Goodwin, Greg P. wrote:
> Family-Net and Prison Board have not only dialup but TELNET OUT!
> A gold mine let me tell you. Both have E-mail accounts, and Newsgroups
> that can be added on request.
Now this is one of the things I have to think about: the consequences
of logging into and using a remote system, because virtually none
of these machines will be qualify. Using a shell account, BBS, or
telnetting into a remote system is very much in the spirit of the
day. On the otherhand, some one like myself is quite accustomed
to using the Unix shell and associated applications. I could get
my work done with an 80 column terminal, a modem, and a printer --
never mind a computer proper -- provided that there is something
on the other end. That is to say, I could be using the most powerful
computer in the world and still enter this competition if SSH is
permitted!
> BBS'ing *IS* my hobby, so let me know if you need help. ;)
Is BBSing mostly via telnet these days, or are there still a few
dialup boards around?
Byron.
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