Subj : Re: Running a BBS
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jul 24 2023 12:55 pm

  Re: Re: Running a BBS
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Commodore Clifford on Wed Jul 12 2023 09:56 am

 PF> One thing I didn't do was spend a lot of time getting my BBS ready for
 PF> callers. I made a really cheezy ANSI login screen, a random mailer text
 PF> message (displayed before you got the "hit esc twice for the BBS" message)
 PF> and changed the new user screens, then went live. I figured I'd have time
 PF> to tweak as I go, and as the BBS started to take shape. Back then, the
 PF> users helped shape the personality of the BBS. 

Back in the 90s, and also when I set up my current BBS, I wanted to customize it at least a bit before I had it go live.  I didn't want to have users be put off by seeing a relatively stock BBS and only call once.  I always tweak as I go, but I wanted at least my menus to be customized the way I wanted and have some doors & files available when I made my BBS go live.

Nightfox
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