Subj : Re: future for fido To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Wed Apr 06 2022 02:02 pm On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 11:10:22 -0300 "Flavio Bessa" wrote: > On 01 Apr 2022, Nigel Reed said the following... > > NR> There is no future. Not sure about anyone else but most of my > NR> callers are other sysops or users wanting to relive the good > NR> times and call a few times and then that's that. > NR> > NR> People, generally, are not bothered about bulletin boards any > NR> more, not when they can have instant email and instant news from > NR> the site of their choice. If they want to talk to people, they > NR> have facebook, if they want to view images, they don't have to > NR> download them, they can go to Instragram. If they want to real > NR> time chat, they have snap chat. > NR> > NR> Until someone can find a way to make board relevant in the modern > NR> society, you're doomed to talking to the same people on the same > NR> boards about the same subjects. > > That might be the case indeed, but I still believe that there is > some hope in our cause. > > The problem is that before it was really easy to get users. A > simple ad at the local newspaper and hundreds of people would dial up > to your system.. those times are gone. > > What I am trying to do is to bring the BBS to some of these > retrocomputing events that happen at my city every now and then. > With the COVID restrictions lifted, probably we will have one in > the upcoming months and I plan to participate bringing a system on an > old laptop, so people can really see it. That's a good idea. I wonder if I can donate a PC to the local computer museum with a copy of syncterm and a few bulletin boards. I'd have to find some way to lock the config so people don't save their credentials or add other boards. Thanks for the idea. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .