Subj : Re: future for fido
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Dan Clough
Date : Wed Apr 06 2022 07:18 pm

-=> Nigel Reed wrote to All <=-

 >     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.

 NR> That's a good idea. I wonder if I can donate a PC to the local
 NR> computer museum with a copy of syncterm and a few bulletin
 NR> boards. I'd have to find some way to lock the config so people
 NR> don't save their credentials or add other boards.

 NR> Thanks for the idea.

That's a great thing to do.  Another possibility might be the same
thing at a local branch library.



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