From: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   "Leif Bloomquist" (spam@127.0.0.600) writes:   
   > "pomprocker"  wrote in message   
   > news:1166497747.595420.81840@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> Who would be interested in seeing more and more BBS's resurfacing again   
   >> now that VOIP means we can call anywhere in the country for as long as   
   >> we want for free?   
   >   
   > Over on comp.sys.cbm (gasp!) there was a thread from someone who tried to   
   > set up a C64 BBS over VOIP, and it worked very poorly.  Too much line noise   
   > with VOIP for the old modems, apparently.  Search the group for "Cottonwood   
   > BBS" to get the details.   
   >   
   > That said, there's a trick we've been using on C64s for years - use a PC to   
   > act as a virtual "Modem" for your BBS.   Then you can use Telnet to call   
   > these BBSes for free.  This could easily be adapted for use on Tandys   
   > (Tandies?) as well.   
   >   
   But except for historical reasons, nobody needs to use an old computer   
   to connect with a BBS anyway.  You're using the computer as a "smart"   
   terminal, and once you have enough CPU power to do that, it doesn't matter   
   whether it's a Color Computer or a 1GHz Pentium.   
      
   And frankly, I think it's silly to even be considering dial-up BBSs at   
   this time.  The number of BBSs has declined greatly in the past decade,   
   because people have moved to the internet.  They didn't make long distance   
   calls around the country to BBSs in the old days for some intrinsic thrill   
   of making those long distant calls, they made them because there was no   
   other way to connect with those distant BBSs (and there might not   
   have been a similar BBS or similar content locally).  Likely a large   
   percentage of old BBSs that still exist have either gone to the internet   
   completely, or at least can be telnetted into along with a remaining   
   phone line or two.   
      
   And that's the way to go if someone really wants to resurrect   
   the BBS experience.   
      
      Michael   
      
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