• BBS Promotion

    From ED KOON@1:123/140 to ALL on Tue Feb 7 19:05:00 2017
    Hey Y'all..

    Just a one time post to hopefully bring more bbs callers to our hobby.

    Doc's Place BBS has been online since 1991 and was one of the first internet bbses when dial up bbses were going offline.

    http://www.was-ist-fido.de/doks/fnews/fido1733.txt

    A post similar to this one back in 2000 revived a dead board, and I'm hoping
    to attract new callers.

    We offer the complete Fidonet backbone. Access Doc's Place BBS by the web at bbs.docsplace.org or via Telnet on port 26.

    We also offer QWK via web browser. Just set your web qwk areas and download
    the generated packet. Uploading your rep packet works the same way.

    Check us out when ya get a chance.. :)

    Don't Shoot.. I'm only the messenger!!
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)
  • From Ingo Juergensmann@2:2452/413.2 to ED KOON on Sat Jun 10 11:08:32 2017
    Hi ED,

    In a message dated 07 Feb 17 you wrote to ALL :

    Just a one time post to hopefully bring more bbs callers to our hobby.

    Doc's Place BBS has been online since 1991 and was one of the first internet bbses when dial up bbses were going offline. http://www.was-ist-fido.de/doks/fnews/fido1733.txt
    A post similar to this one back in 2000 revived a dead board, and I'm hoping to attract new callers.

    Well, although itīs very unlikely that Iīll follow your invitation to visit your BBS, I think you bring up an interesting point: Advertising Fidonet in general.

    Iīve been thinking about advertising Fidonet for some days before your
    post. What is written in that Fidonews article fido1733.txt is still true today: the Internet is more of a global community, whereas Fidonet and
    BBSes are more of a local community. I really enjoyed meeting up with my
    points and other sysops in the 90s on a monthly basis.
    I think this local community thing is something that can be advertised, although I donīt know yet how to do this in a good way that really attracts people.

    For example I thought of placing BBS ads in local newspapers. Often
    newspapers offers small advertisments for free. Why not use that and place
    ads there from time to time?
    Maybe you can get more attention by this kind of ads than posting to a
    website. I did so on Debian Planet (see original articles on my blog: https://blog.windfluechter.net/category/344/tags ), but in contrast to
    other Debian related posts, I only got a few reads on them while Linux
    related articles usually get hundreds of reads in short time. So, maybe the Internet has not the right audience to place ads.

    Additionally, and I included those arguments in my second blog post as
    well, Fidonet offers some advantages over the Internet in these times were
    some regimes think you can shutdown the Internet in their countries if the like. Fidonet with dialin access and bundled messages can offer those
    people in those countries an alternative to access free and uncensored
    media.

    And although most traffic in Fidonet is nowadays handled by Internet connections, nobody needs to fear the cost implications anymore, even when
    they are using dialin connections. At least over here in Germany most phone carriers provide flat rates for national calls.

    And yes, I really love that sound of my modem when someone connects. Still today! :-)

    --
    Ciao... // email: ij@2017.bluespice.org
    Ingo \X/ mobil: 0172 - 274 1 275

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    * Origin: AmigaXess - back in FidoNet after 17 years (2:2452/413.2)
  • From Drew Klenotic@1:2215/1701 to Ingo Juergensmann on Sun Jun 11 15:36:00 2017
    On 10 Jun 17 11:08:32 Ingo Juergensmann wrote...

    And although most traffic in Fidonet is nowadays handled by Internet connections, nobody needs to fear the cost implications anymore, even
    when they are using dialin connections. At least over here in Germany
    most phone carriers provide flat rates for national calls.

    And yes, I really love that sound of my modem when someone connects.
    Still today! :-)

    -- Ciao... // email: ij@2017.bluespice.org Ingo
    \X/ mobil: 0172 - 274 1 275

    --- Mail Manager 1.22x/n #1233 * Origin: AmigaXess - back in FidoNet
    after 17 years (2:2452/413.2)

    To which Drew Klenotic replies...

    Just a side note: There is a project called SIMNET that aims to bridge
    the gap between the dial up crowd and the telnet crowd. Also, Lantronix
    boxes are a good alternative as they fool the computer into thinking it's
    a modem but it "dials" to telnet connections.

    And again, welcome back.

    --- RATSoft/FIDO v09.14.95 [JetMail 1.01]
    * Origin: STar Fleet HQ - Atari BBS Running RatSoft ST! bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 (1:2215/1701.0)
  • From Ingo Juergensmann@2:2452/413.2 to Drew Klenotic on Mon Jun 12 18:20:36 2017
    Hi Drew,

    In a message dated 11 Jun 17 you wrote to Ingo Juergensmann :

    Just a side note: There is a project called SIMNET that aims to bridge the gap between the dial up crowd and the telnet crowd. Also,
    Lantronix boxes are a good alternative as they fool the computer into thinking it's a modem but it "dials" to telnet connections.

    Well, with Linux it shouldnīt matter as well. I could use NFS, CIFS,
    GlusterFS or sshfs to share the inbound/outbound between the mailer in the datacenter and the mailer for the modem in my home. :-)

    In my day job we have some Lantronics boxes doing some serial stuff as
    well.

    --
    Ciao... // email: ij@2017.bluespice.org
    Ingo \X/ mobil: 0172 - 274 1 275

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    * Origin: AmigaXess - back in FidoNet after 17 years (2:2452/413.2)