On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Grant Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-02-20, Todd Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: >> * walt <[email protected]> [120219 15:37]: >>> On 02/18/2012 05:18 AM, Dale wrote: >>> >>> > Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, how >>> > easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks? >>> >>> My guess is that the old farts that read this list could have their >>> old dialup bulletin boards back on line in a day. Probably on the >>> original hardware gathering dust in the attic :p >> >> Naw, uucp on dialup on a Telebit Trailblazer 9600. :-) > > It's been a while since I set up a uucp node, but I think I could > manage it in a couple hours if required. To paraphrase Damon Wayans, > "Homey don't play BBS." I think I've got a USR sportster sitting > around somewhere. What I don't have is a POTS line.
Hey, my family ran a 53-line MajorBBS/Worldgroup setup back in the day, with between 30-50 consumer hardware modems. (Those v.Everythings were sweet... 3coms were good, too. Anything Motorola after their 14.4 model...not so much.) Don't knock the BBS. :) Also, Citadel is still alive and kicking, too. :) -- :wq
