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illy5603 · 13 November 2017, 17:25

I have been a Sysop, off and on, since 1990. I love nostalgia but will concede that everything that was once done on a BBS has a better equivalent in the modern web. FTP: for files, Slack or forums for messaging, even IRC, and of course, for better or worse, social media for building communities.

I am happy to throw the BBS up a few weekends a year to capture some of that old feeling, but it is simply that now, looking back on a more simpler time.

There are TWO areas I could see a BBS still being useful for.

1) ASCII art still looks best in a terminal program...

2) If you want a scene dedicated to the select few willing to learn how to navigate a BBS and message, it is a way to reduce the noise of forums or social media.

But it comes at the cost of dedicating such expensive hardware to that task or managing some sort of virtual environment. I did the later for a couple of years and it was nice to have the BBS back 24/7 it just wasn't the same logging on from a virtual Amiga on my Windows Laptop. It all feels better from a real Amiga for me.

13 November 2017, 17:25	#34
illy5603 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPaT CiTY Posts: 557	I have been a Sysop, off and on, since 1990. I love nostalgia but will concede that everything that was once done on a BBS has a better equivalent in the modern web. FTP: for files, Slack or forums for messaging, even IRC, and of course, for better or worse, social media for building communities. I am happy to throw the BBS up a few weekends a year to capture some of that old feeling, but it is simply that now, looking back on a more simpler time. There are TWO areas I could see a BBS still being useful for. 1) ASCII art still looks best in a terminal program... 2) If you want a scene dedicated to the select few willing to learn how to navigate a BBS and message, it is a way to reduce the noise of forums or social media. But it comes at the cost of dedicating such expensive hardware to that task or managing some sort of virtual environment. I did the later for a couple of years and it was nice to have the BBS back 24/7 it just wasn't the same logging on from a virtual Amiga on my Windows Laptop. It all feels better from a real Amiga for me.