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  • Re: BBS has been a financ

    From paulie420@VERT/BEERS20 to MRO on Sun Aug 9 22:50:00 2020
    i'm spending over 50/month on the bbs. how about you guys

    $0 - I mean... what do you have to pay for? Maybe you host it somewhere off-site? I run mine on a crappy old thinkpad chugging along in the corner of
    a room - and the new 20ForBeers project BBS on a raspberry pi.

    Sure I've paid some $$ for ANSI work and some donations... but thats about
    it.



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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to paulie420 on Mon Aug 10 07:25:54 2020
    Re: Re: BBS has been a financ
    By: paulie420 to MRO on Sun Aug 09 2020 10:50 pm

    i'm spending over 50/month on the bbs. how about you guys

    $0 - I mean... what do you have to pay for? Maybe you host it somewhere off-site? I run mine on a crappy old thinkpad chuggi
    along in the corner of
    a room - and the new 20ForBeers project BBS on a raspberry pi.

    Sure I've paid some $$ for ANSI work and some donations... but thats about it.



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    I don't run a BBS, but I run some services for myself and friends, and if you have to compute costs:

    * Hardware repair and replacements.
    * Networking.
    * Electricity.
    * Time.

    I take advantage of the fact I use the same computer for multiple tasks, so costs are diluted, but if the only thing you did
    with your network was serve the BBS, you'd be paying a static IP or setting a DDNS, plus the domain registration if need be,
    just for that service.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to paulie420 on Mon Aug 10 08:45:34 2020
    Re: Re: BBS has been a financ
    By: paulie420 to MRO on Sun Aug 09 2020 10:50 pm

    i'm spending over 50/month on the bbs. how about you guys

    $0 - I mean... what do you have to pay for? Maybe you host it somewhere

    $0? Do you not even pay for electricity to run your BBS machine? Is it solar or something? :P

    Nightfox

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  • From paulie420@VERT/BEERS20 to Nightfox on Mon Aug 10 09:23:00 2020
    i'm spending over 50/month on the bbs. how about you guys
    $0 - I mean... what do you have to pay for? Maybe you host it somewhe

    $0? Do you not even pay for electricity to run your BBS machine? Is it solar o r something? :P

    Lol... okok, I get it... yea, I guess I bought a Raspberry Pi... and assorted hardwares, but - aside from electricity and hosting and....

    jeez, I guess I'll end up putting $100-300 a year into it. :P It would be somewhere else instead of on a BBS, all in all its a fairly worthwhile hobby.



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to paulie420 on Mon Aug 10 20:51:27 2020
    Re: Re: BBS has been a financ
    By: paulie420 to MRO on Sun Aug 09 2020 10:50 pm

    i'm spending over 50/month on the bbs. how about you guys

    $0 - I mean... what do you have to pay for? Maybe you host it somewhere off-site? I run mine on a crappy old thinkpad chugging along in the corner of a room - and the new 20ForBeers project BBS on a raspberry pi.

    Sure I've paid some $$ for ANSI work and some donations... but thats about it.



    it's a dedicated server with pretty good muscle and ram.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Mon Aug 10 21:03:13 2020
    Re: Re: BBS has been a financ
    By: Nightfox to paulie420 on Mon Aug 10 2020 08:45 am

    Re: Re: BBS has been a financ
    By: paulie420 to MRO on Sun Aug 09 2020 10:50 pm

    i'm spending over 50/month on the bbs. how about you guys

    $0 - I mean... what do you have to pay for? Maybe you host it
    somewhere

    $0? Do you not even pay for electricity to run your BBS machine? Is it solar or something? :P



    what happened to that dude that ran his bbs on solar power?
    welp, looks like the domain is still registered but nothing is answering on any port.
    corey reichle in buffalo , ny. he's a ham
    i think he's been gone since 2016
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  • From John H. Guillory@VERT/MAINLINE to MRO on Mon Sep 21 09:16:00 2020
    what happened to that dude that ran his bbs on solar power?
    welp, looks like the domain is still registered but nothing is answering on any port.
    corey reichle in buffalo , ny. he's a ham
    i think he's been gone since 2016

    maybe he ran out of solar power? ;-)
  • From hollowone@VERT/AMIGAC to John H. Guillory on Mon Sep 21 21:26:00 2020
    what happened to that dude that ran his bbs on solar power?
    welp, looks like the domain is still registered but nothing is answering on any port.
    corey reichle in buffalo , ny. he's a ham
    i think he's been gone since 2016

    maybe he ran out of solar power? ;-)

    Somebody dared to find him on the other channels to check?

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