[Coco] Coco BBSs

[Steve Batson]

Don't get me wrong, I have fond memories of calling BBSs and ran a few of 
my own, even one on my CoCo for a short time. Other than for nostalgic 
reasons, there's not much point in running one or calling into them these 
days since pretty much everyone is on the web. The main reason I can see 
someone using one now is if they didn't have internet access, or using a 
computer that really can't access the web, or do it well. Yes, I know they 
CoCo and other old systems fit that, but most of their owners have web 
access with simple ways to transfer downloads to and from these machines.
I certainly wouldn't want to invest the time, resources and phone line for 
a BBS that would only get an occasional phone call and that's why there 
aren't too many left I'm sure.

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From: "Louis Ciotti" <lciotti at live.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:42 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco BBSs 

I think it would be sort of neat to be able to dial up to a BBS...  so much 
so I have even considered putting one up.  Maybe I am just crazy though.

> From: steve at batsonphotography.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:04:43 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco BBSs
> 
> Not to state or ask the obvious, but isn't just about everything being 
> supported less and less on BBSs? 
> I can't even think of the last time I fired up a modem. And even for the 

> CoCo, I think most people are using the web and transferring files to 
CoCo 
> when needed. The web is certainly more user friendly than a BBS. :)
> 
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> From: "Bill" 
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:48 AM
> To: "Coco Enthusiasts" 
> Subject: [Coco] Coco BBSs 
> 
> Are there any actual Coco BBSs running on Cocos out there? 
> 
> I'm setting back up my Coco section on my BBS (it's a PC based web and
> telnet access BBS) including pdf versions of the various Coco magazines, 

> dsk
> images of the software could find, and a RSS feed from Color Computer at
> Yahoo Groups (wish there was an RSS feed from here) and whatever else 
Coco 
> I
> can lay my hands on. Still got a ways to go, but seems Coco is being
> supported less and less on BBSs.
> 
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