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That’s not true at all though. By 1985 any kid with a Commodore 64 and a modem could run their own Blue Board BBS for the price of a monthly dedicated phone lin
by hungryforcodes 5y ago
That’s not true at all though. By 1985 any kid with a Commodore 64 and a modem could run their own Blue Board BBS for the price of a monthly dedicated phone line. Total cost just a few hundred dollars and with free local calling very inexpensive.
- russfink 5y agoBut that's assuming one-at-a-time connections, no? A true BBS would allow multiple connections. Plus, OP's timeframe was 1980, yours is 1985. A couple years back then meant major differences in capabilities, costs, offerings. Not like now, where your iPhone from 2016 is only a little less capable than now.
- Damogran6 5y agoWell yes, but also no. The smaller single line BBSs were great and you could get on them...frequently the multi line ones had a subscription or were constantly busy. As a teenager, I couldn't afford that...but I could afford to run a BBS from 6pm to 9am from my dormroom. Rumor had it the really BIG bbs's on the coasts had the COOLEST STUFF. But I couldn't afford to call California or New York back then.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago> Plus, OP's timeframe was 1980. A couple years back then 1977 vs 1985 was an enormous difference in personal computing.
- icedchai 5y agoMost BBSes were single line systems. I ran a BBS throughout most of the 90's. Very very few local systems had more than 1 line.