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What digital equipment did they use? I ran an ISP that we started in 1997. First with Portmaster 2's and USR Sportsters (we couldn't afford Couriers, and the Sp
by johng 3y ago
What digital equipment did they use? I ran an ISP that we started in 1997. First with Portmaster 2's and USR Sportsters (we couldn't afford Couriers, and the Sportsters were cheaper and worked just as well for our purposes).
I always love hearing about different hardware people used for BBS/ISP's.
We eventually switched to Pormaster 3's.
Did anyone else here ever play 4 player Doom over modem? A company called ACPi made a spider dongle that let you do it... it was expensive.
- virgulino 3y agoThat BBS grew very, very fast, backed by venture capital, and quickly became a major ISP - national level, one of the first in the country. It was perfect timing, just as the commercial Internet was taking off. I know they used a lot of Cisco, and other enterprise suppliers. Our BBS, on the other hand, remained small (small town). The BBS ran half a dozen Sportsters on 2 computers and OS/2. Later, we also became a small ISP, providing dial-up access with Windows NT 3.51, an EISA DigiBoard multiserial and about 16 Boca modems. The Couriers were used for some dedicated point-to-point lines, with FreeBSD and KA9Q.