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  • Signs You're A New Sysop

    From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to All on Wed Aug 4 00:04:25 2021
    You just might be a first-time BBS SysOp if...

    your BBS' opening screen contains the word "Shareware,"
    "Unregistered," or "Evaluation Copy."

    your caller's are greeted with a CONNECT 300 message.

    you interrupt a caller's download, telling them to "knock it
    off because your mother wants to talk to her sister."

    your definition of modem is, "Twice as much as someone else
    has. As in 'I have modem you do, suckah!'"

    your BBS' screen artwork was produced by your BBS's author.

    requests for file xfers result in a caller being dropped
    into the C:\ root directory of your computer.

    your early-morning caller's hear three rings followed by a
    sleepy, "Yeah hello? Who's this... Hello? Is someone
    there?"

    the only xfer protocol available is ASCII

    your Call-Back Verifier's policy is "If they read the
    bulletin regarding how to use the CBV, they're verified!"

    your definition of baud is, "That which your Speedos cover."

    your BBS is "Off-Line" one week prior to Final Exams (your
    roommate has to write that term paper).

    "Adult Access" refers to any adult who enters your room and
    says, "Shut that thing off, son... Your uncle and I want to
    play DOOM II!"
    --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)
  • From George Pope@1:153/757 to Daryl Stout on Thu Feb 3 22:39:58 2022
    You just might be a first-time BBS SysOp if...
    requests for file xfers result in a caller being dropped
    into the C:\ root directory of your computer.

    I remember back in the IRC days, finding guys on there who let you into their hard drive to download whatever you saw & liked (usually warez & movies or music)

    your early-morning caller's hear three rings followed by a
    sleepy, "Yeah hello? Who's this... Hello? Is someone
    there?"

    Thuys the ruler to never call a BBS after a long time unless you call by voice during office hoursm, to check if it still answers with a modem. . .

    Back when BBSing was big, we had a local BBS list (covered 8 connected cities; had 10-20 new boards a month in it, & listed those which were no longer with us (the list maker called every board on it by modem every month for updates)

    "Adult Access" refers to any adult who enters your room and
    says, "Shut that thing off, son... Your uncle and I want to
    play DOOM II!"

    You try, "How come you dont buy your own computer for Doom?" but are quickly rebuffed with, "That IS my own, you little shit! Now get out of here before I get mad & put my foot in your @ss!"

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)