If you get the time, it would be truly awesome. I've been
   collecting my writings from across the 'net but there's a LOT of
   BBS gaps so this will definitely help me on my project. And
   getting Brett on FB would be a fantastic thing. Been so long! ==
   Even if you stuck the whole thing up on a dropbox, DOSEmu or
   something could run it and they'd be retrievable by logging in,
   exporting to QWK then converting the QWK to text.. lots of ways
   to go about it... well it's time consuming but you got me
   excited at the idea if nothing else smile emoticon == Well if
   you can get it that far (old tech is pain to get on new PCs... I
   have an older HD that I just _can't_ seem to get going via the
   USB enclosure box I have. One worked.. the other just.. didn't
   want to bother doing anything....) if you get to that point, get
   it up and running... you could probably create a test acct
   subscribing to all, download all msg packets locally. That way
   the security you had set up on the system initially will be
   intact. of course it'd have to be a password protected online
   site because these have conversations that were never expected
   to see the light beyond the BBS. That'd be the simplest way. But
   anyway, it's a big project. I have a similar dilemma: I ran a
   Minecraft server for 2 yrs - started killing this laptop's hd.
   Meanwhile, there's thousands and thousands of creations of
   people frozen on here. I promised I'd never lose them but how do
   I get it to them? it's like surgery Might not be able to keep my
   promise but it's in my head to try. Of course I have it easier
   in a way: I _could_ just turn it on, make a big announcement to
   "come on in!" and set up some scripts so they can download the
   schematics of their creations... but I dunno. A pain no matter
   what way I do it, so I put it on the back burner. If I hear any
   leads, I'll pass them on.