Subj : Good reason not to run a BBS at home...
To   : Nightfox
From : Rixter
Date : Wed Sep 25 2024 22:59:30

>   Re: Good reason not to run a BBS at home...
>   By: Denn to nelgin on Wed Sep 25 2024 07:52 am

> Yeah, a few years ago I bought a small used Dell PC from eBay and am
> currently using that for my BBS.  I also run Plex Media Server on the same PC
> to stream my (ripped) movies & TV shows so I don't have to get the discs out
> every time I want to play them (and I also don't have to rely on streaming
> services, which might remove content).  I also have a TV tuner set up with my
> Plex media server, and I use it to DVR some shows from TV to watch later
> (usually game shows like Jeopardy, Beat Shazam, etc.).  That's the kind of
> thing I think would work best to run at home, and I figure I might as well
> also run my BBS on it.  I rarely have problems with my computer setups at
> home, and I like having direct access to them.  And  VPS or other online
> hosting solution can have different issues - sometimes they have their own
> outages, etc..

> Nightfox

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We do the same thing here with. 10 tb external drive serving up all our movies
and old shows for tv viewing needs and as file storage for our pcs and the bbs.
It works great.

telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC

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