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Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you were answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when... one day you [and I!!] won't be around and - you need to press RECORD and talk a lot more... write a lot more... Synchronet is the most developed BBS Software of ALL TIME - that is a fact in 2026. :P I bet you wish it was considered that in 1995. :)
TY, DM. For all these decades..
You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid (not $299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".
Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS
program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".
Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when
You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid (not $299).
As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job market
when we can pretty much develop things like that. Still, it seems to me like it doesn't always get everything right, but I imagine AI tools will keep getting better to the point where it could be very easy to use AI
to develop a program by asking it like that.
As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job market
when we can pretty much develop things like that.
I don't think people are gonna even USE software in the same way for [very] long. Thats not to say awesome devs will be out of work - but man... I think we're just gonna design exactly what we want in the [near] future.
Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when
You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid > DM> (not $299).
Dude - from what I remember, the $299 version of Sync WAS the smokin hot deal > on the scene!!
All the other big guys wanted $1000+, for sysops to pay for modules as if the > BBS was a base sofware and were just milkin it... I think the smart ones saw
the writing on the wall and needed to get as much out of the platform before it all came down;
TBBS, Major, Galacticom(?) - and all the other big multi-node joints. Sync was always the community BBS software WITH the fancy stuff. I can't believe its still rockin and rollin. :P
[Sorry I replied twice to this one... derp.]
You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-)
There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet
sysops paid (not $299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write
me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message
networks, and file transfer protocols".
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digital man (rob)
As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job
market when we can pretty much develop things like that. Still, it
seems to me like it doesn't always get everything right, but I
imagine AI tools will keep getting better to the point where it
could be very easy to use AI to develop a program by asking it like
that.
I'm still 'amazed' everyday with how fast this train is going. Its awesome... and worrisome - but mostly awesome RIGHT NOW.
I don't think most people can even IMAGINE what this all means
behind the scenes - everything is going to change; thats the reason
I'm not shunning the models...
$299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".
Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when
You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid > DM> (not $299).
Dude - from what I remember, the $299 version of Sync WAS the smokin hot deal > on the scene!!
All the other big guys wanted $1000+, for sysops to pay for modules as if the > BBS was a base sofware and were just milkin it... I think the smart ones saw
the writing on the wall and needed to get as much out of the platform before it all came down;
TBBS, Major, Galacticom(?) - and all the other big multi-node joints. Sync was always the community BBS software WITH the fancy stuff. I can't believe its still rockin and rollin. :P
[Sorry I replied twice to this one... derp.]
paul lee wrote to Digital Man <=-
All the other big guys wanted $1000+, for sysops to pay for modules as
if the BBS was a base sofware and were just milkin it... I think the
smart ones saw the writing on the wall and needed to get as much out of the platform before it all came down;
TBBS, Major, Galacticom(?) - and all the other big multi-node joints.
Sync was always the community BBS software WITH the fancy stuff. I
paul lee wrote to Nightfox <=-
With enough tokens, ppl will be able to do things with zero talent -
with the talent, tho, yer gonna be a software god. :P
Tom Aberdeen wrote to Nightfox <=-
Yeah, sucks to be Adobe right now. Or Sony. Or Microsoft. How on earth does anyone police this? What happens to intellectual property now? And who makes any real money apart from OpenAI and Anthropic?
what region were you from. i was in the midwest and synchronet was really not Popular. I knew of the name because i would see it in file listings. Pay bbses were really not popular during the time i was active in bbses. Like 92+
I don't think I ever called a Synchronet for DOS BBS back in the day -
surprising since I was in California. DM, were you still in California
back then?
The bay area was mostly Forum, Telegard, Searchlight and
Wildcat/Spitfire, if memory serves. Some older Opus systems still
hanging around - and Tom Jennings still ran a Fido BBS...
It got somewhat popular in the fox valley area after the largest board (Flashpoint) swtiched from Proboard to Synchronet around 1994 or so. Before that, every BBS was ProBoard.
"Mr. Homie's Neigborhood" was my favorite until the Sysop moved to Milwaukee. > both that BBS and Flashpoint ran ProBoard in the beginning, and it spawned a
There was a handful of more "professional" BBSes around here, they either ran > Wildcat! or MajorBBS. The Data Exchange went from MajorBBS -> Worldgroup to
becoming the area's first full-fledged ISP.
There was a handful of more "professional" BBSes around here, they either
ran > Wildcat! or MajorBBS. The Data Exchange went from MajorBBS ->
Worldgroup to
becoming the area's first full-fledged ISP.
Are you talking about IDE?
what region were you from. i was in the midwest and synchronet wasreally
not Popular. I knew of the name because i would see it in filelistings.
Pay bbses were really not popular during the time i was active inbbses.
Like 92+
It got somewhat popular in the fox valley area after the largest board (Flashpoint) swtiched from Proboard to Synchronet around 1994 or so. Before that, every BBS was ProBoard.
Nope, IDE was different. The Data Exchange was in Neenah. Eventually he "merged" with Athenet which was another ISP startup.
They were eventually bought by Northern Telephone and Data out of Oshkosh. They still have an ASN registration (AS7268) with a few blocks of IP addresses under with the company listed as "Athenet Data Exchange"
(see: https://ipinfo.io/209.103.219.65 )
...you were answering the same [albeit different] questions...
Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS programIn some ways, not for the better.
that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".
...if I had known all this when I was starting college, maybe I would have tried to choose a degree path for a more stable profession.
...if I had known all this when I was starting college, maybe I would have
tried to choose a degree path for a more stable profession.
The fear of automation overshadowing Human jobs has existed ever since mechinisation began over a century ago, it just took different forms, but in all cases, the impact was far less than anticipated.
When I was coming up, the big fear was that computers (mainframes) were gonna put everybody out of work. While some jobs were rendered obsolete, it created many new ones. How things will shake out around LLMs is unknown right now, but I'd hazard a guess that it'll work out in time. Personally, I'm hoping for the stricter side of LLM usage.
...you were answering the same [albeit different] questions...
Illogical. "Same" and "diffeerent" are mutually exclusive. Please clarify.
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