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Most BBS enthusiasts know that the last outpost for BBSes has been, for some time now, through telnet on the Internet. There was a time, however, when when dial-up BBSes over analog phone lines were the rule, not the exception.
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Source: VintageComputing.com | Vintage Computing and Gaming » Blog Archive » The Dial-Up BBS Revisited
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Reading this article, and having tinkered with Synchronet, an idea occurs to me: I'll use Amazon EC2 to host a running instance of Synchronet available via telnet - but only from like 9:00 PM until 5:00 AM. I'll save hourly hosting charges and not tie up my parents' phone line all day! Hmm, I wonder: Has anyone tried setting up an auto answer modem under VoIP?

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Most BBS enthusiasts know that the last outpost for BBSes has been, for some time now, through telnet on the Internet. There was a time, however, when when dial-up BBSes over analog phone lines were the rule, not the exception.
Source: VintageComputing.com | Vintage Computing and Gaming » Blog Archive » The Dial-Up BBS Revisited
\r\nReading this article, and having [tinkered with Synchronet][sn], an idea occurs to me: I'll use [Amazon EC2][ec] to host a running instance of [Synchronet][s] available via telnet - _but only from like 9:00 PM until 5:00 AM_. I'll save hourly hosting charges and not tie up my parents' phone line all day! Hmm, I wonder: Has anyone tried setting up an auto answer modem under VoIP?\r\n\r\n[s]: http://synchro.net\r\n[sn]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/12/16/synchronet\r\n[ec]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=201590011\n\n
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