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Article #249Re: Starting a BBS
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:21
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:21
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Myles Wakeham <mylesw@amgen.com> writes: >>I wonder how much hard disk space do you need to start a BBS with? I >>plan in the future to join the fray of proud SysOps running a BBS. >I would budget a minimum of 100mb to handle messaging, utility programs, >doors, etc. Then there's your file system. If you intend to have a lot >of files, then up the size accordingly. 100 meg? The only BBSes I know of that have HDs that big either have *large* file areas, or are Fido hubs. We run a busy system on a 286 with an 80 meg HD (donated) that is less than 1/2 full. And includes a lot of non-BBS stuff (like the TP 5.5 compiler/debugge and assembler so I can work on utilities on the same system) The BBS probably uses around 20 megs. This is QuickBBS 2.76 gamma-2 and D'Bridge 1.30 as a mailer. The QuickBBS style message base saves a *lot* of room. -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com FIDO: 1:105/51 Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org (The CIS & Fido addresses are preferred)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc Subject: Re: Starting a BBS Message-ID: <1992Aug14.222104.6931@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Date: 14 Aug 92 22:21:04 GMT Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Aug14.222104.6931 References: <1992Aug10.011345.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu> <1992Aug10.183005.22522@amgen.com> Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. Lines: 27