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In article <1992Aug14.222104.6931@qiclab.scn.rain.com> 70465.203@compuserve.com writes:
>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)
>
And I'm running a 'starting to get busy' system on a 386 with a 40 meg HD.
I'm carrying about 25 echoes (though a few are sysop only and tend to
stay low volume). Things are starting to get a little tight though. I
only have about 7 meg on one partition and 2.5 meg on the second.
-- 
Jerry Gaiser
         Usenet: jerryg@ssd.intel.com
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           PBBS: n7pwf@n7pwf.or.usa.na