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In article <1992Aug10.011345.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>, 11dmcvay@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Daniel T. McVay) writes:
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> 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. 
> 
> Any info pertaining to starting a BBS will be welcomed. 
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May I ask a few questions?

(1).  What are your long term plans for the BBS?  
(2).  Are you going to have a large number of file sections?
(3).  Are you going to setup a mailer for connecting to other nodes?
(4).  What about message areas - how many?

In other words, it all depends on your goals and plans.  I know of quite a few
small, warm BBSes in this area running on only 40 megabytes.  Plenty of room
for local messages and some good file archives, too.  And then, there are the
big 'ole monster BBSes running 3 GigaBytes, Boo-Koo files and mailer packages
for sending E-Mail and Net-Mail.

I would say you can start on 20-40 Megabytes and decide after being a SYSOP
for a while if you wish to expand or dissappear.  That way, you wouldn't have
to invest a whole bunch of $ to find out you aren't interested in this type of
thing.  I have been a Beta Site for BBS Software, write doors and utils and
have used over 7 different software packages before I found the "ME" BBS
package which is TAGBBS.  I use a mailer package (front End) and have about
300 Megabytes to play with.  But that is me...  Just ask around and see what
every one thinks about thier software and what they get out of being a SYSOP
before deciding what you will settle with.  Hope I may have helped!

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