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Slartibartfast writes:

Hey, all. I'm a member of the ISCA [wikipedia.org] BBS [iscabbs.com]; in days of yore, this stood for the [University of] Iowa Student Computer Association, though ties with UIowa were broken about a decade ago. In its heydays in the early 90's, there were often 1300+ simultaneous users online, and hundreds more queued to get on, limited by the lowly T1 and the HP DOMAIN Unix system on which it ran.

Let's just say that time has progressed some. At any given moment, there may be 10 or 20 concurrent users, but the appeal of a text-based Citadel BBS, shockingly, doesn't have the same draw that it did 20+ years ago, though it's still very much a live -- but dramatically diminished -- system. However, there are still those "out there" who no doubt would enjoy a trip to retroville, and an infusion of fresh blood would be fun for all.

So: suggestions on how to go out and get them? I'm even willing to throw some money at it, if I thought the odds of success were reasonable.

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