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ONE BBSCON
BROADMOOR HOTEL - COLORADO SPRINGS
AUGUST 25 - 29 1993
"SUCCESS OR FAILURE"
by Michael Gray
ONE BBSCON - A Bulletin Board Sysop/User Convention, this year
held in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado at the BroadMoor
Hotel. The BroadMoor Hotel has Pikes Peak in it's backyard and
the clear blue Colorado Sky above except when it's raining.
I decided this year to make the infamous trip by automobile to
ONE BBSCON the drive taking just over 14 hours from our
offices. This being the second year for the BOARDWATCH
MAGAZINE sponsored & host of ONE BBSCON.
Bulletin Board Operators & Enthusiast from around the world
met under one roof for sessions on almost all aspects of BBS
Communications. Sessions at the conference covered such topic
areas as: How to Make Money with a BBS Track, Legal/Social
Issues Track, Corporate/Business Applications Track,
Government/Education Track, Technical Topics Track,
Graphics/Interface Track, InterNet Track,Survey of BBS
Software Track, Networks & Connectivity Track, Caller
Software - Terminal Programs & Offline Readers Track, Wildcat!
BBS Track, Tbbs BBS Track, PCBoard BBS Track, Major BBS Track,
MacIntosh BBS Track, and Miscellaneous Sessions.
The opening conference welcome session was impressive with
Jack Rickard , President, ONE Inc. Editor, Boardwatch Magazine
hosting. Phil Becker, President, eSoft, Inc., gave a moving
speech with film clips on three overhead screens of the
association of the NFL, Auto Racing, and other areas that are
or have been using Bulletin Boards to carry on daily business
activities. Jim Harrer, President, Mustang Software Inc.
(Wildcat! BBS), got us all on our feet with an objective to
show us all how long BBSing has been going. Jim, had eveyone
sit back down in order of years in running a bulletin board. A
few sat down after running a BBS for 3 years and more on five
years...on and on till we reached Ward Christensen the only
one left standing. Ward started his bulletin board in 1977 on
CBBS software.
Ward Christensen is the author of the very FIRST BBS software
package. Yes, Ward was the very first SYSOP running the first
BBS at 300 Baud. Ward also authored the XMODEM file transfer
protocol and his BBS package he programmed is "CBBS".
Next, Jim Harrer had us on our feet again to discover who had
the most users on there perspective BBS systems. To all's
amazement the numbers were getting over 50,000 and still
people were standing. Can you guess who had the most? It was
Software Creation with over 67,500 total users, also to note
that Software Creations also won the number one favorite BBS
to call in Boardwatch Magazines yearly top 100.
Can I say that ONE BBSCON in it's second year was a success?
YES! I think it was a success just to be able to have the BBS
industry join together under one roof. To be able to meet the
guy or gal in person who you usually talk to in chat mode. To
share each others ideas, to gain knew friendships, to learn
and further ones education on the BBS industry, to talk with
the BIG names of the industry as if talking with an old
friend..was totally FANTASTIC! Success...Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you will read the other articles in this issue of
InterNational Online Magazine as I try to fill you in on all
the happenings of ONE BBSCON.. Maybe YOU will make the trip
next year, which, by the way is rumored to be in Atlanta, Ga.
Michael Gray - Publisher InterNational Online Magazine
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