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- From: robert@revcan.rct.ca (Robert Presland)
- Subject: Re: Starting a BBS
- Organization: Revenue Canada, Taxation; Office Communications Division
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:27:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bt4tH5.M4n@revcan.rct.ca>
- References: <1992Aug10.011345.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu> <1992Aug10.183005.22522@amgen.com> <1992Aug14.222104.6931@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- In article <1992Aug14.222104.6931@qiclab.scn.rain.com> 70465.203@compuserve.com writes:
- >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)
-
- I run Max on a 286 with 240 Megs. I am neither a hub, or have a large file
- area (unless 60 megs is large). One thing that a large hard drive enables you
- to do is keep your disk from massive fragmentation. Tossing messages to areas
- cause lots of fragmentation which is lessened by more free diskspace.
-
- >
- >The BBS probably uses around 20 megs. This is QuickBBS 2.76 gamma-2
- >and D'Bridge 1.30 as a mailer.
-
- What do you mean by "The BBS"? I run Max, FD, Squish, and so many utils I can't
- remember them all, each of which only use about 30-40K but all together add
- up to a bit. These utils don't compensate for missing things in anything,
- but add to the "environment" of the BBS and make it a great place to be.
- >
- >The QuickBBS style message base saves a *lot* of room.
-
- So does Squish.
-
- Anyway, yes, one can operate on a small HD, but soon enough everyone says
- "Boy it would be nice if I had..." and low and behold you actually do.
-
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