Modern Amiga BBS

[Gary McCulloch]

Ok, I got a question for all of you that call Bulletin Board Systems...

I just placed up a new BBS, running the classic CNEt Pro v3.05c running on an Amiga emulator.  Everything runs great, but here is a question for the new users....

The old BBS's asked for home addresses and phone numbers.  Today with the internet, not to many people like filling out that sort of information.  Noticed that after getting 9 new users last night.  Is this something that needs to be changed as a modern BBS?

Here are the questions asked:

Handle:
First Name:
Last Name:
Address (City State & Zip):
Phone #:
Data #:
Age:

Now what info are you willing to give when calling a BBS today?  I would like to edit the program, and change things to make it a bit more modern.  What do you think?

[Gary McCulloch]

I think I will leave it alone.  Looking forward on reading the New Users files.  But if you call, put the correct Area Code and City/State in.  So I can at least know about where everyone is calling from.

I do not call back to verify, I just grant access.  If there is trouble, I will just delete the account.  Been getting alot of callers... Its really nice.  I hope those of you that have not called yet will, and those that have... Call Often!!!

BTW, I have 5 nodes running and will add more if they seem to stay busy!

[Gary McCulloch]

@Spitfire TN, I left mine as is from 1995 but changed the first question to state "Have fun with these questions, these are what I would require of all new users back in the day!" I always had a disclaimer saying that I didn't want real full names or phone numbers.

If they could mention the City and State, also leave their correct Area Code intact, that would be great.  I will leave the board as is.  Its a classic, and it looks it.  Glad to see a lot of you people from this website joined.  Hope to see all of you on there often!