bphendri@bbs.catracing.org (Brent Hendricks) writes:
I was just thinking.
With the resurgence of Commodore, they should look into partnering with the person who runs QLink reloaded or using the software by Kim Brain and putting up their own server and bringing Q-Link back offically.
Though I would imagine that they would have to make some deals with America Online (Formerly Quantum Computer Services.).
Though how cool would that be? To actually bring Q-Link back to some semblence of its former glory?!
Having watched peri's channel on and off for years, I was quite
surprised that they didn't launch a commodore-themed bbs with a 40
column mode and use it to distribute patches, software, documents,
provide chat and a messsage base. They were marketing the new c64c for
digital minimalism, so it seemed natural that a BBS would fit the
mold. NOPE. It was idle symbolism for simple marketing, nothing
more.
A year ago, I was writing specifications for a petscii theme on my
bbs. My wife suggested I float a poll on a forum to gauge interest,
so I did. I let the poll run for a month.
A thousand views yielded about a dozen responses. Of those, a few
said yes. Other polls surrounding mine had copious results, so they
simply couldn't give two fucks about the topic. My wife's suggestion
left me thrilled. It would've been a collosal waste to make that
theme for a nonexistent community.
The c64 userbase amounts to game nostalgia.
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