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   Again, thank you for joining HobbyNet.  You are 1 of 3 that joined this week,   
   and it's    
   great that Europe is really representing now.   
      
   I see that you are connected, but you may wish to do an areafix of %RESCAN *   
   to get    
   messages from the past.  I am hoping that HobbyNet flourishes.  Member posts   
   are very    
   helpful.   
      
   I started HobbyNet back when my free one-year subscription ran out.  I was on   
   a 286    
   with a slow modem on a DOS system, but I purchased 3 56k modems for a total of   
   4    
   possible connections, all done via modem.   
      
   I ran a script where one of my modems constantly connected to my ISP's T-1    
   connection.  This way, my local callers had access to the internet.  Slow as   
   it was, I was    
   their ISP.   
      
   I had roughly 15 or so systems that connected to HobbyNet, all via modem.  I   
   lived in    
   Fort Lauderdale, and had downlinks in 2 counties.   
      
   I convinced a local barber shop owner near Fort Lauderdale beach to have my   
   BBS    
   running in the shop while it was open.  That way, cruise ship employees   
   stopping in Ft    
   Lauderdale could use his computer to surf the web while they were in town.   
      
   I had many ideas like creating a HobbyNet Discount Card which I charged $25   
   per year    
   for any of my users that wanted a discount from any of my business owners that   
   also    
   paid me $25 per year to advertise on the BBS.  The HobbyNet had 1 conference   
   area    
   named 'Business Advertisers' where businesses could post an ad.  Because it   
   was    
   networked, their ad reach 3 counties.   
      
   You asked for ways to celebrate BBS Day, this is how I did it in the past.   
      
   Mike Dippel   
       
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