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??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? The Sysops Tale ? ? ? ? BBSing is so much fun, ? ? I did it all the time, ? ? so I thought I'd start a bbs, ? ? that was just for me and mine. ? ? ? ? The first week was really great, ? ? new callers I was meeting, ? ? and reading lots of great new mail, ? ? and passing out my greetings. ? ? ? ? The second week was almost fun, ? ? the message base was growing, ? ? the files were going up and down, ? ? things were smoothly flowing. ? ? ? ? The third week was OK I think, ? ? a few problems here and there, ? ? but so far I had only gained, ? ? a very few gray hairs. ? ? ? ? The first month was over now, ? ? the board was still on-line, ? ? but folks had started writing me, ? ? and answers took so much time, ? ? ? ? And after that it got so busy, ? ? with all that mail to do, ? ? I wished I had the time and cash, ? ? to hire an extra crew. ? ? ? ? The messages were growing now, ? ? the mail was piling up, ? ? I barely had sufficient time, ? ? to fill my coffee cup. ? ? ? ? The doors started going down, ? ? the modem overheated, ? ? the hard disk crashed and lost my files, ? ? and I just felt defeated. ? ? ? ? But this stuff is so much fun, ? ? I really can't stop now, ? ? I'll cut and paste it back on-line, ? ? and make it work somehow. ? ? ? ? And now I'm so much wiser, ? ? I'll never let it fail, ? ? for now I'll just have to go, ? ? and answer all my mail. ? ? ? ? Copyright (c) 1992, John Chambers ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????