From: cosmos@yabbs
To: JackY@yabbs
Subject: re: <no title>
Date: Mon Aug 22 16:51:42 1994

Lets get real, kid.  Pessimistic as I may be, you don't seem to understand 
what it takes in time and cost to run something like this.  First, you 
need a direct connection to the internet 24/7.  SLIP/PPP aint gonna cut 
it.  Second, you need to spend a good deal of manhours in maintaining 
it...I dont care what you say or think, this is true.  Third, yes it is 
run on a 486.  The machine also has about 20 megs ram, and could use some 
more at peak points.  The average ram size in a 486 is 4 megs.  A good 
deal have 8, its still not terribly cheap these days.

Bottom line...its going to take quite a while to find someone that meets 
ALL of the above MINIMUM requirements and that will do it.  I sure as hell 
wouldnt...or at most would make it a closed system.

Cosmos