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Back in 1983, I got my first computer - a VIC-20. I built a simple BBS program for it and ran it initially on my VIC-1600 VICModem. I had to answer each call manually! Quickly I got a 1650 modem that would auto-answer. I ran that BBS (called the Live Wire BBS) for many years before eventually moving on to running a Commodore 64 BBS (Theatre of Pain BBS) and then in the early 90's, a PC-based BBS (The Danger Zone BBS). I lost the original VIC-BBS diskettes and I've always wanted to re-do it.

Fast forward 40+ years, and I have that opportunity. WiFi modems, memory expanders and SD card readers are all now available for the VIC-20 (and C64/C128) which makes building and running a BBS much easier. This program is the result of about 2 weeks of hard work, preceded by a few years of pondering and experimenting with code.