
A small community of about 200 Canadians distributed from West to East has asked me about a BBS.
I know that phpBB is free to download.
phpBB is different from the DOS-based BBS I ran back in the late 1980s.
I am a member of the phpBB forums where I can go for help.
I have a laptop, but no dedicated server.
(1) Roughly how much elapsed time might it take me to set up the basic phpBB system on this laptop, enough to let a few select users logon and "play" at BBS at set times of the day?
(2) Is it at all feasible?
I'd rather not splurge on a stand-alone server, separate ISP or whatever until at least one of my toes is in the water.
I'd also rather not suggest to the tree-growing community that they sign on and plague other technical BBS (such as Eileen's Lounge!) just to "see what a BBS is like".
I have d/l the latest binary and the PDF documentation.
Thanks in advance, Chris