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SteveDallas · 10-07-2003, 10:55 PM

Yeah, backup tapes.

Back in the day when The Cellar was running on the waffle BBS software, there was some hideous hardware crash or other. UT got everything back up & running and apologized for the amount of time it took to get everything back from the backup tapes.

See, your average BBS went bust when it had its first hardware crash. The sysop (often operating out of his parents' basement) had other things to do, and didn't feel like re-installing the software to start over from scratch. (It goes without saying there were no backups.) The very fact that there were any backup tapes whatsoever said a lot.

10-07-2003, 10:55 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Backup tapes Yeah, backup tapes. Back in the day when The Cellar was running on the waffle BBS software, there was some hideous hardware crash or other. UT got everything back up & running and apologized for the amount of time it took to get everything back from the backup tapes. See, your average BBS went bust when it had its first hardware crash. The sysop (often operating out of his parents' basement) had other things to do, and didn't feel like re-installing the software to start over from scratch. (It goes without saying there were no backups.) The very fact that there were any backup tapes whatsoever said a lot.