Hey, this was easier than I thought. Check out the static version of my Vb:
http://www.pelicanbbs.com/ (it's still generating right now).
I thought that the server load would kill the machine, but it seems to be plugging away with almost no loss in performance. The Perl program I wrote is knocking thru each and every post and saving it on the hard drive. Also changing and updating the links in the referring pages...
-Wayne