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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: I wanna have a DOSGate!
Keywords: Citadel, DOSGate, door, bbs
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Date: 13 Jun 89 18:55:21 GMT
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>I agree, it is definatly time for multi-user boards.  Anyone creating a new
>BBS program on the Amiga without this feature may as well write it for a
>lesser machine.
>
Am I correct in assuming that all the multi-port serial boards available
now or in the near future will have an interface identical to the 
serial.device except for possibly the name and/or unit number on the
Open() call? In my BBS I plan to go multi-user by having multiple
copies of the BBS running at once, possibly after writing the
code to be residentable (seemed obvious to me :-). However, I don't
have a multiport board (yet) and was to have tested it by allowing
console.device access as well. If different boards need different
intefaces, it's probably not worth my time. -- Darren