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From: rich@pro-exchange.cts.com (Rich Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple //c & Proline
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Date: 3 Oct 89 01:56:13 GMT
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Comment to message from: paul@pro-europa.cts.com (Paul Hutmacher)

[comment about lack of ProLine support for //c deleted]
>> I was wondering if any of the ProLine sysops reading this feed could
>> enlighten me as to why this restriction might exists.  Having to get a //e
>> just to run Pro-Line isn't very practical.

> I'm not the guru for ProLine but I'll wager the reason Morgan doesn't mention
> the //c is because of the lack of hard drives for them.  ProLine just will
> not run on floppies like some of the other, not so nice BBS programs.

I suspect a better reason is that ProLine *absolutely* requires a clock and
the //c doesn't have one.  (I know there are some add-ons available, but they
are "non-standard" additions.)

I also seem to remember something about the serial port, but that may not have
any bearing on the matter, since it was a while back and I can't remember what
it was about.

The hard disk (or lack of it) isn't really a problem.  ProLine will recognize
any ProDOS device, and there have been some hard disks available for //c's. 
It can also run on floppies, although it won't have much room for anything. 
When Pro-Sol's hard disk went belly up, the system ran for a while on one 800k
floppy as a mail server.  Admittedly, anything less than a hard disk with at
least 5 megs free is going to be an exercise in frustration.

-Rich Sims-

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