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From: pete@i-core.UUCP (Pete Ashdown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Pee Cee emulation on the NeXT
Message-ID: <1989Oct3.212426.795@i-core.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 89 21:24:26 GMT
Organization: Bitsko's Bar & Grill, Public Access, Salt Lake City, UT
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I know this sounds horrid, however, it is important to me.  I currently
run a public BBS on an IBM AT.  The BBS support for IBM's are swell
(its an Amiga BBS actually :-)) and haven't really been matched by any
other brand.  However, if I was able to sell my system, it would be a
big step towards buying a NeXT.  I would still want to run my same BBS
and essentially, that would be Pee Cee emulation on the NeXT.  I have
seen pictures of it being done on the Sparcstation and I'd imagine that
the NeXT could do an IBM AT imitation quite well.  The question is, is
anyone going to do it?

I had the cube and 1.0 demo'd to me today and was very impressed.  Its
a wonderful system, albeit expensive (especially for a college
student). I love the mail system and the integration of it all along
with the UNIX compatibility.  I asked the NeXT guy if they were
planning to do MeSsy DOS emulation and he sort of shrugged it off as a
stupid question.  He stated that the Mac doesn't need it (yet it HAS
it), so the NeXT doesn't need it either. 
 
It would be incredibly convenient for me to tuck my BBS in a corner of
the NeXT rather than tuck my IBM in the corner of my room :-).




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