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From: res-nova-software@cup.portal.com (Greg Paul Herlihy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Alternatives to FTP
Message-ID: <24607@cup.portal.com>
Date: 1 Dec 89 01:47:28 GMT
References: <869@pmafire.UUCP> <10701@claris.com>
  <3292@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <89332.201133ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET>
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Allen Edmiston writes:
>In article <3292@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark
>Wilkins) says:
>>
>>In article <10701@claris.com> peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) writes:
>>
>>>Wouldn't it be great it Apple set up a developer support BBS?  I know they
>>>have AppleLink, but not everyone has access to this.  That's why they set
>>>up the Internet access.
>>
>>  How 'bout a BBS with telephone AND internet access?  Shouldn't be too hard
>>to do.
>>
>>
>>  -- Mark Wilkins
>>     wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu

>with 10 lines and an 800 number? :) of course, that would mean using 5 macs,
>or one/two ibms ... eh, five macs are better than 20 ibms.

I couldn't let this go by. :)

There's no reason you couldn't run a multiline BBS, say with six or 
seven lines, from a Mac II. All you need are some internal modems
or serial port cards.

Naturally you would need software capable of handling a multi-node,
multi-tasking environment. Of course, it would be nice if this software
featured point-and-click graphics, real-time conferencing, an e-mail
system, flat and hierarchical message bases, file libraries, external
applications, VT100 support, unlimited access levels and color.

Of course, I won't mention the name of this remarkable software,
nor its company, lest it be construed as a commercial promotion. :-)

Greg Herlihy   
Res Nova Software, Inc.