Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-amt!snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!xylogics!cloud9!jjmhome!m2c!wpi!reynhout From: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu (D Andrew Reynhout) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Alternatives to FTP Message-ID: <6015@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 6 Dec 89 04:45:44 GMT References: <869@pmafire.UUCP> <10701@claris.com> <3292@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <89332.201133ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET> <24607@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu (D Andrew Reynhout) Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA Lines: 17 To the people looking for a multi-line/node multitasking BBS run by Apple for developer support, and shrugging it off as an impossibilty given only two serial ports... With a Mac II or better, a few serial cards, and NovaLink...it CAN be done! A great BBS program, that. I ran one for almost two years, and only gave up on it when I was forced to resume my academic career in a distant locale. I speak only as an (overwhelmingly) satisfied user. Andrew -- Andrew Reynhout (Internet: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu) "Maybe if we pretend this never happened, they'll all just...go away." - Laurie Anderson