Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!pawl!kudla From: kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: BBS Software Message-ID: <67P#&Z=@rpi.edu> Date: 11 Apr 90 05:57:56 GMT References: <23698@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <28629@cup.portal.com> <11170@wpi.wpi.edu> <2476@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: terry@helios.ucsc.edu's message of 10 Apr 90 15:06:42 GMT In <2476@darkstar.ucsc.edu> terry@helios.ucsc.edu (Terry Ricketts) writes: -> Then there is Tag V4.24t. It is shareware & is VERY well -> supported by the author. He responds well to users & comes out with -> upgrades weekly. It is in use by 2 local BBS's (one run by a -> co-worker of mine) & I like it better than eithor of the above two -> mentioned BBS packages (as a user). I haven't used it since like v4.1 or something like that, but then it was pretty terrible from the sysop's end. Crashed an awful lot, hung during startup even more often, was inconsistent and ugly for the end users, poor F/T facilities, worse message reading, and when the author found out I was running a predominantly male adult board, his attitude turned from mildly elitist (Oh, you don't have an 80 meg hard drive? That's too bad....) to outright belligerent (Obviously you've never tried to write a board and so your suggestions are worthless! (click) NO CARRIER). I maintained the PD 6485 on the C64 when its author went commercial, and also penned my own (Trading Post). Granted, the Amiga is a whole new ballgame, but you'd think that little things like reliable startup wouldn't be too hard. -- Robert Jude Kudla Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll; the answer they reveal: life is unreal.