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From: ssteinbe@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Sarah Steinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: ami-bbs
Message-ID: <2771bd8c.ae8@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 21 Dec 90 07:45:16 GMT
Reply-To: ssteinbe@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Sarah Steinberg)
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Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
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	This post is on behalf of my amiga users group:
We've been operating our bbs with an ibm pc-clone (8088),with a 60 meg HD,
using the WWIV BBs software. When the BBS started about four years ago
there was NO amiga BBS software.
	 Recently we've been debating whether to put another $200 into the 
old clunker or trying to sell it and update our A500 with one of the many 
new hard-drive-add-ram devices,and use it with amiga software. 
 Any comments as to the following:
	1- Amiga bbs software (pd or comm) ,its quality vs WWIV. Especially
	   in terms of reliability (does it crash a lot). Also, user
           usability, there has been some dissatisfaction with wwIV
           in the BBS dept.,in that its hard to keep threaded messages going.
	2- Portability of the A500 - we gotta get it to our monthly meeting,
           so that probably means disconnecting the hd at the expansion
           slot a few times a month. Will that connection hold up?
	3- We are an amiga group, yet we use a clone to run our bbs.
           Are there advantages to running an amiga BBS with amiga software
	   aside from the obvious one of  the ability to copy files
	   to the board directly rather than uploading them?
I'll post all replies to our bbs, so they'll play a big part in what we 
finally do.
					Thanks ahead of time.

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