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From: dlong@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macintosh BBS
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.193232.17439@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 20 Dec 90 19:32:32 GMT
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In article <22151@well.sf.ca.us> nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport) writes:
>In article <1107@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> lmk@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Loukis M
Kissonergis) writes:
>>Is there a sophisticated remote Bulletin Board System for the
>>Macintosh other than Red Ryder Host?
>
>Macworld December 1990 has a review of Telefinder Group Edition 2.0, 
>and our abstract says:
>
>First commercial BBS system with a graphical user interface consists of the
>Group Edition Host BBS and TF/User program for BBS users.  
>Supports up to 6 phone lines, 57 K bps, passwords, callbacks, downloading, and
>conferences.  $375 for 20 users, $575 for 80 users, $1250 for 250 users, from
>Spider Island Software: 714 669-9260.
>
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The Champaign-Urbana Mac Users' Group just got TeleFinder for our BBS system
after having used Red Ryder Host for some time.  We're *very* pleased with it-
the interface is very "finder-like", and the response time so far seems better
than things like AppleLink or America Online, which are the closest things i've
seen to it.  Also, I should point out that they give discounts to user groups-
I think we paid *much* less than $1250 for our 250-user license!


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dave long                     dlong@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
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