Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!dtiberio From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Fido compatable PD/Shareware BBS Progs??? Message-ID: <1991Apr8.172937.20908@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 8 Apr 91 17:29:37 GMT References: <10773@uwm.edu> <1991Apr4.232318.6277@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Distribution: comp Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 35 In article <1991Apr4.232318.6277@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Daryl Turner) writes: >> >>For a bbs, there's no replacing either StarNet, which many don't trust >>because of its past record as Paragon, DLG (DiaLoG Professional) which >>is modular, and is supposed to be the next best thing since sliced >>bread, and of course the new XenoLink, kind of like ParaGone, but much >>better, supporting transfers and many other options from a shared library. > >Tsk, tsk, Greg. How could you forget the original Shareware Fido >compatible BBS, namely TransAmiga? The author, Tim Aston, seems to >be quite dedicated in getting everything up to speed. The downfall >to this program is that you need a separate frontend like TrapDoor >or Welmat to handle Fido sessions. > Try calling Chris's Amiga BBS (uses TransAmiga), in Rochester NY. He has a FIDO node, plus he knows the author of TransAmiga BBS. I just saw Chris on Friday when he came by for the World of Amiga show, and I know that his BBS is still running. > Daryl Turner (1:348/704) <- Node number for a simple point! > >=============================================================== >Daryl Turner >Internet: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca >Urrrrrggghhhh!, What a RRRRRUSH! -Road Warrior Hawk, The Legion of Doom -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN -- Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)