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From: danield@pro-grouch.cts.com (Daniel Davidson)
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Subject: Re: MD-BASIC (was:Re: Apple ][ BBS Software)
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Date: 4 Jun 91 06:23:54 GMT
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geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com (Chris Moylan) writes:
>>It is NOT based on AppleSoft Basic entirely.  It has AmperWorks and
>>ModemWorks to give it commands AppleSoft could NEVER have otherwise.
>Ampersand routines.  Just what we need, remembering all these extra things
>to use if we want to code it directly in AppleSoft.  Nice that similar
>commands are nice and straightforward in ACOS.

Most of the ampersand commands from ModemWorks/amperworks are things you
can't do stright from ACOS anyhow. Things like Terminal Emulation using
Termcaps. That was something Lance Has been promising for the past several
years with ACOS and LLUCE.

>Hot Keys
>are another hatred of mine, only tolerated while in reading mode.  One
>burst of line noise and you might as well activated the randomizer on your
>TARDIS. 

Finaly somethine we agree on!  I can't stand Hot keys for the most part.
As for the randomiser, The Doctor did finaly get rid of that for all the
good it does him... (Oops, Wrong news group :) )

>BTW - I know a few BBS sysops who have dropped GBBS for ProLine, don't
>underestimate AppleSoft basic's flexbility. Have you ever written a ProLine
>application?  I have.

>AppleSoft BASIC's inflexibility is aptly demonstrated by the need to use
>& routines.

ACOS's infexability is apty demonstrated by it's lack of arrays, and a
working ON ERR GOTO tyoe statement.

>Oh, how many of these ProLine systems here charge a fee for the use of the
>system?  There exist time=money code in the system.

To my knowledge there are No ProLine sites that charge a fee.

FYI, I am a registered GBBS "Pro" sysop, and I Choose to run proline.  System
maint is much better, and you don't have to edit the calling program (ie.
Main.seg) to add extra programs (Like SuperTac).  Even when I was running
GBBS "Pro" I always thought it was a kludge. It never seemed well planed or
organized to me.

Daniel
(root@pro-grouch)