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From: geniusman@pro-hindugods.cts.com (Chris Moylan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Lets sum up! (was: Apple II BBS discussion)
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Date: 4 Jun 91 00:31:15 GMT
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Sorry for not letting you, the Apple // BBS god "wrap up" the Apple // BBS
discussion, but I just thought I'd say something:

>|It is NOT based on AppleSoft Basic entirely.  It has AmperWorks and
>|ModemWorks to give it commands AppleSoft could NEVER have otherwise.  As
>|for ACOS, what the HELL is it?  If I bought a BBS, I'd buy one based on a
>|language I already know.  I also think the GBBS compiler is no better than

> Do you know BASIC? Then you practically know Acos.
> So I take it that you already knew Proline's ways of doing things, and had
> to learn nothing... and you didn't have to learn &**** commands either. NOT.

 I hate to break it to you, but the & commands are HARDLY difficult to learn.
 Let's see...& COPY...that would probably copy a file, ya think?  Or how
 about & WHEN NOT ONLINE GOTO #....that would probably redirect the program's
 flow when the system goes off line, or is that one tough to understand, too?

> Applesoft basic's flexibility? Ha... that's like saying a cement block
> is flexible!!

 Maybe you never DID learn those &**** commands!!

>I think some of you who have used Proline, but have not had the "Acos
>Experience" should really keep quiet. When I first started reading this
>feed, a LOT of the posters swore that Proline was the only Apple II bbs
>program out. Wake up and smell the coffee. Acos & Metal are MUCH easier
>to modify, and they ARE THE MOST USED BBS PROGRAMS. Period. Proline has no
>such hold on the Apple II bbs world, and never will.

>There are EASILY 3 or 4 times as many Acos/Macos boards out there than Proline.
>It is very much easier to start a new Acos/Metal board than it is Proline.
>Think not? TRY IT.

 I'm sorry, let us count the networked GBBS boards...hmm..only 30, now let's
 count ProLine's sites....WOW! 90 sites, I think ProLine has 3 times more
 networked sites, and who gives a shit about GBBS pirate software boards?? I
 could do that with ProTERM Unattended mode!  As for MACOS, Metal, and
 whatever else you referred to, I don't see any of those around!

>>Ok...to whoever first asked for a good BBS...as the President says:

>>"GBBS.......BAD, it's BAD...ProLine...GOOD...seven points of light..."

>How about Acos...... Bugs,
>          Proline... slow and hard to Modify,
>          Metal..... everything a Acos/Macos/Proline sysop ever wanted.

 PROLINE SLOW??? The board I user regularly is VERY fast and easy to modify. 
 You should read some GBBS messages sometime, THEY are slow!

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