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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Life...)
Subject: Re: Apple ][ BBS Software
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gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:

>Tell me one thing, Greg -- What sort of BBS would have such limited
>permanent storage?

Well, a non-network, non-file, message oriented system can run rather well
on a limited storage system of one 5.25" disk.  I know one system which
runs on that setup, and it is even on a C=64.  GBBS can make it on 2 5.25"
disks.

>I think Morgan is quite reasonable in requiring
>a hard disk.

Yes, but it might not be reasonable in requiring that you install all the
code needed for networking and shell access when you don't plan to use any
of it.  It would be nice if that was a configurable setting.  Better if
one could specify different sections of the root directory onto separate
volumes, by aliasing them.

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