Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!sysadmin
From: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (Matthew Montano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple ][ BBS Software
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Date: 11 Jun 91 20:15:05 GMT
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greg@hoss.unl.edu (Life...) writes:
>>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.

Remarkably, the networking code in ProLine must not be anything more than
three programs:

MDSS - actual online handshaking/transfer system
SCAN - task to check for out going mail
POLL - call the specified site

I don't think that's over 15-20k of code. Documentation might be another 10k.
In terms of modern networking design, it's fantastic. FidoNet is megabytes of
front end mailers etc.. etc.. UUCP (although more robust) is megabytes in
size.

The design of the networking system is remarkably elegant and compact.

Matthew
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