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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Life...)
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Subject: Re: ProLine vs GBBS (ACOS)
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Date: 12 Jun 91 21:04:59 GMT
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shiva@pro-lep.cts.com (Shiva The Destroyer) writes:

>Saying that the ability to run bbs software sans hard drive is a positive
>selling point doesn't make sense to me.

Why not?  It allows new sysops to run the system on their hardware
configuration.  It increases the target audience of the product,
increasing sales, and making more money.

It isn't like you can run GBBS "Pro" only on 5.25" disks.  It works as
well on hard drives.

>I can't take a bbs seriously that
>only runs on floppies. First, it would be too slow, and second, there
>wouldn't be enough to it to make it worth my while to call it.

Depends on how it is coded, and what it offers.  One former system was
able to configure itself down to (it had more before) three sigs:  The
general sig, The Jukebox (for song lyrics) and a discussion sig for The
Jukebox for non-lyrics.  This system was still popular for this.  It ran
on a Franklin (pre-lawsuit) on 2 5.25" drives.  It was one of my favorite
systems to call.  The sysop now spends more time with MIDI equipment, and
had to sell his system.

Mine runs on 2 800K devices (one of them a RAMdisk).  It runs 9 message
area, has features not available on other systems, and I try my best to
make it meet the desires of the users.  No files, no games; they are not
needed, and I don't like leeches anyway.  I may put up one game, but with
the possiblity of my changing software, I don't have the momentum to code
it right now, when it won't run directly onto a new setup.

>UUCP: crash!pro-lep!shiva
>INET: shiva@pro-lep.cts.com

Oh, and my messages are on the 3.5" disk, and are reformatted to the
reader's screen width before printing.  I don't have any complaints about
the speed here.

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