Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!reef.cis.ufl.edu!jma From: jma@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Amiga BBS software Message-ID: <29464@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 29 Jun 91 22:08:48 GMT References: <6767@uafhp.uark.edu> <7512@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Organization: UF CIS Dept. Lines: 36 In article rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) writes: > >All the Amiga BBS's are really lame...I'm running C-Net right now, but always >looking for something else...Seems everyone wants $200 for a program and are >out of state with no 800 number support lines...(For that price, I want FREE >SUPPORT).. Bullshit. I run Paragon/StarNet. It's far from lame. It interfaces DIRECTLY with FIDO without using doors like Skyline and C-Net. Paragon can be had for $97 via mail-order. TransAmiga and Xenolink are also excellent, although TransAmiga requires a front-end like Trapdoor or Welmat to be FIDO-compatible. As for support, you are forgetting that all the Amiga BBS programs are written by individuals, not companies. If you wrote a BBS would you have the resources to put a 1-800 line into your HOUSE? I get free support when I call up the support board BBS for Paragon/StarNet. Yes, it costs me a long distance call, or eleven cents a minute... >Everything looks like TAG, flat message bases, screwball commands, etc, C-Net >is allmost standard in this area, everyone is confortable with it at least... Both Paragon and Xenolink are quite configurable if the sysop spends time at it. My board hardly looks like a TAG board, and I can choose what commands to use. I've called CNET boards to see what the hype was. The systems on hard drives, had a slow response. The commands were not standard compared to the thousands of BBS packages used on FIDO bbs's, and the message base was disgusting. I had to read all the messages under a subject before I could reply. -- John M. Adams --*****-- Professional Student /// Internet: jma@cis.ufl.edu Genie: vlad /// Only the Amiga Sysop of The Beachside, Amiga Support, StarNet BBS \\V// Makes it Possible Fido Net 1:3612/557. 904-492-2305 (Florida) \X/