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From: bcking@faust.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Software for Bulletin Boards
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 19:07:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 19:07:00 1985
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Nf-From: faust!bcking    Nov 12 19:07:00 1985



October issue of "PC Tech" magazine had a blurb in the "Tech Releases"
column about 3 commercially-available BBS software systems:
	- Micro-Systems Software's "BBS-PC"
	- Modem Controls' "CHANNEL ONE"
	- eSoft's "The Bread Board System"

I called each of them and asked for product literature.  Micro-Systems
Software's was the first to arrive, and also the guy I spoke to gave me
a number to dialup to try it out.  I did.  It's not as great as 'notes',
but it looks pretty good: includes 'sub-boards' which are sorta like
notesfiles, keeps track of basenotes and replies, supports up/downloading
files in XMODEM protocol (but not Kermit).

Modem Controls sent fluffy literature.  That doesn't knock them out,
their product seems okay, but not worth twice as much as BBS-PC.

eSoft has yet to send anything (it's been 10 days).  That doesn't knock
them out either: I'll be patient for a while longer.

Christine King
Intermetrics, Inc.
Cambridge MA 02138

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