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From: TOD@PS1.CS.CMU.EDU (Tod Shannon)
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Subject: BBoard design help needed...
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 17:13:00 EST
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        To : Anyone with Bulletin Board "SYSOP" experience or Bulletin Board
             design (or anyone who is interested. . . )

        From : Bill Ellis  Graduate Student @ The Yale School of Drama

        Re:  Conceptual and physical design aspects of a bulletin board.


        I am looking for advice, commentary, and possible pointers in the
design and implementation of a multiuser bulletin board. I would like ANY
information concerning format suggestions, possible existing software to apply,
and methods of implementation. This board will most likely start small, on a
single PC, but is intented to grow into a multiuser system, possibly available
on one or another network, (ie  BITNET). I am gathering as much information as
I can to present a total picture to the parties involved in a proposal format.
Such information will comprise operation cost analysis, salaries, hardware and
software costs, personnel, and format. Any information that you may wish to
share, either from experience working a board, or designing, or implementing a
board would be greatly appreciated. If you have access to BITNET, you may
respond by sending information to ELLIS@YALEVAX5.BITNET

        Or respond to WS17@A.CS.CMU.EDU and the information will be fowarded.

        *Please feel free to comment on any aspect of Bulletin Boards that you
may have an opinion about.*

                        Thank you,
                        Bill Ellis
                        Yale School of Drama

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