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From: karl@ddsw1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Possible upcoming post
Message-ID: <203@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 23:42:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: ddsw1.203
Posted: Thu Sep 24 23:42:51 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 15:09:58 EDT
Followup-To: karl@ddsw1 (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Traveller's Aid (ddsw1), Chicago Ill.
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Keywords: BBS System Model IV TRSDOS 6.2

Hello everyone!

We have a package which we're considering posting here... and want to 'test
the waters' a little first.  The reason for this is sheer size -- we're
talking about 6 standard TRS-80 disks here, in uncompressed format.

The package is a full remote access, host & BBS system for the Model IV in
native mode.  It's fast, full-featured, and used to be a commercial product.
It would be posted as shareware -- take it if you want, we'd appreciate a
contribution if you find it useful, by we all know how that goes :-)  The
system consists of installed interrupt drivers, a full BBS package, a full
terminal emulator with ANSI emulation, remote MAIL, a networking scheme,
scheduled batch jobs, and one whole heck of a lot more.

Our question is -- how many people would be interested in this?  I need some
idea if Usenet is a reasonable place to stuff such a package -- this will be
one *huge* set of postings, quite possibly one of the largest ever (I count
24 parts if my math is right).

Especially relavent is the pros & cons of the various encoding methods.
Uuencode is mandatory, but what compression/encoding/arc format is used
inside the uuencoded file??

Please mail all comments -- indications of interest, lack thereof, flames,
suggestions on packaging, etc.  I will keep the net informed as to where
we're going with this.

PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOWUP TO THIS ARTICLE -- use 'R', not 'F'!



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