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From: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm)
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Subject: Re: The future of simple BBS boards...
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Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 23:58:00 EST
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In article <8711150154.AA10324@bucsf> yates@BUCSF.BU.EDU (steven yates) writes:
>How does one go about sharing a bbs among multiple phone lines ?
>I have just recently loosed a bbs on to the world, and am interested
>in how to create and run a multi-node bbs as painlessly as possible.
>
>           Steven Yates

Basically, you need one modem per phone line, and either a computer that
will handle multiple modems or several computers networked together.
Finally, you need the appropriate BBS software for whichever of the
above you end up doing.  There are numerous multi-line BBS programs for
the IBM PC, and several for other systems as well.  There are even a
few that run under UNIX, though I'm not particularly impressed by them.
I was working on a multiuser BBS for the Atari ST, and have it mostly
running, but I've seen (about two years too late) how little money there
is in BBS systems, and have decided to cut my losses.  But I have learned
quite a bit about systems like this; if you have more specific questions,
please feel free to mail me.

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