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From: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Multiuser BBS
Message-ID: <296@stag.UUCP>
Date: 31 Dec 87 15:56:46 GMT
References: <8712221448.AA21644@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <39@lzaz.ATT.COM> <1479@saturn.ucsc.edu> <918@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Organization: Mindtools ST Access Group, Plymouth, MN
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In article <918@atari.UUCP> neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
>
>Just to not irritate anyone, I'm aware of the PD program STadel, but this
>one gave new users fits when I tried it at home. 
>
>Any helpful advice from netland?

Several thoughts. First, STadel seems to be a bit more user-friendly
now than it did 6 months ago. You might want to log into the STadel
development system sometime and check it out again (612-377-9239). It
would be nice to have at Atari, since STadel has a UUCP option now
(several systems are linked directly into my Unix box at this time.)
In fact, if anyone is interested, they can mail to the author of
STadel at orc@pell.UUCP or ...ihnp4!meccts!stag!pell!orc. There is
even the possibility of having comp.sys.atari.st redirected into
message rooms (not sure if that feature is released yet). And, since
STadel has room sharing between systems, that would solve your other
problem with technical questions getting lost.

One other thought. Stadel is best used as a message base system. You
can log on with minimal fuss, quickly find the section you are
interested in, read what is appropriate, leave a message, and log off
a lot faster than any other BBS that I have ever used. That is
important for those of us who worry about our phone bills when calling
the Atari BBS (and also keeps the lines available). If you could
reserve say three of your systems for downloading using whatever your
favorite download type BBS is (how about running Collie under PC-Ditto
:-) ...that is my favorite for downloading and maintaining as a
Sysop) and two systems for questions and answers using STadel, you
would probably improve the usefulness of the Atari BBS considerably.

  -Todd Burkey
   trb@stag.UUCP

P.S. When I first saw STadel, I too went "Yech...what the ?@#? is
     this?"