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From: manes@dasys1.UUCP (Steve Manes)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX BBS wanted; summary of responses
Message-ID: <2810@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 88 10:24:31 GMT
References: <561@tnosel.UUCP>
Reply-To: manes@dasys1.UUCP (Steve Manes)
Organization: Datamerica Systems, NYC
Lines: 34
Keywords: Bulletin boards, Public domain software

In article <561@tnosel.UUCP> remco@tnosel.UUCP (Remco Bruyne) writes:
>
>Here follows a summary of a request for bulletin board programs:
>

One more contender (to be released Shareware in about 3 weeks):
Magpie.

Magpie is a tree-structured BBS ported from the DOS world.  It supports
bidirectional message threading, 50 defined conference areas, user
mailboxes, variable-width terminals (soft right margin), word-wrapping
editor, Xmodem/Ymodem/Ymodem Batch protocol, ANSI-COLOR (both IBM-ANSI and
ISO-ANSI), IBM Extended Graphics (user selectable), an Archive Window for
inspecting and downloading ARC and ZOO file innards, "hot key" message
display break, user "bookmarks" to messages, a "KillDwarf"/menuless command
set (roughly 45 commands active at the main prompt with a contextual help
menu), a full-screen user editor, many, many bells and whistles.  It's also
quite fast.  Binaries will be available for Microport V/AT, Xenix/286 and
Xenix/386.  Magpie is currently beta-testing on four NYC BBSes (three *ix
and one DOS).  Work is also proceeding on a MagNet interBBS protocol to tie
all the Magpies together under a common server.

The downside: Magpie is a tough bird for the new user to contend with.
Unlike most BBSes, it really can't be run effectively without some study
(about the same amount of time it takes a non-Unix person to learn how to
use the Net software).  There's an "interactive tutorial" on-line that will
be standard equipment in the release version.  Anyone interested should
give the number in my .signature a ring.

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+ Steve Manes            Roxy Recorders, Inc.             NYC
+ decvax!philabs!cmcl2!hombre!magpie!manes       Magpie BBS: 212-420-0527
+ SmartMail:  manes@magpie.MASA.COM