Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!dlb!megatest!sjordahl
From: sjordahl@megatest.UUCP (Scott Jordahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: BBS Software
Message-ID: <420@megatest.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 88 23:10:59 GMT
Reply-To: sjordahl@megatest.UUCP (Scott Jordahl)
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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My brother wants to startup a BBS for the CBM 64.  I told him I'd ask
all of you netlanders if you had any recomendations on equipment and software
for such an application.

Currently he has a 64, a 1200 baud modem, a 1541 disk drive, and one of the
CBM printers.  He is thinking of buying a hard disk system and figures all-
in-all it will cost him about $1200.  Is this the way to go?!?  I told him for
$1200 he could get a cheap PC clone system with a harddisk and modem as the
backbone for the BBS, and besides, it can be easily expanded (more modems,
hard disks, etc.).  Am I out-of-my-mind on this one?

Regardless of which hardware configuration to use, I have no idea what 
software is available.

Any help is highly appreciated.  Please send recommendations to me directly,
and I will summarize to the net.


Thanks in advance,

-- Scott



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Scott A. Jordahl
Megatest Corporation
UUCP:   {decwrl, sun, fortune, pyramid, ubvax, amd} !megatest!sjordahl
USMAIL: Megatest Corporation
	880 Fox Lane
	San Jose, Ca  95131
PHONE:  [408] 437-9700  x3489
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