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From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Which BBS to buy?
Message-ID: <6908.AA6908@heimat>
Date: 11 Feb 89 23:07:01 GMT
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In Message <2865@m2-net.UUCP>, ba@m-net.UUCP (Bill Allen) writes:

>Seems like everyone (commericial and PD) has a terminal program
>on the market.  But there seems to be a very few BBS packages around.

 This is natural if you consider that the number of modem users far out
 weighs the number of BBS'es.

>Which is best BBS-PC!, Custom-BBS, etc?
>PD Tag, CommLink, etc?

 "Best" is one of those words that means something different to everyone that
 reads/says it. To some it may mean price, multitasking, options, ect, ect...

 Ive tried TAG and found it to be too 'C-64' like for my personal tastes. I also
 looked at Custom-BBS awhile back and it just didn't seem finished. Knowing the
 solid reputation BBS-PC had, we decided to use it for BERKS AMIGA BBS. There are
 some minor areas that we wish were different, but like the above comments, they
 are personal things. We have been using BBS-PC (2 versions) for a little over
 2 years now and have found it to be solid and reliable. The machine that runs
 BERKS AMIGA is a dedicated 3-Meg ram, 60-Meg hd (soon to be 100) machine. So we
 can not comment on its ability (or lack of) to multitask or generally co-exist
 with other software. BERKS AMIGA does have 4 sysops and 99% of any required
 maintaince can be done on-line by any of the sysops. As a result the machine
 is on the floor (under my computer desk) with no keyboard, mouse or monitor
 connected. Its set up to reboot and come online after a power break, and with
 the aid of tools like 'Cancel' there is rarely a need to ever have to do a
 thing localy.

 So I guess it all boils down to what 'best' means in your opion and what YOU
 want out of a BBS. In my book this means there is no single 'best' BBS program.

 Sneakers

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Dan "Sneakers" Schein          {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
Sneakers Computing
2455 McKinley Ave.                     Of course heimat is an Amiga.
West Lawn, PA 19609           Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga?

   Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691