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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A-TALK III SUPPORTS MULTI-SERIAL CARDS (COMMERCIAL)
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Date: 16 Mar 89 21:11:03 GMT
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In article <15881@cup.portal.com> Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:
>Sorry Marco, but you are WRONG! :] There is a multi-user BBS program for the
>Amiga. It is called IDS Multoboard. It will support up to 32 users I think
>it was at the same time. I saw it with my own eyes at AmiExpo NY. And it is
>looking pretty nice. Will have an ARexx port, drop to DOS function support
>for online multoplayer games... 
>
>The name of the program is IDS MultiBoard here is some of the features, this
>info comes from a flyer I picked up at their booth at AmiExpo...

The difference between "picking up a flyer", "announcing a product", 
"showing a demo at a show", and actually SHIPPING a product is the same 
as between heaven and hearth.  Note that right now there are NO hardware
boards that support 32 serial ports.  The ASDG Twin-x based serial driver
supports a maximum  of 16 ports, with 2 boards and 4 SERIAL/4 modules
(at last count from Perry).  Until I see an announcement of
the type "this BBS software is available NOW and it costs xxxx $$$", all of 
this is simply "vaporware".

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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