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From: LIZAK98%SNYBUFVA.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (A SHOW OF HANDS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BBS programs
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Date: 6 Apr 89 15:29:49 GMT
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Tom Claydon (ASTLC@ALASKA.BITNET) asks:


>> A quick question:
>>
>> Has anyone run across any PD versions of BBS programs for the Amiga?
>>

There are a few PD BBS programs available such as Tag.  Tag seems to be
the best choice, as the source code (in C) is readily available.  My
understanding is that New Image software (The ex C-Net 64/128) people are
planning an Amiga version of Image BBS, which if true, promises to be a
good program both user and sysop side, just as long as they speed the baby
up.

>> I have tried to use BBS-PC!, but it leaves something to be desired! :')

Its too bad that the only commericial programs are BBS-PC, Custom BBS, and
Atredes... all three leave alot to be desired as far as I am concered.  I
never saw Atredes up until yesterday (a local system put it online)... and I
was VERY disappointed.  From the flyer I picked up at World of Commodore from
Incognito, it looked like we were going to have a decent BBS program finally,
sigh :(

>>Has anyone used any other BBS programs (PD or Commercial) that were really
>>useful (i.e. code-modifiable, etc.)

I wrote a BBS program, sadly to say, in BASIC, it ran OK but lagged in the
I/O department.  I am slowly starting to rewrite it in C.  It mimicked the
C-Net system for the C64.  I hope to finish it by the end of 1989, no rush
here!

>> Thanks!
>>
>>Tom
>>
>>-----------------
>>
>>Tom Claydon
>>UA Anchorage
>>"ALASKA - The Last Frontier: Oil slicks, bitter cold, trapped whales..etc.!)



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