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From: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (TOM BETZ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Public School BBS info
Summary: Check out what the NY City Board of Ed settled on...
Keywords: BBS
Message-ID: <9526@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 89 10:30:53 GMT
References: <11598@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (TOM BETZ)
Organization: Greyston Business Services, Inc.
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Quoth mtbb95@ms.uky.edu (Bob Maras) in <11598@s.ms.uky.edu>:
|As a teacher with a dedicated phone line and an IBM-PC, I am desirous of info.
|regarding just which software program will best permit me to sysop a 24-hour
|a day BBS.  I am kinda new at this, and would appreciate your help.  I know 
|that software programs exist, but, do not know which way to go with this.
|
|Thanks
|
|Bob Maras

Bob, before you settle on a decision, you should take a look at
what the NY City Board of Ed is using for its BBS system,
NYCENET.

The software is called "Magpie"... it's a shareware product, and
though the NY BOE is running it on a Xenix 386 machine with 8
line (soon to be 32), there's also a DOS version that will run
right smartly on your IBM-PC.  

To check out what's going on on NYCENET, call 212-769-0556.  It
has an online tutorial (the opening message tells you how to get
there).

To see the latest version, and to download the DOS version, call
Magpie HQ at 212-420-0527.   Steve Manes, the author, runs it.

When you log off HQ, there's a list of the other public Magpies
(on three continents)... there might be one closer to you for
further exploration.

It offers a lot of advantages over your standard BBS for an
educational-based system.

 

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