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From: T8M-KAUP@FINTUVM.BITNET (Asko Kauppi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Graphical BBS using X-windows.
Message-ID: <814T8M-KAUP@FINTUVM>
Date: 19 May 89 19:45:30 GMT
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
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    A couple of months ago, I enquired if there were any graphical
    bulletin board systems in existance in the U.S. or well, anywhere.
    I did find out of some, but none of them seemed to be good enough
    for me. Gradually I have learned more and more about various
    means of making such a thing, and at the moment it seems like
    it would be strongly based on X-Windows, perhaps making use of
    the protocol's extension capabilities...

    Well, to the point: WHICH WOULD BE THE IDEAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
                        ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCH A PROJECT?

    What I am about to start creating is a BBS software running
    on a central machine that could be accessed by any number of
    various X-Window terminals (servers - PCs, Macs, STs, Amigas...).
    Further linkage to other BBS centers or even world-wide nets
    should be made possible in the future.

    At the moment I only possess an 8MHz PC AT clone and an Amiga.
    Do I need a UNIX workstation to develop an X-Window system of
    this calibre? Could I manage with a 386-based PC clone running
    both MS-DOS and XENIX? It *is* a question of money...

    As to my programming experience, I do know C and I am currently
    crawling through the X-window documentation. Programming for a
    multitasking asynchronic windowing environment shouldn't be a problem
    too big to overcome. Are those abilities enough to create what
    I have in mind or should I know something else, too.

    Finally, on which machines is the X11 server currently implemented
    and how good are the implementations?

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    Asko Kauppi     alias      T8M-KAUP at FINTUVM.BITNET  (BitNet
                                           MAMMUTTI.UTU.FI (InterNet
  Student of Physics
   Turku University    addr: Kakskerrantie 176, 20960 Turku, FINLAND
      Finland          tel : +358 (9)21 588 359 / 588 434