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---------------- Continued from previous message -----
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PART 6
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HARDWARE NEEDED TO RUN A MACINTOSH BBS
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WHAT HARDWARE IS NEEDED TO RUN A MACINTOSH BBS?
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3.10 - THE BASICS
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Almost any Macintosh from a Macintosh Plus on can run a BBS,
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but the most powerful packages require a 68030 and higher to run
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effectively. Speed on BBS's can be increased by getting a faster
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drive, because much of what a BBS does is access the hard drive to
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gain information.
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3.11 - A MINIMUM MACHINE
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Using text only (ANSI or VT100) packages, you can use almost any Mac
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with 1 meg of memory. Using the graphical BBS's can be used on a Mac
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Plus and up, but performance severely degrades. The bright point is
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that being the Mac, most packages will run on any machine from a Plus
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up.
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3.12 - HARD DRIVES & ACCESSING INFORMATION
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The hard drive will be the most important factor in speed on you BBS.
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With a BBS you are accessing information. Information available from
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your hard drive. Thus the fast the hard drive used, the faster your
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BBS will be.
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3.13 - ACCELERATING YOUR MACINTOSH BBS
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As much of your BBS as possible should be loaded into RAM in order to
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speed up access. RAM is much faster than any hard drive available.
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3.14 - CD ROMS & YOUR BBS
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Most of the BBS packages will allow you to easily add a CD ROM to
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your set-up.
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SETTING UP PHONE LINES ON A MACINTOSH
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3.15 Serial ports on a Mac
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"I'd like to start my BBS with a few phone lines, how do I setup
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multiple phone lines on a Macintosh? "
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3.16 Multiport cards for expanding the number of lines
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What hardware is needed?"
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To go beyond two phone lines, you will need to add a multiport serial
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card or a SCSI.
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Hurdler Nubus cards from Creative Systems
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Dual and Quad serial port cards for the Mac. Capable of up to 57,000
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baud performance per port.
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COST:
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2 port $299
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4 port $379.
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Hustler Nubus cards from Creative Systems
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A card designed for the new V.Fast modem. Capable of speeds up to
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230,000 baud on one port, or 115,000 baud on two ports. Available in
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two port versions only.
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COST: $329
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QuadraLink
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3.17 - SCSI interfaces for expansion
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Creative Systems - Hurdler standalone - SEQS - Adds four serial
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ports to any Mac with a SCSI interface in a standalone box.
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COST: $695.00
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Creative Systems
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4701 Randolph Road, Suite #12
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Rockville, MD 20852 USA
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(301) 984 - 0261 Fax (301) 770-1675
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3.18 - Other connection types for the Macintosh
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TCP
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The standard Internet connection type. To be built into version 7.5
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of the Macintosh system.
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UUCP
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UNIX to UNIX protocol. Used for receiving batch news and mail
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from the Internet.
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X.25
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ISDN
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MODEMS & THE MACINTOSH BBS
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3.19 - Modems
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3.20 - Carrier detect and the Macintosh
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3.21 - Hardware handshaking and the Macintosh
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3.22 - High speed modems
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THE MACINTOSH & PUBLIC NETWORKS
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3.23 - N o v a W o r l d
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INTRODUCTION TO NOVAWORLD
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Unlike any other network, NovaWorld is breaking ground
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revolutionizing the electronic communication networking with an
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simple to use, yet every powerful linking system.
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Integration into the Internet. Any system can link into the
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master hub, InfoPort in Denver via Telnet and exchange messages, mail
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and files. By using the Internet as a backbone, the speed of the
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system increases and the costs decrease. Of course systems can also
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call via modem to link into the system on regular phone lines.
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NOVAWORLD FEATURES
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- Internet E-Mail for any network connection. No other software
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needed. No fancy scripts need to find the Internet, just address your
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mail and link into your hub.
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- Multi-hop mail to any system (or the Internet) simply by putting
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the user name/ system name. Replies are automatically routed back to
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the originating system.
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- Any Internet newsgroup needed can be gated to your BBS. Replies
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are sent seamlessly as a reply, with no special characters needed.
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Easy linking through InfoLink. Just a few mouse clicks and a SYSOP
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can link a message forum or file forum.
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- Subscription to the system forums is easy. No need to have your
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network hub set your distribution, It is all automatic. Thus a SYSOP
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can start or stop forums automatically, without human intervention.
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- Files can be shared with ease among all of the system, making it a
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good shareware system for authors.
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- PC compatible as well as Macintosh shareware will be distributed.
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- Multiple interface options to call into the net with a Macintosh
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GUI, RIP graphics for the PC, ANSI, or VT100.
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NovaWorld the first Network designed with a human in mind. Hub sites
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have been established in Europe, and Canada. Over 50 systems have
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joined since its 3/94 inception.
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NovaWorld inquiries should be sent to:
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James Barry
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Internet: jmbarry@infoport.com
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jmbarry/InfoPort on any NovaWorld system
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InfoPort BBS (303) 429-0291
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telnet infoport.com
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Snail Mail to:
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P.O. BOX 620805
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Littleton, CO 80162-0805
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Voice messages (303)657-9667
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3.24 - THE ONENET NETWORK
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ABOUT THE ONENET
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The OneNet Member Network is an organization of private
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individuals around the world who own FirstClass systems and
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hook them together to exchange mail and conferences. While
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OneNet members use FirstClass and take advantage of its
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built-in gateway features, the OneNet is completely
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arm's-length from SoftArc which has nothing to do with
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its operation.
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A core set of conferences is shared by all systems in the
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network and contains discussions of interest to all
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computer users. These conferences cover a wide variety
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of topics and include networked support conferences from
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many computer industry vendors, including SoftArc Inc.,
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developers of FirstClass. One of the most popular conferences
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on the network is one in which Apple employees routinely
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log on to give unofficial advice to other users. Gatewaying
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systems can pick their choice of conferences they wish to
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carry from the backbone hub systems, which already distribute
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more than 400 forums (much as a magazine distributor gives
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retailers many choices from which to pick.)
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The OneNet Member network now includes more than 500 systems
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across the world. There are regional hub sites in Europe,
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Japan, Australia, Africa, North and South America and
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Hong Kong. More than a half of a million people use the
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OneNet at the time of this writing.
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CONTACTING THE ONENET
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The OneNet Member Network Primary Hub is located in
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Boulder Colorado. For questions on how to find your local
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OneNet Member Network system, or how to get a 'feed' into
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the OneNet, call 303-444-2205. To get more general
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information about the OneNet, call the OneNet Los Altos
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system by modem at 415-948-1349 or by using the voicemail
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system 415-948-4775.
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Earthmail inquires should go to:
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Scott Converse, OneNet Executive Director
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4546 El Camino Real, # 127
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Los Altos, California
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94022
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USA
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Internet address:
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OneNet@OneNet.com or Scotto@OneNet.com
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Scott Converse, Executive Director, OneNet Member Network
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Contact via modem @ 415-948-1349, via voice line @ 415-948-4775
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3.25 - Fido Net on the Mac
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- Info for this topic will be available in future versions of this
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FAQ.
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COMPRESSION OF FILES TO SAVE DISK SPACE ON YOUR MAC BBS
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3.26 - Why compress files?
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3.27 - Stuffit format
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3.28 - Compact Pro Format
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3.29 - Binhex
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3.30 - Zip format
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RIDING A MAC ON THE INTERNET
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- Not provided at the time of this release.
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CHAPTER 4 - UNIX AT YOUR SERVICE
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4.01 - What's a Unix?
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UNIX is an operating system. The original version, called Unics,
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was written by Ken Thompson at AT&T's Bell Laboratories in 1969.
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In 1973, Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (co-creator of the C
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programming language) rewrote it in C. Since C compilers are
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available for many systems, UNIX has been "ported" or rewritten
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to run on various systems under various names. If you've ever
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used Solaris or SunOS on a Sun workstation, HP/UX on a
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Hewlett-Packard, AIX on an IBM, AUX on a Mac, IRIX on a
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Silicon Graphics workstation, or Xenix or Linux on a PC,
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you've used a version of UNIX.
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4.02 - The Pro's & Cons of a Unix BBS
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The greatest strength of UNIX is that it was written from
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the ground up, as a multi-user system for networked computers.
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Therefore, almost any BBS running on UNIX automatically has
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multi-user capabilities, and providing network and communication
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services is also simple.
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UNIX is not a system for the novice, though. It's a fairly
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technical system, and for a BBS written on one version of
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UNIX to run on another version, the source code usually must
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be reconfigured and recompiled. Also, the cheapest UNIX
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systems usually cost $3000 or more - too much to spend
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unless you know what you're getting into.
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4.03 - What factors should I consider when starting BBS on UNIX?
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First and foremost, you should consider what sort of service
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you want to provide. If you want fast-moving message areas,
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perhaps a small chat area, and possibly a link to some sort
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of informational system, one of the Citadels would be your
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best choice. If you want to focus on the informational system,
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with the BBS as part of it, PANDA would be best. For e-mail
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and net-news, XBBS is the way to go, and if you have a Linux PC,
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you can use UniBoard or DOC.
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Secondly, you need to consider how large a system your UNIX
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computer can support. A fast PC can probably handle four or
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five users at once. A ten-thousand dollar workstation can
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probably handle twenty or thirty. If you want to handle a
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thousand users at once, you'd better have deep pockets.
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Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, you need to consider
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how users will connect to your system. You can connect modems
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to your UNIX computer and let them dial in, or you can
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establish a connection to the Internet and let them connect
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over the network, or both. The Internet lets multiple users
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from around the world connect over the same link, so its appeal
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is obvious, but if you just want to serve your local community,
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you might do just as well without it. You can even go halfway,
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and have your computer call the network just to send and
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receive electronic mail every night.
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SHAREWARE/FREEWARE BBS SOFTWARE
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What shareware BBSes are available for Unix?
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4.04 - Citadel/UX
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Citadel/UX runs on UNIX, but looks and feels just like a
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Citadel on a PC, Amiga, or Atari ST. At least a half-dozen
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BBSes on Internet run versions of this software. It focuses
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on fast-moving message bases.
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4.05 - DOC
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DOC - short for "Dave's Own Citadel" - is descended from
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Citadel/UX. It adds a few new functions, and supports more
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users. Internet's biggest DOC BBS can handle nearly 1,000
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users at once.
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4.06 - PANDA
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PANDA is an information server developed at the University of
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Iowa. It's not explicitly a BBS, but it can provide BBS-style
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message bases within a larger information system. It isn't
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truly shareware, but it doesn't have a set price either - you
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get to work out your own deal.
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4.07 - UBBS 1.01 (Linux)
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- No information provided for UBBS at the time of this release.
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4.08 - UniBoard 1.12
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UniBoard is a BBS package for Linux, a free version of UNIX that runs
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on PC's.
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4.09 - XBBS 7.21
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XBBS is a menu-driven system which offers message bases,
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e-mail, and Usenet news-reading capabilities. Users can't move
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through it quite as quickly as they can in Citadel, so it's
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easier to keep up with the discussions.
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4.10 - Magpie BBS
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Magpie BBS, (212)420-0527
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Support/Demo System for Magpie BBS/Conferencing Software
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Steve Manes, New York, NY
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4.11 - UnixBBS v1.03
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Introduction
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UnixBBS is a complete USENET-compliant BBS package for Unix
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SYSV R3/R4 on Intel platforms (386/486). For more info, send
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e-mail to pizzi@nervous.com.
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UnixBBS v1.03 is available on Akademia Pana Kleksa Public
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Unix by calling: (216) 481 9445 HST,V32
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Log in either as 'bbs' (for [x,y,z]modem download) or 'nuucp'
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(for an uucico session) and request these files:
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UBBS103a.tar.Z # PD archiver programs
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UBBS103b.tar.Z # the UnixBBS binaries
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UBBS103c.tar.Z # the config files and dirs
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UBBS103d.tar.Z # documentation
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UBBS103p.tar.Z # PD file transfer protocols
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If you are in Europe, you could call the Development Site instead:
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+39 541 27135 HST,PEP,V32 log in as 'bbs' and download
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from file area #8.
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What's new in UnixBBS 1.03
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- Added support for carbon copies in email section when sending mail.
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- Added support for carbon copies in email section when replying to
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mail.
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- Multiple newsgroups posting is now allowed. A new token named
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'AdditionalGroupsAskLevel' in Config.bbs is used to declare the
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minimum access level required to be asked for additional newsgroups
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when posting new messages. Also, the 'a' flag in the message base
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definition files should be used to designate the groups that allow
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this feature. To post to additional groups as well as the current
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one, the user should have access and post permissions to all the
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groups specified.
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- A new token in Config.bbs 'EnableQuestionnaire' can be used to turn
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the questionnaire function on or off. If disabled, the
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questionnaires can still be accessed from the Main Menu, but new
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users will no longer be prompted for questionnaire compilation when
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they first log in.
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- Support for four different outbound mail address formats have been
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added. The new token 'MailboxAddressFormat' should be used to specify
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which format to use for outgoing email.
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- An RFC822 "Reply-To:" header has been added to outgoing news
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articles.
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- The separator character used in mailbox names is now definable from
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the Config.bbs file by modifying the value of the
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'MailboxNameSeparator' token. Although the dot '.' used by UnixBBS
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1.02 is correct from the RFC point of view, it has been reported to
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that some mailers are not compatible.
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- A minor bug in bbsmon was fixed that caused the input command in
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chat or kill screen to be executed even if no ENTER key was pressed
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if the refresh timeout occurred while some value was being entered
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on the input line. The bbsmon release id was changed from 1.20 to
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1.21.
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- A check on the device names given on bbsmon command line has been
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added to make sure the names correspond to existing devices.
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- A serious bug in the preferred newsgroup reading routine has been
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fixed. Now the program shouldn't dump core when removing newsgroup
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from the preferred list. Please note also that disabling the
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preferred newsgroup reading via the Config file switch will now save
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some run-time memory.
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- Followups to other newsgroups are now allowed when posting an
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article. A new token named 'FollowupToAskLevel' in Config.bbs is
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used to declare the minimum access level required to be asked for
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followups when posting new messages. Also, the 'w' flag in the
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message base definition files should be used to designate the groups
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that allow this feature. To be able to follow up to a certain
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newsgroup, the user should have access permissions to that group.
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The keyword 'poster' in either upper or lower case is parsed
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correctly and is used to redirect followups to the original
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article's poster by means of e-mail.
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NOTE: only a single newsgroup can be specified for the followup.
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Also, when following up to an article who has the "Followup-To"
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header specifying several newsgroups, only the first one is used
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for the followup.
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- Fixed a bug that caused the info regarding the last newsgroup
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visited to be lost when an user was choosing the 'Top Level' listing
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from the Message Menu and then aborting with the 'Q' option.
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- The message base navigation system has changed slightly. Now the
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user is automatically asked for subgroups (if any) without having to
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see the message section menu and to choose the <D>own command once
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for each group in the path.
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- The file list command in the file section now shows even files
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without a description entry (those files without the mirror file in
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the description directory)
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- The file list command now displays long file descriptions correcty,
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pausing after the selected number of screen lines.
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- New "Messages Of The Day" function that allows you to create a file
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similar to the Unix /etc/motd, useful for telling user news about
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the system.
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- The 'WelcomePathname' token in Config.bbs has been changed to
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'WelcomeExtProgram' for the sake of clearness.
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- A new token 'LogoffExtProgram' has been introduced to allow a sysop-
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defined program to be run *after* an user has been disconnected
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from the BBS. Its main use is to run some dtr-dropping
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program if for some reason your serial port driver doesn't drop DTR
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when the process dies (i.e. HUPCL doesn't work properly).
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- Fixed a bug that caused an error to be reported when a
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'Who's on line' command was issued while another user was logging in.
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- If colors were enabled, the message editors used to appear colored
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when posting or replying in the email section. Now their color will
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default to white.
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- The sender information in the email section is now correctly
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displayed even if the name or address is longer than the reserved
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screen size.
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- The low-level I/O routines have been optimized
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- Fixed a bug that made some newsgroups hierarchies not specified
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in the msgroot file visible inside UnixBBS.
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- New "Message Dump" function allows users to pack and compress unread
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messages in the preferred groups and to download them using the
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available transfer protocols. This new option is available from the
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Main Menu and should be specified in the mapkey file as
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'Main:<key>:MsgDump'.
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Contacing the author of UnixBBS:
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Riccardo Pizzi @ the Nervous XTC Public Access Unix System,
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Rimini, ITALY E-Mail -> pizzi@nervous.com
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Nervous XTC, the home of the UnixBBS package
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Data: +39-541-27135 HST/PEP/V32
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COMMERCIAL UNIX BBS SOFTWARE
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=-=-=-=-=-=
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TEAMate
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=-=-=-=-=-=
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TEAMate Unix Bulletin Board, (310)318-5302
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Demo/Support for TEAMate BBS Software for Unix
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Bob Baskerville/MMB Development Corp., Manhattan Beach, CA
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UNIX HARDWARE
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What would I need to start a small dial-up BBS to run on a UNIX box?
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The simplest UNIX system consists of a '286, '386, Amiga or Macintosh
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running a small version of UNIX. You could install one of the freely
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available BBSes for UNIX (scaled down to reflect the somewhat limited
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capabilities of the system), connect a modem, set things up, and away
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you go! Obviously, that's a very simplistic arrangement - only two
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people (you at the keyboard, and one user calling in) could be online
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at the same time.
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If you wanted to get a little more elaborate and had a '386 or better,
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you could get 4 serial ports (COM1 through COM4), and put modems on
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at least three of them (leaving the fourth one free for a mouse).
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You'd need to get a telephone line for each modem, of course. For
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example, you could have a high-speed modem on one port, and a lower
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speed modem on another port, so that lower speed users wouldn't keep
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tying up your high-speed modem.
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What hardware & software do I need to network my Unix BBS?
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- no outline provided
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