S7YLF4%IRISHMVS@WISCVM.WISC.EDU@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (02/08/86)
From: S7YLF4%IRISHMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU I've been wondering about that too, being sort of a BBS fanatic myself. There's a four/five-line BBS out here in (whoopee) South Bend, Indiana, called the Connection, running on an Altos with (I believe) Xenix (could be UNIX). Anyway, it wouldn't seem to be all that hard to write a multi-user board. You would of course have to have the separate serial ports and modems and lines, and this costs money, but if you're a masochist and really want to do it... The question is, as always, of course, speed. Does anyone have any rough ideas on how multitasking four C BBSes together would steal time? I mean, what are the times for reading in/ writing to the port? nj
daveb@amiga.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) (02/10/86)
In article <1234@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>, S7YLF4%IRISHMVS@WISCVM.WISC.EDU@caip.RUTGERS.EDU writes: > From: S7YLF4%IRISHMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU > > Does anyone > have any rough ideas on how multitasking four C BBSes together > would steal time? I mean, what are the times for reading in/ > writing to the port? nj I have a full VT100 emulation terminal program running in 100% C on the Amiga that has a throughput of over 9000 baud. Thus I deduce that I multi-user BBS of 3-5 people running at 300-2400 baud should be possible. Good luck! David Berezowski CBM/Amiga (East Coast)