Mandel@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM (Mark Mandel) (09/23/88)
An acquaintance has asked me to try to find a BBS -- computer bulletin
board service, public-access dial-in system... -- that serves Ada
users. He does not have access to InterNet. I do not read this
newsgroup, so please mail any replies to me as
Mandel@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM
[note that the capital and lowercase on "Mandel" are significant]
-- Mark Mandel
* My employer is not responsible for anything I say, think, do, or eat. *beser@tron.UUCP (Eric Beser) (09/28/88)
The Ada BBS is still struggling along. There are a few problems that are being worked out as we speak. The biggest problem is user support. The Ada BBS may be reached at (301)-356-4532 now supports 8-bits, no parity 1200, 2400, and 9600 baud trailblazer modem. By the weekend, there will be new bbs software which fixes the upload and download problems. My recomendation is that users hold off on using the bbs until October 1 after the system has been checked out. the system, by the way is a unix386 implementation and the new software is xbbs which supports multi user conferencing, message handling, file downloading using kermit, ymodem, sealink, xmodem, etc, and chat facilities. The files so far collected are reusable components from NOSC, and source components given by users. The conference topics are adabugs (those who want to report bugs in PC ada compilers such as Meridian, Alsys, and Janus) UnixAda, topics dealing with Ada in unix operations, tools, topics dealing with software tools, development, topics dealing with Ada in embedded systems development, and Signal Processing, topics dealing with Ada in the signal processing world. The Ada BBS was formerly the Meridian Users BBs, has been expanded to include not only Meridian Users, but welcomes all users of PC Ada compilers, Unix Ada Compilers, etc. The Ada BBS is supported by the System Operator with out of pocket expenses. It is not supported by any compiler vendor. To be successfull, the Ada BBs will need user support. Eric Beser eric@sarin.UUCP beser@tron.UUCP ebeser@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu - arpanet