john1233@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Thomas M Johnson) (02/17/88)
A friend of mine runs a large, local BBS that supports most computer types. And it is running on a Atari 130XE. He just bought an Amiga 2000 and is looking to switch the BBS over to that machine. His BBS is also his business. He runs a mail order software house and takes orders on the BBS. So he needs a good program that runs in the background so he can process orders and stuff and doesn't have to take the board down. Does anyone have a list of BBS programs available for the Amiga or any suggestions? Tom Johnson john1233@csd4.milw.wisc.edu
LIZAK98%SNYBUFVA.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (A SHOW OF HANDS) (04/06/89)
Tom Claydon (ASTLC@ALASKA.BITNET) asks: >> A quick question: >> >> Has anyone run across any PD versions of BBS programs for the Amiga? >> There are a few PD BBS programs available such as Tag. Tag seems to be the best choice, as the source code (in C) is readily available. My understanding is that New Image software (The ex C-Net 64/128) people are planning an Amiga version of Image BBS, which if true, promises to be a good program both user and sysop side, just as long as they speed the baby up. >> I have tried to use BBS-PC!, but it leaves something to be desired! :') Its too bad that the only commericial programs are BBS-PC, Custom BBS, and Atredes... all three leave alot to be desired as far as I am concered. I never saw Atredes up until yesterday (a local system put it online)... and I was VERY disappointed. From the flyer I picked up at World of Commodore from Incognito, it looked like we were going to have a decent BBS program finally, sigh :( >>Has anyone used any other BBS programs (PD or Commercial) that were really >>useful (i.e. code-modifiable, etc.) I wrote a BBS program, sadly to say, in BASIC, it ran OK but lagged in the I/O department. I am slowly starting to rewrite it in C. It mimicked the C-Net system for the C64. I hope to finish it by the end of 1989, no rush here! >> Thanks! >> >>Tom >> >>----------------- >> >>Tom Claydon >>UA Anchorage >>"ALASKA - The Last Frontier: Oil slicks, bitter cold, trapped whales..etc.!) **************************************************************************** * * * Rob Lizak Jr. "In the high school halls, * * ------------- In the shopping malls, * * Bitnet Address: LIZAK98@SNYBUFVA Conform or be cast out!" * * DECnet Address: BSCOLA::LIZAK98 * * PeopleLink UID: OES585 --Rush "Subdivisions" * * * * Disclaimer: "I Think, Therefore I Am..." * * * ****************************************************************************
kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) (04/07/89)
In article <12487@louie.udel.EDU> LIZAK98%SNYBUFVA.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (A SHOW OF HANDS) writes: >There are a few PD BBS programs available such as Tag. Tag seems to be >the best choice, as the source code (in C) is readily available. My Really?? When I was running it, I called the support board, and the sysop told me there was no way he would give the source out! (Which cramped my style a good bit, because TAG could be a good board with some minor changes) I got Citadel and LINKBBS from a local board, and though I haven't tried to set up Link, the Citadel's configuration program gives me a software error (GOMF catches it) every time I try to use it..... (Any clues on that?) >understanding is that New Image software (The ex C-Net 64/128) people are >planning an Amiga version of Image BBS, which if true, promises to be a >good program both user and sysop side, just as long as they speed the baby >up. I'd say..... and it had better not be written in BASIC again, and I hope it's under new management or something as well, because I had friends who ran Cnet on the 64 and 128 and customer support was ABOMINABLE (the support BBS was mainly used to accuse people of violating this or that copyright rule). >never saw Atredes up until yesterday (a local system put it online)... and I >was VERY disappointed. From the flyer I picked up at World of Commodore from >Incognito, it looked like we were going to have a decent BBS program finally, Sigh indeed. A board that had been running on BBS-PC for a year or so changed to Atreides last week and it really sucks.... I was expecting QBBS and got Color-64, so to speak. >I wrote a BBS program, sadly to say, in BASIC, it ran OK but lagged in the >I/O department. I am slowly starting to rewrite it in C. It mimicked the >C-Net system for the C64. I hope to finish it by the end of 1989, no rush I'm working very slowly on a BBS as well (it's a bitch with only a one-meg one-drive Amiga, let me tell you- though not as much of a bitch as it's going to be for Mr. Corzine to write his Unix clone on it, I reckon). My problems are certainly not how to write a BBS- I wrote a fairly OK one on the C64 years ago- but the specifics of programming the Amiga. It's one confusing machine for me..... I can't figure out (1) how to attach a console device to the current window, (2) how to go into one-character-at-a- time mode without having to screw around with RAW:, and if I do, (3) how to use RAW: (the RKM's are very confusing about it).... Ooops, I should be saying rawmode, not RAW: since I'm using Exec, not AmigaDog. (4) There are no good examples of code that use the serial port or open the console device (again, the RKMs are severely lacking and what I do have- vt100 2.4 or something and dnet- is to all appearances spaghetti code). So, given solutions to those problems (and some time to familiarize myself with Lattice a bit) I might have my BBS done by christmas too.... The closest analog to my idea I can give you would have to be QBBS or TBBS on the PC. I plan to make it as flexible as possible, in other words. Robert Jude Kudla "Disclaimers are for wimps" userfw3s@rpitsmts.BITNET \ // Funk Bass: anything else is just grody. kudla@pawl.rpi.edu \ // "'Break these chains of love'? But they were _expensive_!" / \ \X/ Keywords: Oldfield Yes U2 REM Zeppelin F.G.T.H. .....and even Rush
chen@.ucalgary.ca (Lawrence Chen) (04/07/89)
In article <1146@rpi.edu> kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes: >In article <12487@louie.udel.EDU> LIZAK98%SNYBUFVA.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (A SHOW OF HANDS) writes: >>There are a few PD BBS programs available such as Tag. Tag seems to be >>the best choice, as the source code (in C) is readily available. My > >Really?? When I was running it, I called the support board, and the sysop >told me there was no way he would give the source out! (Which cramped my >style a good bit, because TAG could be a good board with some minor changes) >I got Citadel and LINKBBS from a local board, and though I haven't tried >to set up Link, the Citadel's configuration program gives me a software >error (GOMF catches it) every time I try to use it..... (Any clues on that?) > I've been running Citadel-68K for over a year now. Two things to check for interaction with another program on your system, I once had trouble with a runback'd clock program. And, make sure your stack is big enough, I use a stack size of 32768 bytes. You might also check to make sure you CTDLCNFG.SYS file is properly set up. >Robert Jude Kudla "Disclaimers are for wimps" userfw3s@rpitsmts.BITNET >\ // Funk Bass: anything else is just grody. kudla@pawl.rpi.edu > \ // "'Break these chains of love'? But they were _expensive_!" >/ \ \X/ Keywords: Oldfield Yes U2 REM Zeppelin F.G.T.H. .....and even Rush / ADHOCNET: Chen@Daffy.FhHosp.AB.CA ___ Lunatic Haven BBS / or Chen@Mv2.UNCA.AdhocNet.CA / [CA 403 239 1225] / __ __ __ __ __ / __ / /_/ / / /_/ /_ /\ / / /_ / /_/ /_ /\ / /___ / / /_/\/ / \ /__ / // /__ /__ \__/ / / /__ / // "I'm crazy, I don't work for anybody, and I'm having fun" BITNET: Chen%Daffy.FhHosp.AB.CA@UNCAEDU - The Dreamer or Chen%Mv2.UNCA.AdhocNet.CA@UNCAEDU