sjordahl@megatest.UUCP (Scott Jordahl) (03/31/88)
My brother wants to startup a BBS for the CBM 64. I told him I'd ask
all of you netlanders if you had any recomendations on equipment and software
for such an application.
Currently he has a 64, a 1200 baud modem, a 1541 disk drive, and one of the
CBM printers. He is thinking of buying a hard disk system and figures all-
in-all it will cost him about $1200. Is this the way to go?!? I told him for
$1200 he could get a cheap PC clone system with a harddisk and modem as the
backbone for the BBS, and besides, it can be easily expanded (more modems,
hard disks, etc.). Am I out-of-my-mind on this one?
Regardless of which hardware configuration to use, I have no idea what
software is available.
Any help is highly appreciated. Please send recommendations to me directly,
and I will summarize to the net.
Thanks in advance,
-- Scott
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Scott A. Jordahl
Megatest Corporation
UUCP: {decwrl, sun, fortune, pyramid, ubvax, amd} !megatest!sjordahl
USMAIL: Megatest Corporation
880 Fox Lane
San Jose, Ca 95131
PHONE: [408] 437-9700 x3489
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++elg@nuchat.UUCP (Eric Green) (04/01/88)
From article <420@megatest.UUCP>, by sjordahl@megatest.UUCP (Scott Jordahl): > My brother wants to startup a BBS for the CBM 64. I told him I'd ask > all of you netlanders if you had any recomendations on equipment and software > for such an application. > > Currently he has a 64, a 1200 baud modem, a 1541 disk drive, and one of the > CBM printers. He is thinking of buying a hard disk system and figures all- > in-all it will cost him about $1200. Is this the way to go?!? I told him for If he gets a hard drive system, my recommendation is the ICE-64 BBS. It was primarily designed for hard drive systems, unlike most of the other BBS programs out there, and has generally been much more reliable than the alternatives. The authors of that BBS program run a BBS at 318-984-3854. A BBS running the program with a Xetec 20 meg hard drive is at 318-232-5697, and the guy running that board has done some really neat things with it. > $1200 he could get a cheap PC clone system with a harddisk and modem as the > backbone for the BBS, and besides, it can be easily expanded (more modems, > hard disks, etc.). Am I out-of-my-mind on this one? > The problem I've had with PC clones is that there are no decent BBS programs for it. Fido/RBBS clones seem to predominate. I find no PC BBS's out there with the minimum functionality of "vnews" or "vn", or even ICE or C-NET on C-64 machines. Perhaps there's a program I haven't noticed. But all in all, the BBS market for IBMs looks pretty dreary -- most people seem content to run Fido or RBBS, under the assumption that all they really want to do is upload and download, anyhow. Me, I like messages and postings, which is why I read USENET, which is why I call a variety of BBS's around the country, none of which are run on IBM-compatibles mainly because I haven't found one yet that emphasizes posting instead of file transfer (I don't have a PC clone myself -- why would I want to download PC drech?). > UUCP: {decwrl, sun, fortune, pyramid, ubvax, amd} !megatest!sjordahl Eric Green uunet!nuchat!elg
dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) (04/09/88)
From article <883@nuchat.UUCP>, by elg@nuchat.UUCP (Eric Green): > The problem I've had with PC clones is that there are no decent BBS > programs for it. I'll take that on faith (I have no great love for IBM :-) :-) If you want to take another route, find a CP/M machine with a 10 or 20 meg hard disk (Televideo 803h comes to mind, or a Kaypro 10 or .....) and get a copy of PICS. It has more features than you can shake a stick at - messaging, conference areas, up/down loads etc. etc. I talk to one PICS system on a Televideo 803h (that's a 4MHz Z80 for all you 32 bit people out there), and it handles 6 lines currently, and the sysop plans to upgrade to 24. -- dg@lakart.UUCP - David Goodenough +---+ | +-+-+ ....... !harvard!adelie!cfisun!lakart!dg +-+-+ | +---+