robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco) (11/05/87)
======================================= o Due to the recent descussion and confusion about SBBS, let me summarize what it is, how to Beta Test, and when it will be available to the general public. ======================================= SBBS is a Bulletin Board System. As most of us know,a Bulletin Board System (or simply BBS) is a system that allows many people to communicate with each other by means of "message bases." This is simply an area where people compose and read messages given to each other. This is what SBBS is. SBBS is a BBS that has its own special features and commands. SBBS, as any BBS,has its advantages and disadvantages.Its advantages are in what I believe are the most important qualities in a BBS system. If you think the way I do, then this BBS is probibly for you. Here I stress good user interface. Less cryptic commands and error mes- sages.An editor that is easy to use but has sufficient features including a rot13 option and a spell checker. Finally, SBBS is portable. It is almost all shell scripts that uses standard (/bin /usr/bin) UNIX commands. ======================================= SBBS WILL be available to the public at the beginning of 1988. REGUARDLESS of of how many UNIX sites Beta Tested SBBS. Count on it to be released to the net at this time. From now till November 15th, I will be accepting mail requests to Beta Test SBBS. The Beta Test sites will Beta Test 'till the end of the year. Then it will be available to the public. To request to be a Beta Test site, fill out my contract sent over the net a weak ago. (I apologize for not including it here but I was forced to delete it from my computer.) I assumed anyone truely interested got a hold of that contract. I have two sites that have agreed to Beta Test. That is enough for my standards. So if you missed it, I'm sorry. You'll just have to wait untill January. ---------- *NOTE: It has allready been tested on a System III and works fine. No known bugs exist. I am awaiting mail from the two sites that requested it. [> Rd -- North Coast Computer Resources(ncoast) - 216-781-6201 (or 781-6202) UUCP:decvax!mandrill!ncoast!robertd