rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) (10/25/89)
Last week I asked for pointers to BBS's (free, shareware, commercial)
that would run under BSD Unix. Here's the promised summary. Thanks to
the following people for the info:
David Barto <megatek!barto>
Karl Denninger <karl@ddsw1.mcs.com>
Mark Gregson <charlie.cc.deakin.OZ.AU!vortex>
Piper Keairnes <ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Steve Simmons <scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
Thos Sumner <thos@cca.ucsf.edu>
Tim Ramsey <tar@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu>
Curiously, a couple of people also asked me for info; I guess they didn't
read the last two lines of my original article:
Please send me email -- advertisements welcome -- and I'll forward them
along and post summaries.
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There's a BBS in Indiana that's a modification to Notesfiles. Changes
include a menu system and downloading capabilities. Graphics interfaces
for Mac, etc., users are in progress.
Duncan Notesfile
317-567-2143 (300/1200/2400) 24 hour system
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PicoSpan is a commercial product; contact Mike Meyers
(mike@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us) for details on price, etc.
Picospan consists of groupings of articles called conferences, not
dissimilar to newsgroups. Followups are appended to items, so discussion
is threaded. Drift is a problem, but extent depends on quality of the
participants and the "fair witnesses". A FW can delete responses or
entire items, but cannot change existing text. A FW can 'freeze' an item,
making further responses impossible. This is a good way of turning an
existing item into an informational posting. Some 'remote picospan'
capabilities exist, allowing multiple sites to share a conference.
[I quoted Steve Simmons's summary in toto; it's one of the best short
summaries I've ever seen. Thanks, Steve! ]
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XBBS is available from the author's site, alphacm (see the UUCP maps) and
anonymous FTP from hotel.cis.ksu.edu (129.103.10.12) "XBBS is a fairly
decent BBS. Its one major drawback is that it is a pain to set up and
configure." The current version is 7.60.
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Mark Gregson is in the final "alpha" stage of a new BBS currently written
for SystemV but a BSD port should be possible. Source will be available
after beta test. Contact Mark Gregson <charlie.cc.deakin.OZ.AU!vortex>.
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Check out the nixpub listings in alt.bbs
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SBBS from comp.sources.unix is a BBS written mostly in /bin/sh.
{ Minimal set of features --r$ }
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AKCS is based for System V, but porting to BSD has been done before and
it's not much of a problem. It's a threaded BBS: responses are linked to
parent(s). Internal messages/options/etc are configurable, and the entire
commandset is extensible with privilege masks. There's a full-screen
editor, with on-line help. It can be integrated to work with Usenet and
standard UUCP mail. Kermit, zmodem, etc., for up/download. Can call out
to external programs. "Excellent support is our hallmark ... we average
3-4 releases of new features and enhancements a year!" Source code
available, binary for several systems. For a demo, call:
(312) 566-8911 24 hours a day at 300-2400 baud
Macro Computer Solutions, Inc.
415 South East Garfield Avenue
Mundelein, IL 60060
(312) 566-8910
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Use a domain-based address or give alternate paths, or you may lose out.allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (10/26/89)
As quoted from <2066@prune.bbn.com> by rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz): +--------------- | Last week I asked for pointers to BBS's (free, shareware, commercial) | that would run under BSD Unix. Here's the promised summary. Thanks to | the following people for the info: | David Barto <megatek!barto> | Karl Denninger <karl@ddsw1.mcs.com> | Mark Gregson <charlie.cc.deakin.OZ.AU!vortex> | Piper Keairnes <ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> | Steve Simmons <scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> | Thos Sumner <thos@cca.ucsf.edu> | Tim Ramsey <tar@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu> +--------------- ...before anyone questions the omission, I *did* respond to this, as follows: UNaXcess is dead. If and when I find the time to give it a complete rewrite (sometime after I finish UUPD and XIO, both of which are likely to find use as part of the new system) I will re-release it; until then, I wouldn't wish 1.0.x on my worst enemy (assuming that I have one somewhere...). ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery: allbery@NCoast.ORG, BALLBERY (MCI Mail), ALLBERY (Delphi) uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp *(comp.sources.misc mail to comp-sources-misc[-request]@backbone.site, please)* *Third party vote-collection service: send mail to allbery@uunet.uu.net (ONLY)* >>> Shall we try for comp.protocols.tcp-ip.eniac next, Richard? <<<