bjs@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Brian J. Smith) (04/12/88)
Ok. there comes the question that all out in news land are going hate/love for the next few weeks :-) I have recently purchased Microport System V/AT Unix(tm) And I have a lot of questions. 1) I had a h#ll of a time getting the darn thing installed. Mainly because of the requirement for me to keep a MS-Dos partition going. And I want to know before I get to far into the system what amount of disk space should I have to run news? I have smail 2.5 installed with my smart host being bikini.cis.ufl.edu I have a 60 Meg Priam hard disk with (now) 30 Megs for UNIX and 30 for Dos. I am willing to lose some more of the Dos side but not much more. 2) I also have the plan of becoming (as far as I know) the first UNIX bbs here in florida. My question here is what is the best BBS program to use I have installed SBBS but Its interface is not up to the Dos Hackers around here And the modifcation that I would need to make the mail and the news simple would possiable be like re-inventing the wheel (that is if the wheel is already out there) 3) Common Question how much memory..... speed now is slow .... I have a 1 Meg .... how much of a diff will it make if I have 2 Megs ... 3 Megs 4) I plan to have One 2400 baud line open for the BBS will this be ok ? and another line so that I can dial out. but I have a mouse for my Dos that will only work in COM1 or COM2 ... see my problem .. (I want my mouse) 5) Do other BBS runners use microport ? If so is there a SAFE way to give trusted users control of the the "real" machine. And do you charge? if so how much..... I feel that news and mail will be very atractive to the local Dos Freaks. Dont you :-) any help will be answered with at least a form letter.... e-mail or news will be good for replys -- ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() The Person : Brian J. Smith UUCP : !ihnp4!codas!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bjs Internet : bjs@beach.cis.ufl.edu
wtr@moss.ATT.COM (04/12/88)
In article <14543@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, (Brian J. Smith) writes: > Common Question how much memory..... speed now is slow .... I have a > 1 Meg .... how much of a diff will it make if I have 2 Megs ... 3 Megs Stupid Ans: 'The more, the better' Real Ans: You can run at 1 meg, but for multiple users, (BBS) I'd think about trying to go to at least two. (da*n, those chip prices!) > I plan to have One 2400 baud line open for the BBS will this be ok ? > and another line so that I can dial out. but I have a mouse for my > Dos that will only work in COM1 or COM2 Check your release notes, there is a method mentioned to add the drivers foor additional tty ports. I currently have my modem (USR internal) wired in as tty02 (com3:) and two serial ports for tty00, tty01. > 5) Do other BBS runners use microport ? If so is there a SAFE way to > give trusted users control of the the "real" machine. Microport has their own BBS w/ patches, useful PD software, and their BBS source for download. Perhaps it would help to talk to them. SA is John Sulley. BBS phone #'s are 408-438-(6567|6687|2492). The first two numbers are 2400/1200/300, last number is 1200/300. Hope this has helped. > The Person : Brian J. Smith ===================================================================== Bill Rankin Bell Labs, Whippany NJ (201) 386-4154 (cornet 232) email address: ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd allegra ]!moss!wtr ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua watmath ]!clyde!wtr =====================================================================