lmk@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Loukis M Kissonergis) (12/11/90)
Is there a sophisticated remote Bulletin Board System for the Macintosh other than Red Ryder Host? Something along the lines of RBBS-PC that is used on IBM PC's. Please let me know if such a package exists and how many nodes it can handle. Loukis
trottiers@yvax.byu.edu (12/12/90)
LMK> Is there a sophisticated remote Bulletin Board System for the LMK> Macintosh other than Red Ryder Host? Something along the lines of LMK> RBBS-PC that is used on IBM PC's. Please let me know if such a LMK> package exists and how many nodes it can handle. My favorite is Hermes BBS. The current version is 1.0.4. Hermes is shareware for $75, and well worth the price. It can handle up to 10 nodes, all running from one computer. Of course, if you want to have more than 2 nodes you'll need to get a 3rd party serial port card. Hermes supports ANSI color graphics, has a good messageing and file transfer system, and is Tabby compatable. Tabby allows message sharing on the FidoNet network. In addition, Hermes will soon (this month sometime) have online game capabilities. ********************************************************** * Steve Trottier * AOL: STrottier * * Internet: * Sysop, Mainly Macintosh BBS * * trottiers@yvax.byu.edu * 24 hrs. (801) 374-5438 * **********************************************************
nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport) (12/13/90)
In article <1107@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> lmk@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Loukis M Kissonergis) writes: >Is there a sophisticated remote Bulletin Board System for the >Macintosh other than Red Ryder Host? Macworld December 1990 has a review of Telefinder Group Edition 2.0, and our abstract says: First commercial BBS system with a graphical user interface consists of the Group Edition Host BBS and TF/User program for BBS users. Supports up to 6 phone lines, 57 K bps, passwords, callbacks, downloading, and conferences. $375 for 20 users, $575 for 80 users, $1250 for 250 users, from Spider Island Software: 714 669-9260. (Note: this information brought to you from our MacInfo database of Macintosh Literature. Mail me if you are interested in the database) -- -- Help me justify my online bills: ask me EndNote questions, please! -- Avi Rappoport 2000 Hearst, Berkeley, CA 94709 nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us, 415-649-8176 Niles.Assoc on AppleLink fax: 415-649-8179
rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel) (12/14/90)
In article <1107@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> lmk@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Loukis M Kissonergis) writes: > >Is there a sophisticated remote Bulletin Board System for the >Macintosh other than Red Ryder Host? Something along the lines of >RBBS-PC that is used on IBM PC's. Please let me know if such a >package exists and how many nodes it can handle. Other than Second Sight (formerly Red Host), Hermes is not bad. Hermes is very nice on the Sysop end but I don't think the user end is as nice as Second Sight.
dlong@uiuc.edu (12/21/90)
In article <22151@well.sf.ca.us> nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us (Avi Rappoport) writes: >In article <1107@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> lmk@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Loukis M Kissonergis) writes: >>Is there a sophisticated remote Bulletin Board System for the >>Macintosh other than Red Ryder Host? > >Macworld December 1990 has a review of Telefinder Group Edition 2.0, >and our abstract says: > >First commercial BBS system with a graphical user interface consists of the >Group Edition Host BBS and TF/User program for BBS users. >Supports up to 6 phone lines, 57 K bps, passwords, callbacks, downloading, and >conferences. $375 for 20 users, $575 for 80 users, $1250 for 250 users, from >Spider Island Software: 714 669-9260. > >(Note: this information brought to you from our MacInfo database of Macintosh > Literature. Mail me if you are interested in the database) >-- >-- Help me justify my online bills: ask me EndNote questions, please! -- >Avi Rappoport 2000 Hearst, Berkeley, CA 94709 >nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us, 415-649-8176 >Niles.Assoc on AppleLink fax: 415-649-8179 > The Champaign-Urbana Mac Users' Group just got TeleFinder for our BBS system after having used Red Ryder Host for some time. We're *very* pleased with it- the interface is very "finder-like", and the response time so far seems better than things like AppleLink or America Online, which are the closest things i've seen to it. Also, I should point out that they give discounts to user groups- I think we paid *much* less than $1250 for our 250-user license! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dave long dlong@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu research programmer dlong@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu computing services office AppleLink: A0377 university of illinois "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us" -Calvin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^