Subj : Re: What BBS Software is still available out there these days? To : Conner Destron From : Time Warrior Date : Fri Aug 06 2004 05:43 am To: "Conner Destron" Re: Re: What BBS Software is still available out there these days? By: "Conner Destron" to alt.bbs.ads on Fri Aug 06 2004 01:54 am > "Time Warrior" > wrote... > > By: "Conner Destron" to alt.bbs.ads on Thu > Aug 05 2004 08:05 pm > > > Hey guys, I know this is probably not the right newsgroup > for > > > this question, but who better than a bunch of SysOps should > I ask? > > > ...My question, as stated in the subject, is simply what BBS > software > > > is still available these days? I'm looking for a "upgrade" > to > > > something Windows based and I know about Synchronet and > Worldgroup, > > > but are there any others out there? (Worldgroup's too damn > expensive > > > to upgrade from and I'd like some options before I go with Synchronet > > > just because it's the only one I could find, > though it's > > > definitely got the right price....) > > Unfortunately, for a true Win32 BBS (that doesn't co$t) > Synchronet is the > > only opinion. As far as options that are not free, the only > ones I can think > > of are Major and Wildcat. > > There are WinDOS based ones, such as Mystic and EleBBS -- but > IMHO, those > > things don't have quite the configurability, functionality, > stability, and > > security of Synchronet. I used to run Mystic. > Thanks for the quick response, Time Warrior, I did some web searching > on my own and downloaded Mystic, Osiris, PBBS, & Synchronet > (already have a DOS version of Worldgroup [Major] running from my > last BBS experience and have seen Wildcat before in it's DOS days) > and was starting to get that same perspective. It's really quite > a shame, there use to be dozens of BBS softwares to choose from back > in the DOS days, but now that WinBlows has taken over the scene > the BBS seems to be dying off as we once knew it. :( If I can't > find a viable alternative, I'll be switching to synchronet > to re-establish my BBS, The Castle's Dungeon, very shortly. viable > meaning lower cost than MBBS or WC and still reasonably configurable > and able to establish the differentiation of areas/user levels > that I want.... seems like under DOS that would've been asking > so little..... *sigh* -=Conner=- Feel free to telnet to malkaviabbs.com sometime. I have a nicely modded system (still alot more to go tho!) The Scene has stablized, and no, it's not what it once was. However i think it will be again one day, and I think Synchronet is going to be one of the softwares that makes it happen. ..----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Time Warrior, Sysop: Malkavia BBS - malkaviabbs.com | AIM: Twar782 | | NC: Xpresit Net & The ORIGINAL Synchronet Support Network | ICQ: | | Network Websites: http://www.xpresit.net & ssn.xpresit.org | 25055930 | | Dead Email: xpresitnet@juno.com (do not use anymore) | YIM: | | Email: timewarrior@bbsmates.com | xpresitnet@mindspring.com | twarxpresit | \___________________________________________________________/ \____________/ --- Synchronet 3.11a-Win32 NewsLink 1.71 * Malkavia - Chicago, IL - telnet://malkaviabbs.com .