Subj : Re: What BBS Software is still available out there these days?
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From : Conner Destron
Date : Mon Aug 09 2004 06:47 pm

"mrproper" <mrproper@warzonebbs.net.remove-5hg-this> wrote:
>   By: "Conner Destron" <me@privacy.net> to alt.bbs.ads on Fri
Aug 06 2004 01:54 am
>  > "Time Warrior"
<time.warrior@malkaviabbs.com.remove-rns-this>
>  > wrote...
>  > >   By: "Conner Destron" <me@privacy.net> 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*
>
> You really want to stick to synchronet... You can make it ool
like any bbs you
> like... or hell you can make it look like a unix shell system
if you like :)
> there are really no limitatiions... I've been having fun with
my Snchronet BBS
> for over 3 years now :)

Thanks for the input, MrProper. As I posted in my first reply
tonight, I have been playing with it to see what it can/can't do
for me over the last few days and I'm a little confused about a
few points still, but am trying to work through them...
    -=Conner=-

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