Subj : What Legacy Technology Is Still Relevant?
To   : alt.bbs,alt.bbs.doors
From : Lash Rambo
Date : Sat Dec 25 2004 09:06 am

I'm party to a BBS door restoration effort.  Part of my decision in 
restoring BBS doors is which legacy technology to continue supporting, and 
which legacy technology I can safely ignore.  The less legacy tech I have 
to support, the less there is to go wrong, and the easier it is to 
modernize the door.

I'll start with a couple of techs I'm 99% certain aren't on the radar.  Are 
either Desqview support or "snow checking" for ancient video cards 
important to you?

Getting a little more controversial, is 16-bit DOS support important to 
you?  If not, is *any* DOS support important to you?  Would you be just as 
happy if a door was a 32-bit Windows app, or perhaps even a Java app 
capable of running on Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.?

Now for the most controversial question: Is modem support important to you?  
This is as opposed to telnet-only support.  My impression is that the vast 
majority of BBSs these days are telnet-only, so serial com support will not 
be missed.

Thanks for your time!

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