Subj : Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : All
From : Bucko
Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 18:32:16

On 03 Apr 2023, Nigel Reed said the following...
 NR> 
 NR> When I once said that every BBS is different and someone replied
 NR> "unless it's a Synchronet BBS" ... that's what got me to finally
 NR> customize my system. As I say, it's a bit more work due to having to
 NR> code backend menus.
 NR> -- 

I agree with Nigel here, when I got back into running a BBS, I booted up
Synchronet, and like many have said it is so feature rich that it can be VERY
intimidating! It was for me back in 2018 after not running a BBS since 1996
and for me coming from the Commodore/Amiga world it was even tougher! So I
went with Mystic, it was easier to set up, reminded me of like someone said
the old Dos boards of the 90's and did I say it was easy?!? Since then I did
put my own fingerprint on my Mystic, I redid all the menus into cursor
driven, and have changed other things and am still making changes.. About a
year ago, I said I wanted to give Synchro another shot, so I put it up on
Windows, I modified the menus (yes they are not very easy to mod, but once
you figure it out it is pretty easy) then started working on the text.. I recently moved it to a Linux VM, and it is still pretty easy moving with it.. I run both now, Synchro is VERY feature rich, Mystic is very easily modifiable. I run a login server, a InterBBS file server, and use Mystic as a front end to link PC Doors and Door Servers to my C-Net Amiga BBS which does not support RLOGIN yet..I run a InterBBS door Server on Synchro..  All these BBS' are what you want to make of them. I've always said when you log in to my BBS you are loggging into my home, so why not make my BBS' like my home?!?!?

.... There is an exception to every rule, except this one.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)

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