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From: taak9@isuvax.iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: Amiga BBS software
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.184329.7292@news.iastate.edu>
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Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
References: <6767@uafhp.uark.edu>,<phils.3214@ampun.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 18:43:29 GMT
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In article <phils.3214@ampun.UUCP>, phils@ampun.UUCP (Philip Sokolowski) writes:
>In article <6767@uafhp.uark.edu> kcampbel@uafhp.uark.edu (Keith Alan Campbell) writes:
>>
>>A friend of mine is considering starting up a local BBS using either his 3000
>>or a 1000 dedicated just for the BBS. He'd like to know what software is
>>available, either commercial or PD, that can handle fidonet and/or usenet news
>>and email.
>>
>>Thanks!
>
>	If your friend is planning on usiong the 1000 for the BBS, then he had
>better have a hard drive on it or else it will never really work.
>
>	My suggestion would be to use the A3000 for the BBS, and the 1000 for
>programs that will not mutitask.  since the A3000 is equipted with the 68030,
>He would be able to run a full time BBS, while multitasking, and not have to
>worry about SLOW dragging programs.  Also if you are using the A3000 for the
>BBS, you have the option to add a muti serial card, then you could (example)
>run a 6 port bbs full time, while havinf your OWN modem line, AND a full time
>UUCP line, where as on the 1000 you could only have 1 line.

 This is one of the nice things about the Amiga, but if you have a 1000
just sitting around, might as well use it.

  You don't need a harddrive, unless your friend plans on having lots of
downloads.  If it's just messages, a two floppy system would work 
adequately.  But if you want any downloads, you will need a harddrive,
in which case it's probably better to expand the 3000.

>
>	And for a BBS software choice, I would have to say to get C-Net.
>It IS the best..

 <+Flame>
 C-net is the Best?  Best at what?  Perhaps the best at being incredibly
hard to use, from the caller's viewpoint at least.

 No, you're better off with one of the Shareware/PD BBS programs.
 <-Flame>

TAG is not bad for a multi purpose BBS.  It has a fairly decent message
system, and file system.  And is Shareware.

 IMHO Citadel is by far the best for a message only system, and is
free. It is just a little difficult to set up at first, but typically
runs flawlessly for being PD. Citadel is available for CP/M, MS-DOS,
Amiga, and Atari ST's.  Possibly Mac, but I'm not sure if that ever
got done or not.  As well as a couple Unix versions running around,
but they are almost entirely different from the PC versions.
Citadel has it's own nation wide network.  Not as far reaching as
Fidonet, but Citanet has nodes in MN, New York, Canada, Washington, and
a couple other eastern states I forget.

  Look on ab20, I remember seeing Citadel there and I think TAG.  There was
also some software for Fido, which I'm not familiar with.

 Citadel's main push has come from the Twin Cities, MN region.  For more
information on setting up a Citadel system for the Amiga call
 'Images at Twilight' at 612-884-7951

Just my opinion...

Steve Sheldon               /// 
taak9@ccvax.iastate.edu    ///
Iowa State University    \XX/ 

