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From: taak9@isuvax.iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re:  Amiga BBS software
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.183223.28294@news.iastate.edu>
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Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
References: <6767@uafhp.uark.edu> <phils.3214@ampun.UUCP> <1991Jun25.184329.7292@news.iastate.edu> <phils.3238@ampun.UUCP>,<1441@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 18:32:23 GMT
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In article <1441@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>, r3med@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Mark E Daniel) writes:
>In article <phils.3238@ampun.UUCP> phils@ampun.UUCP (Philip Sokolowski) writes:
>>
>>	I'm not to sure about that exactly. We had a BBS running over here on
>>only 2 floppy drives and let me tell you.. it was SLOW!!!  The only thing that
>>this guy could actually do is write up some messages, and that is about it.
>>
>>	No files, SLOW as HELL, and not to mention he had to optimise the
>>messsage disk every night or else it took almost 5 minutes to just logg on and
>>go to your message base!  He also couldn't really multitask, since BOTH drives
>>ALWAYS had to have the disks in them, and well, you can only fit SO much on a

  I believe I am correct in assuming this, haven't looked at in a while.

 If you wish to dedicate your computer, and have enough memory, say 1.5 Megs
Citadel will load the message base into RAM.  It will write to disk once
the caller has logged off.  This makes it a lot faster, and also saves
quite a bit of drive wear.


>>
>>	Yeah, for MESSAGES only, and as from above, you can see that you will
>
>I used to run Citadel myself.  I like the power it gives someone as far as
>the message structure.  Users can create their own rooms to their heart's
>content.  That way I don't have to listen to "Why is there not a/an "x"
>base on this BBS?  Go create it, I say!  And you can give certian people
>access to certian "invataion only" rooms.  You can also give a certian
>person moderation powers for that room.  I realize other BBS programs 
>have similar features but I like Citadel's structure.
>
>On the down side, I heard constant bickering because people hated learning
>new commands.  Lots of power but it takes a while to master it.

  Ahh, we Citadel users up in MN always figured that this was the ultimate
test of whether or not we wanted you calling the BBS.

 It's kind of like an IQ test for membership.

 The thing is, I'm so used to Citadel, that if I call a C-Net or some other
piece of menu-based BBS software, it takes me forever to do anything.
Have to constantly read the menu's trying to figure out where I am, and
what I want to do.

 Citadel is very nicely strucutered, in that no matter where you are the
commands all work the same.  I.e. there is only one level, no menu's to
read through, etc.


 The unfortunate thing is, IMHO, is that some people have taken the
simplicity and ease of use of Citadel and tried adding all the things
that the old Menu-based systems had.  Message, subjects, numbers, To
fields, even menu's.
  There are quite a few variations from the original.

>
>For example, you can download the messages in a room in text file format
>using any file transfer protocol. (XY or ZModem)

 You can also easily upload messages using X, Y, or Zmodem.

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

