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- From: keithl@klic.rain.com (Keith Lofstrom)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Searchlight (Bidirectional Flame)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.195127.24773@klic.rain.com>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 19:51:27 GMT
- Article-I.D.: klic.1992Jul26.195127.24773
- References: <1992Jul25.172208.9598@panix.com> <BryuL1.5A2@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul26.043116.9215@ncsu.edu>
- Organization: Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits
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- I started reading this group about a week ago, gathering information to
- select BBS software for a friend's organization. I started reading the
- "Searchlight" thread, and learned the following four important facts:
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- 1) Many people love Searchlight.
- 2) Many people hate Searchlight.
- 3) It's not okay to punch DD disks to make HD disks.
- 4) It is so.
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- Okay, granted that many of the subscribers to this group are 12 year olds who
- don't know any better - and who will probably react to this posting by
- cracking my system (don't bother, an 8 year old could do it) - nonetheless,
- I would ask the older folks to step in with some data about this (or any
- other) BBS software. What specific features are unique? What will it do?
- What important features is the software missing? Does the author or company
- answer the phone, and speak a recognizable language? Which language? Are
- there regular upgrades? What problems have there been with past upgrades?
- Can the program share data or setup files with anything else? And so on;
- functional, comparative questions. Statements like "it stinks" or "it is
- a blessing from God" are useless. Testimonials are useless. "It is better
- than" is a description of you, and not of the rest of the world.
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- Just Give Me The Facts. Leave the opinions in their respective orifices.
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