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- From: rpress@bizhost.wariat.org (Richard Pressl )
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs
- Subject: Re: Network advice please!
- Keywords: Low Cost WAN
- Message-ID: <34gLuB1w164w@bizhost.wariat.org>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 10:05:37 EST
- References: <1992Nov09.003849.5531@dircon.co.uk>
- Organization: CMDA, Euclid, OH
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- uad1123@dircon.co.uk (Graeme Lyall) writes:
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- >
- >
- > Shortly I am going to be working on a project which will link
- > up widespread regional offices of a charity organisation. Funds
- > do not exist to create a WAN - but I guess (having only been
- > a user of BBS systems) that maybe a useful network could be
- > set up using BBS software?
- >
- > The network would have to provide for mail, for some newsgroups,
- > and if possible for either automatic updating of database
- > files at regional sites, or for dialup access to a central
- > database.
- >
- > Could anyone offer any suggestions, or point me in the right
- > direction to find out more?
- ...
- You might want to take a look at a program called SCOUT. It is a
- Shareware "WAN" that does most of what you are talking about. See the
- PBS(Public Brand Software) catalog for a full description.
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- rpress@bizhost.wariat.org Fido 1:157/562
- Richard Pressl: Commercial Micro Data Analysts: UCC-OC, Cleveland
- SysOp: Bizhost BBS: +1 216 731 4769 Searchlight/Waffle/HST-DS
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