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- From: tedc@ee.ubc.ca (ted chen)
- Subject: Re: TBBS versus RA/Netware
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.001251.25487@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <1992Nov19.232310.847@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Nov20.164841.23141@uvm.edu> <1992Nov22.125529.414@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:12:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.125529.414@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
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- >This means in short that it isn't TBBS that is responsible for the speed, it's
- >the hardware. Fortunately, supporting smart hardware isn't a unique TBBS
- >feature. An OS/2 or UNIX system which had drivers that could use the same
- >boards as TBBS would be as fast if not faster (probably better file system and
- >*less* (that's no typo) OS overhead) than DOS+TBBS. The same kind of boards
- >exist for UNIX. They might exist for OS/2 too. Any BBS system that can support
- >a UNIX tty device or an OS/2 COMxx: device can use these boards and get the
- >same or better speed as TBBS.
- >
- >THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE IN RUNNING TBBS. There *WAS* maybe a reason, but there is
- >none anymore.
- >
- Can TBBS be run in a OS/2 DOS VDM?
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- Ted Chen <tedc@ee.ubc.ca.>
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