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- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!messina
- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Coherent - the ultimate BBS in itself?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.175122.12501@netcom.com>
- Keywords: BBS
- Organization: Messina Software
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:51:22 GMT
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- I've read the posts regarding BBS software for Coherent with great
- interest since I would like to set up one also. It struck me,
- however, that most posts seemed to suggest a DOS BBS model ported to
- unix platform, which to me would be a step back. After thinking about
- it for a sec I realized that unix offers a superior model for BBS just
- in itself, simply by implementing tools that are already there. With
- some functions written for ksh all of the average good BBS functions
- could be duplicated having an advantage of being invokable from
- anywhere (command line) without having to cruise through maddening
- menus. With one man page written to explain the commands and
- permissions properly set Coherent can be an ultimate BBS without any
- custom software running on top of it.
-
- I will be putting a new machine together for it soon (a couple of
- previous cheap clones I had developed funny problems and I finally
- decided to do the job right by picking each component personally).
- When it's done I will post the phone number in this group and request
- comments from those who care to log in and play with it (I want to
- start with 5-6 lines).
-
- If anyone has any ideas on how to make it even better before it is put
- together (small and simple is beautiful) using simple ksh scripts/functions
- and/or simple and short C programs running from the command line (I
- insist on that interface as the fastest and best human interface ever
- developed), please email me or post.
-
- Thanks,
-
- t.
-