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- From: ssturgis@netcom.com (Scott Sturgis)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.bbs
- Subject: Re: RoboBoard BBS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.174202.23935@netcom.com>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 17:42:02 GMT
- References: <19DEC92.11913785.0035@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
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- In article <19DEC92.11913785.0035@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> E2KP <E2KP@UNB.CA> writes:
- > users, however, I was wondering what the reaction has been around here
- > to RoboBoard BBS.
-
- > For those of you who don't know, RoboBoard BBS is a full EGA/VGA graphi
- > cal BBS package with a freeware term. It uses a proprietary graphics
- > standard, allowing the use of icons and a mouse over the term. The icon
-
- Here I believe lies the problem .. it uses PROPRIETARY graphics standard.
- I have looked at Roboboard, Darkstar and others. They are nice to some
- extent. But I think that most will be met with limited success until the
- bbs world comes up with some kind of UNIVERSAL graphics standard instead
- of PROPRIETARY standard.
-
- This goes back to the old scenario where the user has to have 16 comm
- packages on their machine...one for each PROPRIETARY system.
-
- I think the guys working on these systems are providing a valuable service
- in their research. But I think that once a common standard (or until some
- of the MAJOR players in BBS software agree on something) the majory will
- not adopt many of these.
-