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- From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Re: Running a BBS under DOS, OS/2, or Linux?
- Message-ID: <2581@aegis.or.jp>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 23:10:32 GMT
- References: <Bu4pD4.8w4@news.udel.edu> <1992Sep6.142050.21741@uvm.edu>
- Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan
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- cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:
-
- >From article <Bu4pD4.8w4@news.udel.edu>, by radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel):
- >> My question is this: Is there a combination of OS, BBS software, and
- >> mailer that allows all of the following?
-
- > In my TBBS experience, yes and no....
- >
- >> * FidoNet netmail, echomail, and SDS (file distribution).
-
- > Well, the big "warnings" when going to TBBS are:
- > a) Cost. If you only want to run a couple of lines on a single
- >computer (DOS), you're much better off getting something shareware/PD.
- >It looks like from the above you're trying to go the less-expensive
- >route, so TBBS may not be for you.
-
- > b) Conservatism. TBBS can be very conservatism in some areas -
- >eSoft isn't always willing to jump on the new "standard" bandwagon right
- >away. However, it can also be a mixed bag. For example, it took 4-5
- >years to get a FSE with the latest version (from 2.1 to 2.2), but we also
- >got something as "revolutionary" as a topic message base system allowing
- >us to surpass the 63 base limit in 2.1 (and the 200 base limit found in
- >most other DOS based packages)...
-
- Please note that the Todd Radel also said:
-
- | The problem is that anytime a user was online, or if FrontDoor was
- | sending mail, the rest of my system would slow to a crawl. Ditto if
- | I was using Borland C++ and someone logged in to the BBS -- both tasks
- | would slow horribly. I tried Maximus/2 and BinkleyTerm OS/2 for
- | a while under OS/2 1.3, which seemed a lot speedier, but I had to give
- | up all the DOS door games my users love so much.
- ...
- | * Door games. (I've only seen maybe 3 or 4 doors for OS/2, and none for
- | Linux. If I use the OS/2 versions of Binkley and Maximus, can I spawn
- | a DOS door game?)
-
- I assume he wanted to do all the items on the list WHILE REMAINING
- ONLINE.
-
- What your post fails to mention is currently being discussed by
- yourself and others in alt.bbs:
-
- b) Inability to remain online while performing additional
- functions under DOS. TBBS (along with other products that take over
- the DOS entirely) needs to be shut to handle ordinary DOS applications.
- In particular, it must be shut down to handle news and/or any program
- that isn't written to be compatible with TBBS: Borland C++, door
- games from non TBBS sources, WordPerfect, etc.
-
- According to what people are saying in alt.bbs, TBBS will run under
- OS/2 even though it's not officially supported by the vendor. This
- seems to mean that if you want to keep TBBS online and run
- other programs at the same time, you will have to run it (and the
- other programs) under OS/2.
-
- Something to consider,
-
- Dave
-
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