From: root@rwsys.uucp (Superuser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: Revivifying Coherent (was Re: Are we dead??)
Date: 19 Nov 92 19:32:12 GMT
Organization: RWSYS Exporter BBS system

magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
> Kenneth R. Kress (kkress@phent.UUCP) wrote:
> :  
> :  > Anybody have an idea for a programming project?  I think porting is best done
> :  > alone, unless it's a really big job; the communication overhead would not be 
> :  > worth it.  For a start-from-scratch project, however, it would be beneficial.
> :  > 
> : 	I like the idea of a project.  Self-interest leads me to suggest
> : we work on a new bbs. Let's throw in everyone's ideas and make a super-duper
> 
> 
> I'm in.  Also, if I ever have the time, I'll get the device driver kit
> and try and bang in some device drivers for the funky stuff.  Problem
> is I don't have CD roms and stuff laying around here to test it on, but
> I'll write for what I have or will buy (like a tape drive --- soon!!!).
> 
> If we all jump in together, MWC can spend more time doing the hard work
> like putting in sockets and stuff, and we can just make the user-supported
> stuff like Udo does all the time.  
> 
> I'll even be willing to set up a mail-server to help the development
> or something.
> 
> -Louis
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>  Louis J. Giliberto, Jr.   ! magus@drktowr.chi.il.us
>    -sysadmin drktowr       ! lgilibe@orion.it.luc.edu
>   Chicago, IL  USA         ! 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 

I have been working on a BBS. It is working now. I sent out the
first edition as a beta to a few people. I'd love to 'donate' what
I've accomplished so far to a group of programmers. 

The beast will run under 3.x or 4.x. I have probably 2 or 3 thousand
lines of code written and mostly debugged. It is designed in such a
way that it should be very easy to add on features. 

It has a user menu interface easy enough for a dos'er, a number of
built in commands, docs for developing more code and for Installing
and running it. 

It offers access to what ever commands or programs a sysop wants to
include in any particular user's menu system. There is a multiuser
conference system, download management, events information, terminal
setup ( in color ), a startup script facility and bla, bla bla.

There's more.. A lot more. I've made it so that it can easily be
adapted to languages other than english. It offers the sysop the
ability to monitor BBS activiy in real time. The BBS can be set up
to limit the time of any particular caller. Lot of commercial BBS's
will have a 'guest' login that allows somebody to login for a 'teaser'
look at what's available. 

I've tried to make the system secure.. much more secure than a shell, 
but I still find holes. At any rate, this project is too large for
one person. 

As I said, the BBS is now running. You can login on my system and
test drive the guest menu (for 10 mins). However, I've been testing
device drivers so, my system is crashed a lot lately, and will be
for the next while, so please try again if you can't get through.

If there is interest, I will put the source code for this BBS
up for download and it can be a sort of foundation for a group 
effort. If you want me to do this, post here or email me.

Yours Truly,
Randy Wright

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