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From: akc@pilot.njin.net (Albert K. Costanzo)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Looking for certain type of BBS software
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:01:31 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Hello,

I am interested in finding some BBS software which supports internet
e-mail to setup on an IBM pc.  I would also be interested if this
softwar could handle verifying who was logged in and for how long.

And not that I am looking for the world -but- it would be nice if it
somehow could handle more than one user at a time so that I could
have more than one dial in line...

Oh yes, suggestions on hardware neeeded to handle more than one
user at a time are VERY welcome. Like how to make the PC look
at multi serial lines at the same time.
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: jkristof@lucpul.it.luc.edu (NiteLine)
Subject: Re: Which Door Info Format to Support?
Organization: Loyola University Chicago
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:55:45 GMT

In <Bsrt0A.G76@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:


>A quick question for those knowledgeable in setting up online games for
>BBSi: If you were going to write an online game which would be accesses
>from a BBS via a door, what format of "drop" file would your game
>support? Assume that your goal is compatibility with a large number of
>different types of BBS software, so that SysOps everywhere can use your
>game with whatever they're running.

The ones you must have for maximum compatibility would have to be
DOOR.SYS, DORINFOx.DEF, and the PCBoard data files (PCBOARD.SYS for
example).
From: mr.mike@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Mr Mike) 
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Boardwatch Magazine
Date: 16 Aug 92 21:41:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Ozone Hole BBS - New Orleans, LA - (504)891-3142 16800 Baud
Reply-To: mr.mike@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Mr Mike) 

Boardwatch Magazine is hard to find in the stores.  The magazine is
excellent, though.  I would say it is the best in the business for
keeping on top of the online scene today.  I have the Online
(Electronic) edition of Boardwatch Magazine (identical to the print
edition except it doesn't have the ads or the pictures...) on my board
available for download.

If anyone is interested in a sample of the magazine please feel free to
log onto the BBS and tell me that you would like a test drive.  I will
set you up and you can get a copy of the magazine and see the BBS
without charge or obligation.

I am also authorized to offer subscriptions to Boardwatch (the printed
edition) at $6 off the regular price.  If you are interested in this
please let me know when you log onto the board.

The BBS can accept almost any plastic (except green...) and you'll
receive your 1st copy of Boardwatch one week after payment is received.

---
Michael Mathews - The Ozone Hole     mr.mike@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us
A Private Bulletin Board System      theozone!mr.mike
(504)891-3142 16,800 Baud            Postlink: ->OZONEHOLE
---
 . DeLuxe./386 1.25  . Bigamy - One wife too many  Monogamy - Same Thing!
                                                                                   
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: BBS Standards Committ
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:43:42 GMT

mr.mike@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Mr Mike)  writes:

>You would be in the minority then.  As far as the PC industry and
>BBSing and Communications go...these are, in fact, the top in the
>industry.

for DOS machines, maybe -- but DOS machines don't rule the
world.  DOS machines make up the majority of single line BBS
systems -- yes -- 

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
From: cmb6@po.CWRU.Edu (Christopher M. Baranowski)
Subject: Rybbs SysOps
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 00:53:42 GMT


hey! are there any Rybbs SysOps out there ?

-- 
                     The Unwanted BBS
                      (216) 289-6883
                  24 Hours, Weekdays Only!

Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)
Subject: Re: USA Today
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 05:41:47 GMT

A ClariNet feed is also available for BBSs.   ClariNet is an electronic
newspaper with up to 1.5 megs a day of information, 24 hours a day.
You might not want to take it all, but you can pick and choose, for
a price around $15/line.

ClariNet includes UPI news, Newsbytes, syndicated features, computer
prices, local news and a variety of other stuff.  I'll post an info sheet
here if people desire it.

The USA Today Decisionline, a condensed version of USA Today, is provided
5 days a week once a day.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Sunnyvale, CA 408/296-0366
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From: cogs1@slate.mines.colorado.edu (THOEN WILLIAM )
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.bbs.misc
Subject: Re: List of Sources for Public Access to the Net
Keywords: public access internet
Date: 13 Aug 92 01:09:43 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

In article <1992Aug12.141421.24687@terminator.cc.umich.edu> pauls@mudskipper.css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
>
>It makes me wonder whether any attempt has been made to consolidate a list  
>of such places that offer access, either for free or for a charge, that  
>are available to the "average" person who has no organizational,  
>corporate, governmental, or academic access to net resources.  For  
>
>Does anyone know of such a list?  If not, I will start to compile one in  
>beginning in the next week or so.

Please DO make such a list!  I'm trying to finish an article for a
newsletter on the use of Internet for geologists, but it's not much good to
readers to be told of all the wonders that are out here if they can't get 
access to it!

So far I know only of Colorado SuperNet, but I've heard that there are 32
such sites around the country that offer full Internet access to average
person.  Where are these sites?  How do people in Boston or San Francisco
or Embudo Station (New Mexico) get access?  I'd like voice phone numbers,
FAX, or email addresses to any site that offers either free or under $100
access to the network.  

If you or anyone else could give me such info, I'd appreciate it.  I'll
also summarize responses back here if you respond to me directly. Thanks.
From: visbieda@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Christopher Bieda)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
Subject: Re: Genesis
Date: 16 Aug 92 22:21:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Aug13.173919.26223@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, jastriet@nyx.cs.du.edu (Julie Strietelmeier) writes...

>Are there any other Genesis Deluxe BBS Sysops out there? If so, please
>respond to me via the address below. I'm new to this package and would like
>to talk to some other Genesis Sysops to ask questions and share ideas.


Julie, Carter Downer (the author) has always been quite approachable.  I'm sure
he'd be glad to hear from a neophyte GD sysop!  If you don't have his number
(voice, that is), I'm reasonably sure I can find it pretty quickly (computers
not only speed access to information, but also the process by which information
becomes sedimented!).
From: zot@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Chris Boebel)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
Subject: Looking for QWK definition
Date: 22 Aug 92 06:08:54 GMT
Organization: The Tower of Zot - (716)691-3865

I would like to write a mail door for my bbs that is compatible with 
the 'standard' QWK format. Does anyone out there have this definition or 
know where I could get it? 

Email replies appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.bbs.misc
From: pauls@mudskipper.css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
Subject: List of Sources for Public Access to the Net
Keywords: public access internet
Organization: University of Michigan
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:14:21 GMT

It seems to me that there are constantly people asking variants of the  
question:

"my friend in xyz area code wants access to internet (mail, usenet, or  
what all)--are there any public access sites in that dialing area?"

It makes me wonder whether any attempt has been made to consolidate a list  
of such places that offer access, either for free or for a charge, that  
are available to the "average" person who has no organizational,  
corporate, governmental, or academic access to net resources.  For  
example, the Cleveland FreeNet (and the other freenets that are  
sprouting), EBBS at UNC, Grex and M-Net in Ann Arbor, MI, etc. that offer  
some form of mail access, and possibly even a news server.

Does anyone know of such a list?  If not, I will start to compile one in  
beginning in the next week or so.
From: jmiksich@iowegia.uucp (John Miksich)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
Subject: USA Today
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 13:20:54 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Iowegia Waffle BBS, Clive IA USA, +1 515 226 2156

I've got a quick question here and I am sure that someone out 
there will be able to give me an answer..
 
I am running a Spitfire Bulletin board and would like to make 
available to my callers some service like USA Today or NYSE.  I 
will be running OS\2 in about a week on a 386DX-40MHz with 8 Meg 
Ram.  What I have heard about getting either of those services is 
that you must get a leased line and you also need to have a 
a data ingestion program running in the background all the time 
importing the information into the bulletin board.  If anyone can 
shed some light on the situation I would appreciate it!  I would 
also like to know..
1) How to get ahold of USA Today or NYSE staff who are in charge 
of the services.
2) Approximately how much will this run me in $ a month?
3) Is there a program out there that will feed the data into a 
Spitfire BBS or will I have to have a conversion program made?
 
        Appreciate it!
 
John M. Miksich - Midwest Horzions BBS - (515) 225-6380

Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.bbs.misc
From: bbs.claebaur@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Tony Annese)
Subject: Re: List of Sources for Public Access to the Net
Keywords: public access internet
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 04:22:13 GMT

pauls@mudskipper.css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:

> It seems to me that there are constantly people asking variants of the  
> question:
> 
> "my friend in xyz area code wants access to internet (mail, usenet, or  
> what all)--are there any public access sites in that dialing area?"
> 
> It makes me wonder whether any attempt has been made to consolidate a list  

Yes there is a list. Just have them look in ALT.BBS.INTERNET and a list 
is posted about every three weeks. It can be FTP by mail from(lemme look 
it up) ok here it is..
archive-server@cs.widener.edu with the body of the message saying one of 
the following:
send nixpub long -or-
send nixpub short -or-
send nixpub long short -or-
index nixpub

Hope that helps..

--
Tony Annese (bbs.claebaur@tsoft.sf-bay.org)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop
From: jastriet@nyx.cs.du.edu (Julie Strietelmeier)
Subject: Genesis
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 17:39:19 GMT


Are there any other Genesis Deluxe BBS Sysops out there? If so, please
respond to me via the address below. I'm new to this package and would like
to talk to some other Genesis Sysops to ask questions and share ideas.
 
julie@cel.cummins.com
Sysop of CrossRoads BBS 812/342-7078

Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.bbs.misc
From: jmcmahon@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jim McMahon)
Subject: Re: List of Sources for Public Access to the Net
Keywords: public access internet
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:35:46 GMT

cogs1@slate.mines.colorado.edu (THOEN WILLIAM ) writes:

>In article <1992Aug12.141421.24687@terminator.cc.umich.edu> pauls@mudskipper.css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
>>
>>It makes me wonder whether any attempt has been made to consolidate a list  
>>of such places that offer access, either for free or for a charge, that  
>>are available to the "average" person who has no organizational,  
>>corporate, governmental, or academic access to net resources.  For  
>>
>>Does anyone know of such a list?  If not, I will start to compile one in  
>>beginning in the next week or so.

>Please DO make such a list!  I'm trying to finish an article for a
>newsletter on the use of Internet for geologists, but it's not much good to
>readers to be told of all the wonders that are out here if they can't get 
>access to it!

Are you two aware of the NIXPUB list, which is a list of public access UNIX
sites (that may or may not have mail,usenet,telnet,ftp,et cetera).  It can
be found at wuarchive.wustl.edu in the mirrors/msdos/bbslist directory via
anonymous ftp.

Are you aware of the existance of the usenet news hierarchy alt.internet, and
of the group alt.internet.access.wanted ?  This hierarchy is relatively new
and was apparently created because of the abundance of access requests that
"flooded" the alt.bbs hierarchy.   WARNING : some (not me) get very upset if
you request access in any group other than in alt.internet.access.wanted.  

I have tried in my own meager way to begin compiling a list of accesses for
the average "I'm nobody", but have not had a whole lot of luck.  What I do is
save every **answer** I see in alt.internet.access.wanted, and have been 
meaning to sort through it one of these days, but haven't had time.  When I do
have time, I'm planning to post the list periodically, but so far I've only
seen about a dozen answers anyway.  

I strongly support the creation of such a list, and would further suggest the
creation of another newsgroup called alt.internet.access.found, but I haven't
read up on how to create a newsgroup.  Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know
that sources like the NIXPUB exist, though it may not be exactly what you are
looking for.  You may also want to check out news.answers, because I believe 
that there does exist an FAQ that explains how to get started looking for
personal, home use, commercial services.  The only problem with these (that
I know of, having never used any) is that most seem quite expensive.  They
are out there, however.  Let me know if I can be of any help in creating a
list for us average nobody important folk.
--
Jim McMahon 
jmcmahon@cwis.unomaha.edu or 
strathost.stratcom.af.mil
Being ordinary and nothing special is a full-time job.
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: BBS Standards Committ
Date: 22 Aug 92 13:37:28 GMT
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745

cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:

>From article <BtB38u.4y2@gator.rn.com>, by larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder):
>> mr.mike@ozonehole.new-orleans.la.us (Mr Mike)  writes:
>> 
>>>You would be in the minority then.  As far as the PC industry and
>>>BBSing and Communications go...these are, in fact, the top in the
>>>industry.
>> 
>> for DOS machines, maybe -- but DOS machines don't rule the
>> world.  DOS machines make up the majority of single line BBS
>> systems -- yes -- 
>> 

>	What about multi line systems as well?  I would say that DOS
>and Unix based multi-line systems are pretty much equal in terms of raw
>numbers...

Unix machines in number exceed DOS machines when referring to multiline
operarations -- take the typical university for example, at Notre Dame
they have anywhere from 60-250 folks on on machine during the day

here, we usually run 10 users.  On our machine in Indy -- 12 users is
typical.  We have users running DOS, the unix BBS, in shells, another
runs Word Perfect, etc -- try that under DOS.

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc
From: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise)
Subject: Re: BBS Standards Committee Formed
Originator: cblaise@moose.uvm.edu
Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 15:22:13 GMT

From article <BtDznn.2D9@csn.org>, by bell@teal.csn.org (Bell Scott):
> 
> 	Great!  Ok, now next question, how does an internetter join in on this
> Fido-Net committee?
> 

	It's not a "fidonet" committe, even though this year the focus seems
to have been prelevant there in terms of advertising.  I think the name
is Chris Ambler who provided information of who to contact via the 
internet...
 
 TTYL
 Chris
From: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com (Dan Peters)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: RBBS Hayes modem setup?
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:12:23 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Bull HN Informations Systems Inc.

Hi,
   I am posting this for a new sysop that doesn't have internet access and
   is trying to set up a Bulletin Board with RBBS:

	I am trying to set up RBBS with a internal Hayes
	compatible modem 9600 V.32 installed in my PC clone. 
	There is a RBBS config file called 'rbbs.def'.
	#225 in the config file asks to specify
	the modem (init) commands.

	QUESTION?

	What are the modem commands for RBBS and a
	Hayes compatible 9600 baud modem?

	When I use the 2400 baud init string (the default) I get
	the following from RBBS:

	"Set modem's firmware Now? (yes or no) Yes
	"error 24 in line 23739"

EMail responses to me (for my friend) is O.K.  I'll give them to him.
Any help for my friend would be greatly appreciated.


-- 

== Dan Peters		 	Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
== (508) 294-3325 (294-3705)	300 Concord Road    MA30/MS850A
== D.Peters@bull.com		Billerica, MA		01821
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc
From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
Subject: Re: BBS Standards Committee Formed
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 20:28:43 GMT

brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:

>My guess is that they will standardize on rfc822 as a message format,
>with perhaps a few mods the way that rfc1036 modifies that standard.
>I think that's a positive move.

MIME comes to mind, also.  The ability to transmit multi-media
messages between platforms seems to be the next Big Thing.
Imagine, voice mail delivered in an email message, complete
with an animated picture of the sender!
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Looking for certain type of BBS software
Date: 21 Aug 92 11:41:26 GMT
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745

robert@revcan.rct.ca (Robert Presland) writes:

>In article <rdippold.713817846@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>>
>>Get Maximus for OS/2.  Internet mail, Usenet, FidoNet, etc.  It kicks,
>>and does multiline with ease.

>Max supports Internet mail out of the box???????????  Tell me more, as I
>don't know how to do this, and I have been running Max for 1.5 years.

but it requires a multitasker like Desqview doesn't it.  That is the
advantage of a Unix box -- the machine and OS support multiuser out
of the box - so any application that runs on top of Unix supports 
multiuser access without kludging an OS to do something it wasn't
supposed to do in the first place

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
From: "brian miller" <brian.miller@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: pc-pursuit
Date: 16 Aug 92 18:57:15 EST
Reply-To: "brian miller" <brian.miller@channel1.com>
Distribution: alt
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

-> I'm looking for information on PC Persuit.  I need to know if it

800-736-1130.
--
Channel 1 (R)   Cambridge, MA

Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc
From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)
Subject: Re: BBS Standards Committee Formed
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:06:28 GMT

I think this is a good step.  The current BBS world is a morass of
different formats -- pointlessly different formats.   Ie. they all do
pretty much the same thing, just differently.  Getting them to exchange
messages is work.  There are about 4-5 different formats to do that.

My guess is that they will standardize on rfc822 as a message format,
with perhaps a few mods the way that rfc1036 modifies that standard.
I think that's a positive move.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Sunnyvale, CA 408/296-0366
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc
From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Subject: Re: BBS Standards Committee Formed
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 09:35:31 GMT

cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:
>From article <rdippold.714467855@cancun>, by rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold):
>>>But they certainly DO represent BBS-for-profit, which I am ENTIRELY AGAINST.
>> 
>> The TBBS (eSoft) people and the PC-Board people, Mustang, and
>> Galacticomm certainly, but all the rest?  Certainly not Mr.

>	Speaking as a TBBS SysOp, I don't see the purpose of lumping them
>into the "BBS for profit" catagory.  Yes you have to pay a pretty penny
>for the software, and yes the capability for using credit cards and limiting
>access to areas based on "billing classes" is there, but that doesn't mean
>you have to use them.  In Vermont, there are 3 TBBS systems (I run 2 of them)
>and none of them charge.  Of the TBBS systems I've called around the country,

Well, actually, I also run a TBBS system which charges nothing...
It's just that it seems to be marketed towards the for-profit gang.
-- 
Your work is very poor, but at least it's slow.
From: db@vax.ftp.com (Derek W. Brown)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.lists
Subject: Peninsula BBSs
Keywords: S.F., dialup bbs
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:52:34 GMT
Reply-To: db@wco.ftp.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: FTP Software, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP

Hi!

I hope I'm posting this to the right place... if not, please flame
gently!

I'm looking for BBSs in the SanFrancisco/Daly City area (415)
Does anybody know of any good ones?

thanks
dB



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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.lists
From: jo8470@auvax1.adelphi.edu
Subject: Trident bbs
Reply-To: jo8470@auvax1.adelphi.edu
Organization: Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:18:47 GMT

Does anyone know the phone # or preferably ftp address of TRIDENT video systems?
I have a Trident TVGA card, (1024x768) and I was looking for a Windows 3.1
driver.  If anyone could help me, please email me.  Thanks alot...

	Jeremiah