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From: kb7uv@panix.com (Andy Funk)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Radio Wave BBSes?
Date: 28 Dec 92 17:36:55 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC

In <1992Dec27.084730.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:

>Does anyone know of someone who runs a Radio BBS and tell us about it?
>Radio BBS where you use radio waves to pass on net feeds versus normal
>telephone calls..


>Michael Adams
>Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel 
>nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu

I operate a BBS which uses radio waves...

Digital communications over radio is known as Packet Radio, and packet is
operated by Amateur ("ham") Radio operators.  We Radio Amateurs have an ad
hoc international network of Packet BBSs which provide store-and-forward
relay of personal messages and bulletins.

My Packet BBS also has telephone access: 718-956-7133.

There are also commercial radio services using packet radio technology,
including packet BBSs.

I hope this begins to answer your question!

-Andy-
-- 
    Andrew Funk, KB7UV                     Internet: kb7uv@panix.com
    ENG Editor/Microwave                     Packet: kb7uv@kb7uv.#nli.ny.usa
    WCBS-TV Channel 2 News                      BBS: 718-956-7133
From: abolins@visavis.cam.org (August Abolins)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: MUDS???  Geeesh...
Date: 25 Dec 92 15:25:34 GMT
Organization: Vis-a-Vis Communications [Ontario+Quebec]


        What are MUDS?  I hear people mentioning them.


---  /|ugust /|bolins  ---------------------[ abolins@visavis.cam.org ]---
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Looking for Larry to Fix Problem
Organization: Gator Communications - Feeds-R-Us 219-289-3745 
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:38:18 GMT

In alt.bbs you write:

>Has anyone seen Larry Snyder (larry@gator.rn.com) around here lately?

>I cannot seem to raise him by e-mail and am not sure whether he is away
>or not.

That is because your email is going to uunet for routing instead of
coming directly via our UUCP connection -- for example, email from
your site to me comes in routed for uunet regardless of the fact
that we are a direct uucp connection.

Another part of the story is that we are waiting for a replacement
board for the cisco router (which should be here on Monday) -- thus
we lost our internet connection (until this board is replaced).

>I have a problem (much of which consists of a number of callers who get
>their daily mail and Usenet "fix" through my system).   We turned off our
>newsfeed thru e-mail with Larry on 12/22, just before shutting our system
>down for a brief Christmas break.   When I returned 12/28, I tried to turn
>things back on by e-mail as he suggested (he'd said he'd be around -- not
>going away for the holidays).   But alas, I've been unable to get any
>reply -- not thru my normal UUCP connect to gator.rn.com AND not thru
>alternative Internet connections I maintain.

Well, the connections to gator work just fine -- if your email came in
for gator!larry I would have received it (assuming it arrived over our 
UUCP connection).  Soon as the router is up, I imagine I will get "tons"
of email..

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.use.com
keeper of the Gator                                   uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: ritc0003@student.tc.umn.edu (Kent Ritchie)
Subject: Looking for BBSs in Madison, WI
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 19:47:29 GMT

I am looking for BBSs in Madison, WI that can provide email to and from 
internet.  Preferably the BBS would provide this for free with a reasonable
amount of online time a day (like 30 minutes).  The reason I am looking is that
my cousin goes to school at Madison and would have to pay for a VMS internet
account.  Unix accounts are not available.  So I thought I would check out the
possibility of using fidonet instead.  But if I can not find a BBS offering
free internet mail then it would probably make more sense to buy an internet
account rather than buy a membership to a local BBS.  I looked into free 
internet accounts but she can not get free access to a telnet prompt.  If she
could the problem would be solved.  If anyone has any other ideas I would love
to hear them.

Please email me.

 
--
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
^Kent C. Ritchie    "The power of equality      ritc0003@student.tc.umn.edu^ 
^Physics 136         is not yet what it ought     kritchie@mvax.spa.umn.edu^
^626-0235            to be"  -Chili Peppers     Fido: Kent.Ritchie 1:282/31^
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From: kilgore@wuntvor.pillar.com (Stan Hall)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: email access Durham, NC ???
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 10:50:30 CST
Distribution: world
Organization: The Eternal Apprentice BBS, Norman, OK




     One of my users is looking for a site in Durham, NC that he
     can get his friends (relatives, whatever) set up so they
     can send/recieve internet email.  Usenet and any IP type 
     services shouldn't matter.

     Thanks,

     Kilgore



--
kilgore@wuntvor.pillar.com (Stan Hall)
The Eternal Apprentice BBS, Norman, OK -- +1 405 447 3772
From: Party@TPW.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Ya,,
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 14:24:21 PST

Re: Multi-node Games
By: system #0 @tradent.wimsey.bc.ca (Gordon Soukoreff) USEnet      
 
> Does anyone know of any real time multinode BBS door games for MS-DOS ?
> gordon@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca                       Gordon Soukoreff
> Genelle, British Columbia                         CANADA

I run a multinet/node board here in California if you want to call and
download them.. The number is 510-256-8979

                                             - Party .\\aster

Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc
From: stmfarqu@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Michael J. Farquharson)
Subject: Sysop Requests Maximus Utility
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 00:51:46 GMT

Does anyone know if there is a utility written for Maximus 2.01 which will
allow the sysop to delete users if they have not logged on for a specified
number of days?

I delete users if they have not called for 90 days but I would like a
program which would do it... if there is such a thing... thanks.

                                                        stmfarqu@upei.ca
                                                        Michael Farquharson
                                                        UPEI Engineering
From: abolins@visavis.cam.org (August Abolins)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Simple question of what and where
Date: 25 Dec 92 14:33:27 GMT
Organization: Vis-a-Vis Communications [Ontario+Quebec]

steve@utdallas.edu (Steve Hodo) writes:

> I'd like to run a very simple bbs for some unattended
> file transfers with a few of my local friends.  What`
> is the simplest bbs package that supports file transfers
> and where can I get it.  BTW, it's for a an ibm system.

Try FrontDoor.

   FrontDoor 2.02 Noncommercial
   User guide
   For noncommercial use and distribution

   Welcome to FrontDoor, the complete e-mail package from Advanced
   Engineering sarl. It is probably safe to say that an e-mail package,
   such as FrontDoor, is one of the most complex types of applications
   around. This manual is very straight forward and may seem hard to
   understand at first glance. If you get lost, or cannot understand
   something, go back and read the section you are having problems with,
   carefully.

   FrontDoor has been tested on more than four thousand systems for over
   five years. It will run under MS or PC DOS versions 3.1 and above;
   including 4.x, 5.x, OS/2 1.3, and OS/2 2.0 DOS Mode. It runs under
   most LAN software; including Novell and LANtastic. It also runs under
   PC-MOS/386, VM/386 and in other multi-tasking environments such as
   DESQview.

       2.1 Hardware requirements

           o   An IBM PC, AT, i386, i486, PS/2 or 100% BIOS compatible.
           o   A hard disk with at least 1 MB available diskspace.
           o   An asynchronous modem capable of sending alphanumeric
               messages such as CONNECT 2400.
           o   A DTE interface (computer <> modem) that supports CTS/RTS
               handshaking (most cables/internal modems do).
           o   A monochrome or color monitor.
           o   384 KB of system memory.


       2.2 Software requirements

           o   MS or PC DOS 3.10 or above.
           o   A FOSSIL driver such as X00 or BNU.


       2.3 Additional equipment

       FrontDoor can take advantage of, but does not require, the
       following:

           o   EMS/XMS memory for overlays and memory image swapping.
           o   EGA/VGA extended screen modes such as 80x43/50 and
               132x28.
           o   AT-style (extended) keyboard.

______________________________________
Hope this helps.




---  /|ugust /|bolins  ---------------------[ abolins@visavis.cam.org ]---
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: eng10205@nusunix1.nus.sg (LING SIEW WEE)
Subject: Any body knows how to use fidonet??
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:50:31 GMT

Do anyone knows how to access BBS via fidonet? Is Internet and fidonet
the same?

For example, the fido address of a BBS is 6:600/622 and how can I make
use of this address? If I want to mail to a person, how should I put
its name on the addreess?

Wilfred Ling
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: dwrage@ddt-archives.athens.oh.us (David William Wrage)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Where is the nearest node of Fidonet?
Date: 26 Dec 92 01:02:55 GMT
Organization: * DDT Archives BBS *

I am slightly interested in finding out where the nearest node of Fidonet is or
can be hooked into.  I am currently running several networks, but Fidonet
intrigues me a little bit.  A few years back, a local Fido board was set up by
a gentleman who worked with Ohio University.  I believe he ran it on an Apple
//e or ][ plus.  Either way, I'm using a high power AT (IBM compatible).  I
have the files that I would need to hook up and run Fidonet stuff, but I have
been hard placed to find another Fido Board near to this location. 

If you have knowledge of the nearest Fido board to Athens, Ohio  45701  please
E-mail me directly.  Preferred knowledge would be from Fido SysOps, but any and
all information is welcome.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 David William Wrage              Usenet....dwrage@ddt-archives.athens.oh.us
 SysOp of DDT Archives BBS
 614/594-6588 at 2400 Baud        WWIVlink....1@16471     WWIVnet.....1@6471
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: jah@mits.mdata.fi (Jani A. Heinonen)
Subject: Osiris SE
Organization: Microdata Oy
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:05:37 GMT
Keywords: help!

   Hello there,

   Does anybody here know if Osiris SE is still being developed? I'd also
like to know how to reach the author. An Internet or Fidonet address or a
FAX number would be appreciated. If there is an ftp site that carries the
latest version, I wouldn't mind if you informed me about that as well.

--
Jani Heinonen		jah@mits.mdata.fi		Finger for PGP key
Xref: sparky alt.bbs:7647 comp.bbs.misc:1604 alt.bbs.allsysop:853
From: pbratton@aspidistra.lssec.bt.co.uk (Paul Bratton)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc,alt.bbs.allsysop
Subject: MUDs on subscription BBSes?
Date: 21 Dec 92 13:53:26 GMT
Followup-To: comp.bbs.misc
Organization: BT D&P London


Hi there.

Can anyone who runs a subscription BBS providing a MUD (or MUSHes,
or MUCKS, or whatever) tell me what driver you are using, please?

I've FTPed a couple of MUDs to have a play around with, and the 
copyright stuff in each claims you can't use them for monetary
gain at all....so are you guys running some commercial packages
or have I just looked at the wrong ones (LPMUD, I think DIKU said
the same, not sure about Tiny).

Thanks in advance.

Paul
From: Pulse@sound.demon.co.uk (Kelvin Lawson)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Any body knows how to use fidonet??
Date: 29 Dec 92 14:20:46 GMT
Reply-To: Pulse@sound.demon.co.uk
Organization: Sound & Vision BBS (UK) 0932 252323
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $

In article <1992Dec21.105031.29376@nuscc.nus.sg> eng10205@nusunix1.nus.sg (LING SIEW WEE) writes:
>Do anyone knows how to access BBS via fidonet? Is Internet and fidonet
>the same?

No, FidoNet is more of a hobbyist network with normal BBSes in it, rather than
universities etc. as in InterNet.

>
>For example, the fido address of a BBS is 6:600/622 and how can I make
>use of this address? If I want to mail to a person, how should I put
>its name on the addreess?

To send mail to the sysop there send mail to  
Sysop@f622.n600.z2.fidonet.org

Or, even better, as I'm in FidoNet I can find out the sysop's name which happens
to be Tan Ee Chong. So you would send to
Tan.Ee.Chong@f622.n600.z2.fidonet.org

You can also contact users of that BBS by replacing the login.id for theirs...
 
Hope this helps!

                  -//-> Pulse@Sound.Demon.Co.UK <-\\-
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: klaus@cscns.com (Klaus Dimmler)
Subject: Connecting a Galacticomm BBS to the Internet
Organization: Community_News_Service
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 14:56:03 GMT

Recently, I posted a message that brought news of our Galaticomm BBS
system being connected to the Internet. The response has been amazing! An
incredible 812 new accounts have been created from users that logged
onto the system through telnet in just two days. A flood of messages came
in that indicated there was lots of confusion as to what that Galacticomm
system could do. Because there were so many individual messages, I decided
to answer the main bulk of the confusion here...
 
First, let me explain that CNS is connected to the Internet via a
dedicated T1 through 2 SUN systems: a SUN SPARC 10 and a SUN 3/280. You
may check out these systems by loggin in as "new", using password "newuser".
On these systems, we support telnet, ftp, irc, wais, gopher, uucp, slip,
and point-to-point connections. We also support fax services, all
newsgroups including the ClariNet, and national 800 service.
 
We have connected to these SUN SYSTEMS a 486 running Galacticomm software.
This system has 32 lines local to Colorado Springs coming in. If you log
onto CNS with username "bbs", the system will connect you directly to this
system. In a nutshell, we have provided telnet access to the BBS by
connecting it to the Internet through our SUN systems. However, this did
not change the fundamental limits of the Galaticom software: It does not
support ftp, newsgroups, gopher, or most any other Internet feature. To
experience that, you must log into our UNIX system.
 
Having said that, most of you our there already have access to all those
Internet features. Logging onto a local BBS where the majority of users
don't even know what Internet is makes for an interesting mix of people.
The users on the BBS system are amazed to be talking live with someone
far away... this is something that Internet users take for granted. The
BBS has over 2000 active local users, very few of which understand the
Internet.  In fact, many are novice users of computers.. this is why the
menus may be more explicit that what you may be used to.
 
Anyway, I hope that this served to clarify some things..




Xref: sparky alt.bbs:7796 comp.bbs.misc:1679
From: kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.bbs.misc
Subject: Re: RoboBoard BBS
Date: 31 Dec 92 00:49:55 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

In article <1992Dec30.151052.2030@newstand.syr.edu>, isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account) writes:
> In article <1hqe5oINNjng@life.ai.mit.edu> petrilli@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli) writes:
>>In article <N5XcwB1w165w@pes.com> mpearl@pes.com (Mike Pearl) writes:
>>>> > *However*, the world of GUI didn't begin until Apple "just did it".
> --------------------^^^^^^^--------------
> 
> No, Xerox, Stanford and MIT didn't do anything with their GUI's.
      ^^^^^
      |
      |
      \
       Except win the lawsuit.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Kirk Membry                                    "Our Age is the Age of Industry"
                                                - Alexander Rodchenko
kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu                                    kpm8447@teak.njit.edu
kmembry@andromeda.rutgers.edu                            kpm8447@maple.njit.edu
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From: jeffery.foy@frenchc.eskimo.com (Jeffery Foy) 
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: FAX
Date: 30 Dec 92 16:18:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The French Connection, Edmonds WA 206-672-1198
Reply-To: jeffery.foy@frenchc.eskimo.com (Jeffery Foy) 

 -=> Quoting Eric Robinson to All <=-

 ER> I just purchased a SupraFaxModem V.32bis but I didn't get any fax
 ER> software  with it.

??? Supra sells Faxmodems but doesn't include Fax software? Why does
that sound silly of them?

... We're staying together for the sake of the cats.
---
 . Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 .
From: Michel.van.der.Laan@p16.f17.n512.z2.wlink.nl (Michel van.der.Laan)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Mud For Tbbs?
Date: 31 Dec 92 17:49:00 GMT

Hello Joop!

27 Dec 92, Joop Stokvis writes to Vincent Poy:

 JS> No it was no type but may Idid not express wel! I ment a Unix based BBS
 JS> that even with a V22bis seemed to be (very) slow. My BBS is now running
 JS> 10 V32bis lines locked to 38k an three hard wired lines also locked to
 JS> 38K.

 JS> I have about 70 games on line and 4 CDrom players. In general the
 JS> throughput is about 12 ms

Throughput 12 ms ? I assume this to be the average response time rather than the throughput ?
Throughtput at your BBS at V32 is about 930 CPS (average figure) to my experience...
I'm still looking for V32bis sponsors... (anyone ?).


My comment on unix-bases BB-systems: I don't like the multitasker: To my opinion, much too much time is given to each process eaach slice, thus making the reseponse-time far too long, especially with many users online...

 JS> Ik wens je een gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

Van het zelfde uiteraard !

 JS> Joop

Michel
From: rice@ttd.teradyne.com
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: MUD for TBBS?
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:30:16 GMT
Organization: Teradyne Inc., Telecommunications Division

In article <BzM4yt.Iqo@gator.use.com>, larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
> rjus@uonline.com (ren_just) writes:
> 
>>Another user being very flip.  That is great if you have the time to do
>>that.  My next question for you is how do I get a person on the phone
> 
> How much time did that take?  Maybe 3-5 minutes?
> 
>>right now to help me solve a problem with any of those packages you 
>>mentioned.   
> 
> You turn it over to your MIS department, or local Unix guru.
> 
>>If you are using something for yourself, that is great!  But in the
>>corporate world where people want support now and need an idea of when
>>bugs will be fixed, your solution doesn't hold water.
> 
> Corporate worlds have MIS departments.  No additional support is
> needed
> 
> -- 
> Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.use.com
> keeper of the Gator                                   uucp: uunet!gator!larry

At last.. The answer to Larry... He knows nothing.... He has an "MIS"
department to solve all his problems and make his system work. NO wonder
he doesn't know the difference between an Operating System and an Application.

J.R.
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: MUD for TBBS?
Organization: Gator Communications - Feeds-R-Us 219-289-3745 
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 14:09:38 GMT

eddys@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Steve Eddy ) writes:

>   That may be true. Since I haven't accessed a PC-based Unix system which
>would fit the above description, I cannot comment one way or another at this
>point. I offered up the above comment in order to get some feedback from
>other users here. However, your reply begs the question, what would the
>pricetag be for a "state-of-the-art operating system and smart RISC
>processor multiport board" system?

A 486/50 with 16 megs of RAM and 1 GIG of fast SCSI disk space with
a multiport board would run in the $3000 range -- depending on video
and other options.  This would offer enough horsepower to support large
multiple file transfers.

As a point of reference, it isn't uncommon for this machine to be supporting
8 uucp sessions at one time, offering throughput in the 1300 cps range 
on the Telebit Trailblazers, 1900-2000 cps on the Worldblazers using TurboPEP,
and 1500 cps on the v.32bis modems -- all at one time.  The system loading
is less than 1% with all of these transfers -- and one can't tell the transfers
are going on unless seeing the lights blink on the modems.  

The Digiboards can support up to 128 ports at 38400 baud and system loading
less than 2%.  Some of their products can do 115200 baud with 16 ports with
less than 1% loading.

-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.use.com
keeper of the Gator                                   uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.ads,alt.internet.access.wanted
From: robinson@whitebase.ukp.com (Eric Robinson)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: FAX
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 20:59:34 EST
Organization: UKP Systems, Middletown, NJ

I just purchased a SupraFaxModem V.32bis but I didn't get any fax software 
with it.  (I didn't think I would need it)  It turns out that I need to use 
the fax feature now.  I tried the WinFaxPro "Test Drive" and I don't like it 
at all.  Can someone recommend a good FAX program?  Is DosFaxPro any good?  
I would assume it's made by the same company.  I just don't like using 
Windows.  Thanks for any help
eric.robinson@f411.n107.z1.ieee.org
1:107/411
robinson@whitebase.ukp.com
From: carlos@inode.com
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: .QWK MAIL READER FO
Date: 21 Dec 92 09:50:48 EST
Reply-To: carlos@inode.com
Distribution: USA
Organization: inode BBS, Usenet Access for NYC (212-679-9146)

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