Best IIgs/IIc BBS software and other questions

["Azrael" <Azrael@p0.f109.n2320.z1.fidonet.org>]

 -=> Quoting Anthony Beckett to All <=-

 AB> From: "Anthony Beckett" <anthony@spambad.unnamedpcmuseum.com>

 AB> Azrael;

 AB> Well, since I wrote the software, I have a fair amount of experience
 AB> with it! <grin> I originally designed BBSLink with Proline BBS, then
 AB> played with AppleNet 1.1, and I am currently running it with IMAGE 1.0
 AB> on the Commodore 64. It is working fairly well, slight line noise
 AB> issues due to the hand made null modem... If anyone wants to see it
 AB> working, go to http://www.unnamedpcmuseum.com/bbs ..

 Yes, I was the one who bugged you to send it to me a short while 
 ago (I finally got it by the way) :). It seems to work as far as 
 I have tested it, which is only to run it and see that it accepts 
 telnet connections. I haven't actually hooked anything up to it 
 yet. What kind of custom cable do you need to make to get it to 
 work with a C-64? It won't work with a plain null-modem cable and 
 an RS-232 interface? Does the IIgs also require a custom cable?
 
 AB> As for Commodore 64 hard drives, why do you need one? :) 1541's are
 AB> all you ever need. As for Apple IIgs solutions - nice .. get a FOCUS
 AB> drive or an Apple II SCSI card (if you can get one at the right price)
 AB> and away you go! 

 Well, I don't NEED a hard drive for the C-64 but they extra space 
 (and speed) would be nice :). In all honesty, I'll probably 
 eventually hook up both a C-64 and a IIgs as BBSs if things 
 work out (i.e. if I can figure out how to get/make the necessary 
 cables and get everything working). I'll be moving in May and then 
 I'll have room to set up all this stuff.

 AB> As you can appreciate, software like BBSLink is a constant
 AB> work-in-progress. As I test new BBS software on it, I find new bugs.
 AB> The 64, recently connected, pointed out many shortcomings in the
 AB> software, which have been now rectified.

 It's really a neat program. If you have the time you should really
 set up a little web page for people to download the latest version
 (if there isn't already one). I bet lots of people would be 
 interested and it would be neat to see a bunch of old 8-bit/16-bit 
 BBSs pop up all over the net.



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