Re: BBS

[dboomsma@sci.kun.nl (Doede Boomsma)]

Mark C Spaeth <mspaeth@mit.edu> wrote:

> METAL was a superior system and language, but I don't know what its status
> is... last I heard TC was doing a mac port, but I don't know what came of it.

I still have a working METAL/ Futurevision BBS. Its latest version,
v4.1b6update5fix2 (:-) works fine. When you download a fresh copy
(ftp.fammed.ohio-state.edu if I recall correct) needs alot modification,
so you NEED TO BE INTO METAL if you want to get a working BBS. Dave
Miller (Anti Matter BBS in the 804 area) also has a running system with
internet email and usenet access. Someone called George Fodi has a
METAL/FV system with FIDOnet as well.

I understand LLuce is supported better, but METAL/FV is free.  I've
offered a free copy of my system for quite some time, sent it quite a
few times, and never heard a word from the persons again... :-(

It was great to be a METAL/FV sysop, though it is a pity that there is
so little support for it.
As far as I know someone is working on a GS version (I have an old TC
Wilson version), and the Mac port has never been realized.


 --Doede