Re: // BBS S/ware

[kgagne@iii2.iii.net (Ken Gagne)]

G.Sanchez (butch@netcom.com) wrote:
: Peter Milner (milner@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) wrote:

: : 1) I have once called a BBS which used "mouse text" for Apple callers... it
: : looked great...which software would this be..

: Two software packages that I have used both have mouse text capabilities, 
: they are Metal abd GBBS. Both support mouse text. Metal has capabilities 
: to map your PSE to ANSI so that things will look similar both in ANSI and 
: PSE. GBBS does not have this capability. 

There's PTSE-to-ANSI Converter v1.0. Just run your existing PSE files 
through it and you will for the most part get an identical ANSI file.

: Over all both GBBS/ACOS and Metal/FV are your two best choices (IMHO). 
: Both have pros and cons. As you can proably tell I am all for Metal over 
: GBBS but that is my persomal opinion. Others perfer GBBS/ACOS.

True, but he should check out the lesser ones as well. He may be 
pleasantly surprised with Warp Six v3.0.

: : PS. What is the best COMMS software for the //gs ?? I need something with
: : a faithfull Vt100 emulation....

: Well again IMHO I perfer ProTERM over AnsiTERM. I do not have AnsiTERM 
: BUT I have played with it and its not quite as fast as ProTerm. What I do 
: not like about ANSITerm is the fact that it dumps things to buffers 
: before it dumps to the screen but oh well, that is another story:)

ProTERM is fabulous, but it's not specifically for the IIgs. That may 
have been what he was asking, but it's open to interpretation. :)

-Ken