Re: Diversi-Dial

[kjh52156@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Karen Jen Hu)]

In <39iotg$nc0@reeve.research.aa.wl.com> schultp@aa.wl.com (Paul Schultz) writes:

>Auri Man (aar7334@exodus.valpo.edu) wrote:
>: What's Diversi-Dial exactly?

>Diversi-Dial was a Chat/BBS system which supported up to 7 (or 8?)
>modems. It required a Super Serial Card for each line and was limited
>to 300 baude from the version I recall. It was written by Bill Basham
>(aka Diversified Research) who wrote: Diversi-Tune, Diversi-Key,
>Diversa-Copy, and Diversa-DOS (remember this one!). I don't know where
>Bill Basham is or what computer platform he works on now but it would
>be nice to see if some of these programs could be released as freeware
>if they haven't been already.

Well, I think it only supported 7 (7 slots on the computer).  BUT, you
could have links, via 2 or more computers.  DDial #2 in Rockford, IL
did this, and also linked up to other DDials around the country.  The last
I heard Bill was living in Michigan, but that was a long time ago.