Re: Your own personal ProLine...

[pro-desert!gregd (System Administrator)]

In <1992Jan20.031148.697@pro-harold.cts.com>
dcgreen@pro-harold.cts.com (David Green, SysOp) writes:

>I've had my ProLine since July 13. If you have the equipment to run a
>ProLine already, or can afford to get it, I strongly urge you to do that.

ProLine has quickly become the best piece of software that I have
purchased for my IIgs.  I thoroughly enjoy the system and am constantly
amazed at how powerful it is.   

>Having a personal ProLine gives you tremendous power. You can set it to send
>and receive exactly what you want from the Usenet. When you have e-mail you
>want delivered now, you use your personal ProLine to poll the personal
>ProLine at your best friend's site. When you want to use your personal
>ProLine, you sit down at your Apple II and use it. No busy signals. Ever.

Again, I couldn't agree more with David.  When you run your own board,
whether for personal use or as a BBS, you call the shots.  If I decide that
something is important enough to call during the day, it is my choice.  This
flexibility is wonderful and doesn't distract from the functionality at all. 
I am close to convincing several of my close freinds to also purchase ProLine
so that we can start our own little mini-network in the Palm Springs area.

I find that it is much more convenient and cost effective to communicate with
the network through my Proline software than it is from an outside terminal
program calling another site.  Once I started up pro-desert, I began to
accomplish more in a shorter period of time.  

I personally would like to see every Apple II owner with a hard drive and 
Proline.  This could only insure the future of the Apple II.  ProLine is a
perfect example of the type of program that made the Apple II what it is.  I
wouldn't trade my Apple IIgs for any other computer on the market.  

>Having a personal ProLine is a wonderful use for an Apple II that served you
>well once and still would if you gave it a new job. Personal ProLines can
>give new life to those computers you bought swearing "Apple II Forever." Even
>if you have something else now, that doesn't mean you can't use the IIs for
>something too. Personal ProLines are great Apple II jobs.

Well said, David!

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