Re: GS modem port + Prime BBS

[dsdd@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Roy Barrett)]

Grover Thomas (grover@emunix.emich.edu) wrote:
: I have a friend trying to get Prime working on his GS.  He has an external
: modem (Everex somethingorother) and Prime doesn't seem to talk to it.
: The Prime documentation says nothing about the GS modem port, but does
: mention external modems and Super Serial Cards.
: 
: Can Prime be forced to work with the GS modem port?  
: We do NOT want to buy a SSC just to mess around with his BBS.

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Well, for one thing, dump Prime... it's PD, it's unsupported, the owner
(Danny Haynes) doesn't have the time to mess with it, it's written in Basic,
and Basically, it sucks big green ones...
 
If you absolutely need to get Prime Support, mail afldannyh@aol.com
 
I would recommend BUYING a BBS Package, such as Metal/FV... Buying a BBS Prog.
does have it's advantages, such as you usually get great support, updates, and
you get very helpful, fast response...
 
I am no represenative of any BBS Package, but I do know that the few BBS progs.
left are ProLine, Metal/FV, ACOS/GBBS, EBBS, and a few ACOS add-ons, like DDBBS
and TunaNet, HyperBoard, and the such...
 
On the other hand, if you run GNO, there are a few BBS progs. being developed
for it, and Mike Horwath, aka the infamous <grin> Drechsau, is working on a
project that will let you have all the IBM features, plus the feel of an Apple
II type BBS... (Multiline, Multiuser, etc..)
 
Your best bet right now would be Metal/FV... I run it, and I really like it.
Metal is an easy BBS language, that you don't need to learn to operate the BBS,
such as ACOS is, and Future Vision (FV) is a very, very developed BBS package
that comes bundled with Metal... Future Vision is like GBBS, but with additions
of a 3-level Maintenance Level, a far more developed transfer system than
SuperTac (MOSES), (Exodus, a PSE transfer system is also available), and a LOT
more stuff than GBBS.... It also has features of a full Mail/Message networking
system, with over 40 boards networked, InterNet Mail capability, and very soon,
it'll also have UseNet capabilities... This is a great package for $95... And
it is VERY supported... I once had a problem with my copy, and got a phone
call, yep, It's great support... it's the best $95 I have ever spent on a
package, and ALL updates are free, no matter how big the update is. You can
mail me questions, or better yet, mail Josh Thompson, author of Future Vision
at thompson@umd.umdsun2.umich.edu (?) Tc Wilson, author of Metal, at
t.captain@bluemoon.rn.com (or t_captain@bluemoon.rn.com)

Later...
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Roy Barrett... Yep, that's my name...