Re: Building a better BBS

[Smohn Jith <landofconfusion@optonline.net>]

Boot Zero wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Some of us retired sysops have been tossing around the idea of building 
> a better A2 BBS.  Mostly for the novelty and so we can enjoy some 
> classic computing, but maybe we can build something that's actually 
> useful to the A2 user niche.
>
> Geneb has put up a fresh copy of GBBS at:
>
> telnet://aor.retroarchive.org
>
> There is an active discussion there, some of which will be mirrored to 
> this group as it develops.
>
> My first thought is that for it to be useful, some type of mirroring to 
> a newsgroup, and e-mail integration would have to exist.  From what I 
> hear, METAL and FutureVision had this capability.  There has been some 
> discussion in this newsgroup regarding METAL, but never any conclusive 
> answers.
>
> Who owns METAL?  Is METAL a programming language like ACOS?  Who owns 
> it, and does he still lurk in these newsgroups?
>
> What other options are available regarding an environment to start a 
> collaborative A2 BBS project?
>
> Boot Zero


METAL is light years ahead of ACOS and would be a good base to start. 
Telnet access would be great.  I had my old hacked up Metal BBS on the 
net for a while.  So did Terry Olsen.  The biggest drawback is the lack 
of multi-user.  That is the biggest downfall of an A2 BBS on the net. 
Lotsa people, from all over the world, can, but can't get on at the same 
time...