Re: Building a better BBS

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Boot Zero wrote:
> Could you put it back online for a little while so we could have a look 
> around?
>
> With the relatively small sized audience of A2 BBS users, I don't mind 
> catching a busy every once in a while.  At least for now, it's still a 
> novelty.
>
> What about running multiple emulators?

Wouldn't that present some file sharing problems?

> Smohn Jith wrote:
>
> > 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...

-michael

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