Hello All.

It's just moreso a curious question..

My first exposure to this program was the DOS version of it, and then logging into an Amiga version of it...

Can anyone fill me in on the history of it ??? To me it was the be all and end all of BBS software..




John

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Hi John,

My first exposure to this program was the DOS version of it, and then

logging

into an Amiga version of it...

Can anyone fill me in on the history of it ??? To me it was the be all

and

end all of BBS software..

First version of it was released by MSS for the TRS-80, the version
numbering was rather strange however, the second release after 1.0 was 4.13
for both Amiga & DOS, followed by 4.20 for both platforms. I used both (but only 4.20 on DOS). There is also a LANable multi-user version called "NBBS-PC!", DOS only, the manual describes the setup & usage of it. I have, however, never seen it in the wild (indeed, the PC version appears to be impossible to get - I've been searching for a copy for quite a long time....

I have version 4.20 for the Amiga & even recently re-installed it, but it
does have one immediate problem - date display is incorrect, 2000 is
displayed as 100, each year thereafter is incremented by 1.

It was reasonably influential in that some later Amiga BBS packages were
based on its' 'look & feel' too.

I still have my original Amiga disk & the manual, plus packaging & I have an ADF image if you want it - email me on llyon@intas.net.au - the disk doesn't contain a manual, but there are well commented menu examples.

Back in '89, there were several BBS's in Sydney & on the Central Coast that
ran both Amiga & DOS versions, we actually had a primitive messaging network going, cobbled together by a Basic program (AmigaBASIC & GW Basic versions!)
& using the scripting abilities of the BBS software.

There were also several external doors available (for the PC version, not
the Amiga version) including Trade Wars 500.

In all, it was probably my favourite early BBS package.

cheers,

Lance


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Hello "Lance.

Replying to a msg dated 21 Dec 03 10:23, from you to All.

Thanks for filling me in on that - I remember Tandy Access & The CoCo Connection using the DOS version, and a few of the Amiga BBS' in Sydney running it.. CoCo Connection was the BBS that first switched me onto Amiga's back in 87/88.. Never did realise that the message based could be networked between BBS' like a primitive echomail conference..

John

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Hi John,

Never did realise that the message based could be networked between
BBS' like a primitive echomail conference..

*Very* primitive :-) You actually exported (& imported) the script as one
big flat text file :-) But it did work in a fashion.

Bugger it! I'm gonna put up another BBS-PC! board behind a telnet system,
just for the fun of it!

cheers,

Lance


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