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In article <1jknr8INN2ed@usenet.pa.dec.com> devilly@vaxvls.enet.dec.com (Martin Devilly) writes:
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>Hi, is it reasonable to assume, that a BBS is the most appropriate
>way of allowing various people to download CAD data from a PC.

While there's no one 'right answer', I'd say it depends on the number of
people to be downloading, how often they'll be downloading, and whether or
not you want to dedicate a phone line more-or-less permanently to the task.
If it's for occasional use by one, two, or a few folks, something like the
Host Mode of Procomm Plus may suit you just fine.  Also, it's far easier to
set that up than a full-blown BBS pkg; and far easier to manage.  You can
fire it up at the drop of a hat when someone needs to get something, and
when it's over, kill it, and you've got your phone line again. This is the
scenario I run with a friend of mine whom I develop programs with, but he
lives in TX and I live in OK, so when we need to move something between us,
we fire up this 'mini BBS' and move the files.  When it's over, we have the
phone again; no second lines, etc. 
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>Assuming that this is true, any suggestion on a `good' BBS available at little
>cost.
>
Both QuickBBS and Maximus are good, and fairly simple to set up.  There may
be others with which I haven't worked, which are equally so.  As I recall,
off the top of my head, the registration fees are quite reasonable also.

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