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Article #229Re: Searchlight (Bidirectional Flame)
From: JOHN RICHARD JOHNS
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:34
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:34
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Just to add this to the discussion, there are nearly 100 BBSes in Raleigh. *ONE* runs Searchlight. Now, granted, perhaps 10-15% of those BBSes aren't run on IBM-PC's, but that's still a pretty big ratio, I think, of non-SL to SL boards. Apparently, the folx around here like other BBS software better; mainly, TAG wins, followed closely by WWIV, in popularity. Following that seems to be OPUS, then PCBoard, then QBBS. Two boards run Waffle. I'm personally the proud registered owner of a copy of WWIV, for which you get access to source upon registering - only $50 to register - and there is no upgrade costs for release numbers with the same main release number (i.e., 4.00, up to 4.99). TAG seems to win over WWIV now alot because of it's Threading capability, menu configuration flexibility, and multi-node support. People who like to just slap the BBS up and run it run TAG. WWIV, on the other hand, is run by people who like to tinker with their system... people get it, regster it, get the source, and go hog wild in C... - John -- ____________________________________________________________________ | No New Tiny Toons Episodes in 1993?! | The Original UnOriginal | | "You know whut? That makes me...mad!" | John R. Johns II | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!taco!jrjohns From: jrjohns@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN RICHARD JOHNS) Subject: Re: Searchlight (Bidirectional Flame) Message-ID: <1992Jul29.163407.26806@ncsu.edu> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos References: <1992Jul28.011055.16431@panix.com> <Bs41qE.1Hy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul29.130105.6561@lonex.rl.af.mil> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:34:07 GMT Lines: 27