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cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:

>From article <Bu4pD4.8w4@news.udel.edu>, by radel@bach.udel.edu (Todd Radel):
>> My question is this:  Is there a combination of OS, BBS software, and
>> mailer that allows all of the following?

>	In my TBBS experience, yes and no....
> 
>> * FidoNet netmail, echomail, and SDS (file distribution).

>	Well, the big "warnings" when going to TBBS are:
>	a) Cost.  If you only want to run a couple of lines on a single
>computer (DOS), you're much better off getting something shareware/PD.
>It looks like from the above you're trying to go the less-expensive
>route, so TBBS may not be for you.

>	b) Conservatism.  TBBS can be very conservatism in some areas - 
>eSoft isn't always willing to jump on the new "standard" bandwagon right
>away.  However, it can also be a mixed bag.  For example, it took 4-5
>years to get a FSE with the latest version (from 2.1 to 2.2), but we also
>got something as "revolutionary" as a topic message base system allowing
>us to surpass the 63 base limit in 2.1 (and the 200 base limit found in
>most other DOS based packages)...

Please note that the Todd Radel also said:

  | The problem is that anytime a user was online, or if FrontDoor was
  | sending mail, the rest of my system would slow to a crawl.  Ditto if
  | I was using Borland C++ and someone logged in to the BBS -- both tasks
  | would slow horribly.  I tried Maximus/2 and BinkleyTerm OS/2 for
  | a while under OS/2 1.3, which seemed a lot speedier, but I had to give  
  | up all the DOS door games my users love so much.
  ...
  | * Door games.  (I've only seen maybe 3 or 4 doors for OS/2, and none for
  | Linux.  If I use the OS/2 versions of Binkley and Maximus, can I spawn
  | a DOS door game?)

I assume he wanted to do all the items on the list WHILE REMAINING
ONLINE. 

What your post fails to mention is currently being discussed by
yourself and others in alt.bbs:

	b) Inability to remain online while performing additional
functions under DOS. TBBS (along with other products that take over
the DOS entirely) needs to be shut to handle ordinary DOS applications.
In particular, it must be shut down to handle news and/or any program
that isn't written to be compatible with TBBS: Borland C++, door
games from non TBBS sources, WordPerfect, etc. 

According to what people are saying in alt.bbs, TBBS will run under
OS/2 even though it's not officially supported by the vendor. This
seems to mean that if you want to keep TBBS online and run
other programs at the same time, you will have to run it (and the
other programs) under OS/2. 

Something to consider,

Dave

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