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In article <1992Dec30.174906.18596@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, knight@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Knight Before Christmas) writes:
|> I am basically looking for some BBS package that runs CORRECTLY under
|> MS Windows 3.1 enhanced mode.  I'd prefer to use Maximus BBS, which I
|> am most impressed with, but it only works under standard mode.

While I was waiting for a firmware upgrade to a new harddrive controller
which didn't like QEMM/Desqview, I ran my Wildcat 3.55P BBS (2 nodes) under
Windows 3.1 for a while (one local node, one com port locked at 19200 with
a V32bis modem, and a BinkleyTerm mailer frontend). While I can't say I 
particularly loved the speed of the sessions (I was, after all, running 
on only a 386DX-20), It was an acceptable stop-gap until I could run Desqview
again. Frankly, I'd recommend Desqview, as it's friendlier to comm-intensive
applications, and you can run Windows (albeit in standard mode... never tried
it in enhanced mode) from within a Desqview session). 
  The disclaimer here is that Wildcat is not free, nor is it cheap ( $99-$149
dollars for the single line version, depending upon what store you buy it 
in - I saw the $99 at Software Etc), and most utilities for it are also in 
the 50-99 dollar range. Figure a full setup with maintenance tools, and 
Fido-net style networking capabilities will set you back about 200-250. The
only good side of the cost is that they have provided excellent support to me
when I've needed it, including rebuilding my file database once when a 
drive glitch rendered it unreadable. Saved me at least 100 hours of having to
re-load all my files into the BBS. I'm sure others have had negative 
experiences, and it's not my aim to debate BBS software packages. Simply
put, I run Wildcat, and it worked fine under windows unattanded for a 
period of 2 months.
Cheers,
Kevin

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