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In <1992Dec30.211530.28662@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> knight@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Knight Before Christmas) writes:

>First of all, thank you for giving me a valid answer to the question.
>Ultimately, I might have to take the path you suggest, but...

>Okay, maybe I should have been a bit more specific.  I happened to see a
>version of Wildcat! at the Software Etc in Pueblo, CO. but I'm not likely
>to spend $179 for Desqview and $125 for proprietary BBS software that is
>nearly impossible to modify.  The reason I liked Maximus is because it
>came with full C source code, and the author didn't charge a cent for 
>letting a non-commercial user run the software.

Someone told me that source code for Maximus 2.0 wasn't being
distributed the way that earlier versions were.  Note, however, that I
haven't tried to contact the author or check this out for myself.  It
is, however, still free for non-commercial use.

>I'm not beyond shelling out $50 or so for a BBS program, or even $75 if
>there is source code included.  That seems reasonable to me, and since
>there are many other BBS programs on the Internet that have $50-$75
>registration fees, I'm more likely to go with them.

>Anyway, I should rephrase the question to something along the lines of
>"low cost" or "cheap" BBS software that is compatible with Microsoft
>Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode.  If I can't find one, I'll stick with
>Maximus if I can find the source code for 2.00+. (If anyone knows where
>the source code is, preferably on the Internet, please let me know.)  

I'd be interested, as well.  I have a modem that the Maximus front end
won't work with (it's just slightly non-standard in what it returns)
and I'd like to fix that (until I buy another high-speed modem).  As I
said, someone told me that source was no longer freely available, but
I haven't made any concerted effort to get it yet.

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