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In article <1992Dec30.211530.28662@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). 
> 
> Although Desqview is very good with telecommunications, it really is 
> hard to use with packages such as Borland C++ IDE and such.  Admittably,
> I'm not so hard pressed to use the BBS computer these days since I
> got the new machine, but the 486-50 is a household favorite and my 33-386
> never gets used (it also has the 180 watt stereo and 15" loudspeakers
> on it -- you haven't lived if you don't have a soundcard.)

OS/2 v2.x is an excellent platform for what Kevin is trying to do. There is an
OS/2 version of Maximus that does the job very well.
 
You would need at least 6 megs with OS/2 v2.0.......though the upcoming V2.1
runs better in less memory. I have the beta for OS/2 2.1 running pretty well
on a 386DX/25 with 4 meg of RAM on a PC at work. 
 
There are several BBS's here in Wellington running Maximus on OS/2. The nice
part about is the vastly superior multi-tasking of OS/2 over Windows. This
shows especially when dealing with modems and comms programs. DOS comms run OK
under OS/2 but native OS/2 programs are definitly superior to anything around
for smooth multi-tasking - like Maximus for OS/2. 
 
Steve
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