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Hi.  I'm currently running a point on my Amiga using the following
software:

Caller - Trapdoor 1.50
Mailer - Chameleon Editor
Tosser - Fastpoint

I prefer Trapdoor over Welmat as Trapdoor uses ZedZap (Zmodem) which
is much faster than the Xmodem packets that Welmat uses.  I also
was unable to get the password option on Welmat to work and I don't
like not having a session password for my mail.  I do have one
problem with Trapdoor.  It didn't work with my Sears Hayes-compat
1200 modem.  It also didn't work with the Practical Peripherals
PM2400SA MNP 5 modem.  It works quite well with the generic 2400
I'm using, and with an HST which I've suckered a friend into
lending to me (Thanks John Preston!).

I perfer Chameleon over RMB as it's quicker to get around in.
Plus, it's interface is HIGHLY customizable, especially in that
I've integrated Trapdoor and Fastpoint into Chameleon instead
of running Trapdoor, Faspoint, and then RMB.  I also have had
problems with changing areas in RMB.  It would forget what area
I was just in when I pressed 'A' to change areas.  And, RMB
would crash frequently when I ran it in NTSC mode on my
1-meg Agnus.  (I run a PAL mod of 665 by 270.)

I'm waiting to get the new Fastpoint (version 1.2) which is suppose
to fix a problem with the Kludge (something to do with FIDO message
protocol -- if I follow the discussion in AMY_POINT correctly...)

I've been working on being a point for over a month now.  It's
taken a LOT of sweat and frustration.  First you need a BOSS node.
That's someone who is a FIDO sysop on his system who will set up
a POINTNET (a fake FIDO NET address) and then establish you
as a point.  Once you have a pointnet and a point number, you
set up your AREAS.BBS file which lists your directories
for each echo you receive, the offical echo TAG name, and the
boss node.  An example line I use is:
MAIL:amy_point/     AMY_POINT    3612/42
When I call my BOSS node, Trapdoor automagically tells 3612/42
that I am 3612/42.57 and who I am, and what my password is.

My BOSS node is an IBM AT clone, running DBridge 1.30 and
QuickBBS 2.64.  Being a Sub-Sysop, I set up the POINTNET.
I created the arbitrary net address of 11235 (Can you say
Fibbonacci (sp?)) and created a St. Louis-style Point node
list with my node, 57, in it.  Don't worry if this has
lost you.  Your BOSS would normally do this for you.
I set up the areas that I wanted to be sent to me
via an esoteric process known as AREAFIX.  I also set up
Lharc as my mail archiver.  

The setup is finally stable and I'm pleased with it.  Instead
of spending two hours online having to reply off the top
of my head, I can spend free time offline repying at
my leisure.

Since I've gone this far, I guess I'll go ahead and volunteer
to field questions about being a point setup.  I know there
are other point users here, as I've seen their  names and
tag lines in the echos.
--
John  M.  Adams    --**--    Professional Student on the six-year plan!     ///
Internet:   jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu   -or-   vladimir@maple.circa.ufl.edu    ///
"We'll always be together, together in electric dreams" Tangerine Dream \\V//
Cosysop of BBS:42; Amiga BBS FIDOnet 1:3612/42.  904-438-4803 (Florida)  \X/