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Article #1205Re: BBS project !!
From: Ralph Hyre
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1987 17:00
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1987 17:00
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In article <sV3T6Ay00WAKMUc1En@andrew.cmu.edu> aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>... Have you ever heard of things
>like Fido and Opus? You're gonna have to write a damn good product to
>compete with them.
Note that the goal wasn't competition, but quality.
Most BBSes are woefully inadequate in the user interface area, so something
that was compatible with the Fido/Opus/Echomail message exchange protocols
but capable of doing nifty graphics and avoiding needless retransmissions
when sending to user with a real computer rather than a terminal will
be very popular.
--
- Ralph W. Hyre, Jr.
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