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I understand the difficulties in setting up something that many teachers can not yet see the potential of (yet). I figure I will need most of the school year to get enough in school support to justify the purchase of a fast Mac to handle the BBS. I'm looking at two packages right now, one by a California company called ResNova, and a package out of Toronto called First Class.

Personally, I think First Class is the better product (easier setup/maintenance). We could connect thirty odd Macs from our in-school internet to the BBS and (hopefully) with an "Internet-Usenet" connection we could gain access to a multitude of educational conferences.  Given our unusual situation (large # of cpu's on a network) pricing of the BBS package may pose a problem. I'm hopeful though that they will re-evaluate price before too long.

With respect to your efforts to set up a BBS for your school, you may want to contact Gordon Benedict (on any K-12 Conf.) concerning a self installing BBS package that many teachers have asked for. It's quick and easy -designed with the novice/teacher in mind (using Maximus/Binkly).

Best of luck!



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