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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcomsv!micromed!system From: system@micromed.com (Duane Davis) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: BBS software Message-ID: <RJ8Bic1w165w@micromed.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 20:27:02 PST References: <2kidvt$6ug@sparc10.entropic.com> Organization: Micro-Medic BBS - +1 408 279 5240 - Public Access Lines: 25 kenh@wrl.epi.com (Ken Hornstein) writes: > In article <2kej16$8fi@cleese.apana.org.au>, > Trevor Lampre <trevor@cleese.apana.org.au> wrote: > >I presently run a Maximus BBS under OS/2. I have just set up a new machine > >running FreeBSD to give my users Internet access. Some of them would like > >to stick with the old BBS style interface rather than use Unix (cowards!). > >I've got copies of XBBS and PBBS. Both are written with System V in mind. > >Has anyone ported these to *BSD or know of an alternative? > > Waffle has been ported to numerous Berkeley-derived Unixes; you have to pay > to get the source code, though. > > --Ken I recently switched to Waffle from a DOS PCBoard clone. So far I've gotten nothing but complaints about the crappy user interface. There's got to be something better that'll run with FreeBSD. --- system@micromed.com (Duane Davis) uucp: system@micromed.com Micro-Medic alternate: root@dsnet.com PO Box 28603 San Jose, CA 95159 public access usenet (408)279-5240