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- From: n8745184@henson.cc.wwu.edu (hamaker nevada)
- Subject: Running a bbs under Unix...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.002505.5472@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Summary: Question about running bbs under Unix on IBM compatible computer
- Keywords: unix bbs
- Organization: Western Washington University
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:25:05 GMT
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- I'm currently running a small bbs using Magpie for DOS (anybody else out
- there doing the same?). Eventually, I hope to move the board from the small
- XT compatible computer it currently is on to my 386 16 MHz machine that has
- four megs of ram and an 80 meg hard drive. My intention is to continue
- running Magpie but, as most of you no doubt are aware, there is a version of
- Magpie available for Unix as well. I have been kicking around the idea of
- putting Unix on my machine and running the board under it but, before I do
- that, I would appreciate some advice on whether or not that is actually a
- good idea. I don't intend to get into multinode bbs'ing anytime soon, if at
- all, and I don't know if there is much of a selection of door programs which
- can be run on under Unix. Also, if I do switch to Unix, which version would
- be the best? Should I go with BSD386, Linux, Coherent, or some other
- version? So, if you are currently running a board under Unix, especially if
- you are running Magpie, I would appreciate any input you have.
-
- Thanks.
-
-
- Nevada Hamaker n8745184@henson.cc.wwu.edu
- Any funny characters after this line stem from my inexperience with vi. I'm
- an emacs man myself.
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