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- Path: sparky!uunet!gator!larry
- From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: TBBS versus RA/Netware
- Message-ID: <By35n0.45D@gator.rn.com>
- Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745
- References: <1992Nov19.232310.847@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Nov20.164841.23141@uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:42:35 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:
-
- > As for the limitations I listed, a) can be easily be replaced
- >with TDBS and the associated programs you can buy/write for it that
- >can run under TBBS/TDBS (which *sigh* can be countered again by the price of
- >the TDBS module and the sometimes abnormally priced programs).
-
- Gosh - this "another dBase III clone" is another $700+ on top of what
- you rake out for TBBS. Now you have $1500 in the package which can tie
- up a computer making it unavailable for local users running their applications
- while the BBS is up and on-line
-
- >much. However, if you want to run a full 32 lines, I can only see it as
- >cheaper for the performance you get. I know of no DOS BBS program
- >(thinking of RA, QuickBBS, PCBoard, etc.) that will run this many lines
-
- Major/Glaticom both offer the same performance
-
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