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- From: vpoy@terapin.com (Vincent Poy)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs
- Subject: Re: Simple question of what and where
- References: <gaecwB1w165w@visavis.cam.org>
- Message-ID: <vpoy.2xs8@terapin.com>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 15:45:30 PST
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 69
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- In article <gaecwB1w165w@visavis.cam.org>, abolins@visavis.cam.org (August
- Abolins) writes:
- >steve@utdallas.edu (Steve Hodo) writes:
- >
- >> I'd like to run a very simple bbs for some unattended
- >> file transfers with a few of my local friends. What`
- >> is the simplest bbs package that supports file transfers
- >> and where can I get it. BTW, it's for a an ibm system.
- >
- >Try FrontDoor.
- >
- > FrontDoor 2.02 Noncommercial
- > User guide
- > For noncommercial use and distribution
- >
- > Welcome to FrontDoor, the complete e-mail package from Advanced
- > Engineering sarl. It is probably safe to say that an e-mail package,
- > such as FrontDoor, is one of the most complex types of applications
- > around. This manual is very straight forward and may seem hard to
- > understand at first glance. If you get lost, or cannot understand
- > something, go back and read the section you are having problems with,
- > carefully.
- >
- > FrontDoor has been tested on more than four thousand systems for over
- > five years. It will run under MS or PC DOS versions 3.1 and above;
- > including 4.x, 5.x, OS/2 1.3, and OS/2 2.0 DOS Mode. It runs under
- > most LAN software; including Novell and LANtastic. It also runs under
- > PC-MOS/386, VM/386 and in other multi-tasking environments such as
- > DESQview.
- >
- > 2.1 Hardware requirements
- >
- > o An IBM PC, AT, i386, i486, PS/2 or 100% BIOS compatible.
- > o A hard disk with at least 1 MB available diskspace.
- > o An asynchronous modem capable of sending alphanumeric
- > messages such as CONNECT 2400.
- > o A DTE interface (computer <> modem) that supports CTS/RTS
- > handshaking (most cables/internal modems do).
- > o A monochrome or color monitor.
- > o 384 KB of system memory.
- >
- >
- > 2.2 Software requirements
- >
- > o MS or PC DOS 3.10 or above.
- > o A FOSSIL driver such as X00 or BNU.
- >
- >
- > 2.3 Additional equipment
- >
- > FrontDoor can take advantage of, but does not require, the
- > following:
- >
- > o EMS/XMS memory for overlays and memory image swapping.
- > o EGA/VGA extended screen modes such as 80x43/50 and
- > 132x28.
- > o AT-style (extended) keyboard.
- >
- >______________________________________
- >Hope this helps.
- >
- >
- >
- >
- >--- /|ugust /|bolins ---------------------[ abolins@visavis.cam.org ]---
- Front Door is not a BBS Software. FrontDoor is a FidoNet compatible BBS Mailer
- for use as standalone or as the frontend of a BBS software thus you can't login
- to Frontdoor...
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