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- From: larry@gator.use.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: Mud For Tbbs?
- Message-ID: <BzvDDI.KJ@gator.use.com>
- Organization: Gator Communications - Feeds-R-Us 219-289-3745
- References: <725313520.F00001@monly.wlink.nl>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 13:56:05 GMT
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- >I run TBBS with 10 High Speed lines (ports locked at 38k) and its very
- >smooth... I know some Unix BBS that are all ready slow with V22bis
- >modems..
-
- Unix can support at least 128 modems with the right multiport card --
- then one can chain the RISC cards providing support for up to 512 ports
- per machine. The boards have enough horsepower to support 38400 on
- all the ports at one time.
-
- >And there is all kind of games, utils etc etc for TBBS! I run about 70
- >games and 3 multi user dungeons.
-
- But the games are limited specifically to TBBS and their "window specifications"
- where as for Unix, just about any Unix game will run under ANY unix BBS. That
- is the neat thing about Unix -- heck -- you could have all 128 users spawing
- Word Perfect on-line as their favorite editor (assuming you have an unlimited
- user of WP) if you want to.
-
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