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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 and BBS software
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.143201.24696@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Dec30.211530.28662@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:32:01 GMT
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- In <1992Dec30.211530.28662@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> knight@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Knight Before Christmas) writes:
-
- >First of all, thank you for giving me a valid answer to the question.
- >Ultimately, I might have to take the path you suggest, but...
-
- >Okay, maybe I should have been a bit more specific. I happened to see a
- >version of Wildcat! at the Software Etc in Pueblo, CO. but I'm not likely
- >to spend $179 for Desqview and $125 for proprietary BBS software that is
- >nearly impossible to modify. The reason I liked Maximus is because it
- >came with full C source code, and the author didn't charge a cent for
- >letting a non-commercial user run the software.
-
- Someone told me that source code for Maximus 2.0 wasn't being
- distributed the way that earlier versions were. Note, however, that I
- haven't tried to contact the author or check this out for myself. It
- is, however, still free for non-commercial use.
-
- >I'm not beyond shelling out $50 or so for a BBS program, or even $75 if
- >there is source code included. That seems reasonable to me, and since
- >there are many other BBS programs on the Internet that have $50-$75
- >registration fees, I'm more likely to go with them.
-
- >Anyway, I should rephrase the question to something along the lines of
- >"low cost" or "cheap" BBS software that is compatible with Microsoft
- >Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode. If I can't find one, I'll stick with
- >Maximus if I can find the source code for 2.00+. (If anyone knows where
- >the source code is, preferably on the Internet, please let me know.)
-
- I'd be interested, as well. I have a modem that the Maximus front end
- won't work with (it's just slightly non-standard in what it returns)
- and I'd like to fix that (until I buy another high-speed modem). As I
- said, someone told me that source was no longer freely available, but
- I haven't made any concerted effort to get it yet.
-
- --
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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