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- From: damin@randell.cba.csuohio.edu (Greg Boehnlein)
- Subject: Public Project needs assitance?
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- Organization: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:08:01 GMT
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- Hello all. This is my first posting to this newsgroup and I want to
- make sure that it doesn't come off looking stupid.
-
- I am the System Administrator of a local BBS system that is nationally
- networking with 45 other systems. The software that I am running is a
- Shareware BBS package called FutureVision 5.0. I have been in close contact
- with the author of the software, Joshua Thompson, and we have been gradually
- working on intergrating into the software full ISO 7 layer support.
-
- In other words, each of our systems has a unique domain style address that
- conforms with the Internet standard of User_Name@machine.domain...
-
- The software executes under the METAL (Mega Extensive Telecommunications
- Application Language) environment published by Wilson Wares out of Columbus.
-
- We are at the point now, where we need to establish a domain on the Internet
- in order to begin testing our software with it. Unfortunately, none of us
- have any significant access to a Unix machine whre we will be able to
- establish a domain for our network.
-
- Since our network is similar in concept to Fido (In that we use a store and
- forward approach as the Apple II series has not Ethernet or TC/PIP support
- at this time.) we would need to find a host system that supports X/Y/Z modem
- transfers.
-
- Is there anyone out there that can point me in the right direction?
-
- We ARE poor and this is all being developed as a side project in order to
- bring our users more functionality. I have considered the possiblity
- of addressing CWRU to find out if I could write a grant proposal to do
- such a project via them, but I think that for the meantime, I would rather
- concentrate on working with a small system. Possibly a Linux or BSD 386
- system with SLIP support or better yet, a direct link.
-
- Am I touching base? Way off on a cloud? Please help this fellow Clevelander
- get this project going. I am making absolutely NO money off of it (Neither
- is the actual Author, Joshua) and I don't plan on it. I simply want to
- be able to maximize the use of my computer and investment time.
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