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- DOORS, ONLINE GAMES AND THE LIKE
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- Many of the features available on BBSes, such as online
- games, multi-user chat facilities, reading periodical and
- publications online, on-line shopping and more are accessed
- through what are known as "doors". Technically, a door is simply
- a separate program to which the BBS system will transfer control.
- This is to provide many different online applications (in fact,
- BID - the application you are using right now - is a door
- itself).
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- One of the most common sorts of doors are on-line games.
- These games can be a lot more exciting and dynamic than
- conventional games, as you are often playing with many other
- players who are real people. Typically, each time you play one of
- these games you are allotted a certain number of "turns". Then
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