Subj : Contemplations?
To : Vince Coen
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Sun Sep 30 2018 10:09 pm
Hello Vince,
> I have never tried bbbs as it is paid for software and as I am retired do not
> have funds to spend on such when there are more than enough FOC products.
I am starting to think similarly as I have gotten on in years. I have tried
most if not all of the (Then or Now) available BBS software. Both the paid for
types like Wildcat/WinServer and BBBS to the other 'Free' BBS packages that
would run on my selected OS platforms of DOS, Windows, Linux, OS/2.
> The one issue is for bbbs or for that matter any s/w is, can you select
> exactly where to install it ?
> If so then it should work - subject to testing of course.
I have run into both aspects of that issue with BBS software. With BBBS one can
specify the install location. For me I use /home/bbbs as the install location.
Other BBS's like Mystic need to to create the BBS install directory and it can
not preexist. Although I have found a workaround for the Linux version of
Mystic.
Currently my preferred BBS software is BBBS, Mystic, and Synchronet as they are
all multi-platform packages.
