On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:13:40 +0100, Peter May wrote:

> Bo Simonsen wrote in a message to Peter May:
> 
>  BS> On 2004-12-12, Peter May 
>  BS> wrote: 
> 
>> Sounds like PPP BBS software, the author has dropped off the side of the
>  BS> planet.
>> It says something a bit eerie when the software outlasts the author!
> 
>  BS> What was the good thing about that BBS software? And for what
>  BS> platform? 
> 
>  BS> Bo
> 
> The software showed a lot of promise, PPPBBS allowed you to set-up
your own mini-ISP,
> users used the dial up networking in Win95 etc to dial up the BBS and
also could access
> the internet, all in GUI mode on a DOS box.

Ahh cool. :)

> Here's what the file_id.diz says about it:
> 
> PPPBBS Version 3.01
> Awesome new TCP/IP-based BBS program with many advanced capabilities.
> Designed to let anyone operate as a complete, small-scale Internet
> Service Provider, with a minimum of expense. PPPBBS can connect to
> the Internet a variety of different ways: PPP Dial-Up, PPP over ISDN,
> or Ethernet. Does not require "dedicated" Internet access, a static
> IP address, or even that you "own" a range of IP addresses. Can even
> "gate" a PPP feed to your Ethernet LAN.
> Built-in: Multiuser PPP Internet Network Access Server, Web Server,
> FTP Server, Telnet Server, Ident Server, SMTP Server, POP3 Server,
> SMTP Client, POP3 Client, DYNDNS.COM Client, Multi-User BBS,
> Mail Processor With Universal Mailbox Support, and much, much more.
> Multitasker NOT required. NOT a proxy server. Extremely configurable.
> MUST DOWNLOAD. Official Web Site: www.degraaf.net  BBS: 616-399-4818
> 
> I never got it to work, although I'm pretty sure it was because of my
lack of knowledge
> regarding networking at the time, not reflecting the cababilities of
the software.
> 
> A lot of people have been trying to track down the author a Mr Roland DeGraaf.

Aha, but was it fidonet supported or?

Bo

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