a2retro wrote:
>  To: Michael J. Mahon
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> Boot Zero wrote:
>>> Could you put it back online for a little while so we could have a 
>>> look around?
>>>
>>> With the relatively small sized audience of A2 BBS users, I don't 
>>> mind catching a busy every once in a while.  At least for now, it's 
>>> still a novelty.
>>>
>>> What about running multiple emulators?
>>
>> Wouldn't that present some file sharing problems?
>>
>>> Smohn Jith wrote:
>>>
>>>> METAL is light years ahead of ACOS and would be a good base to 
>>>> start. Telnet access would be great.  I had my old hacked up Metal 
>>>> BBS on the net for a while.  So did Terry Olsen.  The biggest 
>>>> drawback is the lack of multi-user.  That is the biggest
downfall of 
>>>> an A2 BBS on the net. Lotsa people, from all over the world, can, 
>>>> but can't get on at the same time...
>>
>> -michael
>>
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>>
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> 
> Michael here is your next opportunity for an AppleCrate II demo!!!
> 
> Turn the system into a 16 node BBS with Ethernet capability in the 
> Master and Nadanet downstream to each of the nodes.
> 
> Wouldn't that be awesome?

If I were a BBS freak, it probably would.  ;-)

I'm thinking that any such application would require asynchrony in the
communication, so one of the machines would need to be a Message Server.

The Message server is always ready to accept or deliver a message of
1-255 bytes, held in any of several queues, using the &PUTMSG and
&GETMSG operations.

I developed an Instant Messaging system to serve Apple II's on a
NadaNet for use at this year's KFest, but there didn't seem to be
much interest in running a cable down the hall...  ;-)

-michael

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