[Coco] Multiple line OS9 BBS was Caring for a CoCo

[Boisy G. Pitre]

George,

OS-9 L2 BBS was written by Keith Alphonso and distributed through his company Alpha Software Technologies.  He also wrote Data Windows and a few other programs that were eventually sold through Dave Myer's CoCoPro!
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Boisy G. Pitre
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On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Bill wrote:


> I ran that same BBS for several years in the early to mid 90s. Would LOVE to

> be able to set another board back up using drivewire instead of the dual

> 20Mb Seagate MFM drives I had. (But I don't know if I COULD set it back up

> -=brain dead, ya know=-)

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On

> Behalf Of George Ramsower

> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:03 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] Multiple line OS9 BBS was Caring for a CoCo

> 

> I haven't yet found an OS-9 BBS that is public domain/open source and

> supports multiple lines.

> Anybody have suggestions?

> 

> -Aaron

> --------------------------------------------

> 

> I have the "OS9 L2 BBS" which does support multiple lines. I can't remember

> who wrote this and right now, I can't find the manual that came with it. I

> do remember the manual had a green cover. I'm certain that someone here will

> remember the author.

> When I set this up years ago, I was impressed at how fast it was. Back

> then, it was considered very fast, even when running from floppies. 

> It was written totally within OS9 rules(so I read somewhere, or dreamed

> it). Used tiny modules to get the job done and worked well for me.....

> considering ... at the time, I couldn't get any interest. I could use a comm

> program, dial out to the other modem and log in to the BBS and operate it

> that way. Using a window to emulate another user, I could chat with myself

> as if there were more than one user online.

> Perhaps, when we find the author, we might even get permission to use it as

> freeware or public domain or whatever terminology is used to say.... "Go

> ahead and use it. Just don't try to make money on it."

> 

> If we get permission, I'll happily make this available to everyone.

> 

> George

> 

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