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From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott `The_Edge` Yanoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: BBS programs for the C64
Summary: From a former SysOp
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Date: 17 Mar 90 19:51:26 GMT
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As a former SysOp and BBSer, I have had some experience with BBS progs for the
C64....My best suggestions are:
1:  Contact local SysOps of boards you frequent...most are more than willing
to help (they should be, otherwise they don't deserve to be runnning a BBS)

2:  Why not write your own?  This is often a great way to get wht you want

3:  If you are not an experienced programmer (like me) then you may choose to
do what I did:  modify a previously
written BBS...d-load the ones from the

FTP sites and examine them and pick one
that has the most of the features you
are looking for, and use the other BBS'
as references (print them out, since they said that most of them were in BASIC)

Even me, and unexperienced programmer added in features to an already popular
BBS program that no other local BBS'
had...also, I learned quite a bit about
prgramming just by examing these BBS' in Basic

I modified the 6485 BBS program...I think it is now called Ivory BBS or maybe
it might even have changed names again,
I'm not sure :)

Also, perhaps you have seen Joe Greco post to this newsgroup (he does often,
as jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu)
He wrote the Happy Hacker BBS...it is one written by him and it is very good and since he is on the net, he could be
easily contacted if you have questions..

One thing I liked about that BBS program was that it was EASILY personalized..
he had ALL the output in a seq file, so
all ya gotta do is boot up your favorite word processor and edit away! :)

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