From: Fastjack@yabbs
To: washbord@yabbs
Subject: re: Boards...
Date: Wed Mar 30 16:35:25 1994

In message Boards..., washbord said:
> About the 56K line.  Man, I live in Canada, there is only one provider and 
> his price is $800+ per month.  I think we have to go with 28.8 Optimas.  
I really haven't looked at the 28.8 route.  My first quote for 56 
was $800/month, too; I haven't looked for better because t1 is only twice as 
much.  I'm into serial communications; I'd like to know how it goes.   Esp.  
The modems themselves-- thinking about a 28.8 PPP line for my (and a couple 
friends) use...

> My other project:  I gotta set some teenager up with a Well calibre  
> system on a tiny budget.  This kid wants an 8 line chat/MUD, DL system 
> running on a DX2/66 w/ 8 MB, 340MB HD, 4 internal 14.4s, and 4 external 
> 2400s hooked up via a 4 port serial board.  I pretty well convinced that 
> it can be done but I'm really iffy about the compatibility of ther serial 
> board and the >ugh< Panasonic 562B non-SCSI CD-ROM drive!  Ewww.  What do 
> you think?  I'm really worried about compatibiliyt problems.
I *really* don't like proprietary CD-ROM interfaces.  How strapped for cash 
is he?  BTW, I think you mentioned a Canadian (French???) BBS package for 
Unix-- I would like to hear of any that have good support for file 
transfers- looking for something as quick and reliable as the dime-a-dozen 
MS-DOS BBS's for file transfers..
> What I really need is a nice NetBSD manual.
Have you asked Alex about this?

Tell us how it pans out...
l8r
FJ