Multi-node BBS'

I just spoke with a guy who wrote and ran a popular BBS in the mid-late 80's at Drew University, the Drew Underground. The software was the 2am BBS, it ran initially on some number of Epson QX-16's, multiplexed to a single hard drive. He had the following to say about it: "Yes, I was the one that purchased and set it up sometime around 1985/6. It was a 70mb hard drive with an 8-port multiplexer sold by Bi-Tech. Came with a bunch of device drivers that required you to change some system settings to avoid disk caching in DOS, which could cause file corruption. We had to code a file locking system to prevent overwrites. Record locking became an OS feature later. I think this ad is for the right device: https://books.google.com/books?id=7wCiNAUEuAMC&pg=RA3-PA184&lpg=RA3… " Thought it an interesting data point to add to the conversation. --Jason On 02/17/2015 08:15 AM, John Many Jars wrote: