BBS software for the PDP 11
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com
Thu May 18 17:45:09 CDT 2017
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From: cctalk [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] on behalf of geneb via cctalk [cctalk at classiccmp.org]
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Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11
On Thu, 18 May 2017, allison via cctalk wrote:
> Never forget, BBS were about storage and cheap which at that time were mostly
> opposed (disks weren't cheap!). The amount of Ram and CPU were less
> important
> considering what had to be done. Often the modem and hard disk were as
> costly
> as the basic system and we didn't exceed 2400 baud till '85or later. Most
> anything
> could keep up with IO at under 4800 baud.
>
Here's what amounts to a canonnical(sp?) list of BBS programs for a number
of different platforms:
http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/
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UNAXCESS
That's the one I ran on SYSTEM III based XENIX on a Tandy Model 16.
bill
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