Nate Straz wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:00:59PM -0500, Clay Fandre wrote: > > I was reading something about wildcat being ported to Linux. Not sure > > how good it is though. > > UGH! I thought all of Mustang Software sucked, including Qmodem. A > local board back home converted from an custom Amiga BBS to Wildcat! on > Windows and the BBS went downhill _really_ fast. > > It's unfortunate that BBSes dissappeared, but that's just the facts. It > seems that weblogs have come closest to recreating the community feel of > BBSes. But I haven't found anything that replaces door games. > > I've looked around from time to time at Linux BBS software, but I never > got around the setting one up. Citadel/UX seemed to be the most > promising on my list. I believe it's open source and free. > The last BBS system I ran was Renegade, and used the Front Door/ Intermail setup to log onto the BBS. Also used Gecho and DesqView and QEMM. Not all that long ago in fact. The Electric Dimension went down for good about 5-6 years ago. Anyway, one thing when looking for BBS software is asking yourself what sort of BBS do you want to have? Do you plan on running Door Games? Want networked message bases (ala Fido net or whatever) One of the cooler parts of my BBS was the networked door games! Falcons Eye was a big hit in our area, and for a smallish BBS we did well in battling the members of the BBS's we were networked up against:) I also recall the hellish phone bills as I was a node in at least 5 nets at any given time, and a HUB for a few more. It was all fun while it lasted, it was also work maintaining it all... Please keep us posted on what you come up with... RS