Re: (BBS access from portmaster) (was: )

Jacob Suter (jsuter@intrastar.net)
Mon, 2 Dec 1996 00:43:33 -0600

> Is anyone out there using a PM2 to act as a dial-in modem pool for a
Wildcat
> BBS or any other BBS for that matter? Specifically, what I'm wondering
is
> how could we allow a user to call into the PM2 and go to the BBS rather
than
> the Internet.
> Obviously you can have them go to a UNIX host, but what about a DOS or
> Windows based host running BBS software.

Yes.. worked great for me and my WC5 board running under Win95. Just
create an account in the user table (or radius) to rlogin (telnet seemed to
have screwed up file transfers) to the WC5 box. I was amazed with how well
it worked!

I hear the PM-11 does this job VERY well... if I was going to start a BBS
today I think thats the route I would go rather than MP serial cards. From
prices I have been quoted the price per port is about the same as Cyclades
or Comtrol Rocketport... plus you can sell PPP off the same lines or use
one (or more) lines to connect to an ISP to get the BBS onto the net.

JS