From: "niter3"    
      
   Sm> A friend of mine and I have been looking into starting a local Chicago-bas   
   Sm> BBS... in looking around it seems quite disconnected I think and looking f   
   Sm> some guidance on how to get started. The first software I found was OpenTG   
   Sm> looks like there are others such as Wizard and maybe one other.   
   Sm>    
   Sm> I'm lost and looking for a primer - anyone care to help? I ran a BBS 'back   
   Sm> the day' but used Wildcat! software.   
   Sm> Dusty   
      
   Well the most popular used now a days are Syncronet. I personally use Mystic   
   which I like a lot.   
      
   --- Mystic BBS v1.08 A31 (Linux)   
    * Origin: Clutch BBS * telnet://clutch.darktech.org (77:1/104)   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.29   
    * Origin: The gateway at Diskshop BBS (1:250/8)