Re: RE: Favorite BBS software   
     By: Allen Prunty to Eric Oulashin on Thu May 12 2016 00:31:38   
      
    AP> I've always loved Wildcat... and Winserver, although it's expensive, has   
    AP> every bell and whistle imaginable. It's a lot more configurable than   
    AP> Synchronet... but you don't have the source code. Synchronet is still   
    AP> developing their fidonet, but Winserver has all but stoped development of   
    AP> it as they considr it a dead technology.   
      
   Yeah, I like that Synchronet is still developing in that area.  Also, I think   
   having the source code can be a mixed bag - Although it can be nice to have, if   
   you make any customizations for your BBS, you would have to re-apply your   
   customizations whenever you upgrade to a new version.  That could get tedious,   
   and it's possible the author could totally change the code so that you would   
   have to re-think your customizations.   
      
    AP> To be honest, Fidonet could totally be revived if someone would write an   
    AP> iPad/Android app that interfaces with a BBS Server.   
      
   Several years ago, there was an iOS app I saw called iSSH that actually had   
   great BBS ANSI emulation (and also did telnet).  I heard iSSH was removed from   
   the iOS app store though.  Not sure if that's the type of app you meant when   
   you say "BBS server" though?   
      
   Eric   
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