From: karl@mcs.net (Karl Denninger)
Date: Wed Nov 16 22:01:54 PST 1994
Subject: AKCS
Ftp-Site: ftp.mcs.net:/AKCS

AKCS    Version 7       commercial product      source available
                                                Usenet compatibility

    contact:    karl@mcs.net
                Karl Denninger
                1300 W. Belmont
                Chicago, IL  60657
                +1 312 248 8649 (voice)

    demo:       up to 14.4Kbps
                +1 312 248 0900

"AKCS is a threaded BBS/conferencing package with extraordinary versatility,
 ease of use, performance and support."   -- Karl Denninger

AKCS can be had in source at ftp.mcs.com. License terms and costs
are contained in the archive and on the server.

Fully configurable, threaded messages, termcap/terminfo type support,
private mail, file attachments, upload/download, full screen editor
(custom), external programs, security system.  AKCS newsgroups
available to licensees.

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Fri May 17 23:48:26 PDT 1996
Subject: AMBBS

AMBBS           Freeware                                        C source includ
ed

      contact:  James Tavares
                krontor@loa.com

         demo:  telnet:oscar.loa.com

    platforms:  Linux. plans to also support BSD and OSF/1.

AmeriSoft is a down to earth, easy to use BBS software for the Linux operating
system. If you would like to try out AmBBS (at no charge, ambbs is free anyways
.)
telnet to oscar.loa.com and follow onscreen directions. It supports time limits
,
file areas message bases, and internet email. (More Features that are not liste
d
also.)

Copying-policy: EMail-Ware. Send email to krontor@loa.com saying you have the
software, and your 'registered'. (GNU General Copying Policy really.. But, I
would _really_ like an email. If no one emails me, I'll stop working on it ;>)

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Fri Oct 21 21:00:34 PST 1994
Subject: AWBBS   Artificial Worlds BBS
Last_update: 94/10/21

AWBBS           Artificial Worlds BBS                   status unknown


      contact:  Steven Doyle
                wcreator@kaiwan.com

    platforms:  Linux

This BBS had alot of potential but the author is very unreliable.
After paying $50 for the honor of becoming a beta site I found that
the package wasn't even near complete and was very buggy. I got the
author to fix a couple of the problems but it kept taking longer and
longer to get fixes and he kept coming up with excuses for not working
on it. There are fixes that were promised within a couple days that,
more than two months later, still haven't been seen. I've given up on
him and would advise others to stear clear of this one.

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 21:45:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BBLinux
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/BBLinux-0.1.tar.gz

BBLinux         BBLinux                         source included

    contact:    Andreas Schiffler
                1230 11th St. E
                Saskatoon, Sask
                S7H 0G3
                Canada
                andreas@karlsberg.usask.ca
                andreas@milo.usask.ca

BBLinux isn't really a BBS. It is a C program and a few scripts that
allow you to add time limit enforcement to a shell or menu login.
Combined with the BBS-Util package and a menu script, or even Lynx,
you could probably come up with a pretty decent BBS in little time.

Excerpts from the README:

The following collection of files and text will help converting a Linux
system into a BBS in (almost) no time. Most of it a quick hack but should
serve as a good starting point. Any help or improvements are welcome ...
I will try to collect them, incorporate them and make them available in the
same package.

Files
-----

 README         - this file
 listcheck.c    - kick-out-program
 timecheck      - shows time left
 limitcheck     - shows exceeded quotas
 newuser        - creates an account
 xxx.sample     - sample file from The Gnu BBS

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:11:36 -0800 (PDT)
Subject: BBS-Util
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/Dial-Up_Util_1.1.tar.gz>

BBS-Util        BBS Utilities                   source included
Dial-Up Utils

    contact:    Adam McKee
                Adam.McKee@usask.ca

From a recent email from Adam:
        
        BBS-Util no longer exists (as such).  I have renamed the package to
        'Dial-Up Utils' (because the package is not specifically oriented
        towards BBS administration, but towards the administration of dial-ups
        in general).  Dial-Up Utils 1.1 contains several features not found in
        BBS-Util 1.0 such as "Smart-Boot[tm]" (booting users only when all
        lines are busy, and optionally booting at most *one* user per minute
        in order to maximize line utilization).  You can find the package at:

        sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/BBS/Dial-Up_Utils_1.1.tar.gz

Adam wrote this package to enhance and add to the functions provided by
the BBLinux package. It adds the following functions:

timeleft:       Tells users how much time they have left
daysleft:       Tells users how many days they have left before their account
                expires
user_add:       Creates passwd file entry AND record in the BBS user database.
user_addrec:    Create record in user database.
user_del:       Removes passwd file entry AND record in the BBS user database.
user_delrec:    delete record in user database.
user_data:      Shows BBS user record in a readable format.
user_kick:      Give a user the boot (i.e. kill all of their processes).
user_login:     determine if user is allowed to login now.
user_purge:     Remove accounts which have not been used in a certain # of days
.
user_renew:     Resets users daily time used. Handles expired accounts.
user_subscribe: Give a user x minutes / day for the next y days.
user_sync:      synchronize the BBS user file with the password file.
user_time:      change the expiry date and daily time limit of a user.
user_touch:     Modify a user's "last online" field to equal the current date.
user_unsubscribe: Terminate a users subscription.
user_updated:   A deamon that boots users off as necessary.
clean_proc:     Kills processes left running by users after they logged out.
clean_tmp:      Unlinks files in directories you specify.

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From: roth@gamgee.lt.lrt.emich.edu (Charles Roth)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 15:00:49 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Caucus

Caucus          commercial package              source not generally available
                                                Usenet via message import

    contact:    Camber-Roth
                3588 Plymouth Road #223
                Ann Arbor, Mi  48105-2603
                USA
                1 313 482 8710 (voice)
                1 313 662 7225 (FAX)

    demo:       NONE

Caucus is a large and robust commercial package.  It is supported on
several hardware platforms and provides a complete networed BBS
solution.  User customization is supported.

                   Caucus  Prices as of September 1994

                                    After Educ. or   One Year   After
 Simultaneous Users   List Price    Gov't Discount   Support    Discount
 ------------------   -----------   -----------      --------   ---------

    8  (PC only)      $ 1,800.00    $ 1,260.00       $  270.00  $  189.00
   16  (PC only)      $ 3,000.00    $ 2,100.00       $  450.00  $  315.00
   25                 $ 4,000.00    $ 2,800.00       $  600.00  $  420.00
   50                 $ 8,000.00    $ 5,600.00       $1,200.00  $  840.00
   75                 $11,250.00    $ 7,875.00       $1,687.00  $1,180.00
   100                $15,000.00    $ 10,500.00      $2,250.00  $1,575.00
   Unlimited          $20,000.00    $ 14,000.00      $3,000.00  $2,100.00

This is an overview of Caucus pricing.  Pricing is based on hardware,
operating system, and number of simultaneous users.  All size licenses
are not available on all systems.  Please note that 8 and 16 user
licenses are available on certain PC-based Unix systems only (SCO,
Coherent).  Workstation prices start at 25 simultaneous users.

Caucus comes with three months of customer and software support.  Support
includes all upgrades to the software released during the covered period,
plus e-mail, on-line, and telephone support.  (Telephone support is
provided for two designated individuals.)

The CaucusLink add-on option, which shares conferences across remote
Caucus sites, may be purchased at an additional 50% of the base Caucus
license fee.

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Wed Sep 29 20:04:00 PST 1994
Subject: Cafe
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/cafe*

Cafe is a modified Citadel/UX. See Citadel/UX for description

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From: news@wolves.durham.nc.us (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
Date: Sat Jan 15 19:36:41 EST 1994
Subject: Citadel
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/citux*

Citadel                 various                 source generally available
                                                some versions have news
        
        Citadel is a whole world unto itself.  Citadel code is/was
widely available, and it has been ported to may different platforms and
environments.  From PC-clones, to the Amiga, to Unix, they all tend to
work the same way.

        Citadel uses a slightly different organizing metaphor.  There
are rooms which may contain messages, files and bulletins (in any
combination.)  You move from room to room and read the messages or
browse the file lists.  You can "forget" rooms to unsubscribe, and there
can be multiple operators on a Citadel system (sub-ops.)

        Finding Citadel is problematical, I've been singularly
unsuccessful in several attempts (even using archie.)
Quartz.rutgers.edu may be the best bet.

        (Authors of specific Citadel [Unix based] packages are invited
        to write and gain fame and fortune in this FAQ!)

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Wed Sep 29 20:04:00 PST 1994
Subject: Citux
Ftp-Site: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/BBS/bbs/citux*

Citux is a modified Citadel/UX. See Citadel/UX for description

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From: news@wolves.durham.nc.us
Subject: Commune/IX
Date: Sat Apr  3 00:25:03 EST 1993
Updated: 11/11/94

Commune/IX for Linux    commercial              source available?
                                                NetNews available
        
     contact:   Michael Quigley
                (address unknown)

     demo:      no

        Michael is developing yet another DOS look-alike UNIX BBS for
the Linux platform.  This implies source availability, but since it
looks like he wants to make it a commercial product, it is more likely
to be a binary (object code) distribution rather than source.  The
project sounds ambitious, with replacements for the mailer, and
additional modules for connecting to FIDO Technology Networks, in
addition to all the usual BBS features.
        Pricing and availability are not known.  MQ comments that it
will be a "low cost" system, with per-module pricing.

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From: unixbbs@dsnet.com
Date: Wed May 16 22:17:01 PDT 1996
Subject: drealm