Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!omega From: omega@ut-ngp.UUCP (Omega.Mosley`) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: RBBS-PC 15.1B Message-ID: <5737@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 18:17:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.5737 Posted: Tue Jul 28 18:17:45 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jul-87 02:12:20 EDT References: <10048HDK@PSUVM> <744@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU> <5704@ut-ngp.UUCP> <1809@nicmad.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 39 Keywords: RBBS, BBS, IBM, PC XT Summary: RBBS...with emphasis on the BS! ...what's wrong with RBBS? There's just so much to CHOOSE from... ...first of all, it's written in the slowest compiled language this side of ENIAC Binary code. It has been revised and rewritten by so many people that regardless of what they claim, support for RBBS under anything other than PC Basic is virtually impossible to acquire. Also, basic does not have all of the data structure manipulators and port controls that Pascal or C contain. ...secondly, the DOORS, which is based on independent batch files, can be easily broken by anyone who has a rudimentary understanding of the MS-DOS OS. It also causes random loss of global variable values when recalling the BBS program, which results in more board crashes than anything. ...thirdly, the entire message & menu structure is totally vague and impossible to follow without having set up the program to begin with. Most users, in all honesty, don't learn about the 'J' function to access other message bases unti they have been told about it by the sysop. Hell, some users NEVER learn about it. And the reason for that is that all of the messages are stored as one big long array, which makes it totally confusing when scanning or reading messages. It's just as bad with the C-64 C-Net message bases. Clearly, the message structuring is just flawed as hell, and that's why most users HATE to call RBBS boards around our area (just ask John Knutson...) ...and another thing: being 'free' isn't a factor anymore. WWIV is free as well,and is better supported than RBBS is (one designer, easliy accessed!). In fact, If I can figure out how to UUCP the damn thing, I'll put it up here... Once again, I state that RBBS is naught but BS, and should be disposed of as such. If you want to try it, fine. You'll just be wasting your time.... Omega.Mosley President, Klingon Students' Association *-------* | sig- | | nat- | | ure- | *-------*