Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!amdahl!uunet!nbires!isis!udenva!jtrim From: jtrim@udenva.cair.du.edu (Jeff Trim) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Bsd Unix -- for "SMALL" BBS system? Message-ID: <10670@duorion.cair.du.edu> Date: 21 Aug 88 03:37:24 GMT Reply-To: jtrim@udenva.UUCP (Jeff Trim) Organization: U of Denver Lines: 30 Sorry if I posting this message in the worng group -- but I remembered an old discussion on here about "The Ultimate BBS" question (and it eventually was decided that UNIX was the Ultimate BBS :-) so my question is: If you are running BSD Unix 4.[2][3] -- do you have to have a Vax/Microvax? Is it possible to bring BSD down to a PC (yeah -- I know.. try not to laugh to hard about this question -- even though it sounds a little primative :-) ;-). What is the MINIMUM Hardware?? For Internet Socketing (TCP) what do you need as far as Hardware. I guess my real question is -- what is the minimum Harware needed for Internet?? (IE the ability to use "telnet", "rlogin", "rsh", etc??) Is this network cabled together or how it is all hooked up? As a user it's all transparent to me -- so I don't know the full Harware/ Software needs for this Network. I just take it for granted that if I mail a message to an INTERNET address -- it will get there (most of the time :-) -- even though their UNIX may *not* be listed in our /etc/hosts file! Thanx! --- and hope I posted this to the right Newsgroup! - Jeff Trim The University of Denver DOMAIN: jtrim@cair.du.edu "The best diplomat I know is a fully charged BITNET: JTRIM@DUCAIR phaser bank.." USENET: { ncar,nbires,onecom }!udenva!jtrim -LCMD Scott (or) { ihnp4, smu, codas }!killer!macman