Microport questions by the pound

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In article <14543 at uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>,  (Brian J. Smith) writes:

> Common Question how much memory..... speed now is slow .... I have a
> 1 Meg .... how much of a diff will it make if I have 2 Megs ... 3 Megs

Stupid Ans: 'The more, the better'
Real Ans: You can run at 1 meg, but for multiple users, (BBS) I'd think
	about trying to go to at least two.  (da*n, those chip prices!)
 
> I plan to have One 2400 baud line open for the BBS will this be ok ?
> and another line so that I can dial out. but I have a mouse for my
> Dos that will only work in COM1 or COM2 

Check your release notes, there is a method mentioned to add the 
drivers foor additional tty ports. I currently have my modem
(USR internal) wired in as tty02 (com3:) and two serial ports
for tty00, tty01.

> 5)	Do other BBS runners use microport ?  If so is there a SAFE way to
> give trusted users control of the the "real" machine.

Microport has their own BBS w/ patches, useful PD software, and their
BBS source for download.  Perhaps it would help to talk to them. SA
is John Sulley.  BBS phone #'s are 408-438-(6567|6687|2492). The first
two numbers are 2400/1200/300, last number is 1200/300.

Hope this has helped.

> The Person  :                                         Brian J. Smith

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