<< HERE'S WHERE YOU SHOULD PUT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CONFIGURATION >>

For example...

Hardware Configuration
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This system runs on a standard IBM compatible PC.  The key piece of
communications equipment is the Galacticomm GalactiBox: a chassis for
up to 16 standard internal PC modem cards, serial cards, etc.  We're
using 16 Zyxel 14.4K Fax modems for dial access.  We also have X.25
access.  Most of our employees extensively use this system for
customer support and service.  They use SPX connections over the
Novell LAN.

Our particular system configuration happens to be a 66MHz 486 with 16
megs of RAM connected to our Novell LAN, although any standard 386-based
(or better) PC-compatible with at least 4 megs of RAM will run The Major
BBS.  We also have a 420MB IDE hard disk, and a 25" Sony Trinitron
monitor.

The connections to the phone lines are accomplished by means of ordinary
RJ-11 cables... one cable and one modem per phone line.  Our lines are all
"hunt-grouped", so that all lines are accessible at a single phone number.


Software Configuration
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This software is running under standard MS-DOS V5.0.  The key software
package that makes it all possible is The Major BBS.  We also have most
of the Galacticomm Add-On Options installed.

Tim Stryker and colleagues have written all of the software you are using
here: The Major BBS, FAX/Online, Dial-Out, Major Gateway/Internet and all
the other Add-Ons.  The software is written mostly in C using the Borland
C++ V3.1 compiler. Some of the code is written in assembler.  A two-user
copy of The Major BBS, suitable for use with any Hayes-compatible modem, is
available for $259 from Galacticomm Inc., 4101 SW 47th Ave., Suite 101,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314.

Other software we use: Btrieve, a database record manager available from
Novell, Inc., and KEDIT, a great text editor developed by The Mansfield
Software Group.  Neither package is required to run The Major BBS.
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