BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  RE: Looking for screensho
De:       Robert Wolfe
Data:     Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:56:00 +0000
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On Feb 25, 2026 12:17pm, NIGHTFOX wrote to DAITENGU:

 N> From what I remember, MajorBBS had some products & software features to
 N> enable easily having a bunch of phone lines for a dialup BBS.  I had
 N> used some MajorBBS boards in my area in the early 90s that had a bunch
 N> of phone lines, with active multi-node chat rooms.  I remember seeing
 N> some hardware they offered that allowed a lot more serial ports than
 N> were usually offered on a PC..  From what I remember, a typical
 N> IBM-compatible PC had bulit-in support for up to 4 serial ports (and a
 N> couple of them shared IRQs, from what I remember, so if you wanted to
 N> use all 4 simulteneously, you had to re-configure their IRQs).  But I
 N> recall seeing that the company that made MajorBBS offered some hardware
 N> that allowed a lot more serial ports, and their MajorBBS software
 N> naturally supported that.  I'm not sure how the hardware accomplished
 N> that, since typically there were limited IRQs available.

Yes, typically COM1-COM4.  I remember that Mustang Software used to sell 16-
port Stallion communications boards in a special VAR bundle back in the day.
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