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[32mSYNCHRONET BBS SPOTLIGHT


    [37m1. [32mBBS NAME[37m:  [34mThe Voice

    [37m2. [32mNUMBER OF NODES[37m:  [5;31m5 [33mAvailable [0;1m(6th does Maintenance/Mail)

    3. [32mPHONE NUMBER[37m:  [35m(914)664-1844 [0;35m(All Nodes Roll-Over)

[8C[1;37ma. [32mALTERNATE PHONE NUMBER[37m:  [35m(914)664-1923

    [37m4. [32mLOCATION[37m:  [36mMount Vernon, New York

    [37m5. [32mSYSOP

[8C[37ma. [32mHANDLE[37m: [34mDebbi[37m, [32mSnowdog[37m, [0;32mToadeater[1;37m, and [33mBombay

    [37m6. [32mNETWORK AFFILIATIONS[37m:

[8Ca. [0;36mDove-Net/MAG-Net[5C[1;37mAddress:  [0;34mn/a

[8C[1;37mb. [0;36mRIME/Relaynet[8C[1;37mAddress:  [0;34m5437

[8C[1;37mc. [0;36mThrobNet[13C[1;37mAddress:  [0;34m5437

[8C[1;37md. [0;36mFidoNet[14C[1;37mAddress:  [0;34m1/2625:139

    [1;37m7. [32mGENERAL THEME[37m:

[8C[32mGames, Nets, Files, Helpful Friendly Sysops, Technical

[8CSupport.

    [37m8. [32mSPECIAL FEATURES[37m:

[8C[36mFour [31m(4) [36mCD-ROMS [37m[Adding two (2) More Shortly].

    9. [32mFUTURE PLANS[37m:

[8C[35mInternet Access, Money Prize Contests[37m.

   10. [32mMISC. INFO/SYSOP COMMENTS[37m:

[8C[33mAll [37mNodes are PPI[33m14400[37mFX Modesm, [5;31m4-Gigs [0;1mof Hard Drive Space.

[8CRunning Netware with two (2) Servers (1 for Hard Drives,
[8C1 for CD-ROM Drives) and Six (6) Seperate/Dedicated Nodes.

[8COver [32m100 [37mDoors on-line. ALL users are [35mVoice Verified[37m.



[32mREVIEWER'S COMMENTS
[0m

[255D[0;1;36mFIRST IMPRESSION[37m:
    I found [34mThe Voice [37mBBS to be a very well thought out, easily navigable
    system that both the novice and veteran BBS'er would enjoy. The first
    thing that really struck me about it was it's professional appearance.
    You could tell that a great many hours had been spent giving it a
    unique and refreshing appearance. I was particularly impressed with the
    [33mANSI [37martwork/menus which help give the system a very well-ordered feel
    to it.

[36mCOMMAND SHELLS[37m:
    [34mThe Voice [37mBBS offered the following command shells for new users:

[6C[0;36m1: [1;34mTHE VOICE [37mMENUS
[6C[0;36m2: [1;37mSynchronet (Classic)
[6C[0;36m3: [1;37mSynchronet (Novice)
[6C[0;36m4: [1;37mPCBoard Clone
[6C[0;36m5: [1;37mWildcat Clone
[6C[0;36m6: [1;37mMajorBBS Clone
[6C[0;36m7: [1;37mRenegade Clone
[6C[0;36m8: [1;37mWWIV Clone
[6C[0;36m9: [1;35mViSiON/2 Clone
[6C[0;36m10: [1;37mViSiON/2 Clone (Novice)
[6C[0;36m11: [1;37mT.A.G. Clone
[6C[0;36m12: [1;37mOblivion/2 Clone
[6C[0;36m13: [1;37mSearch Light Clone
[6C[0;36m14: [1;35mWildcat! v4. Clone

    [37mAn excellent collection of command shells that illustrates one of the
    unique features of Synchronet BBS Systems. I would particularly
    recommend the [35mWildcat! v4 [37mand [35mViSiON/2 [37mclones (of course, being the
    author of those shells, I'm a little prejudiced).

    [34mThe Voice [37malso offers it's own unique command shell and for the purpose
    of this review, that is the one I chose. I personally found that shell
    to be very intuitive and easy to use. Commands were more or less based
    on the common sense approach (i.e. "[32mF[37m" for files, "[32mQ[37m" for [32mQWK[37m, etc.).
    The [33mANSI [37mmenus for that shell were well made and attractive and not the
    least bit tiring on the eyes (nothings worse than having to search a
    cluttered menu at 3 a.m. to find out how to log off).

[36mGENERAL COMMENTS[37m:
    Wandering around I noticed that the SysOps have taken full use of the
    optional menus that can be displayed to callers. In the door area, each
    general type of door game had it's own area and an [33mANSI [37mmenu to help
    set the "mood". As was mentioned earlier, [34mThe Voice [37mhas over a [35m100 [37mdoor
    games, with many that I'd never even seen before but would have liked
    to try. Being unvalidated, however, I wasn't able to play (darn!). If
    you want to see a text book example of how to set up a professional
    BBS, I'd suggest you give [32mDebbi[37m, [32mSnowdog[37m, [32mToadeater[37m, and [32mBombay [37ma call.
    You won't be sorry and you might even pick up (read: steal) a few good
    ideas.

*(Want to be spotlighted in a future issue of SYNCHRONETICS E-ZINE? Complete
  the document, Q&A.DOC, and return it to us and you may find me or my 
  staff knocking on your virtual door)

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