CompuServe Messages

Glad you asked..(although it's not for sale, yet.. The current version of the terminal is available for free, and it's here on CIS). ParaBIT is terminal software (which incidentally uses DNet) which at this point allows you to start downloads and uploads on a BBS at the same time, taking advantage of full-duplex, bi-directional transmission. However, whenever you start a transfer, you immediately come back to a BBS menu prompt… The up/downloads run in their own little windows while you continue to use whatever area of the BBS you like (DOWNLOAD, UPLOAD & READING/POSTING at the same time or online games or whatever). Although the throughput is roughly twice what you're accustomed to, it is more like 2.9x normal. That is because like CO, most of your time browsing through messages is idle as far as the modem is concerned; Alot data can be transferring with ParaBIT while you're reading a message. If you go to the Telecom lib, you can find the ParaBIT terminal by typing: "browse key:parabit" I have not released the BBS end of it yet, so my BBS is the only one running it; although one should be able to adapt the host/BBS end of ParaBIT to any flexible ARexx-capable BBS software (I'm using Proteus BBS by Rick Huebner — also available from the Telecom lib). Fortunately all the complexity is on the BBS's end. Once the caller connects to the BBS and starts up ParaBIT, everything is automatic. Download the terminal, give the BBS a call, and experience it for yourself 🙂 -Chris