What is TRC?

TRC is The Roman Catacombs, a BBS system running under UNIX on a PC-class
machine.  If you want more information about the BBS platform, please see the
'bbs info' found in the main help menu.

The Roman Catacombs has the following purposes:

	1.  Serve as a central meeting place for those on Mac and/or Unix
	platforms.
	2.  Serve as a repository for the latest files for Mac, Unix, DOS,
	Windows and other platforms.
	3.  Serve as a place for persons to read news at their liesure.
	4.  Serve as a great online game server.
	5.  Support any programs the SysOp has written.

The following is a description of the rocat system for any BBS sysops that are
interested in the package.  (hit 'q' to skip)

The Roman Catacombs is the BBS which runs on rocat, a BBS software package
written in C++ for unix.  It was written by the SysOp, Greg Shaw, due to a lack
of adequate BBS software for unix.  (and a desire to use the unix platform to
make running a BBS easier)  Currently, rocat has the following features:

	- full error control
	- automatic files area maintenance with auto-add capabilities.  
	- automatic files area information generation.  
	- ANSI capabilities
	- A sysop 'watch' program that allows the sysop to monitor the BBS for 
		problems.
	- It is built to run silently and take little system resources.  A 16
		line system could be run on a 386-33 with little problem.
	- It uses the UNIX system as it's basis.  This allows the machine to be
		used for more than just a BBS.  
	- Any application that runs under UNIX may be used as an external to the
		BBS.  This includes games, databases, news, e-mail, and loads of
		other programs freely available on the Internet. 
	- A full-function chat daemon comes with the package, allowing the system
		to be used as a multi-user chat center.
	- All error control and monitoring is done through sockets, which allows
		the sysop to monitor the bbs through a network on another
		machine.
	- The BBS does not care how many people are running on the machine.  If
		the machine can handle the load, you can run as many people as
		you wish.

AND, best of *ALL*, the software is publically available under the GNU license.
It will compile under System V Release 3.2 (Interactive) with the GNU C++
compiler (g++).   Look for the source online soon.
