• BBS Documentary

    From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Matt Bedynek on Monday, June 29, 2015 10:17:14
    Hi Matt,

    My board and fido node in the late 1990s got up to 3 lines running USR V.Everything modems. In early 2000 I sold two of them on ebay but still kept
    the last one to this day. Not sure if it still works but I plan to keep it as
    an antique collectable from the era.

    I still have two V.Everything modems that I swap between for my one phone line over here with BBBS's mailer ... and somewhere in a closet here I know I have a
    U.S.Robotics I-Modem... that was such a great modem <g> Of course at the time I used that one, I had a dedicated 64K ISDN line in Kentucky - boy, was that idea killed fast though in the U.S. it seemed :(

    I wrote several tools which I employed on my system. I haven't written
    anything significant since so one of my primary motivation for showing up is t
    begin doing that again and possibly extend that to adding a feature or two to software packages already in circulation.

    Hey that sounds great... :) There's plenty of places it will be welcome no doubt.

    Understand and I hope things are going ok for you "wherever you are" in
    the world. Are you in the States now? And I also understand if you
    can't say.

    If you start digging in about North Texas or Oklahoma to the other side of the
    world that is roughly where I am located! :-) Buy, I should be back in the
    states close to thanksgiving. But, that won't stop me from spinning up a node

    Very cool :) :)

    One goal is to start up a file repository (library) of old utilities. I
    realize that is somewhat overdone. But I was surprised how much stuff I could >not find in one place when I started looking for them. I do believe one of th
    faults fido has is the lack of resources for new users not familiar with the technology.

    Understand.. sometimes it's because authors are "gone".. sometimes it's because
    authors perceive that say putting their software in main distribution, like the
    Filegate somehow might limit the distribution of their sofware. It's all "out there", but it's true sometimes a particular package isn't easy to find. We try
    to help with that kind of thing in the Zone 1 Fidonews with links to software and tutorials, etc. But that's another whole story :)

    Run Linux like I do.. there are a bunch of doors that are available...
    you just have to look.. or look for the keygen stuff, it might be there
    as well, I wouldn't know since I run Linux here..

    The host I would do this from runs CentOS 7. I might do a quick look at FreeBSD (my old favorite) but I do need to learn CentOS 7 as much has changed between 6 and 7 and it would provide the perfect motivation to learn the details of operation.

    From what I understand between the two there probably won't be much difference,
    but I don't really know... I ran CentOS's precursor (RH) about what seems now like a bazillion years ago Lol... it was just after I switched from OS/2 to Linux... I loved how easy development was under Linux... :)

    And yet we were freed from the clutches of the PHONE COMPANY (evil
    creeps in NY at least (laugh)) so that

    As much as I value IP there is something I miss about the idea of the modem.

    You should be able to run both like I do...There are several others here who do
    the same with a variety of fido compatible software packages :) Right now I don't get many callers on that line but before we moved here to the Ithaca NY area, there were several callers in the Binghamton NY area that came in via modem.

    It is almost as if the more scarce something is (bandwidth) that the more you appreciate it. Nonetheless I miss the late night echomail runs. You always
    knew that the largest of bundles would come in around 1-2 am. It took a while
    for the traffic to trickle down if you were 2 or 3 levels deep in local distribution.

    And now essentially we are constantly connected to uplinks and downlinks so much so that messaging is essentially "instantaneous".. <grin>

    It is weird to say but the volume of traffic grew disproportionately to our ability to move it. We see far less traffic in relation to the availability
    of bandwidth. Just imagine what Fido would have been in the era of Cable, DSL
    and BinkP!

    Yes, I know what you mean there :) But now our numbers are so very low in all zones, that doesn't help. We stopped having huge numbers of users way back in early 90's I think when the Internet hit the "world" as I'm sure you remember... Now and again users do check things out though, and likewise now and again sysops like yourself decide to come back :)

    Like I said, really glad to see you here :)

    Thank you for the kind words.

    Let us know if you need any tools, someone here will have an idea of where to look no doubt :)

    Take care,
    Janis

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From Eric Oulashin@1:340/7 to Matt Bedynek on Monday, June 29, 2015 12:38:39
    I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way through. Although there are many topics I wish it covered in detail I believe it did an excellent job of depicting the online world which remains so strongly in our memories. I'll never forget the sound of modem negotiation even until the day I die.

    I agree, it was good to see what was covered by the documentary, and I enjoyed watching it and remembering my time using BBSes in the 90s (I first started using BBSes in 1992 when I got my own PC and modem).

    It is satisfying to see that fido technology and bulletin boards as a technology have survived to the 21st century and suffered fools. The visionaries who created the earliest technology invented something that outlasted their contributions long after they were driven away. They are technological pioneers of a type the world will never fully appreciate.

    I am also impressed to see that software is still being actively developed. The authors of binkd, husky, synchronet, ezycom, mystic and more have done an immeasurable service. At the time circumstances pulled me away I was sure things would implode in a few years but occasionally I peek in and see people still participating.

    I was shocked to see someone releasing BBS software in 2015. It got me wondering how active are bulletin boards today? How many visitors do you see and what type of things do they come for? Seeing the energy got me inching to set one up if only to play my old games. My only fear is not being able to find cracks for all the doors I once registered as I suspect most people who maintained them fell off the planet or would not care to hassle with someone over something they were paid $15 for 15 years ago.

    I agree. I took my original BBS down in 2000, thinking nobody would want to use BBSes again in light of the internet. I found BBS: The Documentary in 2007, and it's what inspired me to get back into BBSing. I was surprised to find BBS software still being maintained. I'm glad that there is still BBS software available & maintained though, as I still enjoy running a BBS.

    My BBS usually gets anywhere between 3 and 10 calls a day (sometimes a little more or less). There are a few doors that are popular, and sometimes my BBS gets around an hour and a half or 2 hours of use each day (sometimes more or less).

    Abandonware is common - sometimes you can find cracks for your doors, and some you can't. Also, I remember Sunrise Doors making all their doors donationware a while ago, so you can run them without restrictions if you want.

    Eric
    --- SBBSecho 2.27-Win32
    * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (1:340/7)
  • From Kostie Muirhead@1:342/17 to Matt Bedynek on Monday, June 29, 2015 19:56:57
    Re: BBS Documentary
    By: Matt Bedynek to All on Fri Jun 26 2015 17:29:45

    I was shocked to see someone releasing BBS software in 2015. It got me wondering how active are bulletin boards today? How many visitors do you see and what type of things do they come for? Seeing the energy got me

    Depends on the board and the day. I've only had the board back online a little over 3 months and usually get between 5-15 callers in a day, depending on the day. Weekends it tends to drop off to 2-3. One of the other boards in town has the largest active majormud game and still gets 300 calls a day. Unfortunately I don't see a lot of engagement from my users in the message forums.
    ---
    Kostie Muirhead
    AKA Underminer
    The Undermine - undermine.ddns.net
    Fido: 1:342/17
    * Origin: The Undermine - undermine.ddns.net - Calgary, AB (1:342/17)
  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MATT BEDYNEK on Monday, June 29, 2015 15:19:00
    Quoting Matt Bedynek to All on 06-26-15 17:26 <=-

    Welcome back... ;)

    I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way
    through. Although there are many topics I wish it covered in detail
    I believe it did an excellent job of depicting the online world which remains so strongly in our memories. I'll never forget the sound of
    modem negotiation even until the day I die.

    It's pretty unforgettable... ;) I haven't seen any of the documentary,
    but have heard about it.. :)

    It is satisfying to see that fido technology and bulletin boards as a technology have survived to the 21st century and suffered fools. The visionaries who created the earliest technology invented something
    that outlasted their contributions long after they were driven away.
    They are technological pioneers of a type the world will never fully appreciate.
    I am also impressed to see that software is still being actively developed. The authors of binkd, husky, synchronet, ezycom, mystic and more have done an immeasurable service. At the time circumstances
    pulled me away I was sure things would implode in a few years but occasionally I peek in and see people still participating.

    It's a surprisingly hardy hobby... ;)

    I was shocked to see someone releasing BBS software in 2015. It got
    me wondering how active are bulletin boards today? How many visitors
    do you see and what type of things do they come for?

    I'm an active user (not, and never been, a sysop) of seven different
    boards at the moment... I'm there primarily for the message echoes that
    I'm active in, with a few games like Scrabble and KOTB attracting a
    little of my time and attention... :) I know of at least a few other
    users like myself... :) One of the boards I go to seems to be part of
    some sort of games co-operative, with people logging onto other bbses
    showing up in the "sidetalk" of the bbs ("so-and-so logging on to x
    board" sort of thing showing up at the prompt)... there seem to be quite
    a few active users there in the conglomerate....

    Seeing the energy got me inching to set one up if only to play my old games.

    I've seen quite a few former sysops taking a look back and returning to
    the bbs world... :) I think the addiction just stays latent, and
    eventually y'all just have to return... ;)

    My only fear is not being able to find cracks for all the doors
    I once registered as I suspect most people who maintained them fell off the planet or would not care to hassle with someone over something they were paid $15 for 15 years ago.

    Don't you still have your registrations from before...?

    Something was lost when we moved to the internet and it has become
    more evident in recent time. Increasingly the internet is becoming
    more a sewer where you cannot trust what you download or access.
    There were viruses on bulletin boards but most sysops made an effort to police that. Many took personally the quality of what they offered.

    Some of us never left... ;) The internet didn't have quite the appeal
    to all of us, and what it's become is even less appealing... :)
    Probably a lot less likely now that the bbses would even attract the
    hackers and virus makers nowadays... :)

    Your thoughts?

    As I said... good to see you back... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... An aquarium is just interactive television for cats.

    ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JANIS KRACHT on Monday, June 29, 2015 10:06:01
    Janis,

    I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way through.

    I have the BBS Documentary DVD myself, but haven't watched it all the
    way through. I do have two bulletins on the BBS...one a review of it,
    and the other a reply. Rob Swindell (aka digital man, who does
    Synchronet), did the original review of it.

    It was also great for me seeing people there I never had the opportunity to JK>in person, and hearing them talk. So many great oldtimers and
    otherwise <g> and I thought "I" was old.. :)

    The only thing that's old is the dates on some of the files. Some of
    the ones I have are over 20 years old. But, my BBS is now the oldest,
    and only one left in Arkansas.

    Yes.. an unforgettable sound. I remember how I could tell what speed modem JK>connecting to my system by the negotiation/sounds. Ron thought I was a litt JK>addicted I think (laugh) We used to laugh over going on vacation and my JK>"checklist" before we took off (Ok, telnet nodes are running, Modem is JK>running... bbs is set..Oh, and kids are with Mom <vbg>)

    Or the tagline "Not tonight, dear...I have a BBS". <G>

    <snip!>

    I get a LOT of connect/disconnect hacker attempts via telnet that Shorewall JK><grin> You know same old new format Lol

    A lot of port sniffers have tried to get into the BBS, but in most
    cases, VADV32 (Virtual Advanced) has been able to handle it...especially
    with the cached IP addresses (the connection is refused). However, for
    whatever reason of late, some days, the VADV32 Telnet server crashes,
    and until I notice it, the BBS is offline (never mind the threat of
    summertime thunderstorms or power outages from the intense heat and
    rolling blackouts). I am working on going back to Synchronet (still a
    lot of work to do), but am looking at "the best of both worlds"...using VADV32's website, then Synchronet for the rest of it. The main thing I
    liked about Synchronet was that one could install both fossil and
    non-fossil doors.

    <snip!>

    And yet we were freed from the clutches of the PHONE COMPANY (evil creeps in JK>at least (laugh)) so that

    Several years ago, construction crews working at the apartment complex
    where I live, sliced through several underground cables like a knife
    through butter...even though they were clearly marked. They left the
    holes open, and it poured rain that night, flooding the cables. The
    resulting phone line noise made voice or data calls impossible. I can't
    see spending $50 for a vanilla line that's so noisy, especially since
    I'm fully disabled, and on a fixed income already.

    Yes McAfee (or anti-vir/hack software of your choice is your friend <g>) or JK>can get files from fidonet and hopefully nothing slips past us.. :)

    I use the IObit program suite myself...as does Marc Lewis (1:396/45).
    I also had gotten several of the filegate echoes.

    Yes, the filegate still does the same. Ask Ben Ritchey.. I send him tons of JK>email attaches for software from software authors that email me for Windows JK>utils etc., but FEW of them get past McAfee or whatever <g>

    Once I get the software switch done, I'll start grabbing some more of
    those.

    Daryl

    ---
    ■ OLX 1.53 ■ I *CAN* type...my computer keyboard is illiterate.

    --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)
  • From Matt Bedynek@2:221/361 to Kostie Muirhead on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 22:34:31
    On 6/30/2015 6:26 AM, Kostie Muirhead -> Matt Bedynek wrote:

    Depends on the board and the day. I've only had the board back online a little
    over 3 months and usually get between 5-15 callers in a day, depending
    on the
    day. Weekends it tends to drop off to 2-3. One of the other boards in
    town has
    the largest active majormud game and still gets 300 calls a day. Unfortunately
    I don't see a lot of engagement from my users in the message forums

    The numbers are surprising. I need to log in to a few and conduct a bit of research. I doubt files or messages are the main attraction because of search engines. It would be nice to find a way to strike a chord in people and get them participating in message areas again. That is one thing that these areas are lacking.

    --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.
    * Origin: *** nntp://rbb.bbs.fi *** Lake Ylo *** Finland *** (2:221/361)
  • From Matt Bedynek@2:221/361 to Eric Oulashin on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 22:40:40
    On 6/30/2015 12:08 AM, Eric Oulashin -> Matt Bedynek wrote:

    I agree, it was good to see what was covered by the documentary, and I enjoyed
    watching it and remembering my time using BBSes in the 90s (I first
    started
    using BBSes in 1992 when I got my own PC and modem).

    One part part of it that really hit me was when one of those interviewed mentioned how they could tell what part of the system a user was on by the sounds the system made. I remember this clearly when I ran a single node system with no multitasking. The loading of the BBS from the mailer, logging in, checking mail and even launching doors. I couldn't have remembered that degree of detail otherwise.

    My BBS usually gets anywhere between 3 and 10 calls a day (sometimes a little
    more or less). There are a few doors that are popular, and sometimes my BBS
    gets around an hour and a half or 2 hours of use each day (sometimes
    more or
    less).

    I believe my primary focus would be a few popular games and collecting of hard to find files. It is strange but I started remembering the names of tools even
    though many are not practical to use today. At least as far as Unix is concerned most of what those utilities did could be done with a perl or python script.

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  • From Matt Bedynek@2:221/361 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 22:47:10
    On 6/29/2015 11:49 PM, NANCY BACKUS -> MATT BEDYNEK wrote:

    I'm active in, with a few games like Scrabble and KOTB attracting a
    little of my time and attention... :) I know of at least a few other users like myself... :) One of the boards I go to seems to be part of some sort of games co-operative, with people logging onto other bbses showing up in the "sidetalk" of the bbs ("so-and-so logging on to x
    board" sort of thing showing up at the prompt)... there seem to be quite
    a few active users there in the conglomerate....

    What bulletin board software as a user find more favorable or like to use? I know bias is not limited to system operators. As a user back in the day I certainly biased toward a preference.

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  • From Matt Bedynek@2:221/361 to Paul Hayton on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 22:51:57
    On 6/29/2015 10:41 PM, Paul Hayton -> Matt Bedynek wrote:

    I agree with you, it's great to see software continuing to be developed in

    With a few notable exceptions it seems as if there is a little more activity today than when I last was here. I certainly wasn't running a BBS then either.

    Messaging and online games mostly, from all across the globe they connect. USA, Russia, Italy, New Zealand (where I am), Australia and other locales.

    From your perspective, what type of message areas and doors are the most used?

    Its a bigger digital space but it's only being used at one tenth its capability when concentration of mass has led to so many congragating in
    so
    few online areas. I think those early digital users were more 'social'
    than
    our contemporary online users of social media and HTML.

    Even during the mid-90s I never attracted a strong social user base. I had many door players, a few fido users but that was about it. From my perspective
    it was as if certain software was conducive to creating a social atmosphere. Those was the TAG, Telegard, or Renegade type boards with easy to use message areas and one liners.

    As per the others comments, welcome and nice to see you here / active.

    Thank you for the warm welcome.

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  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Daryl Stout on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 17:11:10
    Hi Daryl,

    I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way through.

    I have the BBS Documentary DVD myself, but haven't watched it all the
    way through. I do have two bulletins on the BBS...one a review of it,
    and the other a reply. Rob Swindell (aka digital man, who does
    Synchronet), did the original review of it.

    It was online a while back, I haven't checked recently. I enjoyed it a great deal.

    It was also great for me seeing people there I never had the opportunity to >> in person, and hearing them talk. So many great oldtimers and
    otherwise <g> and I thought "I" was old.. :)

    The only thing that's old is the dates on some of the files. Some of
    the ones I have are over 20 years old. But, my BBS is now the oldest,
    and only one left in Arkansas.

    IIRC the oldest file I have here is from 1980+ or so.. that would be because when Eric Van Riper asked me to take over the PDN he sent me all the C programming files he'd either collected or which were sent to him by people wanting to be a part of the Programmers Distribution Network... and of course I've been mostly able to keep some files I'd written in C, etc. way way back when I first started programming.

    Yes.. an unforgettable sound. I remember how I could tell what speed modem >> connecting to my system by the negotiation/sounds. Ron thought I was a litt >> addicted I think (laugh) We used to laugh over going on vacation and my
    "checklist" before we took off (Ok, telnet nodes are running, Modem is
    running... bbs is set..Oh, and kids are with Mom <vbg>)

    Or the tagline "Not tonight, dear...I have a BBS". <G>

    LOL!

    I get a LOT of connect/disconnect hacker attempts via telnet that Shorewall >> <grin> You know same old new format Lol

    A lot of port sniffers have tried to get into the BBS, but in most
    cases, VADV32 (Virtual Advanced) has been able to handle it...especially
    with the cached IP addresses (the connection is refused). However, for whatever reason of late, some days, the VADV32 Telnet server crashes,
    and until I notice it, the BBS is offline (never mind the threat of summertime thunderstorms or power outages from the intense heat and
    rolling blackouts).

    Understand.. and one can't always help what kind of weather hits you where you live.

    I am working on going back to Synchronet (still a
    lot of work to do), but am looking at "the best of both worlds"...using VADV32's website, then Synchronet for the rest of it. The main thing I
    liked about Synchronet was that one could install both fossil and
    non-fossil doors.

    From what I can tell, BBBS/li (linux version of BBBS) is handling some doors ok. I try to log on them remotely now and again to check, well, you know when I have time <g> The "real doors" like pimp wars (that door still cracks me up Lol) load slowly... but the doors written with bbbs's internal language load fast and I like them. One of these days I'll try dosemu and scrabble, I do have my original key from my Dos days here "somewhere" hehe

    Several years ago, construction crews working at the apartment complex
    where I live, sliced through several underground cables like a knife
    through butter...even though they were clearly marked. They left the
    holes open, and it poured rain that night, flooding the cables. The
    resulting phone line noise made voice or data calls impossible. I can't
    see spending $50 for a vanilla line that's so noisy, especially since
    I'm fully disabled, and on a fixed income already.

    That's too bad, I suppose if no one complains they'll just leave it as is. I hear not that many people use "phone companies" much anymore, since companies like magicjack came out.....

    Yes McAfee (or anti-vir/hack software of your choice is your friend <g>) or >> can get files from fidonet and hopefully nothing slips past us.. :)

    I use the IObit program suite myself...as does Marc Lewis (1:396/45).
    I also had gotten several of the filegate echoes.

    I use Clamav to check everything that goes out here, it's a great free virus checker..

    Yes, the filegate still does the same. Ask Ben Ritchey.. I send him tons of >> email attaches for software from software authors that email me for Windows >> utils etc., but FEW of them get past McAfee or whatever <g>

    Once I get the software switch done, I'll start grabbing some more of
    those.

    Sounds good. I can always use more FileGate HUBs so let me know if you'd like to do that when you are all set.

    HUBs are expected to have the files "online" where people can get them via the web, ftp, or binkp (some or all of those methods<g>). Some HUBs can only make them available via tick technology, some can run web servers, etc. I have several HUBs listed in the filegate.zxx file (in the HUBs section). It just helps take the load off my system when someone wants to start distributing file
    archives :)

    Take care,
    Janis

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Janis Kracht on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 21:13:00

    30 Jun 15 17:11, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

    I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way
    through.

    I have the BBS Documentary DVD myself, but haven't watched it all the
    way through. I do have two bulletins on the BBS...one a review of it,
    and the other a reply. Rob Swindell (aka digital man, who does
    Synchronet), did the original review of it.

    It was online a while back, I haven't checked recently. I enjoyed it
    a great deal.

    i've still got the original torrents i pulled of it... not sure how to make them available but i do have them...

    )\/(ark

    ... Our necessities are few but our wants are endless...
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to MATT on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 09:29:53
    Matt,

    A man who has a job, food and place to live has no reason to complain! :-)

    This is true. :)

    Daryl

    ---
    ■ OLX 1.53 ■ Algebra: What the Little Mermaid wears

    --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JANIS KRACHT on Thursday, July 02, 2015 11:21:16
    Janis,

    when I first started programming.

    I can write a batchfile for the BBS, but my programming ENDS at
    setting the clock on the microwave oven. <G>

    Or the tagline "Not tonight, dear...I have a BBS". <G>

    LOL!

    I thought "having a BBS" was a better fit for the tagline than a
    "modem" or a "router". The last time I checked the Dial-Up BBS List
    (which is done quarterly by Dave Perussel, along with his monthly Telnet
    BBS Guide), there were less than 50 dial-up BBS's left. Unfortunately,
    the number of telnet/web BBS's is shrinking as well. :(

    Understand.. and one can't always help what kind of weather hits you where y JK>live.

    What was the name of that software you use to block the port
    sniffers?? I forgot to ask you that in the last message...guess Sysop
    Senility is setting in. :P

    That's too bad, I suppose if no one complains they'll just leave it as is. I JK>hear not that many people use "phone companies" much anymore, since companie JK>like magicjack came out.....

    I've got 2 MagicJack lines...one the "original" (for Voice Mail), and
    the other the "Plus" (for faxes). But, I had to turn the ringers OFF on
    all the phones, and even the answering machine, letting MagicJack take
    the voice mail...as I was getting calls at all hours...even in the dead
    of night. When I switch software, I'll still have telnet/web access, but dial-up is out of the question, because I doubt that I could get
    MagicJack to work with the modem...even if it's a USR v.90 56 external
    fax modem.

    Sounds good. I can always use more FileGate HUBs so let me know if you'd li JK>to do that when you are all set.

    The only fly in the ointment is downtimes for thunderstorms or
    internet outages...both of those are beyond my control. I've seen storms
    pop up in as little as 10-20 minutes...and in some cases, becoming
    tornadic that quick. So, if I have to be out on errands, and there's a
    chance of storms, I take the system offline. The same is true overnight,
    when I have to sleep. I don't want one renegade lightning strike frying everything.

    HUBs are expected to have the files "online" where people can get them via t JK>web, ftp, or binkp (some or all of those methods<g>). Some HUBs can only ma JK>them available via tick technology, some can run web servers, etc. I have JK>several HUBs listed in the filegate.zxx file (in the HUBs section). It just JK>helps take the load off my system when someone wants to start distributing f JK>archives :)

    By having the web interface from VADV32 in the new setup with
    Synchronet, to me, I'll get "the best of both worlds". I got a new
    router with more ports, but haven't had time to set it up yet.

    I know SBBS does offer anonymous FTP, and I'd have to redo the access
    levels under VADV32 to allow them in the file areas from the website.
    There would be a few file areas that would not be available to those who
    aren't users...such as those for Visiting Sysops. The message areas
    would be limited to LOCAL, read only areas, for those not logged on.

    I don't know how the nodelist would handle it...but to me, the main
    BBS software (when the change is done) will be Synchronet...however, I
    like VADV32's web interface better.

    Daryl

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    ■ OLX 1.53 ■ 3 things fail with age. Memory is 1st; forgot the other 2

    --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)
  • From Tony Master@1:275/91 to Matt Bedynek on Monday, July 06, 2015 03:31:19
    On 06/26/15, Matt Bedynek said the following...
    I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way
    through. Although there are many topics I wish it covered in detail I believe it did an excellent job of depicting the online world which remains so strongly in our memories. I'll never forget the sound of
    modem negotiation even until the day I die.

    they covered art but also there are us modders that created a different experience with the art that was over looked.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 (Windows)
    * Origin: flupH * fluph.darktech.org (1:275/91)
  • From Glenn Jarvis@1:229/213 to Janis Kracht on Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:20:31
    It was also great for me seeing people there I never had the opportun
    meet in person, and hearing them talk. So many great oldtimers and otherwise <g> and I thought "I" was old.. :)

    Who you calling old?!?! :)

    --- ViaMAIL!/WC v2.00
    * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Lightning Fast Mailer for Wildcat! (1:229/213)
  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Glenn Jarvis on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 14:34:48
    It was also great for me seeing people there I never had the opportun
    meet in person, and hearing them talk. So many great oldtimers and otherwise <g> and I thought "I" was old.. :)

    Who you calling old?!?! :)

    Me Lol <grin>.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-2
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JANIS KRACHT on Saturday, August 22, 2015 12:19:27
    Janis,

    Who you calling old?!?! :)

    Me Lol <grin>.

    We're all just a bunch of decrepit old f@rts. :P

    I will not go that far hahahaha :)

    I'm too old to cut the mustard, but can still stir the mayonnaise, and
    lick the jar. So, pass the BLT, onion ring, and Doctor Pepper, and no
    one gets hurt. :)

    Daryl

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    ■ OLX 1.53 ■ I hate Indian Givers. No, wait...I take that back!!

    --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)