Matt,

It too have always be a tinkerer. I am surprised I never got into ham radio b M>I did not know anyone who was in it personally. I always enjoyed experimentin M>with different software - especially the software written in R50 at a time wh M>there was often no English documentation accompanying it. It was fascinating M>that R50 existed in a bubble of sorts because none took interests in the goin M>on there.

A lot has changed in ham radio over the years. At least in the U.S.,
the FCC got rid of the Morse Code requirement in 2007, and there's only
3 classes of licenses still issued (Technician, General, and Amateur
Extra). The late Dave Perry (W4KGU, SK) did some ham radio doors for BBS's...but they didn't have a fossil driver, and required a
DORINFO1.DEF dropfile to run. You can set those up under Synchronet
(3.14a or later) as it allows for fossil and non-fossil doors).
Normally, you need a fossil driver to run a door under telnet.

Those doors included:

1) BULLET - A bulletins door. 26 categories for ham radio or another
topic.

2) REGSCAN - Search Part 97 of the FCC Rules as they relate to Ham
Radio.

3) WASPORT - Track ones progress in the ARRL Worked All States
Competition. Mostly for RF, but there's one Sysop configurable mode.

4) QRZDOOR - Using a QRZ data CD, one can look up callsign data.
However, data files for that are no longer produced.

5) ARPD - Amateur Radio Packet Door. Hook up to an MFJ 1270C TNC and a
rig, and allow licensed hams to access the area packet network through
the BBS and the door.

As a side note, AE5ME, Jeff Scoville, a ham in Oklahoma has a way to
do that, but it's not through a BBS. I'd have to dig out the file on it
for the details.

I recall dialing (~$2-3/a min) to R50 to 'freq' the latest Russian modified M>Binkleyterm and other mailers. With no documentation I had to rely on experie M>to make it work. At least their config verbs were in English! As far as I can M>recall, I was later one of the first adopters of BinkP (in the form of BinkD) M>the US. I hated FTP for handling mail even though I had derived a reliable M>implementation of it.

I've got a bulletin on the BBS, which is a combination of several
others, including such titles as:

1) Definition Of A Twit (from Grant Bierman, one of my first users. He
designed the ANSI lightning bolts I use at logon, and his Mom, Lois,
suggested the name for the BBS). This file doesn't reflect the opinion
of the Sysop, but it comes close. <G>

2) You Want To Be A Sysop?? (from Tom Ezell, the one time Little Rock
FIDONet Net 3821 Coordinator).

3) The Thankless Job (from Kris Lewis, a BBS user). One Sysop, over 20
years ago, finally had had enough, when a trusted friend shared their
logon, so he shut his BBS down, and got rid of all the computer/BBS
equipment.

4) Caring For Pet Sysops (from Fred Hunt, a fellow ham radio operator). Originally "Caring For Pet Hams", I modified it for Sysops.

5) The Sysop Of A BBS (by yours truly). A poem that The Good Lord gave
me, on a tribute to Sysops.

I am currently evaluating whether or not I want to setup a bulletin board. I M>believe the choice is between Synchronet and Mystic. My primary motivating is M>setup some old door games for myself. Secondary would be to build an archive M>all the old programs and make this freely available. I need to do a bit more M>research on whether mystic has any web functions. My goal would be to reel at M>least a few people in via web and encourage them to go 'old school' using M>telnet. As a side note, people should get away from using telnet. No privacy M>authentication or encryption.

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Hello Daryl!

29 Jun 15 10:06, Daryl Stout wrote to MATT:

A lot has changed in ham radio over the years. At least in the
U.S.,
the FCC got rid of the Morse Code requirement in 2007, ..

A co-worker mentioned that to me. I'll admit it was one of the things hold me up as I was more intersted in filling my head with learning another language (i.e. Python). My list of 'to-do' is lengthy.

Those doors included:

1) BULLET - A bulletins door. 26 categories for ham radio or another

2) REGSCAN - Search Part 97 of the FCC Rules as they relate to Ham

3) WASPORT - Track ones progress in the ARRL Worked All States

4) QRZDOOR - Using a QRZ data CD, one can look up callsign data.

5) ARPD - Amateur Radio Packet Door. Hook up to an MFJ 1270C TNC and

I primarily ran games such as LORD and even participated in a network where users on my board competed with others. I cannot recall if that was LORD or another like it.

1) Definition Of A Twit (from Grant Bierman, one of my first users.

2) You Want To Be A Sysop?? (from Tom Ezell, the one time Little Rock

3) The Thankless Job (from Kris Lewis, a BBS user). One Sysop, over

4) Caring For Pet Sysops (from Fred Hunt, a fellow ham radio

5) The Sysop Of A BBS (by yours truly). A poem that The Good Lord

You should post one or more of these if time permits. It would, i think, be a good read here!



Regards,

Matt

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Hello Daryl!

Hi, Matt...

1) Definition Of A Twit (from Grant Bierman, one of my first users.

2) You Want To Be A Sysop?? (from Tom Ezell, the one time Little Rock

3) The Thankless Job (from Kris Lewis, a BBS user). One Sysop, over

4) Caring For Pet Sysops (from Fred Hunt, a fellow ham radio

5) The Sysop Of A BBS (by yours truly). A poem that The Good Lord

You should post one or more of these if time permits. It would, i think, be MB>good read here!

They would take up several messages each, as they are rather lengthy.
But, you are right...they are a good read.

I'll try to get to them in the coming days...been dodging
thunderstorms the last several days, and I don't do ANY computer work if lightning is in the area...especially considering I'm a 2 time lightning
strike survivor. However, I carry no electrical charge, and can be
handled safely. <G>

Daryl

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Hello Daryl!

04 Jul 15 11:26, Daryl Stout wrote to MATT BEDYNEK:

1) Definition Of A Twit (from Grant Bierman, one of my first
users.

2) You Want To Be A Sysop?? (from Tom Ezell, the one time Little
Rock

3) The Thankless Job (from Kris Lewis, a BBS user). One Sysop,
over

4) Caring For Pet Sysops (from Fred Hunt, a fellow ham radio

5) The Sysop Of A BBS (by yours truly). A poem that The Good Lord

Thanks for posting. With your permission I may use one or more on the BBS when
I get it online. I had similar bulletins created by those who passed on my BBS
back in the day. They were obviously lost in a backup which was assumed to be sound. If only I had stuck to floopies instead of tape.


Regards,

Matt

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Matt,

Thanks for posting. With your permission I may use one or more on the BBS w MB>I get it online. I had similar bulletins created by those who passed on my MB>back in the day. They were obviously lost in a backup which was assumed to MB>sound. If only I had stuck to floopies instead of tape.

Sure thing...just give credit to the authors of the piece. You can
mention that you got them from yours truly, but that's not necessary. :)

One of the "gripes" that these users have had was "Why can't I access
the adult files?? I need it for a school sex education class". My
reply..."Nice try, but no dice". Besides, I chose NOT to have an adult
files area on the BBS. When I was still on dial-up, one caller from
Chicago asked me where the adult files were (he paged the Sysop
for chat). When I replied "On the internet", his response was <CLICK>
<NO CARRIER>, and he never logged again.

Daryl
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