2 Jan
2018
2 Jan
'18
10:17 p.m.
Hi Flo!
Nice to see you here, too! :)
used to run 2:2449/845 on the Amiga with CNet and
Trapdoor.
Stopped operating the BBS somewhere around '94 or something.
Back then I was 2:2449/413, but currently 2:2449 seems to be dead, so I connected under
2:2452 network.
Used to be an A3000T040 with 3 MFCIII with a bunch of
Courier
V.Everything.
I was running my box on a A3000/060 - and still would like to do so. Only lacking a secure
and up-to-date implementation of OS and AmiBinkd. ;)
Started with Linux because it got an IP Stack which
was a lot more
stable than the AmiTCP stuff. So i started polling "real email" via
UUCP to a Linux box - then via UUCP over IP on a local Arcnet to
the Amiga via UUCP over IP to connect all BBS users to "real email".
Still using UUCP (over SSL) for most of my email.
I was gating on Amiga as well. Worked like a charme back then. Setting up UUCP is still on
my todo list. I was using UUCP until 2005 or something (connected to westfalen.de in
Muenster).
Fido used to be a PITA with CNet as it got the
implementation of
zone gates wrong so mails to a different zone didnt work out of
the box. I remember binary patching the CNet binaries.
Well, there are other BBS softwares out there… ;)
Memory is pretty vague - Its a long time ago and uucp
map files,
fido nodelists are long gone - My V.Everythings still exist though.
The nodelist still exists! ;-)
In May 2017 I rejoined Fido after 17 years of absence. Many things have changed and my
impression is that the software stack you need to run a Fido box is not in the best shape.
Currently I’m trying to get ifcico up & running on my Debian Linux box. When calling
from my A3000 with Trapdoor (yes, it is still running! ;-)) the modem connect is done
between the two Zyxel 1496E modems, but then the EMSI handshake fails. Or the handover
between mgetty and ifcico. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872507
So, if someone has some tips for me, that’d be very much appreciated! :-)
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