Hi!
Still someone alive here and interested in BBS and Fidonet? Old style communication?
Here’s an uptodate list/count of how many nodes are still active in Germany (Region24):
TB> Sysops Netz 2:240 = 18 TB> Sysops Netz 2:246 = 3 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2432 = 1 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2443 = 0 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2448 = 6 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2449 = 1 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2452 = 4 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2454 = 1 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2490 = 3 TB> -+—————————— TB> Summe = 37
So, it’s a good moment to join Fidonet. There is everything available to run Fido on a Linux/Unix box as well as on PC, like binkd, Husky, OpenXP for Points, GoldEd+, etc… If you like, you can also still use old modems to poll or use HotDogEd on Android.
Hi Ingo,
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 07:59:18AM +0100, Ingo Jürgensmann wrote:
Hi!
Still someone alive here and interested in BBS and Fidonet? Old style communication?
Here’s an uptodate list/count of how many nodes are still active in Germany (Region24):
TB> Sysops Netz 2:240 = 18 TB> Sysops Netz 2:246 = 3 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2432 = 1 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2443 = 0 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2448 = 6 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2449 = 1 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2452 = 4 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2454 = 1 TB> Sysops Netz 2:2490 = 3 TB> -+—————————— TB> Summe = 37
So, it’s a good moment to join Fidonet. There is everything available to run Fido on a Linux/Unix box as well as on PC, like binkd, Husky, OpenXP for Points, GoldEd+, etc… If you like, you can also still use old modems to poll or use HotDogEd on Android.
I used to be Florian_Lohoff@2:2449/845 - While googling for it i found different Amiga binarys for TrapDoor and CNet :)
e.g.:
http://de3.aminet.net/comm/cnet/MMDel08.readme
How do others read/write mails? Is there a local gate possibility to use mutt/vim?
Flo
On 29.03.2019 09:52, Florian Lohoff wrote:
So, it’s a good moment to join Fidonet. There is everything available to run Fido on a Linux/Unix box as well as on PC, like binkd, Husky, OpenXP for Points, GoldEd+, etc… If you like, you can also still use old modems to poll or use HotDogEd on Android.
I used to be Florian_Lohoff@2:2449/845 - While googling for it i found
I was 2:2449/413 and now I'm 2:2452/413... but network 2449 seems to be short before deletion, so feel free to join again and maybe we can save net 2449 from deletion. ;-)
different Amiga binarys for TrapDoor and CNet :) e.g.: http://de3.aminet.net/comm/cnet/MMDel08.readme
I actually use Trapdoor on my A3000 with 2x Zyxel U-1496E+ modems on my Fritzbox. There should also a way to setup Trapdoor to use telserv.device so that you can use an IP connection instead, but I haven't figured out how to set it up correctly. This is on my todo list for this weekend... ;)
How do others read/write mails? Is there a local gate possibility to use mutt/vim?
Not that I know of. Of course you could use ifmail to gate the message to inn2d or so. But for me the fun/joy is to use my old computers for this. Finally I want to have a my A3000 running my Fidonet node and my BBS (incl. full Aminet mirror (I'm operating de6.aminet.net)), using MailManager, Trapdoor or GMS-Mailer and either Excelsior!BBS or some other software. If that is working, I maybe move it over to an Raspberry 3 to save some bugs for electrical power... ;)
On Linux side you can use Husky as tosser, GoldEd as editor and binkd/qico as mailer, whereas qico seems to be the better choice for me (supporting both EMSI and binkp) whereas binkd only provides binkp protocol.
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"Ola Ekström" -
Florian Lohoff -
Ingo Jürgensmann