The Hitman wrote to All <=-
Lol, those were the days :)
was made Fido NC for net 1:142 (surprised to get it back including my original number!).
Quoting Brian Rogers to The Hitman <=-
features. It was def the days! I used Blue Wave for my QWK reader...
miss using that but MultiMail is doing the job "ok".
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I thought about reviving one of my old nets/node numbers, but in my
region we're moving to an IP-only net. Goodbye, 1:125/57... :)
Elf wrote to BRIAN ROGERS <=-
Quoting Brian Rogers to The Hitman <=-
Back in the day I used SLMR/OLX for a while, but fell in love with Robomail which imported QWK packets into a database. It was awesome. I
no longer have my license and it seems a little picky working with some QWK packets today. So, although I liked MultiMail for Linux, I am currently using - and loving the navigation features - of BlueWave 2.30 for DOS! :-)
Cyberpope wrote to The Hitman <=-
On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 03:05:39 -0400, Scruffyfurn wrote:
Re: Greetings and Salutations to all!
By: The Hitman to DOVE-Net.General on Sun Jun 27 2021 12:41 pm
Hey! Happy to see there is still a community on active BBS(s)
Really loved downloading the latest shareware games from different
bbs(s) when I was a kid Looking forward to more lerking and hunting on
all these amazing BBS(s)
I used to spend HOURS every day calling many different bbs's just to get
the latest shareware games and follow up with all my messages.
i had a blast doing it....
Ahh, the good old daze! I, too -- I mostly liked te messaging aspects,
& the camaraderie in the LORD games (was as close to the old text adventure games I ever found)
I called 10+ boards/day in my heyday, all local, as they began dying
out post-Y2K, I branched out & called several other DOS-based boards
LD. At one point I was putting in 6,000 minutes/month of long distance modem calls!
I'm still RL friends with a couple sysops!
I realized I was sick of facebook a little while ago, & missing the easygoing chat/fun of BBSing & Fidonet, so talked to my one sysop mate about reconecting my old point, but he's bee out of the loop for a while,so referred me to the sysop of the taglined BBS below; I'm out of the loop, too, as I'm unable to get my point setup working. . .
I helped plan a big meetup/party at one point, for a multinode BBS I
was on. Great fun, including a massive water fight!
Did smaller GTGs at local bars, too. . . ahh, the good ol' pre-internet days. . . I still miss them.
I still have my trusty old DOS IBM 486 ready to be plugged in &
reconnect to the BBSes still accepting dialup!
I'm in a sub-burp of Vancouver, Canada. . where's you?
Your friend,
Quoting Brian Rogers to Elf <=-
I'm on linux using MM. I'd have to create another user account for
running BWave as my DOSEmu session is already reserved for a copy of
MFNOS (a derivitave of the original Phil Karn KA9Q NOS). I used to run
Elf wrote to BRIAN ROGERS <=-
On Linux I just run BlueWave 2.3 for DOS under DOSBOX-X. Should not interfere with your DOSEMU sessions. :-)
Oh, but for this actual post, I am running BlueWave 2.3 for DOS full screen on a Dell Dimension 3000 running Windows 98SE. :-) My son-in-law gave me his parents old Dell since they wanted to just "get rid of it".
So far it has been a little pain getting some things to run right due
to drivers - this box was made for Windows XP. But, as it only has
512MB of RAM it's a perfect candidate for Windows 98 for me. I did have
to buy a PS/2 mouse and keyboard (total about $20) since it has major software issues with USB - I may get those fixed later, but it's low priority. I also had to install a SoundBlaster PCI 16 card I bought
last year off ebay. Now, I'm just waiting for the final piece - a
proper video card coming later this week or next. Currently Windows 98
is stuck at 16 colors and 640x480 resolution - but DOS apps don't care <haha>. This has been fun to jump back and play with some old hardware/software. Once I get the video card setup my son and daughter
and I will be playing some old Win98 games.
Brian Rogers wrote to Elf <=-
Back in the day I used SLMR/OLX for a while, but fell in love with Robomail which imported QWK packets into a database. It was awesome. I
no longer have my license and it seems a little picky working with some QWK packets today. So, although I liked MultiMail for Linux, I am currently using - and loving the navigation features - of BlueWave 2.30 for DOS! :-)
I'm on linux using MM. I'd have to create another user account
for running BWave as my DOSEmu session is already reserved for a
copy of MFNOS (a derivitave of the original Phil Karn KA9Q NOS).
I used to run 2 sessions of DOSEmu as one user but it caused DPMI
issues between the two sessions.
Gamgee wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I'd suggest you just use DOSBOX to run the BlueWave client.
I thought about reviving one of my old nets/node numbers, but in my region we're moving to an IP-only net. Goodbye, 1:125/57... :)
Brian Rogers wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I thought about reviving one of my old nets/node numbers, but in my
region we're moving to an IP-only net. Goodbye, 1:125/57... :)
Going to a qwk based feed?
Elf wrote to BRIAN ROGERS <=-
I'm on linux using MM. I'd have to create another user account for
running BWave as my DOSEmu session is already reserved for a copy of
MFNOS (a derivitave of the original Phil Karn KA9Q NOS). I used to run
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
I've been 218/700 in the IP-only network since 2004.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Elf <=-
Elf wrote to BRIAN ROGERS <=-
I'm on linux using MM. I'd have to create another user account for
running BWave as my DOSEmu session is already reserved for a copy of
MFNOS (a derivitave of the original Phil Karn KA9Q NOS). I used to run
Full screen, true-type fonts, proportioned to fit on a wide
screen. DOSBOX-X rocks. I use it to emulate my old DOS
environment, even down to packet drivers running on top of NE2000
ethernet emulation and run old DOS TCP/IP apps in it.
Mostly, I'm running Qedit and VDE for DOS and Multimail, the same
way I used to read my mail offline in the dial-up days.
That shouldn't make much difference going IP or dialup. You should still be able to keep your same numerics.
Just an FYI, none of your messages that I see today here in Dovenet have
an origin line, which seems strange. Not sure if you've configured it
that way, or something is amiss. Just thought I'd mention it.
I noticed the same thing. The messages you've posted to DOVE-Net since July-1 appear to be missing the QWK tear/taglines. You doing something diff
Re: Re: Greetings and Salutat
By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jul 08 2021 07:46 pm
I noticed the same thing. The messages you've posted to DOVE-Net since July-1 appear to be missing the QWK tear/taglines. You doing something diff
My tear line should be back now.
Digital Man wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
My tear line should be back now.
It is. What'd you do?
I was the original member of net 218 still around. My node is like 25 years old! DAMNMy beginning was around 1995 where my local area code had like over 80 BBSes for people to visit. I think im the only bbs in my area code
now.
It's pretty shocking to look at some of the old nodelists. I remember needing to find a better archiver than ARC to make it fit on a floppy disk!
Region 10 had what seemed like hundreds of BBSes to call.
I've still got my Laser 386 sitting in storage, complete with Math Co-Processor, and thinking about resurecting it. Might be interesting.Might
have to wait till winter when things aren't as hectic around here though. Tried to bring up my original IBM PC but no luck. Worked fine when stored but now won't post. Some day I'll take a closer look.
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