Subj : DUAL SOFTWARE SETUP 1/2
To : MATT
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Jun 29 2015 10:06 am
Matt,
M>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.
M>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.
M>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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