Subj : BBS Documentary
To : Daryl Stout
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Tue Jun 30 2015 05:11 pm
Hi Daryl,
>>> I have seen parts of it before and recently watch it all the way through.
> I have the BBS Documentary DVD myself, but haven't watched it all the
> way through. I do have two bulletins on the BBS...one a review of it,
> and the other a reply. Rob Swindell (aka digital man, who does
> Synchronet), did the original review of it.
It was online a while back, I haven't checked recently. I enjoyed it a great
deal.
>> It was also great for me seeing people there I never had the opportunity to
>> in person, and hearing them talk. So many great oldtimers and
>> otherwise <g> and I thought "I" was old.. :)
> The only thing that's old is the dates on some of the files. Some of
> the ones I have are over 20 years old. But, my BBS is now the oldest,
> and only one left in Arkansas.
IIRC the oldest file I have here is from 1980+ or so.. that would be because
when Eric Van Riper asked me to take over the PDN he sent me all the C
programming files he'd either collected or which were sent to him by people
wanting to be a part of the Programmers Distribution Network... and of course
I've been mostly able to keep some files I'd written in C, etc. way way back
when I first started programming.
>> Yes.. an unforgettable sound. I remember how I could tell what speed modem
>> connecting to my system by the negotiation/sounds. Ron thought I was a litt
>> addicted I think (laugh) We used to laugh over going on vacation and my
>> "checklist" before we took off (Ok, telnet nodes are running, Modem is
>> running... bbs is set..Oh, and kids are with Mom <vbg>)
> Or the tagline "Not tonight, dear...I have a BBS". <G>
LOL!
>> I get a LOT of connect/disconnect hacker attempts via telnet that Shorewall
>> <grin> You know same old new format Lol
> A lot of port sniffers have tried to get into the BBS, but in most
> cases, VADV32 (Virtual Advanced) has been able to handle it...especially
> with the cached IP addresses (the connection is refused). However, for
> whatever reason of late, some days, the VADV32 Telnet server crashes,
> and until I notice it, the BBS is offline (never mind the threat of
> summertime thunderstorms or power outages from the intense heat and
> rolling blackouts).
Understand.. and one can't always help what kind of weather hits you where you
live.
> I am working on going back to Synchronet (still a
> lot of work to do), but am looking at "the best of both worlds"...using
> VADV32's website, then Synchronet for the rest of it. The main thing I
> liked about Synchronet was that one could install both fossil and
> non-fossil doors.
From what I can tell, BBBS/li (linux version of BBBS) is handling some doors
ok. I try to log on them remotely now and again to check, well, you know when
I have time <g> The "real doors" like pimp wars (that door still cracks me up
Lol) load slowly... but the doors written with bbbs's internal language load
fast and I like them. One of these days I'll try dosemu and scrabble, I do
have my original key from my Dos days here "somewhere" hehe
> Several years ago, construction crews working at the apartment complex
> where I live, sliced through several underground cables like a knife
> through butter...even though they were clearly marked. They left the
> holes open, and it poured rain that night, flooding the cables. The
> resulting phone line noise made voice or data calls impossible. I can't
> see spending $50 for a vanilla line that's so noisy, especially since
> I'm fully disabled, and on a fixed income already.
That's too bad, I suppose if no one complains they'll just leave it as is. I
hear not that many people use "phone companies" much anymore, since companies
like magicjack came out.....
>> Yes McAfee (or anti-vir/hack software of your choice is your friend <g>) or
>> can get files from fidonet and hopefully nothing slips past us.. :)
> I use the IObit program suite myself...as does Marc Lewis (1:396/45).
> I also had gotten several of the filegate echoes.
I use Clamav to check everything that goes out here, it's a great free virus
checker..
>> Yes, the filegate still does the same. Ask Ben Ritchey.. I send him tons of
>> email attaches for software from software authors that email me for Windows
>> utils etc., but FEW of them get past McAfee or whatever <g>
> Once I get the software switch done, I'll start grabbing some more of
> those.
Sounds good. I can always use more FileGate HUBs so let me know if you'd like
to do that when you are all set.
HUBs are expected to have the files "online" where people can get them via the
web, ftp, or binkp (some or all of those methods<g>). Some HUBs can only make
them available via tick technology, some can run web servers, etc. I have
several HUBs listed in the filegate.zxx file (in the HUBs section). It just
helps take the load off my system when someone wants to start distributing file
archives :)
