Subj : New Format vs DNS
To : Peter Knapper
From : Johannes Lundberg
Date : Sun Jul 21 2002 07:10 pm
pk> I can certainly see the perspective for keeping a Fidonet nodelist,
pk> however I still think we need to be EXTREMELY careful about attempting to
pk> modify the current nodelist. Like it or not, we are likely to have POTS
pk> only nodes around for a while, so we CANNOT break any existing S/W they
pk> may be using. We MUST in all cases remain completely compatible with
pk> current practise.
I totally agree with you here. Whatever solutions we may come up with, current
nodes should be able to keep running without problems.
[answers to the other comments later on]
pk> My IP node works by using all the little bits I have put together myself
pk> (mainly OS/2 Rexx coding as a wrapper to executables), the only thing
pk> missing is a "common" IP Nodelist type format, and all that needs is an
pk> agreement between all of Fidonet over how its going to handle this part
pk> of the problem.
I used to run OS/2 myself. Switched to Debian/GNU Linux for, well, quite some
years now. Having bort regular modem-access (BBS/Fido), and BinkP.
