How is everyone? Had a bit of burnout and took a break for a bit, but
been dabbling my toes in BBSing again.
Also set up a private synchronet BBS that I'm having fun playing with. Running it on a debian VM under VMWare esxi. I bought a new (second
apam wrote to All <=-
Hello
How is everyone? Had a bit of burnout and took a break for a bit, but
been dabbling my toes in BBSing again.
Working on my QT based QWK reader again the last few days.
Welcome back! =)
All is well here, except some allergies now that the summer season is coming...
That's nice! I considered Synchronet when restarting my BBS, but had problems compiling it despite getting all the prerequisites (or so I thought), and finally switched to Mystic instead so that I could concentrate on the configuration. Which took some time to get right.
How's the family? Hope they're all okay & doing well.
Once you get it working...would love to use it here.
Hello
How is everyone? Had a bit of burnout and took a break for a bit, but
been dabbling my toes in BBSing again.
Working on my QT based QWK reader again the last few days.
apam wrote to All <=-
I'm thinking with 16Gb of ram and 4 cores I should be able to run about
3 VMs at once comfortably. We'll see I guess. Might be able to upgrade
it to 32Gb depending on what sort of ram it takes.
On Sun May 22 07:16:00 2022, Bucko wrote to apam <=-
Welcome back Andrew!!!
On Sun May 22 22:44:00 2022, Spectre wrote to apam <=-
Working on my QT based QWK reader again the last few days.
The only thing my overclocked chimp brain will associate with QT is QuickTime, but I can't imagine tthat being useful for a QWK reader... please elucidate..
On Sun May 22 09:00:00 2022, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to apam <=-
If I end up working for myself, I'll upgrade to a SFF server that'll
take more RAM, but for now, 4 cores/16GB seems to do fine as a hobby
lab.
Cool. Yeah, I'd only be able to upgrade the ram if I happened to have spare ram that would fit... Kind of hoping it has 4 slots with 2x 8Gb sticks of DDR3 then i could just take out the 2x8gb sticks i am using currently - but who knows.
Do you have a HDD or SSD in your proxmox system?
I'm thinking with 16Gb of ram and 4 cores I should be able to run
about 3 VMs at once comfortably. We'll see I guess. Might be able
That's nice! I considered Synchronet when restarting my BBS, but had
Fair enough. What were you compiling it on? I chose debian because the linux instructions assume it (although it works fine on other
Been fiddling with a couple of mods today, and working on splitting up
the menu to a new shell so that the main menu isn't so busy like on a stock synchronet board.
On Sun May 22 22:36:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
How's the family? Hope they're all okay & doing well.
Yeah doing good, thanks.
Once you get it working...would love to use it here.
It works, though it's not as feature full as something like multimail. You can
grab a win32 build at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~apamment/
(it's called TitanMail, and the current version is 1.1.5 as of today)
Just got it & love it! Has everything built in...rather than needing exterior programs.
On Mon May 23 23:42:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Just got it & love it! Has everything built in...rather than needing exterior programs.
Glad you like it :)
On Mon May 23 23:42:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Just got it & love it! Has everything built in...rather than needing exterior programs.
Glad you like it :)
On Mon May 23 16:56:00 2022, ACMEBBS wrote to apam <=-
With it using qt5...anyway it would run on ArcaOS with the qt5 extensions?
On Tue May 24 14:08:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
With it using qt5...anyway it would run on ArcaOS with the qt5 extensions?
Maybe? I have no way of trying / testing or supporting it though. The only dependency outside QT is ZLib, which I'm sure ArcaOS would have, so it might
work.
Actually it's got me wondering if it will run on Haiku, I believe they have QT
ported also.
On Mon May 23 22:50:00 2022, ACMEBBS wrote to apam <=-
Did a search in ArcaOS...but didn't find anything in the repo's for the library. QT5 has just started being used with ArcaOS.
On the other hand...OS/2 is available at the Internet Archive and other places...such as WinWorldPC.com. Michael MJD was using it to try to install OS/2 2.1...which didn't work well for him on several PC's. You do end up with it...VirtualBox works great all the way to ArcaOS.
On Tue May 24 20:10:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
I actually own a copy of eComStation, but I had all sorts of trouble getting
stuff working, mostly because the stuff I needed came in RPM packages, and eComStation doesn't come with RPM. You're supposed to be able to bootstrap it
on eComStation, but when I tried it was broken (the boot strap RPM was to old
to install the RPM of rpm or something.. it was a while ago.)
eComStation seemed somewhat unstable for me, perhaps virtual box has improved,
but everytime I used it I got frustrated with it for some reason or another.
On Mon May 23 23:42:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Just got it & love it! Has everything built in...rather than needing exterior programs.Glad you like it :)
Here is a message using it from VMWare Workstation 16+ under Haiku.
Please check the message to make sure everything is right.
Not sure how I would get this to you...but if you can find out...please let me know at my email address on your BBS.
On Thu May 26 19:30:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Here is a message using it from VMWare Workstation 16+ under Haiku. Please check the message to make sure everything is right.
Looks good to me!
Not sure how I would get this to you...but if you can find out...please let me know at my email address on your BBS.
I think the upload to happyland worked fine, thankyou!
Nice work!
Here is a message using it from VMWare Workstation 16+ under Haiku. Please check the message to make sure everything is right.
On Thu May 26 08:41:00 2022, Nightfox wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
Here is a message using it from VMWare Workstation 16+ under Haiku. Please
check the message to make sure everything is right.
I should probably give Haiku a try again.. I briefly used BeOS in the late 90s
and really liked it. I wasn't sure if Haiku was ready for daily use yet, but
maybe it's closer than I thought.
to attempt. There's only 1 BBS program for Be/Haiku...be amazing to have not only a QWK reader for it...but some BBS software as well.
On Fri May 27 19:50:00 2022, apam wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
to attempt. There's only 1 BBS program for Be/Haiku...be amazing to have
not only a QWK reader for it...but some BBS software as well.
At one time a long time ago, I got magicka to compile on Haiku, but ssh had trouble because of a bug in haiku, telnet worked fine though.
I don't know if it still works, probably not. Also had magiterm running on it
for fun, SSH worked, but no password manager so I just disabled password saving
on that platform (which is annoying).
I guess I should just save the passwords directly on the disk like other BBS
terminals, perhaps as a fallback if an os password manager isn't available.
Hello
How is everyone? Had a bit of burnout and took a break for a bit, but
been dabbling my toes in BBSing again.
Watched The Taking of Pelham 123 from 1976?? tonight. Not bad, I liked
it more than the 90's version with Denzal Washington in it.
On Tue May 31 21:46:00 2022, Avon wrote to apam <=-
On 22 May 2022 at 01:12p, apam pondered and said...
Hello
Hey :)
How is everyone? Had a bit of burnout and took a break for a bit, but been dabbling my toes in BBSing again.
I've been working from home but heading into the office tomorrow for the first time in about 9 months... I'm planning on wearing a mask all day but not sure I'll handle it.
Been doing some BBSing also but equally have been keeping an eye on parents health and also supporting my immediate family with their usual ups and downs so yeah never a dull day.
Nice to chat with you again in echomail... I think everyone is busier and or got other things on these days but it's nice when I see a few old (can we say that now :)) names pop up now and then.
Been watching some 70's and 80's movies lately on a streaming service called Tubi that costs nothing other than sitting through ads for T Mobile and Walmart etc. I think the IPv6 tunnel I am running allows me to watch this stuff so that's kinda a bonus.
Watched The Taking of Pelham 123 from 1976?? tonight. Not bad, I liked it more than the 90's version with Denzal Washington in it.
I expect after the next few days my brain may be fried as I won't be used to all the people contact having done most of my meetings over Teams or Zoom or... so yeah, bracing myself for a bit of mental decompression over the weekend. The nice thing is it will be a long weekend here as we have a public holiday (Queen's Birthday) next Monday.
Anywhoo, nice to see you around and I hope you're having fun playing with whatever you're working on at the mo that brings you interest.
Apam wrote to Avon <=-
Do they still require mask wearing there? Here it's only required in health care settings like going to the doctor or chemist. We choose to wear ours anyway when we go out, but we don't have to.
Apam wrote to Avon <=-
Do they still require mask wearing there? Here it's only required in health care settings like going to the doctor or chemist. We choose t wear ours anyway when we go out, but we don't have to.
Same here. We don't have to wear one in most cases (Kentucky, USA), but
I still do.
Our area of non-urban Wisconsin masks have disappeared except healthcare/nursing-home settings.
Almost never see people masked up.
Other parts of Wisconsin (like in the Peoples Republic of Madison) did a lot more masking, even though the running statistics didn't show benefit of doing so.
Great movie!!!! Best line of the movie is "There's got to be a red light, there's always a reg light'! LOL Walter Matheau was in my opinion a very underrated actor...
I've been working from home but heading into the office tomorrow for th first time in about 9 months... I'm planning on wearing a mask all day not sure I'll handle it.
Do they still require mask wearing there? Here it's only required in health care settings like going to the doctor or chemist. We choose to wear ours anyway when we go out, but we don't have to.
Yep, been thinking of you re: parents. Hoping all is going ok there.
got other things on these days but it's nice when I see a few old (can say that now :)) names pop up now and then.
Yeah I guess so. fsxnet's been here a few years now. I'm definatly
feeling old anyway.
Cool. I take it that's an american service? (Do you guys even have walmart? We don't) Pretty cool that they don't block it through the tunnel.
Watched The Taking of Pelham 123 from 1976?? tonight. Not bad, I liked more than the 90's version with Denzal Washington in it.
I've not seen the original, but have seen the 90s version. Don't
remember much about it though.
weekend. The nice thing is it will be a long weekend here as we have a public holiday (Queen's Birthday) next Monday.
Yep, I wonder if it will be a good thing or a bad thing? For some I imagine having that human interaction would be welcome, for others not
so much.. I'm probably in the latter catagory :P
Thanks. been working on a synchronet system, working on JS mods and also wrote a new door. Had a bit of a look at talisman, there's an issue
where in some circumstances a node can hang and not free up. I've
noticed it on alpha's BBS, but haven't been able to reproduce it here,
so not really sure what's going on there. I thought it was when people hung up inside a rlogin session, but I'm not sure now.
Has it been really cold there? We've had a "Polar blast" last few days, I'm not sure what that means exactly, but I assume it's wind comming
from antarctica. It's been pretty cold, though I imagine nothing like
you guys get when it's cold there :P
On Mon June 6 11:13:00 2022, Avon wrote to Apam <=-
In some places it's still mandated like on airplanes and in hospitals etc. Others I think it's more at business discretion. I'm honestly still trying to suss it out :)
Sounds good, so long as it's fun and/or of interest then chip away at stuff I say. I have been putting off doing some BBS stuff because it feels a bit overwhelming... and it's probably not.
Not really, there are still some leaves on trees that would have lost them 6 weeks ago... but it is now cold, we're burning firewood each night and there's some talk of a polar blast next weekend and possible snowfall to lower levels... but overall it's certainly been a milder winter and autumn so far... how about you?
Yes I really enjoyed it and thought it was better than the 90s remake. That line about the red light was a classic :)
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Ah yeah, I think it's on planes here too though I've not been on a plane since before the pandemic.
Sounds good, so long as it's fun and/or of interest then chip away at s I say. I have been putting off doing some BBS stuff because it feels a overwhelming... and it's probably not.
I know how that feels - especially when you feel as though people are waiting on you. I guess that's when it starts to stop being a hobby and start being a job, then the fun can drain away.
Having said that, it's not like I don't want to help solve problems and add features, I just have to do it on my own time and not rush thinking someone is there tapping their foot urging me to hurry up.
It's all in my head though really, I don't experience people wanting me
to hurry up - perhaps some kind of anxiety related thing.
I wonder if it's similar to running a popular net?
I don't know to be honest. I don't really keep track of the weather, except to say that it's been cold that last few days / weeks. Yesterday was cold but it didn't rain until night time, so we could have got some washing done (but didn't because thinking it might rain) today we're
doing washing, and hoping it doesn't rain.
I have flown a couple of flights this year so far and it's a bit of a
pain but not too much so. They stopped serving nibbles mid-flight and coffee/tea also but that made sense when you're asking folks to keep
masks on. They just started giving out food options as you departed at
the end of the flight.
There is something in that yes, but at the moment it's more that just there's only so much mental energy to go around, what with all the
dramas with covid-19 lockdowns and trying to avoid getting sick, remote working for months at a time, sick parents, keeping my own kids on the straight and narrow and supporting them during these crazy times, my
wife still working through her mums death (and estate wind-up some 2
years later that will get sorted by Christmas). .. it's a mix of things
to be fair.
I kind of feel like I need to make time to focus on fsxNet and I
certainly do do that but perhaps not as much as before because of all of the stuff above.
the stuff above. I'm a bit slower to respond to some new membership requests (and feel a bit bad about that) at times but like you remind myself it's a hobby and to do things at my own pace and when it feels enjoyable etc. to do so.
Haha... it's not just in your head, perhaps we start a support group for like minded folks :)
lugging of wood. I hope never go down the path of a heat pump... still I should never say never.
Ah, I hadn't thought about the snacks / tea / coffee etc.
Yeah definitely, you've had/have a lot on your plate right now. I guess that's when it really does need to be enjoyable and relaxing to be
doable.
Yep, can understand that. It's tough because even though it's a hobby, it's important to you and so you can't just let it go for a while or things start to fall apart. I guess that's something different, to me my BBS software is no longer that important to me, and having people use it isn't important either, so if I let it go for a bit, and they jump on something else or keep using as is, it doesn't matter. With a net you've always got to work on it to keep it up - with software it doesn't stop working if you don't constantly add new things.
the stuff above. I'm a bit slower to respond to some new membership requests (and feel a bit bad about that) at times but like you remind myself it's a hobby and to do things at my own pace and when it feels enjoyable etc. to do so.
Yep, I guess it's a fine line, on one hand people don't mind waiting a bit, on the other if they wait too long they get frustrated and naggy
lol. Still, I think there's some wiggle room, waiting a week or so is fine, when it approachs a month of no response it's not so fine - but
even then, if you keep them in the loop so they don't think you've quit and the net is on autopilot, it wouldn't be so bad.
Haha... it's not just in your head, perhaps we start a support group like minded folks :)
Hehe, I thought this was it ??
heat pump? we have an air conditioner that also does heat, when I was in SA had a fire place, that was nice - kind of miss it, but don't miss the constant getting / stacking wood etc.
On Mon June 6 15:37:00 2022, Avon wrote to apam <=-
On 06 Jun 2022 at 03:04p, apam pondered and said...
Ah, I hadn't thought about the snacks / tea / coffee etc.
I think about them too much heh...
I agree... today has been fun, most of what I am doing is trying to swat down inactive nodes and delink them. For all the upsides of running a mix of BinkD and HPT etc. it's a royal pain to have to edit multiple config files to add and remove nodes, equally I have to manually check echo stats to see which node is building up with excess files, days... and then also manually poll as that node to clear held/stuck echomail as well as clear fileboxes...
I confess the Mystic setup up for auto removal and one place to add/remove a node vs 3-4 config files is far more appealing..
It's in the area of adding/removing nodes that takes a bit of time so I do need to make time for that admin. That's cool, I'm fine with that but may not be acting on things within 30 mins now :)
Yes I imagine you'd be far more aircon for cooling that heating. Lugging firewood builds muscles and gives me a chance at wrist wrestling... but only a chance
On Mon Jun 6 14:23:00 2022, Avon wrote to Apam <=-
I'm probably more attuned to it at the moment as we burn a lot of wood to keep
warm and with that comes lugging it into the house most nights... so I know when it's cooler heh... but I do like that warmth of a fireplace and as such
have to be prepared to keep at the lifting and lugging of wood. I hope never go
down the path of a heat pump... still I should never say never.
Avon wrote to Apam <=-
I have flown a couple of flights this year so far and it's a bit of a
pain but not too much so. They stopped serving nibbles mid-flight and coffee/tea also but that made sense when you're asking folks to keep
masks on. They just started giving out food options as you departed at
the end of the flight.
Avon wrote to apam <=-
I confess the Mystic setup up for auto removal and one place to
add/remove a node vs 3-4 config files is far more appealing..
Hated hauling coal in from the shed at least twice a day. Wood smells
good & doesn't leave you black like coal. So happy that's a form of heat which has come and gone.
Coffee and tea made with the water in the holding tanks is a bad idea - I'd get yours from the concourse and bring it on.
Avon wrote to apam <=-
I confess the Mystic setup up for auto removal and one place to add/remove a node vs 3-4 config files is far more appealing..
I'm doing the same thing in Fidonet and Micronet. I miss having a graphical tool to zap outbound mail waiting for a node that's no longer connecting. I need to find the .?lo file and manually delete the files.
Then, edit areas.bbs and tickit.ini in a text editor, remove the node
from Synchronet, re-run makenl, and so on.
I suppose I could spend some time to write a script to do it all, since
at the end of the day it's all text configs.
On Fri Jun 10 12:25:00 2022, Avon wrote to ACMEBBS <=-
good & doesn't leave you black like coal. So happy that's a form of heatCoal reminds me of school days and smells from the boiler used on site... agree
which has come and gone.
wood is much nicer :)
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