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    From acn@21:3/127.1 to All on Sat Sep 11 11:01:00 2021
    Hi,

    as I've just read that other formet NetWare admins are around:
    Does anyone know if there used to be some kind of BBS software running
    on NetWare?

    Regars,
    Anna
    --- OpenXP 5.0.50
    * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)
  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to acn on Sat Sep 11 11:49:00 2021
    Hello Anna;

    acn wrote to All <=-

    as I've just read that other formet NetWare admins are around:
    Does anyone know if there used to be some kind of BBS software running
    on NetWare?

    Years ago, I ran Renegade which was installed on a mapped Netware drive. The only issue was if you had a power glitch and lost the drive mapping, the
    bbs failed, so in that regard it added another point of failure to the
    chain of things. I'd load the bbs locally and put file areas on Netware
    mapped drives.

    As for any native Netware BBS, I don't recall any made.

    ... Ensign Crusher, here is you Mop and Bucket
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    * Origin: Carnage! Hartford, Ct (21:4/107)
  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to N1uro on Tue Sep 14 11:44:00 2021
    Am 11.09.21 schrieb N1uro@21:4/107 in FSX_RETRO:

    Hallo N1uro,

    as I've just read that other formet NetWare admins are around:
    Does anyone know if there used to be some kind of BBS software running ac>> on NetWare?

    Years ago, I ran Renegade which was installed on a mapped Netware drive.
    The only issue was if you had a power glitch and lost the drive mapping, the bbs failed, so in that regard it added another point of failure to the chain of things. I'd load the bbs locally and put file areas on Netware mapped drives.

    :)

    As for any native Netware BBS, I don't recall any made.

    Okay, thank you!

    I've read somethig about "TBBS" a while ago and there, NetWare has
    been mentioned. But I did not find out if there really was a NetWare
    version of it. I'll investigate this further :)

    Regards,
    Anna
    --- OpenXP 5.0.50
    * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)
  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Acn on Tue Sep 14 08:16:12 2021
    On 14 Sep 21 11:44:00, Acn said the following to N1Uro:

    I've read somethig about "TBBS" a while ago and there, NetWare has
    been mentioned. But I did not find out if there really was a NetWare version of it. I'll investigate this further :)

    There was never TBBS for Netware but it did support logins via IPX.

    Atreyu
    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)
  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to acn on Tue Sep 14 10:43:00 2021
    Hello Anna;

    acn wrote to N1uro <=-

    I've read somethig about "TBBS" a while ago and there, NetWare has
    been mentioned. But I did not find out if there really was a NetWare version of it. I'll investigate this further :)

    TBBS or The BreadBoard System is a DOS DBase BBS that like with some others it's Netware Aware - but not a native Netware NLM type bbs. I was going to consider using that but the add-ons for it were more than I was willing to pay... so I went with MajorBBS which was still expensive but not quite as
    much plus Major allowed for DOS doors (on another box) where TBBS did not.



    ... Old daredevils never die, they just get discouraged.
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    * Origin: Carnage! Hartford, Ct (21:4/107)
  • From acn@21:3/127.1 to Atreyu on Fri Sep 17 20:10:00 2021
    Am 14.09.21 schrieb Atreyu@21:1/176 in FSX_RETRO:

    Hallo Atreyu,

    There was never TBBS for Netware but it did support logins via IPX.

    Ah okay, that explains what I've read.
    Thank you!

    Regards,
    Anna
    --- OpenXP 5.0.50
    * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)
  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to acn on Sat Sep 18 08:45:00 2021
    acn wrote to Atreyu <=-

    Am 14.09.21 schrieb Atreyu@21:1/176 in FSX_RETRO:

    Hallo Atreyu,

    There was never TBBS for Netware but it did support logins via IPX.

    MajorBBS also supported IPX/SPX logins. It was how I typically logged into
    my MBBS when I ran it.

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    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    * Origin: Carnage! Hartford, Ct (21:4/107)