Not a lot of activity here. I ran a WWIV BBS in the early 90's, Reura
Pente' out of Lakeport, CA. I used a variety of machines, primarly my flagship 486SX-25, but it ended on an IBM XT, which I'm using now to write this post. I'd be interested in hearing other stories from those who ran
WWIV during the golden years before the Internet took over.
-Shane
www.decisionconcepts.com
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I ran a WWIV board up in Pennsylvania for a few years. Later moved it to PCBoaever get the urge again. :)
d which I now think was a bad move. It started on a 386
and later moved to a 486. Ran it under OS/2 so I had the virtual modem that wo
ld allow users to dial out to the new Internet. I miss those
days as it was lots of fun. Even had it hooked up to WWIVNet and FidoNet. WWIV is still in development, and both networks are still around, if you
Mike
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I could never get the latest WWIV to compile properly under Linux. I worked at it, but no
go. Kept getting some weird errors. I'd install the missing packages, but still no go. Don't
Tim Radde wrote:
I could never get the latest WWIV to compile properly under Linux. I worked at it, but noMaybe give it another go some time. I'm running it on Linux, and there was just an update the other day for some fixes.
go. Kept getting some weird errors. I'd install the missing packages, but still no go. Don't
I could never get the latest WWIV to compile properly under Linux. I worked at it, but no
go. Kept getting some weird errors. I'd install the missing packages, but still no go. Don't
remember the details but something with CMake. The binaries ran fine on Windows, but
Tim Radde wrote:
I could never get the latest WWIV to compile properly under Linux. I worked at it, but noTry it again! Works well.
go. Kept getting some weird errors. I'd install the missing packages, but still no go. Don't
remember the details but something with CMake. The binaries ran fine on Windows, but
On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 12:23:38 PM UTC-6, p...@mybox.or.yourbox.org wrote:
Tim Radde wrote:Back then I had an Ubuntu2004 5.8.0.3600 version (tar file). Now I downloaded a Debian version
I could never get the latest WWIV to compile properly under Linux. I worked at it, but noTry it again! Works well.
go. Kept getting some weird errors. I'd install the missing packages, but still no go. Don't
remember the details but something with CMake. The binaries ran fine on Windows, but
5.8.0.3608 (tar file). There is no Ubuntu version showing, but Ubuntu is based off of Debian so will
try this the next time I get on that machine.
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