If you want to create a new echo, just create it on your system and connect to o ther various hubs. If you want to get onto the NAB,
netmail Janis Kracht, Dalla s Vinson, and Mark Lewis to have them set it up on their hubs. We seem to now h ave competing Elist bots being made
in Zone 1 and Zone 2 (it's a mess; don't ask , I don't and I have 13 echoes).
Hello All.
If you want to create a new echo, just create it on your system and
connect to other various hubs. If you want to get onto the NAB,
netmail Janis Kracht, Dallas Vinson, and Mark Lewis to have them set
it up on their hubs. We seem to now have competing Elist bots being
made in Zone 1 and Zone 2 (it's a mess; don't ask, I don't and I have
13 echoes).
You are all cordially invited to connect to the ECHO_ADS echo which is
on the NAB backbone and carried worldwide to advertise your echoes.
Yep, I'm the echo moderator. :P
Frank Linhares wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
And this is why, rightly so, no one in their right mind would every
join Fidonet. A bunch of bickering people who really need to leave
their basements and get fresh air every now and then.
But there's good pockets of Fidonet. You just have to know where to find them.
I trade regular Netmails with several Sysops around the world. Thats
what I enjoy more than anything... friendships. Maybe more meaningful
than Echomail.
You hit the nail on the head. Netmail and a handful of echos. As the RC of region 12 I am part of the administration structure of fidonet and I only carry a small handful of echos. Apart from you and a few others, I couldn't be bothered with the bullshit. fsxNet and SciNet are way better at meaningf discussions.
You are all cordially invited to connect to the ECHO_ADS echo which is on t NAB backbone and carried worldwide to advertise your echoes. Yep, I'm the echo moderator. :P
A bunch of bickering people who really need to leave their
basements and get fresh air every now and then.
Scinet is the only place that appreciates the beauty and cultural significance of the underrated cinema masterpiece known as Star Crystal.
Complete with the off-key-singing chess playing monster and
Intellivision CGI.
Complete with the off-key-singing chess playing monster and Intellivision CGI.
Ok, this just made it to my top 5 geek quotes :)
Scinet is the only place that appreciates the beauty and cultural significance of the underrated cinema masterpiece known as Star Crystal.
There is nothing quite like Star Crystal. I mean nothing. Lets have a cheesy ripoff of Alien... except the Alien will sing and play chess.
Ok, this just made it to my top 5 geek quotes :)
There is nothing quite like Star Crystal. I mean nothing. Lets have a cheesy ripoff of Alien... except the Alien will sing and play chess.
There is nothing quite like Star Crystal. I mean nothing. Lets have a cheesy ripoff of Alien... except the Alien will sing and play chess.
Ok ok... I'm officially curious now, I will definitely have to research thi bit more...
A bunch of bickering people who really need to leave their
basements and get fresh air every now and then.
All do respect; I think that clearly implies a good deal of the internet and any social network out there.
Scinet is the only place that appreciates the beauty and cultural significance of the underrated cinema masterpiece known as Star Crysta
That and the awesome gameplay of Top Banana on the Amiga. Greatest game eve
All do respect; I think that clearly implies a good deal of the internet and any social network out there.
Ok ok... I'm officially curious now, I will definitely have to research this a bit more...
Never heard of that one, but shall research.
Ok ok... I'm officially curious now, I will definitely have to researc this a bit more...
It is sooo bad that it's good.
All do respect; I think that clearly implies a good deal of the intern and any social network out there.
Your right, Fidonet was the birth of the cesspool, call it Internet 0.1.
Never heard of that one, but shall research.
Good a game play of it. Be warned, if you are susceptible to seizures, don' watch it.
I've never owned an Amiga. Came close to picking up a 500 last year just to mess around with it. A friend of mine years ago had one for something called video toaster I think it was. He used that program religiously.
Noted, advertised the new echo there just now.
Ok ok... I'm officially curious now, I will definitely have to resear this a bit more...
It is sooo bad that it's good.
Noted, advertised the new echo there just now.
I take it you have it up on your system. I'll go and get it so that I can g me some Amiga love, even though it's not Zeus. I do have a copy here that I
Ok ok... I'm officially curious now, I will definitely have to re this a bit more...
It is sooo bad that it's good.
Ok stop it! I said I was curious now :D
I've never owned an Amiga. Came close to picking up a 500 last year ju to mess around with it. A friend of mine years ago had one for somethi called video toaster I think it was. He used that program religiously.
The toaster was a hardware addon that allowed you to do video editing. Remember those old Bad Boy commercials from the early 2000s, the one with t crazy 3D rendered character. That was done with a toaster, a friend of mine did it.
I might even snag the Blu-ray copy thats on Amazon... yes its good but it really does belong strictly on VHS. The poor mastering engineer, the company that did the Blu-ray release, the pressing plant; I feel sorry
for them all.
Frank Linhares wrote to Nick Andre <=-
You hit the nail on the head. Netmail and a handful of echos. As the RC
of region 12 I am part of the administration structure of fidonet and I only carry a small handful of echos. Apart from you and a few others, I couldn't be bothered with the bullshit. fsxNet and SciNet are way
better at meaningful discussions.
Vince Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
So you have a better chance of getting what is required within a reasonable time frame.
Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
I trade regular Netmails with several Sysops around the world. Thats
what I enjoy more than anything... friendships. Maybe more meaningful
than Echomail.
DENZUKO wrote to Frank Linhares <=-
All do respect; I think that clearly implies a good deal of the
internet and any social network out there.
Nick Andre wrote to Denzuko <=-
With the Internet, you kinda "expect it" because its the Internet. With Fido its a bit surprising because its such a rare hobby that only a fraction of the world really uses anymore.
Frank Linhares wrote to DENZUKO <=-
Your right, Fidonet was the birth of the cesspool, call it Internet
0.1.
Nick Andre wrote to Frank Linhares <=-
The FLAME echo and the days of Roy Witt come to mind.
In the 90's I remember the Fox channel out of Buffalo that used to air some real goodies late at night. Jim the "hammer" Shapiro was by far the best. I heard he was the reason why regulation was passed to have
lawyers tone-down the content of their commercials.
Remember that Fidonet was originally designed for netmail. What many Fidonet sysops don't realize that echomail was a kludge added onto the network!
Ok, I'm half-way thru it... watched it with my wife. I'm most likely out of air loose for the next 10 years. I'm also out of bandaids for my poor bleeding ears and eyes. I mean they were just crying to stop the whole thing... :)
I'm connected directly to several Fidonet nodes just to pass netmail back and forth without interruption (I used to have problems with my netmail being deleted by certain systems when I was routing through particular people back in the day by the usual suspects).
All do respect; I think that clearly implies a good deal of the internet and any social network out there.
Fidonet's not called "Fight-O-Net" for nothin'. ;)
Like I said, it's the "old guard". No names, of course, but you know exactly whom I speak of.
*pats twit filter*
The FLAME echo and the days of Roy Witt come to mind.
Funny you should mention ol' Roy. When I first ran into him, he and I fought like cats and dogs. But over the years, with his fading health and my slow maturing (fine wine and all), we started to get along. There's
You can go down a deep YouTube rabbit hole with old Toronto TV commercials, just just a few months ago. It was great.
Who was the voice of CityTV... Mark Dailey I think it was. The
late-night programming on that channel used to be pretty interesting.
Vince Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
So you have a better chance of getting what is required within a
reasonable time frame.
So how did you get this past Ward since he is the self-appointed saint
of Fidonet?
If I didn't have all of this stuff going on in my personal life, I'd
write something using FreePascal and SQLite and be done with it. Unfortunately, my life is on the line right now, and that always comes first.
Who was the voice of CityTV... Mark Dailey I think it was. The late-night programming on that channel used to be pretty interesting.
You are correct. Useless bit of information, he was also the founder of CrimeStoppers.
Frank Linhares wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Ohh, I remember. I gave up trying to explain that to people. Every time someone raises it the P4 thumpers come out of the wood work. I wonder
if they have a perl or python script or use something like RNTrack to
get notified when someone mentions P4.
Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Its interesting in that, when I got started, Echomail was the real attraction... As time went on, friendships formed, and eventually
Netmail became more important for me. I knew very well that routed
stuff was open to prying-eyes. Eventually I did the same thing, just established direct connections. From there, those connections ended up getting their Echomail stuff from me. Sometimes vice-versa. And it just snowballed from there.
Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Theres just something about being flamed on some stupid Internet site
that I can laugh off and not care less. But being flamed on Fido? I can still laugh it off.... but for some reason I *must* write the last
word. 8-)
Its such a silly message network but its an obsession to keep it
running. Too much time invested, custom scripts and software, just real *work* put into running everything. Only another Sysop could appreciate it. Everyone else is happy with Reddit and Disqus and all that crap.
Give me an FTN anyday.
Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Surprisingly, I've yet to use a twit filter here for Echomail. Its only the "local" BBS user accounts that need filtering.
Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
Sortof same, I actually got along very well with Roy. He would write
the most offensive crap ever imaginable and was a *professional*
troll... light years ahead of the current trolls we have now. An
absolute horror of a human being... until he decided to give D'Bridge a spin, then sure enough, he began to pop-up in the support echo asking questions.
I forget exactly how it happened but we ended up talking on the phone a few times. He seemed very mellow, laid back, not a care in the world,
and just happy he was able simplify his system by dumping Fastecho and Internet Rex.
Then one day, he was gone.
Vince Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
This was discussed with the Z1 at the time Janis who said go ahead but Dale was also going to look
at it. I had to complete a project first before getting in to it as it was time limiting.
Considering P4 is what now ... 31 years old ... it has some meaning but it's definitely out of date.
I don't get a ton of netmail these days but it's nice when it shows up.
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Ok, I'm half-way thru it... watched it with my wife. I'm most likely o air loose for the next 10 years. I'm also out of bandaids for my poor bleeding ears and eyes. I mean they were just crying to stop the whole thing... :)
Nooooooooooo! Its the year 2035 and the spaceship still uses 5.25" floppies.
May I recommend Killer Klowns from Outer Space instead?
I sent you an email at scinet-ftn.org but it bounced. I also sent you a netmail.
Vince Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-
This was discussed with the Z1 at the time Janis who said go
ahead but Dale was also going to look at it. I had to complete a
project first before getting in to it as it was time limiting.
Yeah, I was in on the private email chain with Janis, Dallas, Mark
(Lewis), and Dale but you were never mentioned. I still have the
original PowerBASIC source code for Ben's Elist bot if you want it.
Anyone who wants it can have it.
Without question, yet every time someone mentions anything that can be considered a different way of looking at things orto play and use it like some piece of legislation.
suggests a better way to do things all of the Perry Masons come out FL>
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