• Magicka

    From Shitty@77:1/142 to All on Sat Apr 25 16:00:46 2020
    I visited Happyland BBS, the home of Magicka BBS Software, and it was cool. The software, whether it's a forum hack or not, presents itself nicely, at least
    on the HQ board. They've added some great stock ansi, so any stock board would look nice right from the start.

    The only thing I don't like about Magicka so far is that it has no message pointer date, which is something I enjoy using. But aside from that, this
    thing has a nice editor and a great interface (or hack!)

    magickabbs.com:2023 <- That's Happyland. Worth checking out! Let met know your impression of it. (It's not my BBS - I don't even know who the author/sysop is.)

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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to All on Tue May 26 15:16:38 2020
    I might be repeating myself, but fuck it. Hopefully not!

    What's up with Magicka BBS? Is it a Telegard hack? It looks and functions pretty good. It's not a total piece of shit like Synchronet.

    I don't think I'll run it, but it has a good message editor and reader. It looks like a Telegard hack, but not a bad one. The stock ansi on Happyland is cool. I like the font & colors.

    It has a line editor that gives the TG hack appearance, so I'm wondering why Magicka sysops don't just force the not-so-bad FSE on everyone & get it overwith?

    One of my BBS buddies djatropine is running a BBS built with Magicka & it's
    off to a good start. I'm thinking about trying it out on my PC to see what
    it's like to set up a Magicka BBS. More to this topic coming soon, if I find the install package..

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  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Shitty on Sat Nov 21 13:31:50 2020
    Re: Magicka
    By: Shitty to All on Tue May 26 2020 03:16 pm

    What's up with Magicka BBS? Is it a Telegard hack? It looks and functions pretty good. It's not a total piece of shit like Synchronet.

    Did you know Synchronet has a command-mode that makes it look and act just like Renegade?

    I admin Synchronet is more "corporate" looking then Mystic. Mystic is very cool, with all the sexy ANSI artwork and the MPLs from the community. But Synchronet has connectivity to just about any type of message network out there, along with full SMTP support -- which is what I ultimately based my decision on after trying both.

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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Shitty on Sat Nov 21 16:40:26 2020
    I visited Happyland BBS, the home of Magicka BBS Software, and it was cool. Thesoftware, whether it's a forum hack or not, presents itself nicely, at leaston the HQ board. They've added some great stock ansi, so any stock board wouldlook nice right from the start.

    The only thing I don't like about Magicka so far is that it has no messagepointer date, which is something I enjoy using. But aside from that, thisthing has a nice editor and a great interface (or hack!)

    magickabbs.com:2023 <- That's Happyland. Worth checking out! Let met knowyour impression of it. (It's not my BBS - I don't even know who the author/sysop is.)


    You should checkout apam's new endevour. Magicka is not longer supported, but he is now writing Talisman BBS and he used a lot of code from Magicka.

    You can checkout Talisman v.0.5 currently, and you can download version 0.4 - 0.5 goes public next week... heres apam's main Talisman BBS addy:

    talismanbbs.com:11892
    Talisman BBS



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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to Bob Roberts on Sat Nov 21 18:00:40 2020
    Did you know Synchronet has a command-mode that makes it look and act
    just like Renegade?

    I like the WWIV one the best. The BBS software itself seems clunky to me, but I'm not saying that all Synch boards are pieces of shit - I just don't like
    the software because of the way some sysops have presented it over the years.

    Certainly there are many Synch sysops who have done awesome stuff with their boards. I appreciate all BBSs. Being a user on a Synch board is a somewhat new experience for me. I never saw Synch boards or even Syncterm in the 90s at
    all. I found out about it in 2010, so the message reading/editing systems are not what I'm used to with Renegade/Mystic.

    BBSs used to be way more prolific, so I'll assume there were Synch sysops back in the old days but just not in my calling range/area code. I'm from 607. We had a handful of WC! boards that I didn't enjoy for the same reason; the message system was not easy enough.

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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to paulie420 on Sat Nov 21 19:16:26 2020
    You should checkout apam's new endevour. Magicka is not longer
    supported, but he is now writing Talisman BBS and he used a lot of code from Magicka.

    That sucks! Magicka had a nice feel - despite the fact that it lacked those things we were just talking about previosuly with Synch: No pointer date or message area toggle (that I could find.)

    But I bet Talisman will be even better. It will be interesting to see how/if djatropine adapts his Magicka BBS to Talisman.

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  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Shitty on Sun Nov 22 15:27:08 2020
    Re: Re: Magicka
    By: Shitty to Bob Roberts on Sat Nov 21 2020 06:00 pm

    Certainly there are many Synch sysops who have done awesome stuff with their boards. I appreciate all BBSs. Being a user on a Synch board is a somewhat new experience for me. I never saw Synch boards or even Syncterm in the 90s at all. I found out about it in 2010, so the message reading/editing systems are not what I'm used to with Renegade/Mystic.

    Exactily the same for me. Based on what I read Rob started Synchronet around 92 or so, and it got most popular around 94. This was about the tail end of my BBS experience because I got access to the internet in 95. In my area we didn't have a lot of boards and most were Renegade, Wildcat, or PCBoard. Synchronet reminds me of a combination of PCBoard and WWIV.

    It's interesting software to run. It's capiable of a lot, but you gotta embrace Javascript to really customize it. I think Mystic is awesome. I never saw a Mystic board until a few months ago when because of Covid I started farting around on BBS' again. Mystic reminds me a lot of Renegade or Celerity -- and thats a good thing.

    607. We had a handful of WC! boards that I didn't enjoy for the same reason; the message system was not easy enough.

    Wildcat had a shitty UI. At least around 90-95. Yellow, cyan, bright white. It hurts my eyes just to think about it. I logged into someones Wildcat BBS a few weeks ago and it was so customized I didn't even recgonize it. I also remember it being really expensive. Not as bad as Major BBS, but pretty bad.

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  • From Atreyu@77:1/103 to Bob Roberts on Sun Nov 22 19:32:48 2020
    On 22 Nov 20 15:27:09, Bob Roberts said the following to Shitty:

    Wildcat had a shitty UI. At least around 90-95. Yellow, cyan, bright whit It hurts my eyes just to think about it. I logged into someones Wildcat BB few weeks ago and it was so customized I didn't even recgonize it. I also remember it being really expensive. Not as bad as Major BBS, but pretty ba

    There were a few reasons why it was called "Wildcrap".

    Apparently getting Wildcat to do anything with Fido/FTN's was so convoluted.

    Atreyu

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  • From Apam@77:1/102 to Shitty on Sun Nov 22 17:38:48 2020
    You should checkout apam's new endevour. Magicka is not longer supported, but he is now writing Talisman BBS and he used a lot of co from Magicka.

    That sucks! Magicka had a nice feel - despite the fact that it lacked thosethings we were just talking about previosuly with Synch: No pointer date ormessage area toggle (that I could find.)

    By "not supported" just means I'm not planning to add new features etc. I'll still help people who have trouble with it, accept PRs etc.

    You're right about the date on pointers, I only had setting pointers by message number, which was pretty dumb. Talisman has setting message pointers by date instead.

    It did have area subscription, but that was mostly for offline mail, although in the new scan you could scan only by subscribed areas.

    But I bet Talisman will be even better. It will be interesting to see how/ifdjatropine adapts his Magicka BBS to Talisman.

    I hope so, but it will be some time before I catch up to where I was with Magicka.

    I don't know if there is much need to switch if he likes magicka the way it is, if there's any horrible bugs I will accept PRs, and anyone is free to fork Magicka and continue it if they wish. Besides, some people in this hobby run software that hasn't been updated in 20+ years.

    Andrew

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/111 to Atreyu on Sun Nov 22 20:53:58 2020

    On Sunday November 22, 2020, Atreyu said to Bob Roberts...

    There were a few reasons why it was called "Wildcrap".

    Apparently getting Wildcat to do anything with Fido/FTN's was so convoluted.

    It was a poor attempt at milking Sysops of their hard earned money with
    nothing but heartburn in return.

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/111 to Apam on Sun Nov 22 20:55:50 2020

    On Sunday November 22, 2020, Apam said to Shitty...

    By "not supported" just means I'm not planning to add new features etc. I'll still help people who have trouble with it, accept PRs etc.

    You're right about the date on pointers, I only had setting pointers by message number, which was pretty dumb. Talisman has setting message pointers by date instead.

    It did have area subscription, but that was mostly for offline mail, although in the new scan you could scan only by subscribed areas.

    Glad to see you posting back on SciNet apam. Your node went dark a few
    months back.

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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Shitty on Sun Nov 22 21:46:14 2020
    BBSs used to be way more prolific, so I'll assume there were Synch
    sysops backin the old days but just not in my calling range/area code.
    I'm from 607. Wehad a handful of WC! boards that I didn't enjoy for the same reason; themessage system was not easy enough.

    Sync was the poor-mans paid BBS solution. Multi-node, $299 which beat out the $1000+ price tag of TBBS and the big guys. ALL of these 'professional' softwares felt more Microsofty, more corporate and less 'cool' looking.

    I also prefered messaging on TG/RG/obv2........... those BBS softwares were for the hobbyist - whereas Sync was marketed as a pro option.

    IMO.



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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Bob Roberts on Sun Nov 22 21:55:36 2020
    It's interesting software to run. It's capiable of a lot, but you gotta embrace Javascript to really customize it. I think Mystic is awesome.
    I neversaw a Mystic board until a few months ago when because of Covid I startedfarting around on BBS' again. Mystic reminds me a lot of
    Renegade or Celerity-- and thats a good thing.

    Ding ding, we have a winner. If BBSes were still a thing, or at least a viable option for large communities I think there would be more people/ogranizations that would use Synchronet and rewrite everything [or, many things] and use the software for its security, rock solid linux presence and stability. I, also, don't think you can get much deeper into a system than Sync allows - IF you write the entire thing. Which, if BBSes were still a viable... thing, would happen in a bigger way with the funding/work needed to create awesomeness.



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  • From Apam@77:1/102 to Netsurge on Mon Nov 23 00:00:14 2020
    Glad to see you posting back on SciNet apam. Your node went dark a few months back.

    Yeah I shut down my HappyLand bbs a while back as I was a bit burnt out and needed a break, I thought I had messaged you but must not have, sorry.

    Andrew

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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to Bob Roberts on Sun Nov 22 20:09:50 2020
    It's interesting software to run. It's capiable of a lot, but you gotta embrace Javascript to really customize it. I think Mystic is awesome.

    Now I'm interested in it. I have used Javascript before. I should try Synchronet as a sysop and see if I can give it all the customization needed to give it a true Renegade/Mystic feel.

    I've seen the Renegade and WWIV command themes, and out of those 2 the WWIV
    one seems more like Renegade to me.

    I'll download it sometime and post back if I have any fun with it.

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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to Atreyu on Sun Nov 22 20:13:04 2020
    Apparently getting Wildcat to do anything with Fido/FTN's was so convoluted.

    Anything message related still seems like a pain in the ass. Shooter's board looks nice and everything, but I don't call it because the message base system is such crap.

    Wildcat sysops should explain everything better so guys like me can figure
    out how to use their boards properly. Seriously, I just don't get it. Conferences? Ok. But then where are the message bases? Some WC! sysops call message bases "conferences," but then others are like us and a conference is just a conference. All this confusion can be yours for just $249, unless you want the Enterprise Edition for only $2599 plus shipping :)

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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to Apam on Sun Nov 22 20:24:32 2020
    I don't know if there is much need to switch if he likes magicka the way it is, if there's any horrible bugs I will accept PRs, and anyone is

    The menus you had on the Magicka HQ BBS looked good. Do they come standard
    with the BBS package? I was surprised to not see them on Liquid Dreamz.

    free to fork Magicka and continue it if they wish. Besides, some people
    in this hobby run software that hasn't been updated in 20+ years.

    Those oldies are fun to check out, but some people are putting themselves through needless challenges as they try to deal with echomail and unfixed bugs.

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  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to paulie420 on Mon Nov 23 12:35:56 2020
    Sync was the poor-mans paid BBS solution. Multi-node, $299 which beat

    Is it free now?

    'professional' softwares felt more Microsofty, more corporate and less 'cool' looking.

    I couldn't handle the message system on PCBoard either. Wildcat, PCBoard, Spitfire, these all seemed like they were for leeching files more than
    anything else. Probably great for those sysops who liked doing voice-verification calls :)

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  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Shitty on Wed Nov 25 10:02:18 2020
    Re: Re: Magicka
    By: Shitty to paulie420 on Mon Nov 23 2020 12:35 pm

    Sync was the poor-mans paid BBS solution. Multi-node, $299 which
    beat
    Is it free now?

    Synch is free as in beer yes. It's also open source. https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs

    I'll just put this here and back away slowly: http://wiki.synchro.net/install:index

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  • From jack phlash@77:1/911 to Shitty on Wed Nov 25 10:03:30 2020
    on 22 Nov 2020, Shitty said...

    Wildcat sysops should explain everything better so guys like me can
    figure out how to use their boards properly. Seriously, I just don't get it. Conferences? Ok. But then where are the message bases? Some WC!
    sysops call message bases "conferences," but then others are like us and
    a conference is just a conference. All this confusion can be yours for just $249, unless you want the Enterprise Edition for only $2599 plus shipping :)

    To be fair, this is a thing across a ton of different BBS software - hardly limited to Wildcat! alone. That, a long with the numerous and sometimes conflicting names for things like doors and bulletins, definitely bewildered
    me when I first started BBSing.

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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Shitty on Wed Nov 25 08:47:14 2020
    Now I'm interested in it. I have used Javascript before. I should try Synchronet as a sysop and see if I can give it all the customization needed togive it a true Renegade/Mystic feel.

    I think that if someone good with javascript really spent time with sync, they could create a really great bbs and it would be rock solid.

    you could use zero parts of sync, and code everything, if you wanted to.

    i don't like how sync 'feels', but it is a well built software IMO. just too different from the Telegard/RG/Mystic type BBSes I grew up on.



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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Shitty on Wed Nov 25 08:48:46 2020
    Sync was the poor-mans paid BBS solution. Multi-node, $299 which beat
    Is it free now?

    100%... and, they finally switched over to github (or gitlab) so its easy to update and get involved with the build/development process now, too. (well... easIER anyway.)



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  • From Atreyu@77:1/103 to Shitty on Wed Nov 25 13:20:44 2020
    On 22 Nov 20 20:13:05, Shitty said the following to Atreyu:

    Wildcat sysops should explain everything better so guys like me can figure out how to use their boards properly. Seriously, I just don't get it. Conferences? Ok. But then where are the message bases? Some WC! sysops call

    You could purchase TBBS for thousands and have private or flagged messages stored in "cubbies". As in, cubbyholes. And yes, that phrase was hardcoded.

    Atreyu

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  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Atreyu on Wed Nov 25 15:29:54 2020
    Re: Re: Magicka
    By: Atreyu to Shitty on Wed Nov 25 2020 01:20 pm

    You could purchase TBBS for thousands and have private or flagged messages stored in "cubbies". As in, cubbyholes. And yes, that phrase was hardcoded.

    Thats funny. I downloaded a bunch of old Boardwatch magazine scans from Paulie's board and get a real kick out of the old TBBS and MajorBBS ads.

    I never even saw a TBBS back in the day. I wouln't even know what they look like.

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  • From Atreyu@77:1/103 to Bob Roberts on Wed Nov 25 18:39:40 2020
    On 25 Nov 20 15:29:55, Bob Roberts said the following to Atreyu:

    Thats funny. I downloaded a bunch of old Boardwatch magazine scans from Paulie's board and get a real kick out of the old TBBS and MajorBBS ads.

    I never even saw a TBBS back in the day. I wouln't even know what they loo like.

    Oh mannnnnn now theres a trip... Boardwatch. I remember that fondly, almost as fondly as the cheerleader I've been pleasuring myself to until I found out recently here it was some jolly bastard peddling Commodore parts.

    TBBS was the holy grail of something that was just an absolute convoluted contraption to even make it start-up properly. It was nice when it ran, but you had the typical late-80's, early 90's UPPERCASE EVERYWHERE on messages, files, plug-ins, etc. Netmail for example, was a seperate directory that you quite seriously had to spell out as "NET MAIL" otherwise the Fidonet component wouldn't see it.

    It was brutal... but brutal enough that I loved it. Like a good mistress that does everything sexually that your loyal wife Renegade won't do, or you wouldn't dream of kissing on the lips afterwards.

    Atreyu

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to Atreyu on Wed Nov 25 19:11:12 2020
    Oh mannnnnn now theres a trip... Boardwatch. I remember that fondly, almost asfondly as the cheerleader I've been pleasuring myself to until
    I found out recently here it was some jolly bastard peddling Commodore parts.

    I'm glad I can help!

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  • From Atreyu@77:1/103 to Netsurge on Wed Nov 25 21:01:32 2020
    On 25 Nov 20 19:11:12, Netsurge said the following to Atreyu:

    Oh mannnnnn now theres a trip... Boardwatch. I remember that fondly, almost asfondly as the cheerleader I've been pleasuring myself to until I found out recently here it was some jolly bastard peddling Commodore parts.

    I'm glad I can help!

    I feel as though I'm owed several boxes of kleenex and cotton socks.

    Atreyu

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to Atreyu on Wed Nov 25 21:27:08 2020
    I feel as though I'm owed several boxes of kleenex and cotton socks.

    You would think the sock would serve double purpose. What kind of shitty socks are you using.

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  • From Atreyu@77:1/103 to Netsurge on Wed Nov 25 21:47:56 2020
    On 25 Nov 20 21:27:08, Netsurge said the following to Atreyu:

    You would think the sock would serve double purpose. What kind of shitty soc are you using.

    The ones with the Commodore logo... the best kind.

    Atreyu

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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Bob Roberts on Wed Nov 25 18:45:56 2020
    Thats funny. I downloaded a bunch of old Boardwatch magazine scans from Paulie's board and get a real kick out of the old TBBS and MajorBBS ads.

    I never even saw a TBBS back in the day. I wouln't even know what they looklike.
    bobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbob

    This has been hashed over 100s of times on plenty of FTNs, but BOARDWATCH was super cool until the owners picked BBS sides and ran it down the drain. IMO the editor of that mag was a........

    However, I do remember reading them every month when I first got into BBSing. That was before I found 'a scene'.



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  • From paulie420@77:1/158 to Atreyu on Wed Nov 25 18:48:22 2020
    TBBS was the holy grail of something that was just an absolute
    convoluted contraption to even make it start-up properly. It was nice
    when it ran, but you had the typical late-80's, early 90's UPPERCASE EVERYWHERE on messages, files, plug-ins, etc. Netmail for example, was a seperate directory that you quite seriously had to spell out as "NET
    MAIL" otherwise the Fidonet componentwouldn't see it.

    It was brutal... but brutal enough that I loved it. Like a good mistress that does everything sexually that your loyal wife Renegade won't do, or you wouldn't dream of kissing on the lips afterwards.
    Atreyu

    Really?? Back then I kinda thought RENEGADE was the thing that I could bend and twist to do whatever I wanted it to. I was young tho, and had no money - so I never even played with the TBBS's and Wildcat!'s... well, not on public-facing #s anyway... but Telegard/RG & then the series2, Obv/2 Vision etc etc were much more sexy IMO - and they would do all those dirty things. Funny that you saw it the other way round.



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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to Atreyu on Wed Nov 25 22:40:08 2020
    The ones with the Commodore logo... the best kind.

    Time to thicken them up.

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  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to paulie420 on Thu Nov 26 10:37:16 2020
    Re: Re: Magicka
    By: paulie420 to Bob Roberts on Wed Nov 25 2020 06:45 pm

    This has been hashed over 100s of times on plenty of FTNs, but BOARDWATCH was super cool until the owners picked BBS sides and ran it down the drain. IMO the editor of that mag was a........
    However, I do remember reading them every month when I first got into BBSing. That was before I found 'a scene'.

    For me, in my local calling area there were not too many boards. Maybe 6 or 7. But I could go to the local bookshop (remember those?) and pick up a boardwatch and it sorta "validated" my BBS efforts. This was a real thing I was spending my time on.

    It's ironic how a paper magazine in a bookshop was still the most practical way to find a mass audience before the Internet. So much has changed.

    In the January 1994 issue, page 40, is a long article talking about the Planet Connect "Fidonet over Satellite" service. Which would have been my dream to have back then. The article is crazy in depth about how it all worked. It was crazy how there was this brief period where getting a sat feed of Fidonet, and RIME, and Newsgroups was actually a thing. The service downlinked yesterdays posts from the entier backbone and filebone 4 times the next day. The computer connected would recieve and compile it all and then you would feed it into your BBS. The retransmissions would be used to fill in any errored out packets. Then the process repeats the next day.

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  • From Atreyu@77:1/103 to Bob Roberts on Thu Nov 26 17:15:20 2020
    On 26 Nov 20 10:37:17, Bob Roberts said the following to Paulie420:

    In the January 1994 issue, page 40, is a long article talking about the Pla Connect "Fidonet over Satellite" service. Which would have been my dream t have back then. The article is crazy in depth about how it all worked. It

    Planet Connect was amazing... we had that in my old net, Net 252. Everyone chipped in to the Hub's monthly cost for it.

    What was interesting is that they could toss to one singular address and everyone could just grab that either off the dish or an innovative thing at the time called "FTP transfer". Planet would just bomb everything into one
    huge packet, I think including Usenet and Tic stuff into one address and everyone was welcome to leech it.

    Atreyu

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/111 to Atreyu on Thu Nov 26 21:24:10 2020

    On Thursday November 26, 2020, Atreyu said to Bob Roberts...

    On 26 Nov 20 10:37:17, Bob Roberts said the following to Paulie420:

    Planet Connect was amazing... we had that in my old net, Net 252.
    Everyone chipped in to the Hub's monthly cost for it.

    We did it as well in Net 250. Everyone pitched in for FTP access and a
    netmail to email gateway. Good times.

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  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Netsurge on Fri Nov 27 10:22:18 2020
    Re: Re: Magicka
    By: Netsurge to Atreyu on Thu Nov 26 2020 09:24 pm

    Planet Connect was amazing... we had that in my old net, Net 252.
    Everyone chipped in to the Hub's monthly cost for it.
    We did it as well in Net 250. Everyone pitched in for FTP access and a netmail to email gateway. Good times.

    What was the backbone like back then? When I was on Fidonet back in the day, I only had a few echos. I remember them being very active, but I would imagine I was missing a lot by not being subscribed to very many.

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/100 to Bob Roberts on Fri Nov 27 18:39:56 2020
    What was the backbone like back then? When I was on Fidonet back in the day, Ionly had a few echos. I remember them being very active, but I would imagine Iwas missing a lot by not being subscribed to very many.

    It was a lot of data going over 28.8k modems. Message packets alone were over 5 or 6 megs compressed which at 28.8k took it's sweet time.

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  • From jokker@77:1/100 to Netsurge on Wed Dec 2 16:34:20 2020
    Planet Connect was amazing... we had that in my old net, Net 252. Everyone chipped in to the Hub's monthly cost for it.

    We did it as well in Net 250. Everyone pitched in for FTP access and a netmail to email gateway. Good times.

    Net 256 has it as well, it definitely was pretty cool. Suddenly you got a whole lot more files and messages! I had to quickly upgrade my 20M drive to a 100M with bad sectors that I partitioned around (it was free). Then came the hudson message limit and suddenly I had to upgrade my BBS. Fun times though!

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/111 to jokker on Thu Dec 3 00:44:32 2020

    On Wednesday December 02, 2020, Jokker said to Netsurge...

    Net 256 has it as well, it definitely was pretty cool. Suddenly you got
    a whole lot more files and messages! I had to quickly upgrade my 20M
    drive to a 100M with bad sectors that I partitioned around (it was
    free). Then came the hudson message limit and suddenly I had to upgrade
    my BBS. Fun times though!

    Shit like that kept us sharp and wanting to learn. Today, you vitually have internet access anywhere you go. I was on a cruise 2 years ago in the middle
    of the ocean and was getting 50meg download speed. We were facetiming
    everyone: "I'm video calling you from the middle of the sea".

    No one has to work for connectivity any more :(

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  • From jokker@77:1/100 to Netsurge on Thu Dec 3 09:52:10 2020
    Shit like that kept us sharp and wanting to learn. Today, you vitually haveinternet access anywhere you go. I was on a cruise 2 years ago in
    the middleof the ocean and was getting 50meg download speed. We were facetimingeveryone: "I'm video calling you from the middle of the sea".

    No one has to work for connectivity any more :(


    Hahaha yeah the first couple of cruises I went on I used to bring a laptop with a wifi dongle so I could connect to the ship and broadcast an AP with the other so my wife, myself, and her sister could connect with any number of devices. Or hacking up an old phone with an IR sensor to bypass the channel lock on the TVs to watch pay content or change the input so I could hook up my laptop to watch movies or play videogames. :D

    The last cruise I went on which was like 3-4 years ago the internet was cheap and fast so no need for the AP. They didn't even care about the input selection on the TVs now either so no need for IR hacking. Where's the challenge people?!??!?!? I'm on a cruise!!!! How can I relax if I don't have something to hack in order to relax!!!

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  • From Netsurge@77:1/111 to jokker on Thu Dec 3 18:08:13 2020

    On Thursday December 03, 2020, Jokker said to Netsurge...

    The last cruise I went on which was like 3-4 years ago the internet was cheap and fast so no need for the AP. They didn't even care about the
    input selection on the TVs now either so no need for IR hacking. Where's the challenge people?!??!?!? I'm on a cruise!!!! How can I relax if I
    don't have something to hack in order to relax!!!

    They were testing some new technology for internet access out on sea when we went and every cabin had 5 devices for free while they tested it. I was
    easily getting 50 megs on average and from time to time it would jump 75. My mind was blown.



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