Hello All,

I was thinking of bringing back the FG BBS List. Something like:

BBS Name
Sysop name
Fidonet AKA
BBS Software
Telnet address/Phone #
Website (if applicable)
Short description (less than 200 chars)

Would you use something like this?

There's a chance I could write a door to use that format or something later on.

-- Sean

... The only rose without thorns is friendship.
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Hello All,

I was thinking of bringing back the FG BBS List. Something like:

Would you use something like this?

Oh, I would! No such thing as too much publicity for good ol' PiBBS! (^_^)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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//Hello Sean,//

on *2/28/2022* at *1:13:52* You wrote in area *FIDOGAZETTE*
to *All* about *"FidoGazette BBS List"*.

Hello All,

I was thinking of bringing back the FG BBS List. Something like:

BBS Name
Sysop name
Fidonet AKA
BBS Software
Telnet address/Phone #
Website (if applicable)
Short description (less than 200 chars)

Would you use something like this?

Yep! I've started visiting other BBS' more and more recently. It's great to check out other systems.

I was thinking of doing something similar but more akin to a nodelist type of thing where systems could be pinged to check on their status. It could even be collated by an echo maybe.

Louis
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Hello Shaun,

27 Feb 22 20:33, you wrote to me:

Oh, I would! No such thing as too much publicity for good ol' PiBBS!
(^_^)

A BBS can use all the publicity it can get these days.

-- Sean

... We read to say that we have read.
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Hello Louis,

28 Feb 22 02:04, you wrote to me:

Yep! I've started visiting other BBS' more and more recently. It's
great to check out other systems.

I'll work on getting this implemented then.

I was thinking of doing something similar but more akin to a nodelist
type of thing where systems could be pinged to check on their status.
It could even be collated by an echo maybe.

There've been several projects like that over the years. BBSFinder is the first one that came to mind. A more recent one was BBS Nexus. Unfortunately, both failed due to lack of interest by their owners.

-- Sean

... The secret of being tiresome is to tell everything.
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Hi Sean,

Great idea!
Could definitively use something like that.

Best regards,
Andrei

Hello All,

I was thinking of bringing back the FG BBS List. Something like:

BBS Name
Sysop name
Fidonet AKA
BBS Software
Telnet address/Phone #
Website (if applicable)
Short description (less than 200 chars)

Would you use something like this?

There's a chance I could write a door to use that format or something later on.

-- Sean

... The only rose without thorns is friendship.

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Hello Sean!

On 27 Feb 2022, Sean Dennis said the following...

I was thinking of bringing back the FG BBS List. Something like:

BBS Name
Sysop name
Fidonet AKA
BBS Software
Telnet address/Phone #
Website (if applicable)
Short description (less than 200 chars)

Would you use something like this?

Sure! It would be nice! (And reminds me of the good old days with BBS ads in computer magazines.)

Best regards
Bj”rn

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Oh, I would! No such thing as too much publicity for good ol' PiBBS! (^_^)

A BBS can use all the publicity it can get these days.

+1!

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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Sure! It would be nice! (And reminds me of the good old days with BBS
ads in computer magazines.)

Wow! You're right! I am now reminded of this, thanks to you! (O_O)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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Andrei Rachita wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Great idea!
Could definitively use something like that.

Thanks for letting me know. :)

-- Sean

... If a computer cable has one end then it has another.
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Bj”rn Wiberg wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Sure! It would be nice! (And reminds me of the good old days with BBS
ads in computer magazines.)

Oh yes. I have very fond memories of "Boardwatch" magazine and flyers at
the local computer stores that had all of the local BBS numbers on them.

Good times, good times...

-- Sean

... Explosion rocks kitchen! Cat claims innocence!
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Hello Sean!

On 28 Feb 2022, Sean Dennis said the following...

Oh yes. I have very fond memories of "Boardwatch" magazine and flyers at the local computer stores that had all of the local BBS numbers on them.

Good times, good times...

Yep! (I found some old scanned issues of magazines from that time, and sure enough, there were the ads for my BBS back then...)

Best regards
Bj”rn

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Sean,

There's a chance I could write a door to use that format or something later on.

I'd be interested in a door like this.

Daryl

... Conference on Global Warming canceled due to blizzard.
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Sean,

There've been several projects like that over the years. BBSFinder is
the first one that came to mind. A more recent one was BBS Nexus. Unfortunately, both failed due to lack of interest by their owners.

The USBBS Door was another one. I had a registered copy of it, but it
failed for the same reason.

Daryl

... Honeymoon: When your spouse flashes their butt cheeks at you.
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Sean,

A BBS can use all the publicity it can get these days.

I just post my ad out once a month...I want folks to logon because
they want to, not because they have to. There are far too many BBS's
who flood the BBS Ads echoes with numerous postings on their BBS
every day...IMO, it's massive overkill.

Daryl

... When I'm naked in the bathroom, the shower is turned on.
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Hello Daryl,

01 Mar 22 14:19, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

A BBS can use all the publicity it can get these days.

I just post my ad out once a month...I want folks to logon because
they want to, not because they have to. There are far too many BBS's
who flood the BBS Ads echoes with numerous postings on their BBS
every day...IMO, it's massive overkill.

i don't understand daily bbs ads... that's what makes that echo unusable...

Regards,
--
dp

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On 2022 Mar 02 13:25:02, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

A BBS can use all the publicity it can get these days.

I just post my ad out once a month...I want folks to logon because
they want to, not because they have to. There are far too many BBS's
who flood the BBS Ads echoes with numerous postings on their BBS
every day...IMO, it's massive overkill.

i don't understand daily bbs ads... that's what makes that echo unusable...

same goes for daily echo ads... seeing the same thing over and over and over just drives me further away from it... in my world, ads are used to update our "Don't Buy, Don't Visit, Don't Use" list(s)...

)\/(ark

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Daryl Stout wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

I'd be interested in a door like this.

It really wouldn't be hard to write a door that could handle this even as a flatfile format (typed file up to 32,767 entries). It'd be like the US BBS List door.

Lots of options when it comes to this.

-- Sean

... Sattinger's Law: It works better if you plug it in.
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Re: Re: FidoGazette BBS List
By: Daryl Stout to Sean Dennis on Tue Mar 01 2022 02:00 pm

Sean,

There's a chance I could write a door to use that format or something later on.

I'd be interested in a door like this.

The sbbslist.js "door" for Synchronet is like that.
--
digital man (rob)

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"Baja" (name of Synchronet PCMS compiler/languege) is pronounced "ba-ha"
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Dan,

i don't understand daily bbs ads... that's what makes that echo unusable...

As noted, I post mine once a month...that's it. I have the filter
for duplicates ON in all of the BBS Ads echoes, so the majority of
these are purged. After 30 days, they can post again, but anything
after that is deleted as a duplicate.

Daryl

... Daddy, why doesn't this magnet pick up your diskettes??
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Sean,

It really wouldn't be hard to write a door that could handle this even
as a flatfile format (typed file up to 32,767 entries). It'd be like
the US BBS List door.

The USBBS List door was real nice. While not actually online, I think
I have a copy of it "in storage".

Lots of options when it comes to this.

You'd do better at it than I would. I can write a batchfile for the BBS,
but my programming ends at setting the clock on the microwave oven. I
guess I'll starve if I forget how to do that. <G>

Daryl

... Podcast: What a pod wears when it is broken.
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