I have not been able to poll from RetroNet for a few months and no messages go through or are received. What gives? The BBS link is also down.

Should I just remove the message bases from my BBS?

Timothy Norris
aka SirRonmit
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On Sunday, August 27th SirRonmit said...

Should I just remove the message bases from my BBS?

It's my understanding that RetroNet is no more :(

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On 27 Aug 23 08:03:06 SirRonmit wrote...

I have not been able to poll from RetroNet for a few months and no
messages go through or are received. What gives? The BBS link is also
down.

Should I just remove the message bases from my BBS?

Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit admin@f4fbbs.com bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or
:62323

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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Were there ever any messages in RetroNet? Asking because once, long ago,
I figured it might be a good net for the last Atari ST BBS to join...
Turns out I was "too retro" for their allowable connection methods. Then
I started looking at the activity level and realized it was another one
of a "Serial Net Starter-upper's" DeadNets.

Would have been a shame had that changed and I somehow missed it. :(

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Yeah, yeah DarkLord, I meant "Last Atari ST BBS on FTN Networks".


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It's my understanding that RetroNet is no more :(

Thank you!

Timothy Norris
aka SirRonmit
admin@f4fbbs.com
bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

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On 27 Aug 2023, NuSkooler said the following...

It's my understanding that RetroNet is no more :(

I know Spitfire from ROF BBS' was trying to revive it for Carlos, but he didn't know how to handle makenl to handle the nodelist.. So if Retro is gone, I am sure CommodoreNet, pInet are also gone, time to remove them from my systems.. Good ideas poor management...

... I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.

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from my systems.. Good ideas poor management...

Unfortunately, a lot of projects end up like that.

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On 27 Aug 23 17:40:36 SirRonmit wrote...

It's my understanding that RetroNet is no more :(

Thank you!

Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit admin@f4fbbs.com bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or
:62323

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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

So just for clarification... Is it actually officially gone, or just
"defunct"?

I mean, did something happen?

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So just for clarification... Is it actually officially gone, or just "defunct"?

I mean, did something happen?

The issue is that nothing is happening.

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I've write to BlackIce and He's trying to let it alive again.

Have some problems tha can solve but It will do it as soon as possible.

I love it too and I use it for Atari St feeds too :-)

Best regards



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Unknown. I NEVER received my PiNet auth for nearly 2 years and applied and applied. I have VM space if we need to take over those projects, but I do not have experience at all on being a HUB.

Timothy Norris
aka SirRonmit
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bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

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On 27 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...

from my systems.. Good ideas poor management...

Unfortunately, a lot of projects end up like that.

Very true.... :(

AL

... What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

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On 28 Aug 23 14:39:13 outsoft wrote...

I've write to BlackIce and He's trying to let it alive again.

Have some problems tha can solve but It will do it as soon as
possible.

I love it too and I use it for Atari St feeds too :-)

Best regards

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

It actually had Atari stuff? Honestly, I never saw anything when I was
looking at that net, and I was checking the guy's BBS directly.

Honestly, do we really need any more dead nets?

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On 27 Aug 23 15:57:36 Commodore Clifford wrote...

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Were there ever any messages in RetroNet? Asking because once, long
ago, I figured it might be a good net for the last Atari ST BBS to
join... Turns out I was "too retro" for their allowable connection
methods. Then I started looking at the activity level and realized
it was another one of a "Serial Net Starter-upper's" DeadNets.

Would have been a shame had that changed and I somehow missed it. :(

To which Darklord replies...

The "last Atari ST BBS"... Hmm.


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On 27 Aug 23 15:58:28 Commodore Clifford wrote...

Yeah, yeah DarkLord, I meant "Last Atari ST BBS on FTN Networks".

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To which Darklord replies...

Oh, okay - valid point. Ignore my previous reply then... :)



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