| Sysop: | Amessyroom |
|---|---|
| Location: | Fayetteville, NC |
| Users: | 41 |
| Nodes: | 6 (0 / 6) |
| Uptime: | 08:50:26 |
| Calls: | 213 |
| Files: | 823 |
| Messages: | 116,359 |
Please let me know how you make out here. This is currently setup on a voip N>line which usually causes connection issues at speeds faster than 28800. I'm N>toying with the idea of adding an acutal POTS like to ensure stability based on
the feedback I get from people testing it.
I've only got VOIP here as well, and it seems VOIP>VOIP doesn't work
at all with modems. :) I have a POTS line being installed at the new office, but that won't kick in for about a month.
I find the voip to voip rarely works right and POTS to VOIP only works at speeds below 28800.
I find the voip to voip rarely works right and POTS to VOIP only works at N>speeds below 28800.
I find the voip to voip rarely works right and POTS to VOIP only works at speeds below 28800.
yeah i was always confused when the 56k first ame out how all of the bb's i would call with the exception of 1 would be 28,800, but if i dialed an isp for internet i'd get maybe 32,000, never usually got above that on 56k connections..
I was speaking about this with another guy which told me these features
work if you get the fax line package. I'm assuming if this is true, it
would be some form of codec? Maybe this is how you properly get dial up working over voip to voip?
yeah i was always confused when the 56k first ame out how all of the bb would call with the exception of 1 would be 28,800, but if i dialed an for internet i'd get maybe 32,000, never usually got above that on 56k connections..
56K or the old X2 technology was nothing more than better compression for that's why it always showed as connecting at 36.6k
Yeah the X2 was crap. i had an old USR 16,800 modem that i got through the USR sysop program back in the day, i then upgraded it with a new daughterboard to 28.8k, then flashed it for the X2, but it never connected above 28,800, it also got pretty flaky.. i ended up just tossing it and baught a Zoom External K56 Flex, best dam modem i ever had, but that is where most other systems i conencted too were still 28,800, but i could connect to my isp for ineernet at 32,000 to 34,000 was suually the most stable due to line noise... was just unsure why other bbses with 56k flex modem didn't go higher then 28,800 .. still have that puppy around here somewhere.. :)
Anyone who offers a premium for a so called "fax package" is doing nothing ripping you off.
Faxing does work over voip, as long as you turn off echo cancellation and allow
NSE to pass through but it only works at 9600 (fax either works at 14.4k o 9600). I can connect to my modem via voip at 9600 without a problem, it's just
Yeah the X2 was crap. i had an old USR 16,800 modem that i got through the USR sysop program back in the day, i then upgraded it with a new daughterboard to 28.8k, then flashed it for the X2, but it never connected above 28,800, it also got pretty flaky.. i ended up just tossing it and baught a Zoom External K56 Flex, best dam modem i ever had, but that is where most other systems i conencted too were still 28,800, but i could connect to my isp for ineernet at 32,000 to 34,000 was suually the most stable due to line noise... was just unsure why other bbses with 56k flex modem didn't go higher then 28,800 .. still have that puppy around here somewhere.. :)
I was speaking about this with another guy which told me these features work if you get the fax line package. I'm assuming if this is true, it would be some form of codec? Maybe this is how you properly get dial up working over voip to voip?
56K or the old X2 technology was nothing more than better compression for 3 that's why it always showed as connecting at 36.6k
I had the same modem but an internal one. My connections were always something along the lines of a 42 something connection to the Internet. :s
I did not know that. Good to know though.
You got me thinking now, I want a modem. :)
I still have my old dual ISDN modem around here somewhere. When I made the jump from running a C64 Warez BBS at 2400 to an Amiga BBS running dual ISDN was able to grab all those old goodie C64 games in a flash. Ahh, the good days
yeah that was it, 42,43,000.. i think i got 46,000 a few times but it was never stable and would disconenct and lag shortly after..
haha.. i was just a poor boy, i couldn't afford isdn on my gas station job at the time.. i tried and looked and looked for an isp to do shotgun 56k modems probaly back in 98/99-2000 becasue there was no dsl yet in my area
yeah that was it, 42,43,000.. i think i got 46,000 a few times but it was never stable and would disconenct and lag shortly after..
Yep same here... In a weird way I miss those days. :)
yeah that was it, 42,43,000.. i think i got 46,000 a few times but it w never stable and would disconenct and lag shortly after..
Yep same here... In a weird way I miss those days. :)
I was and sort of still am a major echomail hub in Fidonet. Back in the da was one of few to offer echomail via FTP or email and charged for it. I ha enough downlinks who would pay for the service which allowed me to run the isdn's.
Mercyful Fate wrote to All <=-
yeah that was it, 42,43,000.. i think i got 46,000 a few times but it
was never stable and would disconenct and lag shortly after..
I have been working on a dial-up -> telnet gateway for bbs-scene.org over t past few weeks. This dial-up gateway will offer dial-up access to all of t bbs systems listed in the bbs-scene.org bbs list.
Essentailly a user will call a number and be presented with a menu of bbs systems, the server will then create a telnet connection to the bbs the use chooses. This will give all the sysops who have their systems listed in th bbs list the ability to offer dial-up access.
What I need, before I roll this out is a few testers. If you have a modem handy (if you don't know what a modem is this your way too young for this) fire up SyncTERM, set it to modem and dial 416-623-2970.
Please let me know how you make out here. This is currently setup on a voi line which usually causes connection issues at speeds faster than 28800. I toying with the idea of adding an acutal POTS like to ensure stability base the feedback I get from people testing it.
The only problem I run into is that 416- is Canada and I have calls outside the US blocked. Is there still those 10-10-1234 numbers you can call for lo distance? anyone know a way around the block?
Once thats setup if you need I have a real working lanline and a kickass modem. if you want to have a # inside the US setup.
When I lived in Corpus Christi for a few months, they had a local BBS that was a freenet and offered free Internet services (no idea how long THAT lasted). Guess they had really good phone lines down there, because I
almost consistently managed 48k or better. I remember logging on to watch
a few shuttle launches, and I would redial a few times to catch better line if I didn't get the 48k to ensure good video... :)
The only problem I run into is that 416- is Canada and I have calls outside the US blocked. Is there still those 10-10-1234 numbers you can call for lo distance? anyone know a way around the block?
Once thats setup if you need I have a real working lanline and a kickass modem. if you want to have a # inside the US setup.
Yep same here... In a weird way I miss those days. :)
Just in the middle of a ftp grab and you remember that you didn't turn call waiting off and then, like Murphy's Law, the other line went off and killed your connection. :(
Once thats setup if you need I have a real working lanline and a kickass modem. if you want to have a # inside the US setup.
Once I see that I can stabalize the connection a bit more and the interest there I will add a 800 line so that all members of the bbs-scene.org bbs li will be able to use the 800 line to connect their bbses via dial up
yeah i remember one bbs in my area got conencts like that as well, but no others would.. i can't remember if it was a dedicated loop or something special.. but most other bbses i could never get above 28,8/336..
yeah i remember one bbs in my area got conencts like that as well, but no others would.. i can't remember if it was a dedicated loop or something special.. but most other bbses i could never get above 28,8/336..
Nice, I called my ISP/Landline provider today and asked them how much to call Canada would be 5 bucks a month for 1000 minutes. Sounded good, maybe after I pay the next bill I will add it. Would be good to have anyways
since so many of you BBS nuts live up there ;)
To: Mercyful Fate
yeah i remember one bbs in my area got conencts like that as well, but no
others would.. i can't remember if it was a dedicated loop or something
special.. but most other bbses i could never get above 28,8/336..
Whats all that modern talk?!
CONNECT 9600
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yeah i remember one bbs in my area got conencts like that as well, but n others would.. i can't remember if it was a dedicated loop or something special.. but most other bbses i could never get above 28,8/336..
Sounds like an ISDN line to me.
CONNECT 9600
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Beep Blurp Beeeeeep
i almost tried to get an isdn back in 2000 before DSL became available, it felt like i was waiting for it forever!! Playing quake with a 200-140 ping agisnt all these university kids with their cllege networs and and 20-30 pings are frustrating in quake :)
It was awesome when you connected to someone else who had an ISDN line. Yo got rock solid 64k connections. I had two of them, one with internet servic for ftp and shit and the other for people to connect to. I think the demar units are still in the basement of my mom's house.
lucky!!! i only knew of a couple people,, and one was a courier for RAZOR1911 and i forgot the other group.. hehe :) I was just a poor high schooler workin at a gas station blowing my wages on weed.. hehe
Nice, I called my ISP/Landline provider today and asked them how much to call Canada would be 5 bucks a month for 1000 minutes. Sounded good, maybe after I pay the next bill I will add it. Would be good to have anyways
since so many of you BBS nuts live up there ;)
It's cold up here.
Whats all that modern talk?!
CONNECT 9600
Beep Blurp Beeeeeep
i almost tried to get an isdn back in 2000 before DSL became available, it felt like i was waiting for it forever!! Playing quake with a 200-140 pin agisnt all these university kids with their cllege networs and and 20-30 p are frustrating in quake :)
Beep Blurp Beeeeeep
Haha 9600 too fast! gota go 300 BAUD, no colors! hehe
Its like an oven here, even in the dead of winter.
I wonder what the record low is? maybe like a warm summer day there.
Like i said, we use to have fundraising parties for the BBS to raise the ca
I was the Canadian HQ for a massive European warez group, one of the reason had the line(s).
Specialy when you see them in one frame the next frame your fragged
oh that was my slow video card, different story.
Haha 9600 too fast! gota go 300 BAUD, no colors! hehe
Nah was perfect for drawing screens. 300 and 2400 was a bit too lame for screenwrites I felt like the 9600 was perfect for scanning mail. Downloads however where still abit sluggish.
Its like an oven here, even in the dead of winter.
I wonder what the record low is? maybe like a warm summer day there.
We do have quite hot summer's here, usually in the 30-40 c range (i think that';s like 80 -100 f) and our winters aren't all that bad, around 0- -20 f to 5f). You have to remember, we are a lot further south than most of th northern US states like Minn.
ahh fund raising.. i must have missed that.. dam wish i thought of that shit! hehe :)
yeah 300 was bascially only good for text chat, or message reading.. but still slow.. I remember first doign lightbars in 2400 and had to remove
them casue even with overwrite's.. it was slow as a snail..
well thats not that bad what makes all the difference is wind chill at
those cold temps
yeah i remember one bbs in my area got conencts like that as well, but no others would.. i can't remember if it was a dedicated loop or something special.. but most other bbses i could never get above 28,8/336..
Yeah, we use to have a big BBQ. People would pay $20 each to come and they
a burger and dog for their cash. We also sold beer and shit to help. We w do it 2 or 3 times a year and always draw a decent crowd. Really helped wi the cost of the lines.
yeah 300 was bascially only good for text chat, or message reading.. but still slow.. I remember first doign lightbars in 2400 and had to remove them casue even with overwrite's.. it was slow as a snail..
I remember 130 baud, but then again i'm old.
well thats not that bad what makes all the difference is wind chill at those cold temps
We get the heat in the Summer! Air so thick you can taste it.
I'd love some of it right now though...
I would love hot weather right now. I've been fighting a bad cold for a
Mercyful Fate wrote to All <=-
Yeah, we use to have a big BBQ. People would pay $20 each to come and they a burger and dog for their cash. We also sold beer and shit to help. We w do it 2 or 3 times a year and always draw a decent crowd. Really helped wi the cost of the lines.
wish there was cool stuff like that in my area back then.. :) of course
i was out partying too much and probably never noticed.. hehe
Yeah i'm sad to say i didn't get my first computer till 91 when i got my first 2400 modem, i think maybe 9600 was out there too, it was a cheap compudyne modem from comp usa that i threw into my 286 , i really wanted
the 386 but my mom baught the wrong one on home shopping club.. haha :)
It all started with a hand me down 64 I got from my cousin, then the addic started.
To: Netsurge
It all started with a hand me down 64 I got from my cousin, then the addic
started.
The monster was released. :)
ahh fund raising.. i must have missed that.. dam wish i thought of that shit! hehe :)
Yeah, we use to have a big BBQ. People would pay $20 each to come and they a burger and dog for their cash. We also sold beer and shit to help. We w do it 2 or 3 times a year and always draw a decent crowd. Really helped wi the cost of the lines.
yeah 300 was bascially only good for text chat, or message reading.. but still slow.. I remember first doign lightbars in 2400 and had to remove
them casue even with overwrite's.. it was slow as a snail..
I remember 130 baud, but then again i'm old.
well thats not that bad what makes all the difference is wind chill at
those cold temps
The wind chill isn't that bad here as it is further north in Ontario like Sudbury. The real problem we have here is the insane humidity in the summe It's far from a dry heat.
well thats not that bad what makes all the difference is wind chill at those cold temps
Agreed. Gotta love those days it's 0F with 30mph winds making it like -20F the wind chill. :(
Yeah, we use to have a big BBQ. People would pay $20 each to come and
a burger and dog for their cash. We also sold beer and shit to help. do it 2 or 3 times a year and always draw a decent crowd. Really helpe the cost of the lines.
Lol our user partys where hosted by Sysops around 15-18 years of age so no beer. Also was free to come but in the party video donations where pushed
I believe with the 56k technology, you needed a special connection from the ISP to the phone company. This is one reason why you could never get as go
a connection from a regular modem to regular modem.
As for sucky connections, it depended on line conditions. For years I couldn't get decent connections due to a fault somewhere in my block...like others, we put out countless calls. At some point something finally got fixed, and I could get those stellar 45-48k connections.
well thats not that bad what makes all the difference is wind chill at those cold temps
Agreed. Gotta love those days it's 0F with 30mph winds making it like -20F the wind chill. :(
lucky!!! i only knew of a couple people,, and one was a courier
for RAZOR1911
and i forgot the other group.. hehe :) I was just a poor high
schooler
workin at a gas station blowing my wages on weed.. hehe
Mercyful Fate wrote to All <=-
basement.. :) The good ol day, if soemthign wasn't working right,,
then you wern't doing anything at all.. hehe
Lol our user partys where hosted by Sysops around 15-18 years of age so no beer. Also was free to come but in the party video donations where pushed
;)
130?! you could probibly break out the Ham radio and moris code faster then that crap. I started with 2400 but remember only down to 300.
Yeah Im glad we have none on a 115+ degree day. I would die if there was no escape from that heat. As long as you find shade its manageable.
Mercyful Fate wrote to All <=-
basement.. :) The good ol day, if soemthign wasn't working right,,
then you wern't doing anything at all.. hehe
LOL, I'm pretty sure THOSE days aren't over yet! ;)
I started having the parties at around age 17 but getting the booze was ea and a lot of the users in my area were at least 19 at the time (19 being t legal age to drink in my neck of the woods).
lucky!!! i only knew of a couple people,, and one was a courier
for RAZOR1911
and i forgot the other group.. hehe :) I was just a poor high
schooler
workin at a gas station blowing my wages on weed.. hehe
And what's so wrong about that? :)
Lol our user partys where hosted by Sysops around 15-18 years of age so no beer. Also was free to come but in the party video donations where pushed
Yeah msot of my partires were well after things died off, i found a good group of local bbsers or guys who useta bbs, and would get together for monthly partires and get sloppy drunk and baked on the south side of chicago.. it's was pretty fun but most people have moved on now..
I started having the parties at around age 17 but getting the booze was eas and a lot of the users in my area were at least 19 at the time (19 being th legal age to drink in my neck of the woods).
Shit I was like 10 or 11 when I use to go over to a friends house who's Dad worked as an Eng at Northern Telecom (later to be known as Nortel). He had old schoold phone couplar modem where you would have to actually jam the ph handset into. He would call back to his offices Main Frame so we could play really bad clone of pac man, lol
Oh you rebel.
And just what about the weed?
haha bet that was the coolest thing ever at the time.
Reminds me of my first day at BBSing.
Sounds fun, I would love to rewind back to the 90's sometimes ;)
Get baked and dial a few bbses up.
Smarter kid then I was. :) I started smoking at 12 and drinking at 13.
Sounds fun, I would love to rewind back to the 90's sometimes ;)
Get baked and dial a few bbses up.
And just what about the weed?
Plenty of it, that and other various items that law enforcement wouldn't be happy about.
haha bet that was the coolest thing ever at the time.
Reminds me of my first day at BBSing.
It was amazing. The fact that we were connecting to a remote machine with phone line was awesome not to mention the fact we were also playing pac man
Get baked and dial a few bbses up.
And have no responsibilities exccept to cut the grass. :)
Sounds fun, I would love to rewind back to the 90's sometimes ;)
Get baked and dial a few bbses up.
don't need the 90's for that .. :) althoguh it's Telnet Now.. hehe
don't need the 90's for that .. :) althoguh it's Telnet Now.. hehe
Oh shit! did we upgrade?! I never got the memo.
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Well you are running..
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:).. and it's still DOS.. hehe
And it still runs.
Was wondering why my BBS ad with the BBS phone number was not very affectiv
And it still runs.
Was wondering why my BBS ad with the BBS phone number was not very affectiv
I'm sure you'll get more telnet callers then voice line. The last time i had a modem hooked up was about 2000,, since i got highspeed there really hasn't been a need for it..
That and no one wants to pay for phone calls at $10 a minute or so anymore