Attempting a return..maybe..possibly...
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All on Tue Jul 14 15:01:14 2026
Hello from former 1:117/165 (and 1:117/315)!
Ive been toying around with the idea of resurrecting my board and now I think the tech is finally capable of doing what I want fairly easily. Im just so overwhelmed with questions, Im not sure where to start.
Essentially, this board would be telnet only, hosted on linux.. and if possible, I would still want to run Renegade. Ive read about people doing this through DOSBox, but Ive never attempted it. If there are any out there that have, how do you handle fossil drivers? What about using front door? Do you still have to use errorlevel lists to control the boards functions (doors, echomail, etc)? How to get it to work with modern protocols, or can you get a telnet client that handles X/Y/ZModem protocols?
I know there is a Renegade port for linux, so that I wouldnt have to emulate, just not familiar with it yet. I also would like to plug back in to fidonet, but looks like net 117 is gone. In the old days I would just call the NC and NEC to get set up. Now if I joined back in _I_ would be NC/NEC. *laugh*
I wouldnt mind if someone has a guide, or knows of one that could answer at least a couple of those questions.
Thanks in advance. 😀 submitted by /u/Wokf2k24 [link] [comments]