We're slowly getting back online. WOOHOO

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* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

We're slowly getting back online. WOOHOO

yea

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--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

Congrats!

-V

┌─────┐┌──┐──┐ ┌──┐ ┌─────┐┌─────┐┌─────┐ ┌──┐ ┌─────┐ bbs.outpost9.co:2023 │ ┬ ││ │ │┌┘ ┴─┐│ ──┘ ││ ┬ ││ ───┴┐┌┘ ┴─┐│ └── │
│ │ ││ ┘ │└┐ ┬─┘│ ┌──┘│ │ │├───┐ │└┐ ┬─┘└──┐ │ https://outpost9.co
│ ┴ │││ │ │ │ │ │ ┴ ││ ─┘ │ │ ││ │ WWiVNet node @138 └─────┘└─────┘ └──┘ └──┘ └─────┘└──────┘ └──┘└──┘ Maryland, USA

               
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

We're slowly getting back online. WOOHOO

Excellent!


<--> The Blood Stone BBS - Telnet & HTTP www.bsbbs.com <-->
\/ WWIVnet Node 1@707 - Sonoma County California \/
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--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

..and now we're tossing net packets. Good to be back, folks!


On Sunday,April 14, 2024 at 09:21 PM, Utopian Galt wrote:

RE: Re: LOTW reporting
BY: Patch #1 @142

We're slowly getting back online. WOOHOO

yea

→
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

..and now we're tossing net packets. Good to be back, folks!

Awesome! Welcome back!

And I see that you're able to subscribe to some subs too!


<--> The Blood Stone BBS - Telnet & HTTP www.bsbbs.com <-->
\/ WWIVnet Node 1@707 - Sonoma County California \/
→p ╞"
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

Aye, I subscribed to everything that WWIVnet had to offer. If I can get to a point I plan on hosting a few boards myself. =)


On Monday,April 15, 2024 at 04:34 PM, Jimmy Mac wrote:

RE: Re: LOTW reporting
BY: Patch #1 @142

..and now we're tossing net packets. Good to be back, folks!

Awesome! Welcome back!

And I see that you're able to subscribe to some subs too!

♦1
♦2<--> The Blood Stone BBS - Telnet & HTTP www.bsbbs.com <-->
♦3 \/ WWIVnet Node 1@707 - Sonoma County California \/

--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

..and now we're tossing net packets. Good to be back, folks!

Nice! Glad you are back. Wish I could have helped more, but I'm not up to speed on the latest version of WWIV or what needs to happen on the Linux version for network related tasks.

I still run a super "classic" setup over here, which under the hood is really WWIV 4.24a with bits of 4.30 in it and tons of mods.

- Mark


:.: Weather Station BBS · telnet://bbs.weather-station.org :.: :.: http://www.weather-station.org/bbs · Bel Air, Maryland - USA :.:
      
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

Aye, I subscribed to everything that WWIVnet had to offer. If I can get
to a point I plan on hosting a few boards myself. =)

I love the enthusiasm!

I just wish there was a way to gain more callers so the sube we have would see more traffic...


<--> The Blood Stone BBS - Telnet & HTTP www.bsbbs.com <-->
\/ WWIVnet Node 1@707 - Sonoma County California \/
p ╞"
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

Running the original WWIV before the internet explosion, I think that that is the exact version that I have backed up on my NAS.

Hopefully I can get to the point where I can help others with setup and configuration in Linux, at least that's my goal.




On Tuesday,April 16, 2024 at 04:53 PM, Weatherman wrote:

RE: Re: LOTW reporting
BY: Patch #1 @142

..and now we're tossing net packets. Good to be back, folks!

Nice! Glad you are back. Wish I could have helped more, but I'm not up
to speed on the latest version of WWIV or what needs to happen on the
Linux version for network related tasks.

I still run a super "classic" setup over here, which under the hood is really WWIV 4.24a with bits of 4.30 in it and tons of mods.

- Mark

♦1
♦2:.: Weather Station BBS ·
telnet://bbs.weather-station.org :.:
♦3:.: http://www.weather-station.org/bbs · Bel Air, Maryland
- USA :.:

--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

I agree, and have been thinking about what the future holds foran archaic but treasured hobby and past-time.

I have nearly an hour commute to and from work, and was thinking yesterday that if we couild somehow evolve the BBS platform, something more updated and secure (communications), I wonder if that would make a difference.


On Wednesday,April 17, 2024 at 06:40 AM, Jimmy Mac wrote:

RE: Re: LOTW reporting
BY: Patch #1 @142

Aye, I subscribed to everything that WWIVnet had to offer. If
I can get
to a point I plan on hosting a few boards myself. =)

I love the enthusiasm!

I just wish there was a way to gain more callers so the sube we have
would see more traffic...

♦1
♦2<--> The Blood Stone BBS - Telnet & HTTP www.bsbbs.com <-->
♦3 \/ WWIVnet Node 1@707 - Sonoma County California \/

--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

Running the original WWIV before the internet explosion, I think that that is the exact version that I have backed up on my NAS.

Hopefully I can get to the point where I can help others with setup and configuration in Linux, at least that's my goal.

Technically, that is still what I am running. The core of 4.24a, some 4.30, and a boat load of mods. My setup still using the SIO drivers and using eComstation (as a VM). Like a blend of history and modern day - since it is all running on VMware ESXi 6.7.

- Mark

:.: Weather Station BBS · telnet://bbs.weather-station.org :.: :.: http://www.weather-station.org/bbs · Bel Air, Maryland - USA :.:
      
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* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

On Sunday,April 21, 2024 at 03:54 PM, Weatherman wrote:

Technically, that is still what I am running. The core of 4.24a, some
4.30, and a boat load of mods. My setup still using the SIO drivers and using eComstation (as a VM). Like a blend of history and modern day -
since it is all running on VMware ESXi 6.7.

- Mark

I'm still insanely jealous that you're running the 'original' code, and by that I mean when we had to pay for the right to modify the software.

Looking at my setup I still have Front Door and everything in the image, several programs from John Dailey that helped to automate a lot of functions for the BBS, etc.

Maybe one day when this version of the system is at a 'pause' I will look to see what happens when I introduce my old BBS to Dosbox =)



--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

I'm still insanely jealous that you're running the 'original' code, and by that I mean when we had to pay for the right to modify the software.

Looking at my setup I still have Front Door and everything in the image, several programs from John Dailey that helped to automate a lot of
functions for the BBS, etc.

Maybe one day when this version of the system is at a 'pause' I will look
to see what happens when I introduce my old BBS to Dosbox =)

I had imaged my physical PC many years ago that ran OS/2 and moved all the data and everything to a VM in ESXi. I moved from OS/2 to eCS shortly afterwards as well.

The nodes of the BBS run on eCS 2.2 and all the tossing/D'Bridge etc is on a Windows 7 VM. The eCS BBS nodes have mapped drives to the Windows 7 tossing VM and that is where their data lives. I just use eCS for the nodes to use the Ray Gwinn SIO drivers to make it available via telnet. No native telnet in my old classic version.. lol

- Mark

:.: Weather Station BBS · telnet://bbs.weather-station.org :.: :.: http://www.weather-station.org/bbs · Bel Air, Maryland - USA :.:
      
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

Technically, that is still what I am running. The core of 4.24a, some
4.30, and a boat load of mods. My setup still using the SIO drivers and using eComstation (as a VM). Like a blend of history and modern day -
since it is all running on VMware ESXi 6.7.

I can't remember but, there was a piece of code snippit for 4.24 to allow a fossil driver for telnet. I think I have it somewhere in my archives


<--> The Blood Stone BBS - Telnet & HTTP www.bsbbs.com <-->
\/ WWIVnet Node 1@707 - Sonoma County California \/
      
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

On Tuesday,April 23, 2024 at 11:47 AM, Weatherman wrote:

RE: Re: LOTW reporting
I had imaged my physical PC many years ago that ran OS/2 and moved all
the data and everything to a VM in ESXi. I moved from OS/2 to eCS
shortly afterwards as well.

The nodes of the BBS run on eCS 2.2 and all the tossing/D'Bridge etc is
on a Windows 7 VM. The eCS BBS nodes have mapped drives to the Windows
7 tossing VM and that is where their data lives. I just use eCS for the nodes to use the Ray Gwinn SIO drivers to make it available via telnet.
No native telnet in my old classic version.. lol

- Mark

That's very cool.

In an effort to gain more personal experience in QEMU (as I want a good comparison to how that software handles emulation versus other, more 'common' hypervisors) I went and downloaded the FreeDos ISO and will attach it to the mainframe and see what I can do with it.

Right now I am running VirtualBox that manages my server and BBS on the network. I want to incorporate a new system that I built for Proxmox for the rest of the deployment ideas that I had in mind.

Gods, I really need a man-cave. =)


--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

I can't remember but, there was a piece of code snippit for 4.24 to allow
a fossil driver for telnet. I think I have it somewhere in my archives

Yeah, and I seem to remember there was some type of restriction when doing that but I don't recall. Once I started using the SIO drivers decades ago, that was my telnet solution as it works perfectly to emulate serial over telnet. OS/2 was also the best for multitasking DOS, so it was always a good fit for the classic setup.

I was so happy to find that it worked the same in the virtual environment. I remember attempting booting the virtual clone of my physical BBS for the first time and crossing my fingers that the SIO drivers didn't lock up or anything.

- Mark

:.: Weather Station BBS · telnet://bbs.weather-station.org :.: :.: http://www.weather-station.org/bbs · Bel Air, Maryland - USA :.:
      
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)

That's very cool.

In an effort to gain more personal experience in QEMU (as I want a good comparison to how that software handles emulation versus other, more 'common' hypervisors) I went and downloaded the FreeDos ISO and will
attach it to the mainframe and see what I can do with it.

If it wasn't for the fact that I require telnet emulation, running many small DOS VMs with mapped drives would also work for the BBS. Long ago I was going to do that with many old PCs mapped to a Netware server.

Right now I am running VirtualBox that manages my server and BBS on the network. I want to incorporate a new system that I built for Proxmox for
the rest of the deployment ideas that I had in mind.

VirtualBox and VMware Workstation are both nice to use for testing stuff on my main PC. I run a few things that work better in a VM vs my physical PC using that method.

Gods, I really need a man-cave. =)

I have a small "Network/Server" room which is in an enclosed area under my basement steps. It isn't that large of a space, but large enough to house (2) 4 foot racks and (1) 3 foot rack. My servers are in one, UPS units in the other with some spare servers, and the smaller one has all my network stuff - switches/firewall, a few more UPS units, patch panels, etc.

- Mark

:.: Weather Station BBS · telnet://bbs.weather-station.org :.: :.: http://www.weather-station.org/bbs · Bel Air, Maryland - USA :.:
      
--- WWIVToss v.1.52
* Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (11:1/101.0)