From: Toaster <toaster@dne3.net>
When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was
fidonet like email?
When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was
fidonet like email?
When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was
fidonet like email?
When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was fidonet like email?
Yes, back in the mid-1990s (about 30 years ago), I carried several
usenet newsgroups. It became increasingly difficult to do so,
though, as ISPs eventually did away with news servers as a part of
their services. I still currently carry a few, like this one, via
fidonet hubs that still have a gate set up.
* SLMR 2.1a * A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
-J.Springfield
Toaster wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
Yes, back in the mid-1990s (about 30 years ago), I carried several
usenet newsgroups. It became increasingly difficult to do so,
though, as ISPs eventually did away with news servers as a part of
their services. I still currently carry a few, like this one, via
fidonet hubs that still have a gate set up.
is there still traffic on fidonet?
Yes, back in the mid-1990s (about 30 years ago), I carried several
usenet newsgroups. It became increasingly difficult to do so,
though, as ISPs eventually did away with news servers as a part of
their services. I still currently carry a few, like this one, via
fidonet hubs that still have a gate set up.
is there still traffic on fidonet?
Yes, back in the mid-1990s (about 30 years ago), I carried several
usenet newsgroups. It became increasingly difficult to do so,
though, as ISPs eventually did away with news servers as a part of
their services. I still currently carry a few, like this one, via fidonet hubs that still have a gate set up.
is there still traffic on fidonet?
Yes, some echoes more than others. COOKING has several messages a
day. A couple of the political echoes have lots of traffic. Others
have at least a message or two a day. Several probably need to be
pruned.
* SLMR 2.1a * "I'm cold, and there are wolves after me!"-Granpa
Simpson
Toaster wrote to alt.bbs <=-
thats great, i watched a documentary on bbs and im glad its still
around
To: Toaster
Toaster wrote to alt.bbs <=-
thats great, i watched a documentary on bbs and im glad its still
around
Glad to hear people wanting to learn more about BBSes. Find a terminal program, or a BBS with a web site with a HTML terminal and you can log
on and see for yourself.
Fidonet is alive and kicking, there are several "othernets" that use
the same technology as Fidonet, but are smaller and generally have
more traffic than Fidonet. FSXnet is a network with a broad range of
message areas and good traffic these days.
BBSing needs new blood, we're getting old and want to pass on the
tech... I've been doing this since the 1980s.
kurt weiske | kweiske at realitycheckbbs dot org
| http://realitycheckbbs.org
| 1:218/700@fidonet
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* realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org
Toaster wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
Fidonet is alive and kicking, there are several "othernets" that use
the same technology as Fidonet, but are smaller and generally have
more traffic than Fidonet. FSXnet is a network with a broad range of
message areas and good traffic these days.
BBSing needs new blood, we're getting old and want to pass on the
tech... I've been doing this since the 1980s.
if phone lines weren't so expensive even to this day it'd be nice to supply a bbs that allows people to dial-in. some people who dont have
the luxury of dedicated internet can still get online with their phone line.
Fidonet is alive and kicking, there are several "othernets" that use the
same technology as Fidonet, but are smaller and generally have more
traffic than Fidonet. FSXnet is a network with a broad range of message
areas and good traffic these days.
BBSing needs new blood, we're getting old and want to pass on the
tech... I've been doing this since the 1980s.
I have a good grasp on service hosting, it's what I do, but what software/tools do you need to set up in order to join as a node on these networks? The FSXnet documentatoin makes brief mention of connecting Binkp, BBS software, Telnet and SSH but no mention of tools one could use for Binkp and BBS or what to configure for users connecting over Telnet/SSH (though, I assume a BBS would handle that?).
I've been reading the policy4.txt for Fidonet recently trying to
get up
to speed on it in hopes of joining the network there. I have no
heard of
FSXnet before, though. I looked them up and started poking around
their
documentation. It seems a lot more approachable than Fidonet on
the
surface, but as someone with no experience with Fido, their
documentation left me with more questions than answers about how
to
join. Perhaps someone here can give me a hand with more
information?
When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was fidonet like email?
When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was fidonet like email?
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