Hi there,Got it here
Testing first post from Conxtor BBS. I am Volker the sysop.
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems,
and by reading the echoes I seem to thing that Mystic is slightly more popular
around here than Synchronet... but the documentation is quite incomplete.
Right now I have Mystic connected here to fsxNet with the "test" node 21:1/999 but I am testing Synchronet / DoveNet too, and I guess I can also add fsxNet to it with the Fido functionality.
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
I really plan to run a BBS long-term, I have plenty of disk and bang on my server, it is a dedicated box with Proxmox, plenty of RAM, Disk, and CPU, so that is not an issue.
Given these premises, what should I go with?
Given these premises, what should I go with?
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems, and by reading the echoes I seem to thing that Mystic is
slightly more popular around here than Synchronet... but the
documentation is quite incomplete.
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems,
I really plan to run a BBS long-term, I have plenty of disk and bang on my
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
Both are good systems to run a BBS from. You mentioned the small documentation for Mystic versus Synchronet. Yes, the documentation can be somewhat lacking in comparison, but the good part is Fsx_Net and the huge friendly support you can get from many other Mystic users. Everyone here will help with any question/problem you may have. I've noticed that is lacking for Synchronet personally.
Al wrote to garycrunk <=-
Both are good systems to run a BBS from. You mentioned the small documentation for Mystic versus Synchronet. Yes, the documentation can be somewhat lacking in comparison, but the good part is Fsx_Net and the huge friendly support you can get from many other Mystic users. Everyone here will help with any question/problem you may have. I've noticed that is lacking for Synchronet personally.
I haven't found Synchronet's support channels lacking. There is a
wiki at http://wiki.synchro.net that is a great resource for
Synchronet and other info that can be applied to any BBS. It's
always being updated to stay current.
There are also 4 Synchronet areas on dove-net that are also on
Fidonet. You can
get answers quickly there for just about any Synchronet
questions you might have. There are many there who answer
questions to the best of their ability.
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
I don't run a "traditional" BBS package, preferring
instead using the basic Unix functionality as my "BBS".
friendly support you can get from many other Mystic users. Everyone here
will help with any question/problem you may have. I've noticed that is
lacking for Synchronet personally.
I haven't found Synchronet's support channels lacking. There is a wiki at
I don't run a "traditional" BBS package, preferring
instead using the basic Unix functionality as my "BBS".
How do you do that?
I mean, the basic Unix functionality as you put it, is no stranger to
me, but how do you manage echomails, files, etc, the menu system
(dialog?) the management of users (is each BBS user also a Unix user?
How do they self-register?)
I am intrigued. Any links you could provide?
I really plan to run a BBS long-term, I have plenty of disk and
bang on my server, it is a dedicated box with Proxmox, plenty of
RAM, Disk, and CPU, so that is not an issue.
Given these premises, what should I go with?
With Synchronet we get the same questions very often, so if the answer
is in the wiki, we tend to point people over there to read it.
Go the whole hog and run some DOS software in VM's :)
What works for me may not work for you. Have a look at both and then you'll be in a better position to make an informed choice.
BBSing now days is for the most part about sysops tinkering and playing and communicating with each other. Users that are not also sysops are
very very rare.
Hi,
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems, and by reading the echoes I seem to thing that Mystic is
slightly more popular around here than Synchronet... but the
documentation is quite incomplete.
Right now I have Mystic connected here to fsxNet with the "test" node 21:1/999 but I am testing Synchronet / DoveNet too, and I guess I can
also add fsxNet to it with the Fido functionality.
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
Not the kind of pain I am willing to endure, sorry. Unix, GNU-Linux
guy to the bone since 1994 when I picked up a Slackware CD nobody
else seemed to want in some dusty corner of an IT shop in Mons,
Belgium and still had to create around 24 3,5" under MS-DOS (anyone remember rawrite.exe?)
Not the kind of pain I am willing to endure, sorry. Unix, GNU-Linux
guy to the bone since 1994 when I picked up a Slackware CD nobody
else seemed to want in some dusty corner of an IT shop in Mons,
Belgium and still had to create around 24 3,5" under MS-DOS (anyone remember rawrite.exe?)
On 03-30-20 19:04, volker wrote to All <=-
Hi,
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems, and by reading the echoes I seem to thing that Mystic is
slightly more popular around here than Synchronet... but the
documentation is quite incomplete.
Right now I have Mystic connected here to fsxNet with the "test" node 21:1/999 but I am testing Synchronet / DoveNet too, and I guess I can
also add fsxNet to it with the Fido functionality.
So, which one do you all think is the better bet.
I really plan to run a BBS long-term, I have plenty of disk and bang on
my server, it is a dedicated box with Proxmox, plenty of RAM, Disk, and CPU, so that is not an issue.
Given these premises, what should I go with?
On 03-30-20 20:51, echicken wrote to Al <=-
With Synchronet we get the same questions very often, so if the answer
is in the wiki, we tend to point people over there to read it. Partly
this is so that we don't have to repeat ourselves ad nauseam, and
On 03-31-20 14:17, tenser wrote to volker <=-
On 31 Mar 2020 at 12:25a, volker pondered and said...
I don't run a "traditional" BBS package, preferring
instead using the basic Unix functionality as my "BBS".
How do you do that?
I don't; the operating system and the software it ships
with do most of it for me. :-)
On 03-31-20 07:10, volker wrote to Spectre <=-
Go the whole hog and run some DOS software in VM's :)
Not the kind of pain I am willing to endure, sorry. Unix, GNU-Linux guy
to the bone since 1994 when I picked up a Slackware CD nobody else
seemed to want in some dusty corner of an IT shop in Mons, Belgium and still had to create around 24 3,5" under MS-DOS (anyone remember rawrite.exe?)
You have 3 choices (4 actually, but I can't see you choosing #4 ;) ).
volker wrote to Spectre <=-
Go the whole hog and run some DOS software in VM's :)
Not the kind of pain I am willing to endure, sorry. Unix,
GNU-Linux guy to the bone since 1994 when I picked up a Slackware
CD nobody else seemed to want in some dusty corner of an IT shop
in Mons, Belgium and still had to create around 24 3,5" under
MS-DOS (anyone remember rawrite.exe?)
I actually find that handy, because sometimes it's easy to forget what's on the
wiki, and the wiki's documentation is generally very good, so I value those
pointers, especially since those, especially the author, who refer one to the
wiki tend to post the exact link I'm looking for.
I certainly have never had cause to complain about Synchronet support.
"Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's very good, and when it's not that good, it's still better than nothing"
@PATH: 3/101 100 4/100 1/100
First Linux I had to use was Slak, 1.0 I think...you still had to
Come on, don't be such a spoilsport... What is #4?
@PATH: 3/101 100 4/100 1/100
First Linux I had to use was Slak, 1.0 I think...you still had to
I consistently get duplicate messages from Spectre for some reason also.
Each time this comes around, I offer to look at attempting to fix it.
But am then assured its not my problem, and the broken network
sections really need the repair.
I don't know where the HARD <cr> vs SOFT <cr>'s are inserted into the messages, if someone can bang out a quick utility to convert soft to
hard, I'm happy to try that before the messages are inserted into the message base. Seeing as I have to call the editor from a batchfile
already this is no big deal.
Each BBS user is a Unix user. Users are created via a
self-service account creation tool: one logs into a
special user account ("newuser") which queries the user
for a bit of data and then runs a few setuid-root
program to create the user account. It then enrolls
the user into a Kerberos KDC and emails them a password.
What else is there to a BBS?
And users can have access to a normal Unix shell if
they want. Unix was designed for interactive timesharing
use; users are free to write programs and documents,
play games, communicate with each other interactively,
etc. One can do so much more than a traditional BBS
package....
I am intrigued. Any links you could provide?
Sure! Have a look at http://fat-dragon.org/
Also https://grex.org
volker wrote to All <=-
I really plan to run a BBS long-term, I have plenty of disk and bang on
my server, it is a dedicated box with Proxmox, plenty of RAM, Disk, and CPU, so that is not an issue.
Given these premises, what should I go with?
If you can lose the Soft CRs that would be OK as well. They don't happen a lot these days but they do happen so it's best handled by tossers.
On 31 Mar 2020 at 12:25a, volker pondered and said...
I don't run a "traditional" BBS package, preferring
instead using the basic Unix functionality as my "BBS".
How do you do that?
I don't; the operating system and the software it ships
with do most of it for me. :-)
@PATH: 3/101 100 4/100 1/100
First Linux I had to use was Slak, 1.0 I think...you still had
to
<copied two relevant lines above>
I consistently get duplicate messages from Spectre for some reason
also. Note the @PATH above - I always get one /without/ 4/100
followed by one /with/ 4/100. Not sure what's going on here. It's
rather annoying but such is the nature of having so many different softwares handling FTN, I guess.
On 03-31-20 11:49, volker wrote to Vk3jed <=-
You have 3 choices (4 actually, but I can't see you choosing #4 ;) ).
Come on, don't be such a spoilsport... What is #4?
On 03-31-20 09:42, echicken wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Unless I'm in a rush, I try to share the exact link and a bit of explanatory text. Feels like too much of a brush-off if I don't. Yes,
the wiki's searchable - but knowing the correct search terms is often
half the battle.
I certainly have never had cause to complain about Synchronet support.
Most people don't, but some people are rubbed the wrong way by it. If
they come away with the impression that Synchronet is *lacking* in support, then it probably wasn't a good fit for them to begin with.
Occasionally I find myself needing to flash a hacked/community firmware onto something like a wireless router or oscilloscope or whatever. Sometimes there's a wiki, incomplete or totally out of date. There's *always* a crappy web forum. The real answers a
Now, clearly in the above situation I'm right and they're wrong, but
more importantly, I just didn't like the support resources I
encountered and I came away feeling frustrated.
It's not the nature, it's just one software (called Mystic) that doesn't respect standards and creates problems in the network. Recently that software also managed it somehow that different versions of it shoot
each other in the foot (256 character bug).
It is rather obvious - "run neither". :P
On 04-01-20 09:31, volker wrote to Vk3jed <=-
It is rather obvious - "run neither". :P
YMMD, ROTFL. Not an option, you're right.
It is rather obvious - "run neither". :P
YMMD, ROTFL. Not an option, you're right.
You make some fine arguments in your articles at fat-dragon.
I registered at grex.org a few minutes ago. My first foray into SSH!
How long does the initial confirmation process take?
On 31 Mar 2020, Ogg said the following...
I registered at grex.org a few minutes ago. My first foray into SSH!
How long does the initial confirmation process take?
If you've sent the email, Kent will usually validate
your account within a day or so. If you tell me your
username, I'll do it as soon as I see the note...
tenser wrote to volker <=-
I don't run a "traditional" BBS package, preferring
instead using the basic Unix functionality as my "BBS".
echicken wrote to Al <=-
Some people take this as a brush-off, like we can't be bothered to help them, or like we're annoyed that they didn't just help themselves. It's never the former, and only very occasionally the latter. Follow-up questions are welcome, etc.
Spectre wrote to volker <=-
Go the whole hog and run some DOS software in VM's :)
Blue White wrote to volker <=-
I tried mystic. Stuck with Synchronet. Synchronet might be a little
more difficult to set up because it has more services and also more cnf/ini files (most of them, as least on linux, do have utilities to
edit them with if you prefer). IMHO, it is easier to troubleshoot and
the author is "more patient" with users.
On 31 Mar 2020, Ogg said the following...
You make some fine arguments in your articles at fat-dragon.
I registered at grex.org a few minutes ago. My first foray into SSH! How long does the initial confirmation process take?
If you've sent the email, Kent will usually validate
your account within a day or so. If you tell me your
username, I'll do it as soon as I see the note...
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: % disksh0p!bbs % bbs.diskshop.ca % SciNet ftn hq % (21:4/154)
I haven't received the first email with the validation info following
the SSH registration session yet.
People have said that Mystic provides a more "classic" BBS environment;
I think they're referring to the lack of web forum a la ecweb4 for Synchronet. They both feel BBS-like via telnet and are very customizable.
Synchronet relies on Javascript for much of its functionality and extensibility; Mystic uses MPL, which I *think* is close to Python. If you're looking to extend your BBS' capabilities and have (or want experience) with JS or Python, that might make a difference.
Synchronet relies on Javascript for much of its functionality and extensibility; Mystic uses MPL, which I *think* is close to Python. If you're looking to extend your BBS' capabilities and have (or want experience) with JS or Python, that might make a difference.
I don't know where the HARD <cr> vs SOFT <cr>'s are inserted
If you can lose the Soft CRs that would be OK as well. They don't
I would love to see FrontDoor answering a telnet port in a VM. :)
I don't know where the HARD <cr> vs SOFT <cr>'s are inserted
If you can lose the Soft CRs that would be OK as well. They don't
I would love to see FrontDoor answering a telnet port in a VM. :)
If you can lose the Soft CRs that would be OK as well. They don't
Well either, should not be to hard for someone to bang out a quick util to rea
the msgtmp file and rewrite it with either modified or removed SOFT <cr>s I'm not really setup to write anything at the moment. Bear in mind it'll need to be a DOS exe for me.
I haven't received the first email with the validation info following
the SSH registration session yet.
i dont think you will. :P
On 03-31-20 09:12, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Spectre <=-
Spectre wrote to volker <=-
Go the whole hog and run some DOS software in VM's :)
I would love to see FrontDoor answering a telnet port in a VM. :)
On 04-01-20 08:35, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Blue White <=-
I've heard two things to distinguish Mystic versus Synchronet.
People have said that Mystic provides a more "classic" BBS environment;
I think they're referring to the lack of web forum a la ecweb4 for Synchronet. They both feel BBS-like via telnet and are very
customizable.
Synchronet relies on Javascript for much of its functionality and extensibility; Mystic uses MPL, which I *think* is close to Python. If you're looking to extend your BBS' capabilities and have (or want experience) with JS or Python, that might make a difference.
On 04-01-20 14:34, Spectre wrote to Al <=-<cr>s I'm not really setup to write anything at the moment. Bear in mind
I don't know where the HARD <cr> vs SOFT <cr>'s are inserted
If you can lose the Soft CRs that would be OK as well. They don't
Well either, should not be to hard for someone to bang out a quick util
to read
the msgtmp file and rewrite it with either modified or removed SOFT
need to
be a DOS exe for me.
Thanks for the reply.
I haven't received the first email with the validation info following
the SSH registration session yet.
That just gave me pause; if there were a way to get mail from an *nix
MTA like Sendmail to a FTN mailer, NNTP for the message areas and you'd
be more than halfway there.
If you've sent the email, Kent will usually validate
your account within a day or so. If you tell me your
username, I'll do it as soon as I see the note...
you did mean its just a unix shell right??? i looked at the website
too... cheers.
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems, and by reading the echoes I seem to thing that Mystic is
slightly more popular around here than Synchronet... but the
documentation is quite incomplete.
I haven't found Synchronet's support channels lacking. There is a wiki at http://wiki.synchro.net that is a great resource for Synchronet and
other info that can be applied to any BBS. It's always being updated to stay current.
There are also 4 Synchronet areas on dove-net that are also on Fidonet. You can get answers quickly there for just about any Synchronet
questions you might have. There are many there who answer questions to
the best of their ability.
Don't forget the SynchroBBS Discord server where you can find all kinds of live help.
And Mystic has IRC chat rooms where you can get help as well.
packages, And Synchro was a BEAR to setup FTN networks and echoes. Mystic is simple and you only have to work in a single config program rather than haveing bit and pieces of the networking configuration scattered across a
On 04-02-20 13:56, Lupine Furmen wrote to volker <=-
been playing with both Synchronet and Mystic BBS. Both seem capable systems, and by reading the echoes I seem to thing that Mystic is
slightly more popular around here than Synchronet... but the
documentation is quite incomplete.
If you are planning on adding any FIDO type networks then I would go
with Mystic. It is FAR FAR FAR easier to configure than Synchro. I run both packages, And Synchro was a BEAR to setup FTN networks and echoes. Mystic is simple and you only have to work in a single config program rather than haveing bit and pieces of the networking configuration scattered across a couple of different programs.
On 04-02-20 15:15, echicken wrote to Lupine Furmen <=-
Re: Re: Mystic or Syncronet BBS
By: Lupine Furmen to Al on Thu Apr 02 2020 14:02:31
Don't forget the SynchroBBS Discord server where you can find all kinds of live help.
Where's that?
And Mystic has IRC chat rooms where you can get help as well.
So does Synchronet, and honestly it'd be great if we could just use
that instead of scattering support across assorted chat platforms. Or maybe set up a gateway between Discord and IRC.
On 04-02-20 16:54, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Lupine Furmen <=-
Re: Re: Mystic or Syncronet BBS
By: Lupine Furmen to volker on Thu Apr 02 2020 01:56 pm
packages, And Synchro was a BEAR to setup FTN networks and echoes. Mystic is simple and you only have to work in a single config program rather than haveing bit and pieces of the networking configuration scattered across a
That would be nice; I wish there was a way to convert message areas
from Synchronet to a format Mystic could ingest.
The latter would be an interesting approach, these days, Discord is more likely
to get my attention than IRC, if I'm seeking support and no one's around at the
Don't forget the SynchroBBS Discord server where you can find all kin live help.Where's that?
You might need to elaborate, because there are obvious answers on face value - QWK, FTN. :P
But that sounds too simple, and I suspect there's more to your question.
But that sounds too simple, and I suspect there's more to your
question.
Trying to duplicate my messages bases (currently in Synchronet's
format) on a Mystic system. I've got years worth of messages, don't
want to lose them.
On 04-02-20 23:43, echicken wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Re: Re: Mystic or Syncronet BBS
By: Vk3jed to echicken on Fri Apr 03 2020 12:50:00
The latter would be an interesting approach, these days, Discord is more
likely
to get my attention than IRC, if I'm seeking support and no one's around
at the
Curious to know why that is. (I don't have anything against Discord in particular, just never got into it, and now it's looking like yet
another chat client I'll have running.)
Looks like somebody tried bridging the "SynchronetFans" Discord thing
to Synchronet IRC about a year ago; seems like it didn't go smoothly? I don't remember it.
These bridges often take the form of a bot piping traffic between networks. This gets kind of ugly; the actual nickname is part of the message text, etc. If we were to do this, I'd want to seek out (or
make) a better way. (A pseudo IRC server acting as a
On 04-03-20 00:19, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Trying to duplicate my messages bases (currently in Synchronet's
format) on a Mystic system. I've got years worth of messages, don't
want to lose them. --- SBBSecho 3.09-Win32
On 04-03-20 00:40, Al wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I am hopefull that can and will be fixed but for those reasons I would
not use Mystic to move mail until that issue is resolved.
I believe A46 is still a prealpha? So looks like g00r00 still have to iron out the kinks, and I'm sure he will in time.
That would be nice; I wish there was a way to convert message areas from Synchronet to a format Mystic could ingest.
I suppose QWK might work.
Lupine Furmen wrote to Al <=-
There are also 4 Synchronet areas on dove-net that are also on Fidonet. You can get answers quickly there for just about any Synchronet
questions you might have. There are many there who answer questions to
the best of their ability.
Don't forget the SynchroBBS Discord server where you can find all
kinds of live help.
And Mystic has IRC chat rooms where you can get help as well.
So there is no lacking of support for either package.
Simple, Discord has audible notifications on the phone. If someone talks on
it, I get a little "boing" sound. On IRC, I get nothing, if it's in the background, and my ADHD demands that attention grabber, more so these days,
HSM wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
QWK is the solution I uses for import/exporting usenet groups from Synchronet to Mystic. Having compatable message bases would be a lot easier but QWK does work.
I would say you haven't found the right IRC client then - but to be
fair, I haven't really liked most of the mobile IRC clients I've tried,
so I don't use one.
On 04-03-20 01:49, Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Hello Vk3jed,
I believe A46 is still a prealpha? So looks like g00r00 still have to iron out the kinks, and I'm sure he will in time.
Yep, at this point it is close to being done. If there is a will there
is a way.
On 04-03-20 12:15, echicken wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Re: Re: Mystic or Syncronet BBS
By: Vk3jed to echicken on Fri Apr 03 2020 19:08:00
Simple, Discord has audible notifications on the phone. If someone talks
on
it, I get a little "boing" sound. On IRC, I get nothing, if it's in the background, and my ADHD demands that attention grabber, more so these
days,
I would say you haven't found the right IRC client then - but to be
fair, I haven't really liked most of the mobile IRC clients I've tried,
so I don't use one.
On 04-03-20 11:24, ryan wrote to echicken <=-
I _highly_ recommend "The Lounge" - https://thelounge.chat
It runs on a server, I just use my BBS VM. It keeps your IRC session
alive and you login via a web browser on whichever device you want. I
use it on my personal computer, work computer, iPad...it's pretty
great. And the interface is as good or better than any standalone IRC program I've seen.
Synchronet isn't hard once you get used to it, and are able to get a routine happening around it. It just has a bit steeper learning curve. Mystic is very easy, as you say.
Also, let's not forget about Enigma 1/2 - if it had a configuration
editor program, it'd be super accessible to more sysops. Docs are pretty good, but it's a lot of text files to edit :)
On 04-04-20 01:01, Alpha wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Synchronet isn't hard once you get used to it, and are able to get a routine happening around it. It just has a bit steeper learning curve. Mystic is very easy, as you say.
I actually found Synchronet not too difficult to setup the fido-based networks, primarily because I found the (relatively new) video that Digital Man posted on YouTube. Maybe he was channeling Avon, but it was
a super helpful way to help new sysops given there are a few steps in
SBBS that require different config programs, installing jsexec BinkIT, etc. But it's pretty well documented once you dive in.
Seriously, if you are a BBS software author, setup videos are probably
a really good way to increase usage :)
Overall, I agree the learning curve for Synchronet is steeper than
mystic, I think that's because there are so many services, as it was
said here before. I think it's pretty powerful and awesome software
with an amazing community.
But I keep coming back to the simplicity and configurability of Mystic, particuarly around how g00r00 implements Menus and Prompts. So powrful.
Synchronet's command shell/menu system is pretty complex to me,
primarily because it's code-based (baja or javascript) BUT I think if
you are willing to invest the time learning it's pretty powerful.
Or, if you don't care about customization that much,SBBS is stellar.
Also, let's not forget about Enigma 1/2 - if it had a configuration
editor program, it'd be super accessible to more sysops. Docs are
pretty good, but it's a lot of text files to edit :)
I know some people like videos. I've just been talking about that to
one of the offers from my fire brigade - I don't like videos for
detailed instruction, because:
1. Video delivers information at a fixed rate. But my rate of taking information is is highly variable and almost always radically different
to the rate available from video.
2. I sometimes need to be able to refer in detail to a particular part
of the information, sometimes repeatedly or alternating between information checking and doing something - this is extremely difficult
to do with video - the process actually consumes the working memory that I'm trying to refresh! Contrast that with written documentation, which
can be left sitting in view as I work, taking much less effort.
I do want to do some more research into Synchronet's menuing, because I want to see if I can add a menu for QWK nodes to be able to turn on and off the available QWK networks. The security side is already setup, I just need to code the menu interface, so my QWK downlinks can self
serve, instead of relying on me to change the settings for them. :)
On 04-04-20 03:47, Alpha wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Totally makes sense. Ultimately, good documentation makes all the difference--I agree, I'd prefer detailed and updated docs w/text and images primarily over video, but I do think my learning style really
jives with video tutorials :)
I was also thinking recently about how, as a community, we could
support the creation of more tutorials to share some of the hard-won
setup knowledge we have around our BBSs of choice. You know: setting up FTN networks. Customizing menus. Door gotchas. Maybe a github-based or Medium community that covers these common and core setup issues that
are often hard to find, but in How-To formats vs wikis. Wikis are super useful for self-directed/searchable knowledge, but I think a
doc-version of something Avon's vidoes could be cool. There's so many great tips in these forums that I think get lost in the threads.
As an examaple, there's a great article on how to setup Mis using systemctl on unix systems (mis-start.sh, mis-stop.sh) that is pretty
good, but every time I re-install Google search to find it.
Love to see more info on menu customization! For me, it's really the biggest barrier to adoption. I've downloaded some of the command shell menu mods for Synchronet and they kind of make my head spin how complicated they are. No knock on the software, I'm sure it's just
because I need to spend more time figuring it out.
My style isn't well suited to video, videos range from tedious to frustrating for me. :/
My style isn't well suited to video, videos range from tedious to
frustrating for me. :/
When I watch a youtube instructional video, I speed it up to be 1.5x the normal speed, and I find this is usually slow enough for me to understand yet fast enough for me to not get frustrated.
Re: Re: Mystic or Syncronet BBS
By: Vk3jed to echicken on Fri Apr 03 2020 19:08:00
Simple, Discord has audible notifications on the phone. If someone taon
it, I get a little "boing" sound. On IRC, I get nothing, if it's in t background, and my ADHD demands that attention grabber, more so thesedays,
I would say you haven't found the right IRC client then - but to be
fair, I haven't really liked most of the mobile IRC clients I've tried,
so I don't use one.
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echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
* Origin: electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com (21:1/164)
Yep and also Magicka BBS too :) Both are well worth a look at as well.
Also interested in apam's new experimental Ghost BBS as well. Love
how clean it looks... Would def. consider that if it gets released
:)
On 04-04-20 08:34, ryan wrote to Vk3jed <=-
My style isn't well suited to video, videos range from tedious to frustrating for me. :/
When I watch a youtube instructional video, I speed it up to be 1.5x
the normal speed, and I find this is usually slow enough for me to understand yet fast enough for me to not get frustrated.
apam wrote to Alpha <=-
Also interested in apam's new experimental Ghost BBS as well. Love
how clean it looks... Would def. consider that if it gets released
:)
I probably wont end up releasing it, it's Windows only too, which might
be a problem.
--- MagickaBBS v0.13alpha (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: HappyLand - telnet://magickabbs.com:2023/ (21:1/126)
Spectre wrote to volker <=-
Go the whole hog and run some DOS software in VM's :)
I would love to see FrontDoor answering a telnet port in a VM. :)
Have you considered porting it to Qt? That would give you cross
platform and still keep a UI.
I need to reset my pasword on happyland. I shouldn't have stored
the password in the terminal program.
Have you considered porting it to Qt? That would give you cross
platform and still keep a UI.
I chose not to use QT because I'd be required to make it opensource (I can't afford the commercial license) Also, all the gui parts are in C#.
apam wrote (2020-04-07):
Have you considered porting it to Qt? That would give you
cross platform and still keep a UI.
I chose not to use QT because I'd be required to make it
opensource (I can't afford the commercial license) Also, all
the gui parts are in C#.
Since 2009 (version 4.5) Qt is also under the LGPL 3. It only
prevents static linking for closed source projects. If an
application uses dynamic linking for the Qt libs, it could use any
license including closed source and GPL-incompatible.
On 04-03-20 00:40, Al wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I am hopefull that can and will be fixed but for those reasons I
would not use Mystic to move mail until that issue is resolved.
I believe A46 is still a prealpha? So looks like g00r00 still have to
iron out the kinks, and I'm sure he will in time.
Hello Vk3jed,
I believe A46 is still a prealpha? So looks like g00r00 still have
to iron out the kinks, and I'm sure he will in time.
Yep, at this point it is close to being done. If there is a will there is
a way.
Yep, at this point it is close to being done. If there is a will
there is a way.
You have insider infos?
On 04-03-20 13:58, Oli wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Hub 1, 2 and 4 are running A46, so 95% of the traffic is handled by
some prealpha version.
I chose not to use QT because I'd be required to make it
opensource (I can't afford the commercial license) Also, all
the gui parts are in C#.
Since 2009 (version 4.5) Qt is also under the LGPL 3. It only
prevents static linking for closed source projects. If an
application uses dynamic linking for the Qt libs, it could use any
license including closed source and GPL-incompatible.
Ah ok. I thought it was GPL.
When I watch a youtube instructional video, I speed it up to be 1.5x the normal speed, and I find this is usually slow enough for me to understand yet fast enough for me to not get frustrated.
I haven't received the first email with the validation info following
the SSH registration session yet.
Hmm; it looks like the email was rejected due to Grex
getting put onto a spam blacklist. I sent you email
directly with your password and validated your account.
Yes! Thank you. I popped in briefly to grex. Need more time to look around.
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