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| | published by Fidonet | | articles: fidogazette @ filegate.net|
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Contents...................................................(i)
Editorial..................................................(1)
News from the Z1C..........................................(2)
New and Returning Members..................................(2)
New on the FileGate........................................(3)
Dr.Debug...................................................(4)
Food.......................................................(5)
Slightly Crusty SysOp......................................(6)
New UPDATED! Fidonet Compatible Software List
BBS/Mailers/Utilities List...............................(7)
FidoGazette BBS List.......................................(8)
What, no Serial Ports??....................................(9)
Info (Where to Send Articles)..............................(10)
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Editorial
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What week over here - or has it been two weeks?? (grin). Motheboard
died on my (pretty darn old) Athlon system.. So Ron gave me a spare 64
bit system he had (aw :) ).. We'd bought it a while back, maybe 6
months ago, in a super sale that we happened to catch at Staples..
maybe it was the greatest deal we just happened to 'walk-in' on :)..
I remember Ron saying at the time, it would probably be a good system
for your bbs/web server,etc.. and I just couldn't do it.. I said, no,
the bbs doesn't need all that power, etc. (bg).. and look which one I
grabbed Lol
It's a Dell 531S with an internal modem which I got to work.. pretty
much... then the Dell started with strange problems with my wireless
mouse and keyboard... it was a WinModem trying to be ..ah... nice (or
not so nice) on the Dell.. so we bought a serial port for the Dell.
It was momentarily funny incident.. I'm looking at the box after I got
various pieces of software installed.. and there is no serial port for
the modem - Just WHEN did mfg'ers decide that serial ports were
unnecessary ???? Personally, I was insulted (laugh)..
I suppose people would call this a legacy problem .. and folks wonder
why Fidonet's growth is slow these day :) :) It's not that we require
modems any more, but there _are_ a decent number of people in Zone 1
who for one reason or another don't use the internet to get their
mail.. I can understand that, and I'm happy to see modem users in Zone
1. To me, it's more than the historical aspect of things.. I think
it's a necessity these days.. when ISPs go down, or storms/floods wipe
out DSL, ADSL lines, etc., who will be able to continue getting mail in
a timely basis? Not those depending on the internet, that's for
sure..
I'm not saying that internet connections don't have any future
in Fidonet, we all know they do and they have for a while... but in
the end, I'm hoping we see a resurgence of POTS lines, with maybe even
radio-shack 'switches' to go between Modem and voice lines (g). It used
to be quite common in Fidonet for SysOps to only have one phone line,
and use switches and ring tones to go detect 'who or what' was calling
:)
Just my take on things :)
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Notes From The Z1C
==================
It would seem to be insane to hope to join fidonet sometimes.. kind of
sick.. This IS NOT going to help Fidonet.. And though I know for a
fact sometimes nodes aren't quite 'ready', it would be nice if someone
could help those having trouble, if that's the problem. R14 has agreed
to give a home to a couple of the nodes* below who've been waiting
quite a long time to get in the nodelist. (Thanks Jon :))
New/Returning SysOps:
====================
Made it in the nodelist - Hey welcome :)
* Michael Capp R 11 1:120/602
* John Meeks R 18 Nashville, TN
* Kris Jones R 18 Clearwater, FL
* Mike Soper R 19 Midland Texas
-=-Still Waiting-=- :(
Eric Oulashin R 17 Eugene, OR
Shanta McBain R 17 Enderby, BC
Sam Bright R 17 Wasilla, AK *
Jesse Cussins R 10 Las Vegas, Nevada
Jason McManus R 10
Harvey Simpson R 18 Joelton, TN
Christopher D. Coccimiglio R 12 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Robert Ridigns Z3, New Zealand
In the Works:
Bob Burba R11 Dayton, OH USA
Den Gusev Z2 Vorkuta, Russia
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New on the Filegate:
% FDN: bbs-scene.org FDN
% Coordinator: Frank Linhares, 1:250/100
%
% Internet: http://bbs-scene.org
% Backbone conference: BBS-SCENE
% PATH: DIRECT
% HUB: Yes
% ------------------------------------------------------------------------
% File Echo Description
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Area SCENEMOD 0 ! SCENE: Doors and Mods for bbs-scene.org
Area SCENELST 0 ! SCENE: bbs-scene.org bbs list
Area SCENEENT 0 ! SCENE: Enthral BBS Support
Area SCENEUHQ 0 *& SCENE: Upstream to bbs-scene.org HQ
Thanks Frank! Sounds like a great idea.
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|Dr. Debug|
=========
Mailers and EchoMail setup Problems:
Can't cover them all there, and this shouldn't be taken to replace YOUR
docs, but hopefully enough examples can help you someday :)
Q: My mailer isn't working.. it was fine before today..
A1: Check for corrupted files.. if you're using an ARCMail attach
mailer like FD, check the status of your nodelist.. you may just need
a new copy of the nodelist. Once you'd replaced the nodelist, you'd
need to run your fd nodelist data compiler (fdnc)... You can always
pick up a 'fresh' nodelist at
http://www.filegate.net/nodelist/nodelist.z?? where ?? is the week
number (like 89, etc.)
A2: If you are using BBBS, did you run bcfg4 and save the config
(esc+save rather than esc+ exit, no save) when you
had your bbs nodes running? Did you have any users on your system?
that's a no-no unless you have specific semiphore files in your bbbs
directory (see sysop.gui, 'Files in the bbbs directory'). If you did
have nodes running when you saved bcfg4's config without semiphores
limiting access, a complete reinstall may be necessary :( Copy
what you can from bcfg4 (node number, etc.) and make a copy of
external.bbb with a different filename.. your new install may
overwrite your old external.bbb (depends on how you do the reinstall).
In copying external.bbb to some other name, you'll preserve your
passwords and file echo prefs for downlinks and uplinks. You'll still
have to add all your echos with global:confs F5 to pull in a list like
backbone.na, but you'll have who gets what in your old external.bbb
file.
A3: Argus, Radius clones:
First check the obvious things.. the paths to your archivers, your node
number, routing, etc. If you still get errors, check
http://www.filegate.net/zone1/ar-index.html for step-by-step setup of
Argus.. the other clones should be close ...
A4: if you're running Binkd, check out my setup (old one,but it's a
good example) at http://www.filegate.net/zone1/binkd.html
For the line that runs binkd, I'm now running 1.0, so I run it with
./binkd10 binkd.cfg -q
Q: My Echmail setup stopped working!
A1: FD
Maybe someone will fill in for this - It's been a while since I ran FD
:)
A2: BBBS:
Go to you're [echomail] section in BBBS's external.bbb
[echomail]
gr tag bbsname AddAkas
======================================================================
X 10TH_AMD fido.10TH_AMD 1:261/100
[wraps] flags Export
=============
[wraps] SV 1:123/500
Check for the obvious.. is that YOUR aka under akas? That's what you
want there, or just a - (dash) if you don't need to list akas. The
reason I do is because I toss all my mail as 1:261/38, but also have
some people connecting to 261/100. Next, make sure the node who's
getting the echo from you or who is delivering it is in your [nodes]
section, and make sure he's got the X flag (under the [echomail]
section, it's the first letter in the line) in the [nodes] flag
section:
[nodes]
; node spass apass ppass tpass gr st pa route
; --------- ------- ------- ------- ----- --- -- -- -----
1:123/500 passwd passwd passwd passwd XFG C 2 1:123/*
So 123/500 gets any echos in groups X, F or G.. in other words, echos
with those letters in the first spot in the [echomail] section..
Also, check the paths to your archivers.. be sure they are where you
have said they are in external.bbb (normally the default install gets
them right).
A3: SBBS (synchronet)
Again.. check your archiver paths, and make sure your inbound path and
outbound paths match with whatever paths you've set up in the mailer
you're using (Binkd, argus, radius, etc.). Check in your sync setup to
make sure that if you're using Binkd, you've got Binkley Outbounds
selected (or I think the program uses the term B-O for binkley outbounds).
Here's a set up for SBBSEcho that Robert Starr sent me a
while back so you might as well check that as well :) This set up
would be for a node connecting to me as their uplink (1:261/38) who is
running SBBS - FLO mailer means the node is using one of the Argus
clones (ArcMail Attach, not B-O).
===========cut here========start sbbsecho config==========
NOTIFY 1
FLO_MAILER
ELIST_ONLY
LOGFILE d:\sbbs\data\logs\sbbsecho.log (can change)
LOG ALL
INBOUND d:\sbbs\radius\inbox\ (comment: can change, for
each ftn program)
SECURE_INBOUND d:\sbbs\radius\inbox\secure\ (comment: can change, for
each ftn program)
OUTBOUND d:\sbbs\radius\outbox\ (comment: can change, for
each ftn program)
DIRECT 1:261/38
PACKER ZIP 0 504B
PACK %!pkzip %f %s
UNPACK %!pkunzip %f %s
END
USEPACKER ZIP 1:261/38 1:ALL 2:ALL 3:ALL 4:ALL 5:ALL 6:ALL 10:ALL
AREAFIX 1:261/38 ******
ROUTE_TO 1:261/38 1:261/38 1:ALL 2:ALL 3:ALL 4:ALL 5:ALL 6:ALL
=================cut here======end sbbsecho config========
This node routes all his netmail through my system so if he say wants
to send a netmail to someone in Zone2, SBBS will route it to me, and
my system will forward it to Zone 2.
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F O O D Even sysops have to eat!
-=-=-=-=-=-
By Janis Kracht, 1:261/38
Want to contribute something here? Send your submission to fidogazette
'at' filegate.net or email janis at filegate.net, or janis kracht at
1:261/38 (binkp filegate.net) and it will get published here in the
next issue :)
Apple/Bluberry Cake
===================
This is a cake/bread my grandma always had in her freezer for when
people popped in on her.. we always loved it, and I was so glad my Mom
had the recipe.. Grandma's recipe was originally just apples, raisins,
and pecans... I added bluberries since I had about a cup or so, and
didn't want them to go unused :) When I add bluberries to this, I skip
the raisins.
Preheat oven to 350F
4 cups diced fresh apples
[optional: about a cup of fresh bluberries, see note*]
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs beaten
3 cups unsifted flour [see note*]
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
[optional: 1 cup chopped raisins, see note*]
Grease 2-9x5" bread pans.
Combine apples, sugar and the 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon and let stand for
30-35 minutes, or until the juices run from the apples. Combine oil,
vanilla, eggs and add to the apple mixture. *Stir in the blueberries if
you're using them. If you use frozen, you'll have to add about 2-3
tablespoons more flour to the mix below. When I add blueberries, I
skip the raisins in this recipe.
Combine the flour, baking powder, soda and 2 teaspoons cinnamon, salt
and mix well into the fruit mixture. *Stir in the raisins and chopped
pecans. Pour into the prepared bread pans. Bake for 45 minutes or
until a cake tester comes out clean.
*Note: if you use frozen blueberries, you may have to add about another
5 minutes or so to the baking time.
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The Slightly Crusty Sysop
Sean Dennis
1:18/200
It's been a long while since I've written a column. Unfortunately,
life threw me a hard curveball and I've yet to recover completely for
it, but I'm here now. Up here in the mountains, the leaves are turning
brilliant reds and oranges; makes for a spectacular sight if you drive
up into the higher elevations where it's been colder than it has been
down here in the valleys.
With the cooler weather comes more activity in Fidonet and BBSing in
general. I've noticed a little uptick in activity so far but not much.
Maybe this is a good time to introduce former BBS users and sysops back
to the fun and fellowship that BBSing brings. You could also introduce
new people to BBSing-seems there's a resurgance in "old technology"
these days with all the hubbub and noise of the Internet.
Thankfully things have been mellow so far in Fidonet these days from
what I've seen; more people getting along and talking about things they
have in common rather than argue. Then again, I've not visited a
Fidonet administration echo in a long time.
Not much else to write about...Janis is about to put this issue out and
I promised her I'd have something to put in this issue. I'll try to
write more next month when things are hopefully settled down around my
house and I can concentrate more.
As always, your comments are welcome-your flames are not. Please
netmail me at 1:18/200 with the subject line containing "Crusty Sysop".
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I'm frequently asked by folks either just joining or coming back to
Fidonet about what software options there are these days for Fidonet
nodes. This is a list of Fidonet compatible software put together by
Robert Couture, who was one of our past SysOps, RC, and FileGate HUB.
Thanks to Sean Dennis for comletely rewriting this list, and taking
over it's updating for FidoGazette :)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
BBS Software List
Updated 14 October 2010
Maintained by Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Editors Emeritus: Robert Couture, Janis Kracht
Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal
P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility F=Info
*=Software is available, but no longer supported
or updated.
@=Website is operating but is no longer updated.
?=Software's updating/support status is unknown.
O=Software is open source.
.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
|Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node|
`- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'
Argus |MI*? |http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/argus/
| | v3.210 on Mar 29 2001
BinkleyTerm XE |MO* |http://btxe.sourceforge.net
| | 2.60XE Beta-XH7 on Oct 22 2000
BinkD |MI? |http://2f.ru/binkd/
| | maloff@corbina.net
| | v0.94 on Jul 24 2000 (Outdated)
| |http://www.filegate.net/r50/aftnbinkd/
FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280
Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net
| | v2.4 on Sep 26 2003
FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MITPC|http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330
Definite Solutions |? | sales@defsol.se
| | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX
Husky Project |MTPUI|http://husky.sourceforge.net/
|O? | v1.9 RC2 on Apr 20 2010
Taurus |MI |http://www.fidotel.com/public/forums/
(based on Radius) |? | taurus/index.htm
| | v5.0 Jun 12 2006
| |
T-mail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru (Russian only)
|? | v2608 on Dec 12 2001
WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com
Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com
Xpress: Santronics | |
Software, Inc. | |
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org
|? | v4.4.10 on Aug 27 2004
| |
FMail |TO*? |http://fmail.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.60 on Mar 8 2008
| | Source code only!
JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de 2:2432/1101
(ATARI ST only) | | js@jetsys.de
| | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000
Squish |T* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v1.11R2 on Jan 1 2009
| |
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
BBBS |BICTM|http://www.bbbs.net 2:22/222
| | b@bbbs.net
| | v4.01 on January 28 2007
EleBBS |BO*? |http://www.elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9 2002
Ezycom BBS |BT |http://www.ezycom-bbs.com 3:690/682
| | v2.15g2 on Nov 16 2009
Hermes II Project |BT |http://www.hermesbbs.com/
Macintosh-based | | malyn@strangegizmo.com
| | v3.5.10b3
Maximus BBS |BO* |http://www.filegate.net/maximus_bbs/
| | v3.03
| | Source code available at:
| | http://maximus.sourceforge.net/
MBSE BBS: |BIO? |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.92.0 on Oct 16 2007
Mystic BBS |BO* |http://www.mysticbbs.com
| | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001
RemoteAccess BBS: |B? |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B? |http://www.buffalocrk.com/
Creek Software | | mdwoltz@buffalocrk.com
| | v3.6 on Aug 20 1999
Synchronet BBS |BTIO |http://www.synchro.net 1:103/705
| | v3.13a on Sep 2005
Telegard BBS |B* |http://www.telegard.net
| | v3.09g2-sp4/mL on Dec 19 1999
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
Cheepware |DU |http://kd5col.info/cheepware.html
Sean Dennis | | sdennis72@gmail.com 1:18/200
DDS (Doorware |D@ |http://www.doorgames.org
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
Jibben Software |D* |http://www.jibbensoftware.com/
| | bbs-door-games.cfm
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
John Dailey Software |DU? |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
Shining Star |D* |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com
| | 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D* |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software: |DU* |http://http://vbsoft.dhakota.org
Bryan Turner | | d@dhakota.org
| | last update: Apr 11 2008
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
CrossPoint (XP) |P? |http://www.crosspoint.de (German only)
| | pm@crosspoint.de
| | v3.12d on Dec 22 1999
FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de (German only)
| | support@freexp.de
| | v3.42 on Jun 27 2010
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
GoldEd+ |EO*? |http://golded-plus.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.1.5 (Snapshot) on Apr 29 2010
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de 2:2476/493
| | v1.15 on Dec 15 1999
| | Website is in German and English
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
Internet Rex: |UI? |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
TransNet |UIO? |http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mressl/
| | transnet/index.html
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Sep 13 2007
Ifmail |UIO |http://ifmail.sourceforge.net
| | crosser@average.org
Meltdown-BBS |UIO |http://meltdown-bbs.sourceforge.net/
| | v1.0b on Apr 26 2004
MakeNL |UO |http://www.filegate.net/coordutl/
| | v3.2.9 on Feb 1 2010
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Telnet/Dialup BBS |F |http://www.telnetbbsguide.com 1:275/89
Guide | | Maintained by Dave Perrussel
| | This is probably the most updated BBS
| | list on the Internet for a general
| | BBS list.
Synchronet BBS List |F |http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html
| | Maintained automatically
| | This list is specifically for
| | Synchronet-based BBS systems and is
| | automatically updated nightly.
+- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
File Archives:
http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net/
http://www.bbscorner.com (FTP access via port 60721)
http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org
http://www.simtel.net
http://www.bbsfiles.com
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu
(OS/2 specific)
Note: most also provide FTP access
(use ftp:// instead of http:// above)
If you have corrections, suggestions or additions to the information
above, please contact Sean Dennis with your information via netmail
at 1:18/200 (preferred) or email at sdennis72@gmail.com.
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!!! G A Z E T T E B B S L I S T !!!
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
By bbslist @ filegate.net
Send updates, changes to address above or to janis @ filegate.net.
System.......Christian Fellowship
FidoAddress..1:266/512
Phone........1-856-933-7096
Software.....PCBoard 15.3
OS...........Windows XP pro
C/B Verify...Manually via email or voice
usually within 24 hours.
Access.......Read only until verified. Once
verified write access to Msg bases, file
areas, chat and doors/games.
Telnet.......cfbbs.dtdns.net or cfbbs.no-ip.com
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
System.......Lightning BBS
FidoAddress..1:311/2
Software.....Virtual Advanced
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......lightningbbs.com
www:.........http:/www.lightningbbs.com/index.php
Thanks to VADV-PHP you can access almost
everything the BBS has to offer from the
web, with the exception of door games.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
System.......Lionsden BBS
FidoAddress..1:224/303
Phone........613-392-8896
Software.....Sunchronet
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......lionsden.darktech.org
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, Files, etc.
www:.........http:/www.lionsden.darktech.org
You will redirected to a menu where you can
choose one of three sites. The first one is
private and requires PW to get into.
FTP..........FTP://lionsden.darktech.org Files only
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
System..........Nocturnal State BBS
FidoAddress..1:18/200
Phone........423-926-7999
Software.....Ezycom v2.15g2
OS...........OS/2 Warp 4.52
C/B Verify...None
Access.......Manual verification for full access
Telnet.......nsbbs.darktech.org
www:.........http://kd5col.info
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
System.......Prism BBS
FidoAddress..1:261/38
Phone........607-655-5652
Software.....BBBS LiI v4.01 Flag #
OS...........Linux (Ubuntu)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases,
file areas, all features of the BBS.
Telnet.......filegate.net
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
qwkmail, BWmail,Files, chat, group chat,
etc.
www:.........http:/www.filegate.net:8090/bbbs
web interface is limited to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages
in qwk packets, but not uploading them,
file download access, guest account.
FTP: ftp.filegate.net, port 60721.
public access to file areas (please
note change of port for public access).
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
System.......Roach Guts BBS
FidoAddress..1:396/60
Phone:.......337-433-4135
Software.....Maximus on Port 23 (primary)
Synchronet on Port 24 (temporary)
OS...........Windows XP
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First call access to doors, files and
message reading. Message posting requires
validation.
Telnet.......roachguts.com
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System.......Time Warp of the Future BBS
FidoAddress..1:14/400
Phone........none
Software.....sbbs 3.15a (very beta)
OS...........win. (xp pro. sp3)
C/B Verify...None
Access.......First Call access to Msg bases, and file areas.
Telnet.......time.synchro.net:24 or time.darktech.org:24
or timewarpfuture.dyndns.org:24
telnet access offers full features
of the standard bbs such as doors,
messages or file area etc.
www:.........http://time.synchro.net:81
Web interface is limited really to reading messages
and replying online, or downloading messages in qwk
packets, but not uploading them, and file download access.
SBBS files available.
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What, no Serial Ports??
By Janis Kracht
I guess it's a sign of how long I've been working with computers.. I
really expected to see serial ports on that darn 64 bit Dell. Guess I
haven't been paying much attention to such things (g).
I needed to get something going on it though, once I'd gotten the bbs's
telnet and binkp nodes going. The first modem I tried on the Dell was
a Conexant Internal Data/fax modem. I found the name of the modem
inside the box with the lspci command:
janis@filegate:~$ lspci
[...lots of other info...]
01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k
Data/Fax Modem
Ok, Cool, I thought, at least for now. If I could get this going for
just a few days, that would work until I got the serial port I needed
for my U.S.Robotics V.Everything modem.
A google seach for 'Ubuntu Conexant modem' brought me to this page:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=36091
(How to configure your conexant modem with ubuntu)
There was link for an HSF modem driver, which is what this beast was..
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php
but it was a link to a shareware driver that operated at 14400 unless
registered for $19.95 (GEEZ I hate crippleware) so I ignored that one
and kept looking..
I finally found this file at dell.com (dummy, why not go there first):
hsfmodem-7.80.02.05x86_64dell-1.m4500.x86_64.rpm
It needed to be converted to a .deb file (preferable for ubuntu) or
tar.gz so I could install it here easily. There was a .deb version on
Dell's ftp site, but it was for 32bit architecture and my system
didn't like that one (g).
Ubuntu's 'alien' command took care of that.. and created the .deb I
needed.. seemed fine.. Once extracted/installed, I had new files in
the /dev directory:
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 71 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF7
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 70 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 69 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 68 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 67 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 66 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 65 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 240, 64 2010-10-07 16:31 /dev/ttySHSF0
along with the /dev/ttyS? files
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 2010-10-07 16:30 /dev/ttyS3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 66 2010-10-07 16:30 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 2010-10-07 16:30 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 2010-10-07 16:30 /dev/ttyS0
though ttyS0 and the other ttyS? files did nothing.
BBBS didn't mind the funny ttySHSF0 name so for a few days all was
well.. then the system locked up tight.. and made some horrific
growling noises as the dual CPUs over heated repeatedly, and the fan
went quite crazy :( :( The dual CPUs on the system got so hot you could
feel it through the box.. I KNEW we had to get a serial port and get
the USRobotics modem going before that darn driver killed the CPUs :(
The Conexant modem was a Win-Modem after all so it didn't surprise me
that a programmer developing this driver for Linux could have had some
bugs in the driver (g).
We bought a MosChip 9865, 2 port serial card. My system saw that card
as soon as I rebooted after putting it in, so now lspci reported:
[...]
01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k
Data/Fax Modem
01:0a.0 Serial controller: NetMos Technology PCI 9865 Multi-I/O
Controller
01:0a.1 Serial controller: NetMos Technology PCI 9865 Multi-I/O
Controller
Someone told me to make sure I disabled the internal modem if I was
going to use my trusty exeternal USRobotic's modem.. but guess what..
under linux if you don't plug a phone line into the back of the system,
it doesn't care :) Makes plenty of sense if you check the irq's the two
modems use.. both installs told me what interrupt the modems would be
using but a look at /proc/interrupts displays it as well:
17: 3 1344 IO-APIC-fasteoi hsfpcibasic2
18: 0 30 IO-APIC-fasteoi mcs9865-serial
19: 168 160730 IO-APIC-fasteoi mcs9865-serial
So once again I was on a search for a recent driver for the serial
card.. We'd bought the card at a local computer shop, so not
surprisingly, the driver it came with didn't seem very 'new' (we and
the salesperson had to dig around the shop for that card (g))...So I
went to moschip.com and found one from 2009.. (thanks for the comment
in Z1C, Jerry :) )
The driver needed to be compiled, but the PDf file it came with was
simple to follow.. Put the archive in Root's Desktop directory,
extract the file with the command 'tar xvzf filename' and type make,
then make install. boom.. that was it.. I now had:
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 201, 0 2010-10-07 19:31 /dev/ttyD0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 201, 1 2010-10-14 01:28 /dev/ttyD1
plus all the other tty* files above.. :) I plugged in the modem into
one of the ports, moved the bbs phone line from the conexant into the
USRobotics modem, told BBBS the new name for the port, and that was it
(grin). Needless to say, I'm a happy camper :)
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T h e F i d o G a z e t t e! Volume IV Number VII July, 2010
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INFO:
Fidogazette is published by Janis Kracht, Editor, with the help of
Richard Webb 1:116/901 (Old School ToolBox), and Sean Dennis 1:18/200
(The Slightly Crusty Sysop). If you have an idea for a column or a
series of articles, please contact me :)
New!
Email subsriptions via www.filegate.net, but of course you can always
link into your uplink and use Tick or a tick compatible program:
Where to Send Your Articles
Unlike most editors, I surely do not mind running my mouth when
there is a sparcity of articles for the 'zine. I'd MUCH rather
you sent in material but I think until someone starts a
discussion you feel like commenting about, you evil dullards
(just kidding!!!) will no doubt complain about "no issues" (grin)
So I will fill these issues with my meanderings and thoughts and
hopefully we will grow into something of consequence here :)
Don't be offended.. write an article!
If you WOULD like to submit an article and prove me wrong about
the dullard aspect of you guys and gals , feel free to drop
your article off at:
By email attach to address: janis @ filegate.net
Fidonet attach: Janis Kracht at 1:261/38 Modem: 607-655-5652
1:261/100 filegate.net port 24555 via binkp or telnet mailer
(don't send articles as routed attaches, send them direct to filegate.net).
Standard binkp port only supports BinkP (24554).
Give it a title, sign your name and network address if you have
one and send it along!
Don't worry about the format, I can take anything you send me
and mutilate it further as you can see above. Linux is nice
that way (g). Spell checking your own work will help though
(something I'm typically guilty of (g)).
To send reviews or recipes to the Food section, email or netmail Janis
as above.
To send a question to Dr. Debug, email a question to dr.debug @
filegate.net or post in the fidogazette echo! :)
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listing to bbslist @ filegate.net or post it in the fidogazette echo!
:)
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