• Re: Being a Network HUB

    From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Gary Mcculloch on Wed Apr 22 03:56:20 2020
    On 21 Apr 20 16:08:50, Gary Mcculloch said the following to All:

    I am looking for the best route, programs and documents to start my own hub on a Windows 10 machine. Something that once set up is mostly automated.

    D'Bridge.

    Nick

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Gary McCulloch on Sat Apr 25 18:46:22 2020
    Gary McCulloch wrote to Nick Andre <=-

    Before I look into D'Bridge, is there a 64-bit
    program that does the same thing? Otherwise, thanks for
    pointing out those two programs.

    As a single, standalone system like DB? No.

    But what you CAN do is set up a tosser, such as Fastecho (which is still registerable) or Squish (free), and set up a dedicated mail system.

    I have done so for the short times I was not actively using a BBS using
    Squish and Internet Rex.

    It's not difficult to do but it -is- easy to make a mistake. But you live
    and learn. I've blown up my system several times learning but it's okay. :D

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Sean Dennis on Sat Apr 25 20:38:00 2020
    Okay, I set up DosBox and D'Bride. I will see if I can learn my way around it. Any advice on these two programs on a Windows 10 64 bit system would be helpful!

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Sean Dennis on Wed Apr 29 19:25:17 2020
    On 25/04/2020 11:46 a.m., Sean Dennis : Gary McCulloch wrote:

    But what you CAN do is set up a tosser, such as Fastecho (which is still registerable) or Squish (free), and set up a dedicated mail system.

    Re Fastecho..Has anyone heard from Tobias? My reg request from last April is still not fulfilled. Hope he's ok.


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to August Abolins on Wed Apr 29 12:52:51 2020
    Re: Being a Network HUB
    By: August Abolins to Sean Dennis on Wed Apr 29 2020 19:25:17


    Re Fastecho..Has anyone heard from Tobias? My reg request from last
    April is still not fulfilled. Hope he's ok.

    you should reach out to him via email from his site...


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to mark lewis on Wed Apr 29 20:42:20 2020
    On 29/04/2020 12:52 p.m., mark lewis : August Abolins wrote:

    Re Fastecho..Has anyone heard from Tobias? My reg request from last April is still not fulfilled. Hope he's ok.

    you should reach out to him via email from his site...


    That's the one (tobi @ softeq.de) he used to reply to my original request. I sent a reply as per instructions. I still have the record of it on my phone where I keep some copies of email.

    Original request went out Apr 7, 2019.
    Message from him came April 16 requesting to send in a file.
    My reply with that attached REGISTER file went out May 6.
    Then crickets.

    Maybe the reply (since it had an attachment) ended up in spam on his side?

    Oh well..

    Maybe I'll send in a gentle reminder again later.


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  • From Zazz@1:124/5014 to August Abolins on Wed Apr 29 11:56:02 2020
    |10On 29 Apr 2020, August Abolins said the following...|10

    On 25/04/2020 11:46 a.m., Sean Dennis : Gary McCulloch wrote:

    But what you CAN do is set up a tosser, such as Fastecho (which is still registerable) or Squish (free), and set up a dedicated mail system.

    Re Fastecho..Has anyone heard from Tobias? My reg request from last
    April is still not fulfilled. Hope he's ok.


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    I sent email last month and haven't seen anything. Last response I got from him was July 2019

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 23 07:53:54 2020
    On Wed 22-Apr-2020 3:56a, Nick Andre@1:229/426.0 said to Gary McCulloch:
    D'Bridge.

    So D'Bridge or Husky is a good stand alone softgware to do the work? It will be on a Windows 10 System and is just needed to handle the systems polling and holding all the packets. I will not be running a BBS on it.

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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Gary Mcculloch on Thu Apr 23 12:48:38 2020
    On 23 Apr 20 07:53:54, Gary Mcculloch said the following to Nick Andre:

    So D'Bridge or Husky is a good stand alone softgware to do the work

    D'Bridge has everything needed to run a Hub system on either BinkD or an old dialup modem. No external tossers or scripting or anything else needed to run
    a full Fido system. It is totally menu-driven with help every step of the way.

    However it is an MS-DOS application.

    If your Windows 10 system is 64-bit, you need the NTVDM64 project installed to be able to run it. NTVDM64 has been discussed recently here.

    Nick

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Nick Andre on Thu Apr 23 16:16:45 2020
    On Thu 23-Apr-2020 12:48p, Nick Andre@1:229/426.0 said to Gary McCulloch:
    On 23 Apr 20 07:53:54, Gary Mcculloch said the following to Nick Andre: D'Bridge has everything needed to run a Hub system on either BinkD or an old
    dialup modem. No external tossers or scripting or anything else needed to run
    a full Fido system. It is totally menu-driven with help every step of the way.

    However it is an MS-DOS application.

    If your Windows 10 system is 64-bit, you need the NTVDM64 project
    installed to
    be able to run it. NTVDM64 has been discussed recently here.

    Nick

    Before I look into D'Bridge, is there a 64-bit program that does the same thing? Otherwise, thanks for pointing out those two programs.

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  • From Don Lowery@1:340/1000 to August Abolins on Thu Apr 30 05:33:28 2020
    Re Fastecho..Has anyone heard from Tobias? My reg request from last
    April is still not fulfilled. Hope he's ok.

    Heard from him a couple of weeks ago about sending in the registration form...but not since.

    ACME BBS-Member of fsxNet/WWIVNet/SciNet/AmigaNet/VKRadio/FidoNet/MicroNet.

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to All on Tue Apr 21 16:08:50 2020
    Even though this is not a BBS topic, I was told that this would be the best place for it. Well, not fully, A Bulletin Board System does benifit from network hubs.
    I am looking for the best route, programs and documents to start my own hub on a Windows 10 machine. Something that once set up is mostly automated.

    -Spitfire Inc presents 4 Unique Systems...

    Reign of Fire rof.cnetbbs.net:2300 C-Net Amiga Pro BETA System.
    Reign of Fire II rof.cnet64.com:6400 C-Net DS-2 BETA System.
    Reign of Fire III rof.cnetbbs.net:6800 C-Net Amiga v3.05g
    Reign of Fire Vice rof.cnet64.com:6502 C-Net DS-2 on Windows!
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    * Origin: rof.cnetbbs.net:2300 * rof.cnet64.com:6400 (1:154/50)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Gary McCulloch on Tue Apr 21 21:46:10 2020
    Gary McCulloch wrote to All <=-

    Even though this is not a BBS topic,

    If it involves mail networking of a BBS, yes, it is a BBS topic.

    I was told
    that this would be the best place for it. Well, not fully,
    A Bulletin Board System does benifit from network hubs.
    I am looking for the best route, programs and
    documents to start my own hub on a Windows 10 machine.
    Something that once set up is mostly automated.

    Okay, let's start here: are you wanting to run a BBS or a standalone hub system? I'd recommend if you're not using a BBS to use binkd (the original version). I haven't used straight binkd myself as I use Internet Rex/2 but there are others here who have and do who can help.

    From there, you'd need to learn how each of your networks run their
    operations and set up yours likewise.

    When I started Micronet from scratch, I was and am running Maximus/2 for my BBS, Internet Rex/2 for my main mail setup for BinkD/FTP connects, and
    Squish/2 for my mail tosser.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Gary McCulloch@1:154/50 to Sean Dennis on Tue Apr 21 22:34:03 2020
    On Tue 21-Apr-2020 9:46p, Sean Dennis@1:18/200.0 said to Gary McCulloch:

    Okay, let's start here: are you wanting to run a BBS or a standalone hub system? I'd recommend if you're not using a BBS to use binkd (the
    original
    version). I haven't used straight binkd myself as I use Internet Rex/2
    but
    there are others here who have and do who can help.

    From there, you'd need to learn how each of your networks run their operations and set up yours likewise.

    When I started Micronet from scratch, I was and am running Maximus/2 for
    my
    BBS, Internet Rex/2 for my main mail setup for BinkD/FTP connects, and Squish/2 for my mail tosser.

    Stand alone system on a Windows 10 tower using binkd. Something to house the packets for people to poll. Something that will also hatch nodelists and infopacks weekly.

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Gary McCulloch on Tue Apr 21 21:26:30 2020
    Hello Gary,

    Stand alone system on a Windows 10 tower using binkd.
    Something to house the packets for people to poll. Something that
    will also hatch nodelists and infopacks weekly.

    I use the husky software for tossing mail and files. I like it because it is open source and available for a wide range of platforms like DOS, Windows, OS/2 and linux and friends.

    Just about any tosser will do what you need although they are not all supported or registerable today.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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