Hi Guys,

After spending consider amount of time today comparing features between the primary bbs packages before I take the plunge back into BBSing from scratch, I have to admit that Mystic has progressed in leaps & bounds in the past 5+ years. Thinking back to the late 1998/99 & early 2000 status, when I think g00r00 departed for higher education, wow! What a significant push to critical mass!

Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough to build from scratch?


Thanks,
Phil

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Re: A39 Release
By: Phil Kimble to All on Wed May 09 2018 01:30 pm

After spending consider amount of time today comparing features between the primary bbs packages before I take the plunge back into BBSing from scratch, I have to admit that Mystic has progressed in leaps & bounds in the past 5+ years. Thinking back to the late 1998/99 & early 2000 status, when I think g00r00 departed for higher education, wow! What a significant push to critical mass!

It's all true.

Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough to build from scratch?

I just setup a Mystic BBS using A39 and use it for a couple of points. I believe that is a good starting point.

Ttyl :-),
Al


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Phil Kimble wrote to All <=-

Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough
to build from scratch?

Go with A39. Both are alphas, might as well use the latest, and A39 was officially released a couple of weeks ago. :)


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On 05/09/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough to build from scratch?

A39 has been solid here and was recommended over A38 in particular by the author since a lot of the socket code was undergoing revision throughout A38.

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Hello Phil,

Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough to build
from scratch?

Since I have upgraded/installed the A39 version of Mystic I haven't had any problems that I haven't caused. :)

Granted, I haven't made use of all the features that Mystic A39 has (Yet) but Mystic has been running fine. Besides new features A39 also includes some fixes
for socket issues that existed in A38.

So... I would suggest a fresh install of A39.


Jeff

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On 05/09/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

Hi Guys,

After spending consider amount of time today comparing features between the primary bbs packages before I take the plunge back into BBSing from scratch, I have to admit that Mystic has progressed in leaps & bounds in the past 5+ years. Thinking back to the late 1998/99 & early 2000
status, when I think g00r00 departed for higher education, wow! What a significant push to critical mass!

Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough to

IMO, It would always be better to start with the newest stable release (A39). There were a few bugs that was fixed in A39. You won't be disappointed! g00r0r has put in ALOT of work recently, alot of 'on the fly' stuff we asked him to add, to the point he's a little burnt out. I must admit I prolly
didn't help matters :( He's been on a 'break' for a few weeks now. his
box(es) was giving out after all the work he put in, and as far as I know
he's taking a little break. He did it at a good time, Mystic A39 is running like a champ for me! (under Ubuntu/X64) It does EVERYthing I need and then more!

Regards

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
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On 05/09/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

Hi Guys,
After spending consider amount of time today comparing features
between the primary bbs packages before I take the plunge back into
BBSing from scratch, I have to admit that Mystic has progressed in
leaps & bounds in the past 5+ years. Thinking back to the late 1998/99
& early 2000 status, when I think g00r00 departed for higher
education, wow! What a significant push to critical mass!
Would it be better to start off with A38 release or A39 stable enough
to

IMO, It would always be better to start with the newest stable
release (A39).
There were a few bugs that was fixed in A39. You won't be
disappointed!

Not one bit, its running like a MegaMillion Dollar winner on Slackware 14! I feel like I am stepping back into the year 2000. Until I look & see the white hair on my head!! Is it sane for Grandfathers to be Sysops or am I past it?

g00r0r has put in ALOT of work recently, alot of 'on the fly' stuff
we asked
him to add, to the point he's a little burnt out. I must admit I
prolly
didn't help matters :( He's been on a 'break' for a few weeks now.
his
box(es) was giving out after all the work he put in, and as far as I
know
he's taking a little break. He did it at a good time, Mystic A39 is running
like a champ for me! (under Ubuntu/X64) It does EVERYthing I need and

Absolutely! Lets not kill the guy, somebody get him a beer & a bag of chips! Gotta get those carbs flowing back into the fingertips!!

Regards

-+- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
+ Origin: The New Frontier ][ - thenewfrontier2.hop2.org
(1:226/16)

I think I am at the point of "how do I do this" & "hmmm, I didnt do that right..." But I finally discovered a reason to buy a Raspberry PI!! Thanks Mystic, my wife is mad at me, again...

Once I get the PI setup & the bbs moved onto it, I will be ready to put it online.

Thx,
Phil

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he's taking a little break. He did it at a good time, Mystic A39 is
running like a champ for me! (under Ubuntu/X64) It does EVERYthing I need >> and Absolutely! Lets not kill the guy, somebody get him a beer & a bag of >> chips! Gotta get those carbs flowing back into the fingertips!!

I think I am at the point of "how do I do this" & "hmmm, I didnt do that right..." But I finally discovered a reason to buy a Raspberry PI!! Thanks Mystic, my wife is mad at me, again...
Once I get the PI setup & the bbs moved onto it, I will be ready to put it online.

I have pretty much installed Mystic on most of the OS's available. Awhile back on a Pi3 also. In a number of cases for testing Pre-Alphas. Currently I Mystic setup on 64b versions of Windows and Linux as well as 32b Pi3. All run well.


Jeff


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More of a 'To All'

A39 has worked friggin great for me on the Pi. The author has done a
marvelous job here, IMHO.

Mick Manning
Central Ontario Remote

Mick Manning
-(< Blindsided Blues >)-

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On 06/02/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

Not one bit, its running like a MegaMillion Dollar winner on Slackware
14! I feel like I am stepping back into the year 2000. Until I look &
see the white hair on my head!! Is it sane for Grandfathers to be Sysops or am I past it?

Geesh, since you put it that way (4 grand daughters, 1 grand son) I REALLY
feel old! ;) Just imagine, what our grandkids will call 'old' when they get close to our age! Technology has jump so fast since we were in our teen
years. You don't even have to touch your cellphone and do stuff, text, GPS, etc... It's crazy, I told myself I would never be dependant on my phone, but it got me! :\

Absolutely! Lets not kill the guy, somebody get him a beer & a bag of chips! Gotta get those carbs flowing back into the fingertips!!

Believe me, if I lived closer I'd be first in line to get him a few cold
ones! In all my years of BBS'ing and being a SysOp, I'd have to say he's
first on my list of programmers that really listen to users and add stuff
like right now. I've got ALOT of respect for him

I think I am at the point of "how do I do this" & "hmmm, I didnt do that right..." But I finally discovered a reason to buy a Raspberry PI!! Thanks Mystic, my wife is mad at me, again...

LOL! Classic! I'm 'lucky' to not have to answer to a wife or GF....yet. but
the soon to be is a techie like me so she'll understnad!

Once I get the

PI setup & the bbs moved onto it, I will be ready to put PK> it online.


I was thinking about getting a PI too, but I've heard it has issues with running DOSEMU/DOS doors. I have alot of DOS based doors on my bbses. I
still might get one, heck, for the small footprint and they are pretty cheap.

Regards

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On 06/02/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

Geesh, since you put it that way (4 grand daughters, 1 grand son) I REALLY
feel old! ;) Just imagine, what our grandkids will call 'old' when
they get
close to our age! Technology has jump so fast since we were in our
teen
years. You don't even have to touch your cellphone and do stuff,
text, GPS,
etc... It's crazy, I told myself I would never be dependant on my
phone, but
it got me! :\

I recently lost my iphone 6S plus & decided to go alone. At first it was pretty
rough but after a month, I really not missing it...

Once I get the

PI setup & the bbs moved onto it, I will be ready to put PK> it
online.

I was thinking about getting a PI too, but I've heard it has issues
with
running DOSEMU/DOS doors. I have alot of DOS based doors on my
bbses. I
still might get one, heck, for the small footprint and they are
pretty cheap.

If it doesnt work out, I will stick a "Hole" on it or turn it into a firewall... For the price I figure it will be a fun gadget to have around.

Regards

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On 06/06/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

I recently lost my iphone 6S plus & decided to go alone. At first it was pretty rough but after a month, I really not missing it...

See, I use my phone more for a GPS/naviation and for bus routes in my area, more than anything. I CAN go without the social media part, it gets boring hearing someone cry about a BF/GF or seeing 'cute' animal pics :(

If it doesnt work out, I will stick a "Hole" on it or turn it into a firewall... For the price I figure it will be a fun gadget to have
around.

Exactly! Same reason why I wanna get one, I think the one I wanna get is the Pi-3.. I'm gonna look more into it though when I AM ready to get one

Regards

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
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On 06/06/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

I recently lost my iphone 6S plus & decided to go alone. At first it
was pretty rough but after a month, I really not missing it...

See, I use my phone more for a GPS/naviation and for bus routes in my area,
more than anything. I CAN go without the social media part, it gets boring
hearing someone cry about a BF/GF or seeing 'cute' animal pics :(

Nope, gotta have the cute cat videos with my coffee. <just kidding>
I normally am processing user requests with morning coffee...

If it doesnt work out, I will stick a "Hole" on it or turn it into a
firewall... For the price I figure it will be a fun gadget to have
around.

Exactly! Same reason why I wanna get one, I think the one I wanna get
is the
Pi-3.. I'm gonna look more into it though when I AM ready to get one

I order the Pi-3B? from Amazon.

Regards
-+- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
+ Origin: The New Frontier ][ - thenewfrontier2.hop2.org
(1:226/16)

Someday, after i pass the CEH, if I should ever survive the online training, I will put it to good use & save the world with images of grandeur!! It will end
up in my sock drawer in a matter of weeks- but at least I GOT one! :-)

Phil

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On 06/08/18, Phil Kimble said the following...

Nope, gotta have the cute cat videos with my coffee. <just kidding>
I normally am processing user requests with morning coffee...

Actually facebook wasn't bad today, there's some sort of app update that lets them read our thoughts now!

Someday, after i pass the CEH, if I should ever survive the online training, I will put it to good use & save the world with images of grandeur!! It will end up in my sock drawer in a matter of weeks- but
at least I GOT one! :-)

haha! Awesome!

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