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
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
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'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?
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?).
| Sysop: | sneaky |
|---|---|
| Location: | Ashburton,NZ |
| Users: | 31 |
| Nodes: | 8 (0 / 8) |
| Uptime: | 60:13:15 |
| Calls: | 2,097 |
| Files: | 11,143 |
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