• Major chenge over completed

    From K4JTT@21:1/136 to All on Tuesday, November 07, 2023 04:50:25
    Well.

    After spending 14 hours yesterday I finally moved the BBS from a very old Windows 7 Computer over to a new System. Purchased a new i7, 64 gig RAM with a 2 TB M2 SSD. Then Installed VMware ESxi 6.7 on it ... Install a clean copy of Windows 10, 32 bit. Installed a clean copy of Mystic and then just copied over everything from /Mystic directory.

    Whew, what a chore.

    N4TDX BBS - Telnet: n4tdx.ddns.net:2323
    FSXnet: 21:1/136 * Fidonet 1:135/383 * Micronet 618:250/35
    Titusville, FL.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to K4JTT on Tuesday, November 07, 2023 06:58:00
    K4JTT wrote to All <=-

    After spending 14 hours yesterday I finally moved the BBS from a very
    old Windows 7 Computer over to a new System. Purchased a new i7, 64 gig RAM with a 2 TB M2 SSD. Then Installed VMware ESxi 6.7 on it ...
    Install a clean copy of Windows 10, 32 bit. Installed a clean copy of Mystic and then just copied over everything from /Mystic directory.

    I bet Microsoft is wondering who's running all of those copies of
    32-bit Windows 10! I was running my BBS bare metal on a system with 8GB
    of RAM and not using anything above 4GB, then decided to run Proxmox on
    the box and virtualize the BBS under it. Worked like a charm, and I got
    snapshots plus overhead to run a VM or two alongside the BBS.

    By the time Windows 10 goes EOL, I should have any DOS dependencies
    out of the way. Realistically, now, all that's left is the DOS app I
    use for making nodelists, and I could run that just fine in a DOSBOX
    window.



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  • From Unc0nnected@21:4/122 to K4JTT on Tuesday, November 07, 2023 20:40:35
    Re: Major chenge over completed
    By: K4JTT to All on Tue Nov 07 2023 04:50 am

    After spending 14 hours yesterday I finally moved the BBS from a very old Windows 7 Computer over to

    Damn, sorry for your loss.

    it ... Install a clean copy of Windows 10, 32 bit. Installed a clean copy of Mystic and then just
    copied over everything from /Mystic directory.

    Whew, what a chore.

    Insane and it just worked first time? At least there's that
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  • From Unc0nnected@21:4/122 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 07, 2023 20:44:08
    Re: Re: Major chenge over completed
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to K4JTT on Tue Nov 07 2023 06:58 am

    I bet Microsoft is wondering who's running all of those copies of 32-bit Windows 10! I was running
    my BBS bare metal on a system with 8GB of RAM and not using anything above 4GB, then decided to run

    Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Unc0nnected on Wednesday, November 08, 2023 06:29:00
    Unc0nnected wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get
    to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles

    Triple-digit Celerons seem to be a safe bet. I ran a Shoutcast station
    and Synchronet on a Celeron 533 mhz for years, upgraded to a 1.1 ghz
    Celeron and never ran into any issues on either of them.

    With the right OS, they can run well in a virtual environment. I ran
    the BBS in a single CPU VM with a gig of RAM using TinyXP for several
    years.




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  • From K4JTT@21:1/136 to Unc0nnected on Wednesday, November 08, 2023 10:29:23

    Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience.
    The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not
    if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles

    Well now, this does sound link a serious challenge. I have a very old x486 DX2 66 on DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 ... OK, I am board this weekend, time to go to the garage, break out this POS and see if it fires up. going to attempt to install Mystic x32 on this puppy to see what blows up! <grin>

    N4TDX BBS - Telnet: n4tdx.ddns.net:2323
    FSXnet: 21:1/136 * Fidonet 1:135/383 * Micronet 618:250/35
    Titusville, FL.


    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: N4TDX BBS (21:1/136)
  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, November 08, 2023 12:08:22

    I bet Microsoft is wondering who's running all of those copies of
    32-bit Windows 10! I was running my BBS bare metal on a system with 8GB

    I didn't even know there is 32bit WIndows 10 installation possible at all. 64bit for consumer OS started with XP I think but was absolutely niche. I believe by the time of Windows 7 it was more like equal split and by the time of Windows 10 I'd not assume any new computer that is 32bit was in sale, unless some mini, POS or SoC...

    -h1

    ... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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  • From unc0nnected@21:1/172 to K4JTT on Thursday, November 09, 2023 21:54:46
    Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experie for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but no if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with the bells and whistles

    Well now, this does sound link a serious challenge. I have a very old
    x486 DX2 66 on DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 ... OK, I am board this
    weekend, time to go to the garage, break out this POS and see if it
    fires up. going to attempt to install Mystic x32 on this puppy to see
    what blows up! <grin>

    Just send me the IP and tell me when I to call! There's a few boards running on retro hardware and scanning for new messages takes forever so I know
    there's definitely a point when the hardware can't keep up but I'd love to
    walk that line.

    We're you the original owner of that 486 and kept it this whole time or did
    you inherit it after the fact? Either way I'd love to hear the story behind that machine!

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  • From unc0nnected@21:1/172 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, November 09, 2023 21:57:25
    Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles

    Triple-digit Celerons seem to be a safe bet. I ran a Shoutcast station
    and Synchronet on a Celeron 533 mhz for years, upgraded to a 1.1 ghz
    Celeron and never ran into any issues on either of them.

    With the right OS, they can run well in a virtual environment. I ran
    the BBS in a single CPU VM with a gig of RAM using TinyXP for several
    years.

    Good to know, I was thinking actually thinking 200mhz would do it be probably not. Would love to run it on a 486 if that would cut it. Out of curiosity
    are any of the modern BBS's multi-threaded?

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  • From unc0nnected@21:1/158 to K4JTT on Monday, December 04, 2023 03:19:08
    Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experie for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience.
    Well now, this does sound link a serious challenge. I have a very old
    x486 DX2 66 on DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 ... OK, I am board this
    weekend, time to go to the garage, break out this POS and see if it
    fires up. going to attempt to install Mystic x32 on this puppy to see
    what blows up! <grin>


    Curious to hear how that went for you

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