It's the mid-May 2022 edition.

Here's what we're dusted off in history.txt

[snip]

2022-05-15
Added Node 2/147 Altair IV BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Scott Daniels aka Ogg
who hails from Lufkin TX. Ogg is running a Mystic BBS on a
Raspberry Pi. You can reach his system at altairiv.ddns.net
Welcome Ogg, nice to have you as a member of the fsxNet
community.

Added Node 2/146 Hold Fast! BBS (CAN) please say hi and welcome to sysop
Paul Lopez aka Nitron who is based in Ottawa. Paul is running
his Mystic BBS under Linux and you can find it at
telnet.holdfastbbs.ca:2323
Thanks for taking the time to join fsxNet Nitron it's great
to have you as a member.

Removed Node 1/151 The Grinning Cat BBS (AUS) node has been delisted.

Removed Node 1/182 Happyland 2.20 BBS (AUS) node has been delisted.

Added Node 4/181 PlaneT Afr0 BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Jason Reznor aka fC
who hails from Virginia. fC is running an Enigma 1/2 BBS
and you can reach it at planetafr0.org:8888 telnet or use
port 8889 for SSH. Welcome aboard fC and thanks for joining
fsxNet it's nice to have you active in the network :)

Moved Node 1/125 CrNet BBS (USA) to NET 5. The BBS is now 21:5/108 and the
nodelist and systems.txt has been updated accordingly.

Added Node 3/167 VETBBS (USA) welcome also to sysop Mike Welborn who is
based in Verbena, AL. Mike's running a SBSS system and
can be reached at bbs.thewelborns.net
Great to have you as a member of fsxNet Mike, welcome!

[snip]

An updated nodelist will be hatched out next Friday, NZ local time.

Best, Paul.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 15 May 2022, Avon said the following...

2022-05-15
Added Node 2/147 Altair IV BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Scott Daniels aka Ogg who hails from Lufkin TX. Ogg is running a Mystic

Added Node 2/146 Hold Fast! BBS (CAN) please say hi and welcome to sysop
Paul Lopez aka Nitron who is based in Ottawa. Paul is

Added Node 4/181 PlaneT Afr0 BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Jason Reznor aka fC who hails from Virginia. fC is running an Enigma 1/2

Added Node 3/167 VETBBS (USA) welcome also to sysop Mike Welborn who is
based in Verbena, AL. Mike's running a SBSS system and

Welcome, Scott, Paul, Jason & Mike!
Nice to have you here!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

Re: Housekeeping
By: Avon to All on Sun May 15 2022 16:14:04

Added Node 2/147 Altair IV BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Scott Daniels aka Ogg
who hails from Lufkin TX. Ogg is running a Mystic BBS on a

They finally got internet out there? :)

Thought the only thing out that way was swamp and alligators lol
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
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On 15 May 2022 at 08:50a, Nigel Reed pondered and said...

They finally got internet out there? :)

I'm guessing yes :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

When we moved here about 18 months ago, I first found that my only option was a local 20 Mb ISP. Then a new ISP showed up with up to 1 Gig speeds! Now the 20 Mb guy has been running underground fiber in my neighborhood and advertising 1 Gig speeds! We're moving up!

BTW, haven't seen any gators yet! :)

... When all else fails, read the instructions

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

ogg wrote to Nigel Reed <=-

When we moved here about 18 months ago, I first found that my only
option was a local 20 Mb ISP. Then a new ISP showed up with up to 1
Gig speeds! Now the 20 Mb guy has been running underground fiber in my neighborhood and advertising 1 Gig speeds! We're moving up!

With formerly using 3 MB download speed with CenturyLink DSL...dropped it for this TMobile with 70-80 MB according to the time of day...thought CenturyLink would upgrade their DSL service to at least 20 MB...but no. They are still at 3 MB and will continue staying that way because of this being a "rural" area.

BTW, haven't seen any gators yet! :)

Just remember...as was said in "Live and Let Die"...you can take care of the gators by either pulling their teeth out with your bare hands or poke a pencil/pen in the back of the head. ;)
... Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again.
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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On 19 May 2022, ogg said the following...

When we moved here about 18 months ago, I first found that my only
option was a local 20 Mb ISP. Then a new ISP showed up with up to 1 Gig speeds! Now the 20 Mb guy has been running underground fiber in my neighborhood and advertising 1 Gig speeds! We're moving up!

It was a similar situation when we moved into our current neighbourhood, the newer areas had fibre direct to the home while on my street (still new, but not new enough) has DSL & cable connections. It's been 10 years and they still haven't brought fibre direct to our house yet.

It's not really a big concern though as we have the cable internet and get gigabit down (w/ 30Mb up), but symmetrical gigabit would be pretty sweet.

BTW, haven't seen any gators yet! :)

_ _
/ \/ \-._ _.-'^'^^'^^'^^"^^'-.
.OO.----'\o/\o/ `-' /^ ^^-._
( ` \ | _ ^^-._
VvvvvvvVvv`___...)_/ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/\ (__________^^-.
`^^^^^^^^` / / > > jgs _`) )
(((` (((` `'--'^


P.S: We have another Ogg here, it's good your handle is all lowercase, helps distinguish which one I'm replying to.


Jay

... If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)

snip....

It was a similar situation when we moved into our current neighbourhood, the newer areas had fibre direct to the home while on my street (still

new, but not new enough) has DSL & cable connections. It's been 10
years and they still haven't brought fibre direct to our house yet.

It's not really a big concern though as we have the cable internet and
get gigabit down (w/ 30Mb up), but symmetrical gigabit would be pretty sweet.

BTW, haven't seen any gators yet! :)

_ _
/ \/ \-._ _.-'^'^^'^^'^^"^^'-.
.OO.----'\o/\o/ `-' /^ ^^-._
( ` \ | _ ^^-._
VvvvvvvVvv`___...)_/ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/\ (__________^^-.
`^^^^^^^^` / / > > jgs _`) )
(((` (((` `'--'^

I like!! ^^^^^

P.S: We have another Ogg here, it's good your handle is all lowercase, helps distinguish which one I'm replying to.

I didn't realize it when I set up my board. I used to run a bbs called Ready Player Two and that was my handle. May decide to change it later.

... Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

*** Quoting ogg from a message to Warpslide ***

I didn't realize it when I set up my board. I used to run a bbs
called Ready Player Two and that was my handle. May decide to change
it later.

I love those books, and even though the movie made some changes, it was still pretty good. I shall henceforth now only refer to you as The Great and Powerful Og!


Jay

... SENILE.COM found...Out of Memory..

--- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
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On 20 May 2022, Warpslide said the following...

*** Quoting ogg from a message to Warpslide ***

I didn't realize it when I set up my board. I used to run a bbs called Ready Player Two and that was my handle. May decide to change it later.

I love those books, and even though the movie made some changes, it was still pretty good. I shall henceforth now only refer to you as The
Great and Powerful Og!

I like it! One g...

Jay

... SENILE.COM found...Out of Memory..

I have both the movie and book on my iPhone for when I travel and need some distractions!

Scott

... Confucius say: "Its stuffy inside fortune cookie"

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

On Thu, 19 May 2022 23:23:51 -0500
"ogg" <ogg@21:2/147> wrote:

When we moved here about 18 months ago, I first found that my only
option was a local 20 Mb ISP. Then a new ISP showed up with up to 1
Gig speeds! Now the 20 Mb guy has been running underground fiber in
my neighborhood and advertising 1 Gig speeds! We're moving up!

Fancy that. Competition advancing technology. Who'd have thought it?
--
End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
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Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: ogg to Nigel Reed on Thu May 19 2022 11:23 pm

When we moved here about 18 months ago, I first found that my only option was a local 20 Mb ISP. Then a new ISP showed up with up to 1 Gig speeds! Now the 20 Mb guy has been running underground fiber in my neighborhood and advertising 1 Gig speeds! We're moving up!

Competition is good. :)

Nightfox
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32
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On 20 May 2022, Nightfox said the following...

and advertising 1 Gig speeds! We're moving up!

Competition is good. :)

It's supposed to be! We'll see what reality is in the next few months.

... A house is a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

From history.txt

[snip]

2022-05-22
Removed Node 1/139 bitHaven BBS (CAN) sysop advises his system has closed.
The node has been delisted.

Updated Node 3/163 Caught in a Dream BBS (USA) is now called 42bytes and the
domain name has changed to 42bytes.net

2022-05-21
Removed Node 1/233 The Swamp BBS (NLD) has been delisted due to inactivity
spanning several months and no contact from sysop.

[snip]

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

here's an update from history.txt that catches a few changes and bring things up to date

[snip]

2022-06-06
Removed Node 1/130 Tinys BBS (CAN) Shawn advises this system has closed and
can be delisted. He's still running 1/222

Added Node 4/182 RedFrog BBS (EST) welcome to Ergo Paalman aka Eku from
Tallinn in Estonia. Running a Mystic BBS on a Raspeberry Pi
you can reach the BBS at redfrog.duckdns.org:667 or via
redfrog.fsxnet.nz:667 too :) Welcome Eku :)

Removed Node 1/133 The Parity Error (CAN) node delisted due to inactivty.

Removed Node 1/212 SugarRush BBS (USA) node delisted due to inactivity.


2022-05-26
Updated Node 4/135 PiBBS (CAN) has been marked PVT in the nodelist by sysop
request.

Updated Node 1/187 Cosmik Debris BBS (USA) has been marked as Down.

Updated Node 1/177 Nephilim BBS (ISR) has been marked as Down.

2022-05-26
Housekeeping for NET 2 and more to come in other NETs as we keep on top of
who is coming and going.

Removed Node 3/162 Drakefire BBS (USA) node is inactive and has been delisted

Added Node 3/168 ReTR0aKTiV BBS (USA) welcome aboard to sysop Rob Koliha aka
Galahad who is running a Mystic BBS and can be reached at
retr0aktiv.com - welcome :)

Removed Node 2/107 The Creeping Crud BBS (USA) is inactive and is delisted.

Removed Node 2/109 Nexus Computers BBS (AUS) is inactive and is delisted.

Removed Node 2/119 Anderson's Toolshed BBS (USA) is inactive and is
delisted.

Removed Node 2/134 Troy's Den BBS (USA) is inactive and is delisted.

Removed Node 2/145 Mike's Mansion BBS (USA) is inactive and is delisted.

Removed Node 2/155 The Amiga Frontier BBS (USA) is inactive and is delisted.

Removed Node 2/164 Dragonstalon BBS (USA) is inactive and is delisted.

[snip]

More to follow in the week or two ahead.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 06 Jun 2022, Avon said the following...

Added Node 4/182 RedFrog BBS (EST) welcome to Ergo Paalman aka Eku from
Tallinn in Estonia. Running a Mystic BBS on a

Added Node 3/168 ReTR0aKTiV BBS (USA) welcome aboard to sysop Rob Koliha aka Galahad who is running a Mystic BBS and can be

Welcome to fsxNet, Ergo & Rob! Nice to have you here!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

Nice to be here :)



Eku
Tallinn/EST

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: RedFrog BBS (21:4/182)

Hi all

From history.txt

[snip]

2022-07-03
Removed Node 3/161 Itchy Butt BBS (USA) Michael advises he has shutdown his
BBS so the node has been delisted.

Removed Node 1/153 Infoline BBS (CZE) has been delisted at sysop request. The
BBS has been shutdown for now. Hope to see you again sometime
Mikolas :)

Added Node 1/182 Positronic Brain (AUS) welcome back to Apam and his new BBS
You can reach the system at positronicbrain.net use port
11892 for Telnet and port 11893 for SSH.

Added Node 2/107 Ed's Place BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Edwin Wentworth aka
ewent who is running his Synchronet BBS from Dunedin, Florida
(not Dunedin, New Zealand :)) The BBS is nearly up and
running and will be available soon at bbs.ew3host.com but
for now keep an eye on https://www.ew3host.com

2022-06-21
Added Node 3/171 STar Fleet HQ BBS (USA) hailing from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
please welcome sysop Drew (Andrew) Klenotic who is running
a Atari ST and using RatSoft ST v2.1c under TOS 1.4
You can reach the BBS at bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 or find
out more via the website http://www.sfhqbbs.org welcome
Drew :)

Added Node 3/170 RVs and RPGs BBS (USA) based in Phoenix it's a warm welcome
to sysop Jeff Brissette aka nblade who is running his
Mystic BBS under Linux you can reach his system via
bbs.rvsandrpgs.com:2323 or use port 2222 for SSH.

2022-06-20
Added Node 3/169 TassieBob BBS (AUS) welcome to sysop Bob Purdon aka TassieBob
who is based in Hobart and running a Mystic BBS. You can
say gidday to TassieBob and check out his system at
bbs.tassiebob.com:2323 he also runs a website at
https://www.tassiebob.com - welcome to fsxNet Bob :)

[snip]

so a mix of hello's and goodbyes :)

These changes will be reflected in the nodelist to be hatched out in around 5 days time, Friday morning, local NZ time.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 03 Jul 2022, Avon said the following...

Added Node 1/182 Positronic Brain (AUS) welcome back to Apam and his new BBS You can reach the system at positronicbrain.net use

Added Node 2/107 Ed's Place BBS (USA) welcome to sysop Edwin Wentworth
aka ewent who is running his Synchronet BBS from
Dunedin, Florida (not Dunedin, New Zealand :)) The BBS

Added Node 3/171 STar Fleet HQ BBS (USA) hailing from Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio please welcome sysop Drew (Andrew) Klenotic who is running a Atari ST and using RatSoft ST v2.1c under TOS

Added Node 3/170 RVs and RPGs BBS (USA) based in Phoenix it's a warm welcome to sysop Jeff Brissette aka nblade who is
running his Mystic BBS under Linux you can reach his

Added Node 3/169 TassieBob BBS (AUS) welcome to sysop Bob Purdon aka TassieBob who is based in Hobart and running a Mystic BBS. You can say gidday to TassieBob and check out his

Wow, so many new -- welcome to all of you!
I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

2022-06-20
Added Node 3/169 TassieBob BBS (AUS) welcome to sysop Bob Purdon aka TassieBob who is based in Hobart and running a Mystic BBS. You can say gidday to TassieBob and check out his system at bbs.tassiebob.com:2323 he also runs a website at https://www.tassiebob.com - welcome to fsxNet Bob :)

Thanks! I must say the turnaround from application to up and working was very quick, especially given you had other significant things happening in your life at the same time! Between yourself and deon, it was very quick and painless.

Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...

Long live fsxNet :-)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

*** Quoting tassiebob from a message to Avon ***

Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...

If you haven't checked out Micronet:

https://www.minftn.net/

-!- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)

And since you're running Mystic, you can also also join up to DOVE-Net which is a QWK network, so the setup is a little different. No application necessary, just connect yourself up at Vertrauen and follow these
instructions:

https://web.synchro.net/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=fsx_mys&thread=8277

* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

For Fidonet you're in Region 54, contact Terry Roati to get conneced up
there: www.tfb-bbs.org or sysop@tfb-bbs.org


Jay

... Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit

--- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
* Origin: Northern Realms/TG ì tg.nrbbs.net ì Binbrook, ON (21:3/110.2)

Tasmania is part of Net 633 for Fidonet, Stephen Walsh is the NC and he may be contacted on email vk3heg @ vk3heg.net to arrange a node number. If you can't get hold of Stephen then get back to me.

Thanks.

Terry


On Jul 03, 2022 08:42pm, tassiebob wrote to Avon:

2022-06-20
Added Node 3/169 TassieBob BBS (AUS) welcome to sysop Bob Purdon aka
TassieBob who is based in Hobart and running a Mystic
BBS. You can say gidday to TassieBob and check out
his
system at bbs.tassiebob.com:2323 he also runs a
website
at https://www.tassiebob.com - welcome to fsxNet Bob
:)

Thanks! I must say the turnaround from application to up and working
was very quick, especially given you had other significant things
happening in your life at the same time! Between yourself and deon, it
was very quick and painless.

Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...

Long live fsxNet :-)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
* Origin: The File Bank BBS! https://tfb-bbs.org (21:5/101)

HI Terry,

Tasmania is part of Net 633 for Fidonet, Stephen Walsh is the NC and
he may be contacted on email vk3heg @ vk3heg.net to arrange a node
number. If you can't get hold of Stephen then get back to me.

You beet me to it!! ^-]



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

Hi Warpslide,

* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

For Fidonet you're in Region 54, contact Terry Roati to get conneced
up there: www.tfb-bbs.org or sysop@tfb-bbs.org

Actually he dosen't... Net 633 covers Tassie, and I'm the nc for this
part of the world. #-)



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

On 03 Jul 2022 at 08:52p, tassiebob pondered and said...

Thanks! I must say the turnaround from application to up and working
was very quick, especially given you had other significant things happening in your life at the same time! Between yourself and deon, it was very quick and painless.
Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...
Long live fsxNet :-)

Thanks Bob, appreciated. Deon did the hard yards I just welcomed you at the door :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Only because I have a little more time being retired :)

On Jul 04, 2022 10:30am, vorlon wrote to Terry Roati:

HI Terry,

Tasmania is part of Net 633 for Fidonet, Stephen Walsh is the NC and
he may be contacted on email vk3heg @ vk3heg.net to arrange a node
number. If you can't get hold of Stephen then get back to me.

You beet me to it!! ^-]

\/orlon
aka
Stephen

--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
* Origin: The File Bank BBS! https://tfb-bbs.org (21:5/101)

Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: tassiebob to Avon on Sun Jul 03 2022 08:52 pm

Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...

Which other nets?

I hub for a couple of others - but there are quite a few dead ones around now it seems :(


...ëîåï
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
* Origin: I'm playing with ANSI+videotex - wanna play too? (21:2/116)

If you haven't checked out Micronet:

https://www.minftn.net/

I hadn't, but I will :-)

And since you're running Mystic, you can also also join up to DOVE-Net which is a QWK network, so the setup is a little different. No application necessary, just connect yourself up at Vertrauen and follow

I'll check that one out too.

For Fidonet you're in Region 54, contact Terry Roati to get conneced up there: www.tfb-bbs.org or sysop@tfb-bbs.org

Fidonet is on the "soon" list. Way back when I was 3:670/203, but I don't think Net670 even exists these days.

Cheers.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

Tasmania is part of Net 633 for Fidonet, Stephen Walsh is the NC and he may be contacted on email vk3heg @ vk3heg.net to arrange a node number.
If you can't get hold of Stephen then get back to me.

I will do in due course. Stephen Walsh rings a bell - has he run a Fidonet node all this time, or am I thinking of a different Stephen? :-)

Cheers.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...

Which other nets?

tqwNet & RetroNet

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: tassiebob to deon on Mon Jul 04 2022 10:21 pm

Radio silence from the other two nets I sent applications for...

Which other nets?

tqwNet & RetroNet

Ahh, OK, tqwNet is alive and well, and your app may have got lost in the spam. Meatlotion hangs out here, so reach out again and he'll send your app to me :) Or send it to me anyway and I'll set you up and forward it to him.

RetroNet is dead I think (dont see much these days).


...ëîåï
--- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux
* Origin: I'm playing with ANSI+videotex - wanna play too? (21:2/116)

Ahh, OK, tqwNet is alive and well, and your app may have got lost in the spam. Meatlotion hangs out here, so reach out again and he'll send your app to me :) Or send it to me anyway and I'll set you up and forward it
to him.

tqwNet I submitted the online form for - wasn't email. I'll re-do the app and email it through :-)

RetroNet is dead I think (dont see much these days).

Aww, bugger. I'll have to get my retro fix somewhere else :-(

Cheers.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

tqwNet & RetroNet

tqwNet is run by Meatloation.. Log on to his BBS he will get back to you pretty quickly usually. RetroNet depends on which one, Marisag runs a QWK RetroNet which she is usually pretty easy to get in touch with but if it is the RetroNet run by Necromaster, right now he is having some health issues I am told and his networks and board are pretty much on autopilot..

Al


|06Wrong Number Family Of BBS' |07- |03www.wrgnbr.com

... Unzip... expand... What kind of pervert came up with this?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
* Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (21:4/131)

Hi Tassiebob,

For Fidonet you're in Region 54, contact Terry Roati to get
conneced up there: www.tfb-bbs.org or sysop@tfb-bbs.org

Fidonet is on the "soon" list. Way back when I was 3:670/203, but I
don't think Net670 even exists these days.

There are now only two net's left in Australia, Net 712 (Nothern net), and
Net 633 southern Net (Vic,SA,Tas,Misc).



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

Hi Tassiebob,

may be contacted on email vk3heg @ vk3heg.net to arrange a node
number. If you can't get hold of Stephen then get back to me.

I will do in due course. Stephen Walsh rings a bell - has he run a
Fidonet node all this time, or am I thinking of a different Stephen?
:-)

I've been in fido for some time:

1990-1998 & 2007-Now

Been a normal node in various nets and NC. Since comming back in 2007,
I've been the NC for southern Australia and seen the SA/WA net's go
offline. TAS was already offline when I came back.

When your ready fling a email through and we'll get you up and going.

There are no Sacred Cows that need blessing or preying to anymore. @-)



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


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Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: tassiebob to deon on Mon Jul 04 2022 10:53 pm

tqwNet I submitted the online form for - wasn't email. I'll re-do the app and email it through :-)

OK, you are setup - I've sent you an email.

Meatlotion found your app - it went to Spam :( Sorry for the delay and the next round is on him. <chuckle>


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And since you're running Mystic, you can also also join up to DOVE-Net which is a QWK network, so the setup is a little different. No application necessary, just connect yourself up at Vertrauen and follow these instructions:

https://web.synchro.net/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=fsx_mys&thread=8277

I've never really understood what QWK is, or what you'd actually need it for, but this link may well provide me with a way in - I was toying with the idea of removing QWK from my system altogether.

Another thing to learn and tinker with :)

Cheers Jay, much appreciated.

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On 04 Jul 2022, tassiebob said the following...

RetroNet is dead I think (dont see much these days).

Aww, bugger. I'll have to get my retro fix somewhere else :-(

Cheers.

Well I'm sure there are a ton a retro folks right here. You might have missed the dumpster diving conversation that was going on for a couple months. What are you in to?

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Not sure as I used to be part of Zone 6, joined Zone 3 when I retired a few years ago.

Terry

On Jul 04, 2022 10:04pm, tassiebob wrote to Terry Roati:

Tasmania is part of Net 633 for Fidonet, Stephen Walsh is the NC and he
may be contacted on email vk3heg @ vk3heg.net to arrange a node number.
If you can't get hold of Stephen then get back to me.

I will do in due course. Stephen Walsh rings a bell - has he run a
Fidonet node all this time, or am I thinking of a different Stephen? :-)

Cheers.

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tqwNet is run by Meatloation.. Log on to his BBS he will get back to you pretty quickly usually.

I've been in touch with him (and Deon) since yesterday, and we're all sorted - just getting my end set up now.

QWK RetroNet which she is usually pretty easy to get in touch with but
if it is the RetroNet run by Necromaster, right now he is having some health issues I am told and his networks and board are pretty much on autopilot..

It's the latter I'm interested in. It can wait - hopefully his health is recovering!

Cheers.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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I've been in fido for some time:

1990-1998 & 2007-Now

OK, so you'll be the Stephen Walsh I remember then :-) I started in either 1988 or 1989, and probably shut down around the mid-90's - I was renting and moving around a bit, and obviously changing phone numbers as I moved around was disruptive to users and expensive.

When your ready fling a email through and we'll get you up and going.

Will do - cheers!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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OK, you are setup - I've sent you an email.

Indeed - thankyou :-)

Meatlotion found your app - it went to Spam :( Sorry for the delay and
the next round is on him. <chuckle>

All good.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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Well I'm sure there are a ton a retro folks right here. You might have missed the dumpster diving conversation that was going on for a couple months. What are you in to?

I caught the end of that one - was an interesting read.

I guess my favourite retro machines are the BBC's, for no other reason than they are what we had at school and what I used most back then.

These days I'm interested in exploring pretty much anything 8-bit - I picked up an SVI-328 maybe 6 months back and have had some fun poking around with that. I have a C64 I'm just about to play with - never had one as a kid - just fixing the PSU on that one. Once it's working I'll have to see if one of the floppy drives works...

Beyond 8-bits I've got a couple of Atari ST's and an Amiga 500.

One day I'll find an old XT or AT - might even build something new from one of the homebrew PC projects. I do have a homebrew CP/M machine I must finish putting in a case.

Like most people I expect, I regret tossing away the various machines I had in my earlier years. The Acorn Electron, the Osborne Executive, the Unitron 2200 (Apple 2 clone), the TRS-80, the XT, the various 286/386/486's... My brother's Amiga 1000 with sidecar (that he got rid of)... There's probably a couple more I've forgotten.

Of course there's a bunch of machines I'll acquire as money permits - TI99/4A is oddly interesting to me, as are the Australian Microbee's, an Apple ][GS (we had one at college and it interested me for some reason), a C128 is on the list, as is an Acorn Electron, maybe a Commodore PET (not that common around here), and any of the older CP/M machines. An Acorn Archimedes would be a nice addition too. One day :-)

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Am 04.07.22 schrieb tassiebob@21:3/169 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo tassiebob,

RetroNet is dead I think (dont see much these days).

Aww, bugger. I'll have to get my retro fix somewhere else :-(

Just have a look at the echo FSX_RETRO :)

And concerning other networks, there is also WeedNet, if you would
like to talk about anything hemp related :)
It's available as a FTN network from my BBS or as a QWK network from
Marisa.

You can find the infopack here: https://box.imzadi.de/?page=002-files.xjs&dir=weednet_infopack

Regards,
Anna

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tassiebob wrote to Warpslide <=-

Fidonet is on the "soon" list. Way back when I was 3:670/203, but I
don't think Net670 even exists these days.

When I took over Region 10 in Fidonet, I resurrected my old net, Net 125 -
but only briefly. It ended up making more sense to build out an IP-only network for the region.

1:125/57 was my first Fido address, and I used to call Tom Jenning's Fido, I think it was 125/10.


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around with that. I have a C64 I'm just about to play with - never had one as a kid - just fixing the PSU on that one. Once it's working I'll have to see if one of the floppy drives works...

Check out Adrian's Digital Basement on YouTube. He does tons of C64 troubleshooting videos. He can help guide you on those 1541s also.

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On 05 Jul 2022, tassiebob said the following...

I've been in touch with him (and Deon) since yesterday, and we're all sorted - just getting my end set up now.

Glad you got it all sorted out... :)

Al


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And since you're running Mystic, you can also also join up to DOVE-Ne which is a QWK network, so the setup is a little different. No application necessary, just connect yourself up at Vertrauen and fol these instructions:

https://web.synchro.net/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=fsx_mys&thread=8277

Hey guys, I just went through the setup and as it turned out ended up chatting with Digital Man the sysop of Vertrauen and I believe the owner of DOVE-Net... here are a couple of notes...

1) Make sure you set the DOVE-Net msg bases to 'Networked' not 'local'... this is not mentioned in the forum article and will prevent the tagline from working correctly even though you will be able to send and receive msgs.

2) Make sure you use this article for the further details... https://wiki.synchro.net/network:dove-net ... you will need this for the msg base id's and permissions for the forums, etc...

I've never really understood what QWK is, or what you'd actually need it for, but this link may well provide me with a way in - I was toying with the idea of removing QWK from my system altogether.

Another thing to learn and tinker with :)

Yeah, me neither, but it's actually pretty straight forward... a lot less complex than FTN's... it's a good project for an afternoon... enjoy!

-seeLive

Re-livin' the dream...

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Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: seeLive to TALIADON on Tue Jul 05 2022 06:17 pm

Hey guys, I just went through the setup and as it turned out ended up chatting with Digital Man the sysop of Vertrauen and I believe the owner of DOVE-Net...

Yes, Digital Man is the sysop of Vertrauen, as well as the owner of DOVE-Net. He's also the main author of Synchronet BBS software (Deuce has also contributed a lot to Synchronet).

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On 05 Jul 2022, tassiebob said the following...

I caught the end of that one - was an interesting read.

I guess my favourite retro machines are the BBC's, for no other reason than they are what we had at school and what I used most back then.

These days I'm interested in exploring pretty much anything 8-bit - I picked up an SVI-328 maybe 6 months back and have had some fun poking around with that. I have a C64 I'm just about to play with - never had one as a kid - just fixing the PSU on that one. Once it's working I'll have to see if one of the floppy drives works...

Beyond 8-bits I've got a couple of Atari ST's and an Amiga 500.

Well I can tell you not to waste your time with floppies. There is an emulator software for the PI. Thats the way to go. You can just emulate the drive and use the TOSEC. I think its up to 5000 plus images for the C64. I also have one for the AMIGA 1200 I have. Floppy emulators were a must have for any retro nerd.

I have 2 C64s and the A1200. Had a 500 but after begging and pleading I traded it to someone that didn't have any retro gear. Only kinda regret it. Had a few CD32s and the SX1 which basically made it an A1200 so didn't mind trading those away. Only system I really regret is not keeping my first PC which was a 486 SX20. I learned so much from that machine. Pretty sure it just got tossed once my mom didn't want it anymore. Should have said I want it but what are you going to do now?

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Yes, Digital Man is the sysop of Vertrauen, as well as the owner of DOVE-Net. He's also the main author of Synchronet BBS software (Deuce
has also contributed a lot to Synchronet).

Thanks, for the info...

Re-livin' the dream...

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Hi all

From history.txt

[snip]

2022-07-05
Added Node 3/172 d0p3.intersrv.net BBS (AUS) welcome aboard to sysop
Nicholas Brennan aka tetrazocine. tetrazocine is based in
Melbourne and is running a Synchronet BBS. You can reach
the BBS at d0p3.intersrv.net

[snip]

Welcome aboard Nicholas :)

A new nodelist with changes posted in the last few days will be hatched out in the coming 12 hours.

Best, Paul

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On 06 Jul 2022, Avon said the following...

Added Node 3/172 d0p3.intersrv.net BBS (AUS) welcome aboard to sysop
Nicholas Brennan aka tetrazocine. tetrazocine is based
in Melbourne and is running a Synchronet BBS. You can reach the BBS at d0p3.intersrv.net

Welcome to fsxNet, Nicholas! Nice to have you here!

Best regards
Zip

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Just have a look at the echo FSX_RETRO :)

I do carry that one, although it's kinda quiet right now.

And concerning other networks, there is also WeedNet, if you would
like to talk about anything hemp related :)

That'd be network 420, yeah? Not really my thing, but I'll keep it in mind in case anyone asks :-)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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Check out Adrian's Digital Basement on YouTube. He does tons of C64 troubleshooting videos. He can help guide you on those 1541s also.

Yes he does - I watch pretty much all of his videos, and support him on Patreon.

As far as I know, my C64 should work - I hope so at least, as unlike Adrian I don't have a tray of spare PLA's, SID's, CIA's, VIC-II's, and so on :-( One day maybe, LoL.

Cheers,
Bob.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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Well I can tell you not to waste your time with floppies. There is an emulator software for the PI. Thats the way to go. You can just
emulate the drive and use the TOSEC. I think its up to 5000 plus images for the C64. I also have one for the AMIGA 1200 I have. Floppy
emulators were a must have for any retro nerd.

I agree, although I still like the old floppy drive. Memories...

I've got a couple of Gotek's kicking around, and I'm aware of the Pi based emulators for the Commodore machines. If the 64 grows on me then I'll probably go that way.

I have 2 C64s and the A1200.

I'd trade my A500 for an A1200, but the only person I know with an A1200 ain't parting with it (and I don't blame him at all).

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Am 06.07.22 schrieb tassiebob@21:3/169 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo tassiebob,

And concerning other networks, there is also WeedNet, if you would
like to talk about anything hemp related :)

That'd be network 420, yeah?

Yep, it is :)

Not really my thing, but I'll keep it in mind in case anyone asks
:-)

No problem :)

Regards,
Anna

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I've been in fido for some time:

1990-1998 & 2007-Now

OK, so you'll be the Stephen Walsh I remember then :-) I started in
either 1988 or 1989, and probably shut down around the mid-90's - I
was renting and moving around a bit, and obviously changing phone
numbers as I moved around was disruptive to users and expensive.

Even though we don't have "phone numbers" systems still move around a
bit. %-)

Now it's a matter of a stable internet connection, and without CGN in the way....



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


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Hi Tassiebob,

Just have a look at the echo FSX_RETRO :)

I do carry that one, although it's kinda quiet right now.

Do a netmail to areafix to rescan the area or any others you want.


%RESCAN FSX_RETRO



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

Even though we don't have "phone numbers" systems still move around a
bit. %-)

True, but at least if I move I can keep my static IP (I work for a telco, so moving my IP to another state, or even another country, isn't a big deal).

Now it's a matter of a stable internet connection, and without CGN in the way....

Yeah, CGN... We're about to roll that for our residential services, but it won't apply to existing customers, and it'll be easy enough to opt-out of. If only IPv6 had got more traction sooner.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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Do a netmail to areafix to rescan the area or any others you want.

Did that when I first connected to the net - just hasn't been much activity in recent days is what I was meaning. Plenty of historical conversation :-)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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Now it's a matter of a stable internet connection, and without
CGN in the way....

Yeah, CGN... We're about to roll that for our residential services,
but it won't apply to existing customers, and it'll be easy enough to opt-out of. If only IPv6 had got more traction sooner.

What the *(&%$ rolling out CGN. IPv6 is supported on so many things now.
What brain dead moron made that choice....

I had a run in with a web developer a few weeks ago that said "IPv4 is
enough", until pointing out that for example, Telstra mobiles default to
IPv6 and only fall back to IPv4 if they really have to.

There is really no reason to not use IPv6, with dual-stack. It's just
trying to beat a dead horse and stuff it into a small box to still be
doing Ipv4 via CGN....

So many devices now have support for both.




\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

Hi tassiebob,

Do a netmail to areafix to rescan the area or any others you
want.

Did that when I first connected to the net - just hasn't been much
activity in recent days is what I was meaning. Plenty of historical conversation :-)

Oh, I'll make sure to post in there when I get the current project to the "public' stage and it'll stire some intrest from the Amiga users of the
net. #-)

Writing the documentation of any project is the hardest part, and the
most boring. Working on the project is so much more fun.... #-)



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
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Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: vorlon to tassiebob on Sat Jul 09 2022 10:58 am

Howdy,

There is really no reason to not use IPv6, with dual-stack. It's just
trying to beat a dead horse and stuff it into a small box to still be
doing Ipv4 via CGN....

I reckon they should just set a date to stop routing IPv4 and let everybody scramble to get IPv6 going.

Sure things will break, but the sun will still come up in the morning. And for those things that break, somebody will make a device that keeps them going. Most of the "core infrastructure" *should* be IPv6 ready and if not they should pull their finger out and get it working.

I've pretty much converted home to IPv6, even using DNS64 and NAT64 at home, so my dependancy on IPv4 is limited to only those site that only publish an IPv4 address.

I'm going to (eventually) turn off ipv4 dhcp and stop giving my systems IPv4 addresses - now that they all get IPv6 ones and have inbound NAT catch the inbound IPv4 stuff that goes to haproxy that channels it over IPv6. I just want my run in my NAT64 to see what breaks - and it seems to be running well now (for the last month or few).


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What the *(&%$ rolling out CGN. IPv6 is supported on so many things now. What brain dead moron made that choice....

I agree with you. Our network has supported dual-stack since forever, but in the residential space having half decent IPv6 support in CPE hardware is only a relatively recent thing - and even today it's not "great".

Of course there are CPE devices that do IPv6 just fine - lower end Cisco, Mikrotik, and roll-your-own routers/firewalls - but the average oldies expect to buy a $50 device and have it just work (I'd suggest most people using BBS's are well above the "average oldie" skill level).

It's also very true that increasing the take-up of native IPv6 amongst residential users reduces the scale of the CGNAT deployment required to support those who are IPv4 only for some reason.

I had a run in with a web developer a few weeks ago that said "IPv4 is enough", until pointing out that for example, Telstra mobiles default to IPv6 and only fall back to IPv4 if they really have to.

I'm not sure Telstra even do that any more - didn't they go fully IPv6 only on the handsets, and do some sort of translation/proxying for IPv4 endpoints? I wasn't paying a lot of attention to be honest, but pretty sure they did that 6-12 months back.

Similar discussions to what you had with your web developer can be had with helpdesk managers too - "Why should we upskill the agents to understand IPv6 when IPv4 works? We have enough to do already!". Well, at some point you'll have to either upskill them on either CGNAT or IPv6, so you may as well do it right the first time.

There is really no reason to not use IPv6, with dual-stack.

In the residential space there's resistance due to the support overhead of CPE devices that don't work quite right. Heck, some very popular CPE devices struggle to get IPv4 right (we've found some BNG bugs caused by misbehaving CPE that despite being current models are still running versions of code 10+ years old).

I do wish providers (the one I work for included) would select a preferred CPE vendor and force them to straighten out their IPv6 where needed and then enable it by default. An ISP we recently acquired does IPv6 by default for residential, and I'm hoping our own brand follows their lead.

For our wholesale & enterprise customers we do dual-stack by default, and have done for years.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

Writing the documentation of any project is the hardest part, and the
most boring. Working on the project is so much more fun.... #-)

107% agree.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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I reckon they should just set a date to stop routing IPv4 and let everybody scramble to get IPv6 going.

That'd be entertaining :-)

I reckon one way to encourage web site owners and developers to go IPv6 would be for Google to pagerank sites with IPv6 enabled higher than IPv4 only sites.

Want better search engine rankings? Use a web server that supports IPv6!

Web hosting provider doesn't support IPv6? Find one that does!

Losing customers because you don't support IPv6? Support it then!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: TassieBob BBS, Hobart, Tasmania (21:3/169)

Hi tassiebob,

What the *(&%$ rolling out CGN. IPv6 is supported on so many
things now. What brain dead moron made that choice....

I agree with you. Our network has supported dual-stack since forever,
but in the residential space having half decent IPv6 support in CPE
hardware is only a relatively recent thing - and even today it's not "great".

The usual thing $$ out rulling making it work right.

Of course there are CPE devices that do IPv6 just fine - lower end
Cisco, Mikrotik, and roll-your-own routers/firewalls - but the average oldies expect to buy a $50 device and have it just work (I'd suggest
most people using BBS's are well above the "average oldie" skill

There is the same $$$ over rulling, most isp's supply a router at no
charge to new customers, unless the customer deciced to use an existing
device. It wouldn't be to hard for them to use a better router, and
recover the costs like they do now over time. Most want a 2 year
contract.

"IPv4 is enough", until pointing out that for example, Telstra
mobiles default to IPv6 and only fall back to IPv4 if they really

have to.

I'm not sure Telstra even do that any more - didn't they go fully IPv6
only on the handsets, and do some sort of translation/proxying for
IPv4 endpoints? I wasn't paying a lot of attention to be honest, but
pretty sure they did that 6-12 months back.

Yes, with a memory re-fresh. They went native IPv6, and then
proxi/translation for sites that only had IPv4. (Ala, CGN but in reverse).

Well, at some point you'll have to either upskill them on either CGNAT
or IPv6, so you may as well do it right the first time.

That's one of the things holding back IPv6 takeup.

There is really no reason to not use IPv6, with dual-stack.

In the residential space there's resistance due to the support
overhead of CPE devices that don't work quite right. Heck, some very popular CPE devices struggle to get IPv4 right (we've found some BNG
bugs caused by misbehaving CPE that despite being current models are
still running versions of code 10+ years old).

The "hacked" Telstra business router (A netgear under the hood), has
support for IPv6, but the config options for it are very limiting. I
*hate* that router, but then when it's supplied to clients as part of the connection... Plus the other thing is that it's web interface is *slow*.

An ISP we recently acquired does IPv6 by default for residential, and
I'm hoping our own brand follows their lead.

That's why I went with internode when moving home four years ago. Native
IPv6, and vie the NBN Fixed-Wireless.

It's only been recently (Past year) that the HFC iinet cable systen
started supporting IPv6. A least they got there...



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


--- Talisman v0.42-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

There is the same $$$ over rulling, most isp's supply a router at no charge to new customers, unless the customer deciced to use an existing device. It wouldn't be to hard for them to use a better router, and recover the costs like they do now over time. Most want a 2 year
contract.

You're 100% right - the catch (I think) is that ISP's want to just pick something off the shelf, get a discount price for 10,000 of them, maybe get their name printed on the plastic case, and start selling.

Not too many are willing to put in the hard yards to get the IPv6 working properly - and by "hard yards" I mean telling the vendor "I'll buy 10,000 of your units, but you need to implement this, this, and this to our satisfaction first". Use the carrot to drag them into the 21st century :-)

I _think_ the Exetel guys did a fair bit of work with ZTE, but I don't know how much of that was IPv6 related vs other desirable features. I should get them to send me one to play with :-)

An ISP we recently acquired does IPv6 by default for residential, and
I'm hoping our own brand follows their lead.

That's why I went with internode when moving home four years ago. Native IPv6, and vie the NBN Fixed-Wireless.

Internode, back before the TPG acquisition, were one of those ISP's who were willing to do the hard work to get a solution that worked properly - I remember the guys there doing a lot of work with Cisco to get the LNS platform to play nicely, and I think they did a fair bit with a couple of the CPE vendors too.

I used to be an Internode customer, until the "great Basslink fubar of 201x"...


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I reckon they should just set a date to stop routing IPv4 and let everybody scramble to get IPv6 going.

Probably the best choice... But I have never been able to wrap my brain around IPV6. I even struggle with subnetting in IPV4.

I've never really found a good source to teach IPv6 that doesn't rely on a strong understanding of IPv4.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: 2twisty to deon on Mon Jul 11 2022 09:08 am

I reckon they should just set a date to stop routing IPv4 and let everybody scramble to get IPv6 going.

Probably the best choice... But I have never been able to wrap my brain around IPV6. I even struggle with subnetting in IPV4.

I've never really found a good source to teach IPv6 that doesn't rely on a strong understanding of IPv4.

So for the majority of use cases, IPv6 is a hands off operation.

Your router discovers the "subnet" allocated to it.

Your router feeds the devices in your lan an IPv6 address automatically (discovery)

If you want to split your subnet up because you have multiple lans, then "smart" routers can do that too - although I must admit its a bit hit and miss sometimes (what I want, and what I get can be 2 different things).

If you want to go manual, and configure everything yourself you can - but yes, the knowledge required is higher than that of IPv4 (IMHO).

But with both IPv4 & IPv6, you take the "subnet" and the "mask" to get 1 answer - is this packet destined to somebody on my LAN, or do I need to give it to another router (that makes the same decision)? If the packet is destined for the LAN, the kernel drops the packet on the wire with the destinations address. If it isnt, its dropped on the wire with the router's address - where the router picks it up and makes the same decision.

There is a useful tool called "ipcalc" which enables you to see what address range is "local":

╰─$ ipcalc 10.1.0.0/24
Address: 10.1.0.0 00001010.00000001.00000000. 00000000
Netmask: 255.255.255.0 = 24 11111111.11111111.11111111. 00000000
Wildcard: 0.0.0.255 00000000.00000000.00000000. 11111111

Network: 10.1.0.0/24 00001010.00000001.00000000. 00000000
HostMin: 10.1.0.1 00001010.00000001.00000000. 00000001
HostMax: 10.1.0.254 00001010.00000001.00000000. 11111110
Broadcast: 10.1.0.255 00001010.00000001.00000000. 11111111
Hosts/Net: 254 Class A, Private Internet

There is a similar version for IPv6 - but I use https://www.vultr.com/resources/subnet-calculator-ipv6/


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deon wrote to 2twisty <=-

So for the majority of use cases, IPv6 is a hands off operation.

Your router discovers the "subnet" allocated to it.

Your router feeds the devices in your lan an IPv6 address automatically (discovery)

So, apparently, my router has IPV6 turned on, and is receiving an IPV6
address from my ISP. One of the people on the Fido IPV6 echo scanned my address and let me know!

I haven't gotten it working yet, my understanding was that Comcast wasn't rolling out IPV6 yet.


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Re: Re: Housekeeping
By: poindexter FORTRAN to deon on Tue Jul 12 2022 07:38 am

So, apparently, my router has IPV6 turned on, and is receiving an IPV6 address from my ISP. One of the people on the Fido IPV6 echo scanned my address and let me know!

I haven't gotten it working yet, my understanding was that Comcast wasn't rolling out IPV6 yet.

Sounds like they might be.

If you router has an IPv6 address, do the devices on your LAN also have one?

Sadly as somebody said once somewhere, many ISPs are playing, testing IPv6 and in some cases have rolled it out, but end users dont know and their CPE cant handle it if they do...


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Hi all

From history.txt

[snip]

2022-07-14
Added Node 2/125 Kumpute BBS (CAN) a warm welcome to sysop Madison Brooks aka
Fae Empress who is based in Kamloops, Canada. Running a
Mystic BBS you can reach the system at bbs.kumpute.org
Fae, thanks for joining fsxNet and welcome aboard :)

Added Node 3/173 Step to the Left BBS (AUS) please welcome sysop and amateur
radio operator Jared Quinn (VK2WAY) who is based in Sydney,
Australia. Running an Enigma 1/2 system you can check out
the BBS by heading to bbs.vk2way.id.au ... welcome Jared
nice to have you as a member of the fsxNet community.

[snip]

A warm welcome to you both.

Apologies, as there are a couple of other nodes I will need to add retrospectively when I am back home in a few weeks. Fae, your node will appear in next weeks nodelist to be hatched out in the next 7 days.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
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On 16 Jul 2022, Avon said the following...

2022-07-14
Added Node 2/125 Kumpute BBS (CAN) a warm welcome to sysop Madison
Brooks aka Fae Empress who is based in Kamloops,
Canada. Running a Mystic BBS you can reach the system

Added Node 3/173 Step to the Left BBS (AUS) please welcome sysop and amateur radio operator Jared Quinn (VK2WAY) who is
based in Sydney, Australia. Running an Enigma 1/2

Welcome, Madison & Jared! Nice to have you here!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/13 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

Welcome, Madison & Jared! Nice to have you here!

Thank you for the welcome. It's nice to be back in the BBS scene again
after a long long long hiatus. XD

+ Kumpute Nation BBS bbs.kumpute.org:2323 +
+ Faeland MUD + fsxnet + CiberNET + DOVE-Net +

... Consultant: A person who makes good on a salesman's promises!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Kumpute BBS (21:2/125)

On Sat Jul 16 11:10:00 2022, Avon wrote to All <=-

Added Node 2/125 Kumpute BBS (CAN) a warm welcome to sysop Madison Brooks aka
Fae Empress who is based in Kamloops, Canada. Running a
Mystic BBS you can reach the system at bbs.kumpute.org
Fae, thanks for joining fsxNet and welcome aboard :)

Added Node 3/173 Step to the Left BBS (AUS) please welcome sysop and amateur
radio operator Jared Quinn (VK2WAY) who is based in Sydney,
Australia. Running an Enigma 1/2 system you can check out
the BBS by heading to bbs.vk2way.id.au ... welcome Jared
nice to have you as a member of the fsxNet community.

Salute & welcome.

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Hi all

From history.txt

[snip]

2022-07-19
Updated Node 2/128 seeLive's rusty Hedgehog BBS (USA) is now called oNyX BBS
the address is onyxbbs.mywire.org:2300 (telnet) or use port
2200 for SSH. The nodelist and systems.txt has been updated.

Added Node 2/109 ByteBarn BBS (GER) welcome to sysop Markus Maussner aka
Tassilo who is based in Sernow, Germany and running a Mystic
BBS powered by Debian. You can reach the system at
bbs.bytebarn.de:2300 Great to have you as a member of our
online community Tassilo :)

[snip]

Apologies to both nodes for the delay in getting these updates posted.

These will reflect in the next hatched nodelist etc. at the end of this week.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 19 Jul 2022, Avon said the following...

Added Node 2/109 ByteBarn BBS (GER) welcome to sysop Markus Maussner aka
Tassilo who is based in Sernow, Germany and running a Mystic BBS powered by Debian. You can reach the system
at bbs.bytebarn.de:2300 Great to have you as a member
of our online community Tassilo :)

Welcome to fsxNet, Markus! Nice to have you here, and nice to see some more Debian systems. =)

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

On 19 Jul 2022, Avon said the following...

Added Node 2/109 ByteBarn BBS (GER) welcome to sysop Markus Maussner aka
Tassilo who is based in Sernow, Germany and running a Mystic BBS powered by Debian. You can reach the system
at bbs.bytebarn.de:2300 Great to have you as a member
of our online community Tassilo :)

Wilkommen Tassilo! Good to have you here!

... The seminar on time travel will be held two weeks ago

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: oNyX bBs - onyxbbs.mywire.org:2300/2200 (21:2/128)

On Tue Jul 19 10:28:00 2022, Avon wrote to All <=-

2022-07-19
Updated Node 2/128 seeLive's rusty Hedgehog BBS (USA) is now called oNyX BBS
the address is onyxbbs.mywire.org:2300 (telnet) or use port
2200 for SSH. The nodelist and systems.txt has been updated.

Added Node 2/109 ByteBarn BBS (GER) welcome to sysop Markus Maussner aka
Tassilo who is based in Sernow, Germany and running a Mystic
BBS powered by Debian. You can reach the system at
bbs.bytebarn.de:2300 Great to have you as a member of our
online community Tassilo :)

SALUTE! Welcome to the net both of you.

... If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why's it still #2?
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From history.txt

[snip]

2022-09-28
Updated Node 2/162 The Freespeak BBS (USA) is now called BBS Gametime and the
domain changes to web.bbsgametime.com the nodelist has been
updated with these changes.

[snip]

Changes will reflect in the next nodelist to be hatched in the coming 48 hours.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Hi all.

Hope you're going well.

Some changes to history.txt were spotted... here's what has appeared :)

[snip]

2022-11-09
Added Node 1/128 Drakonai BBS (LTU) a warm welcome to Audrius Puplinskas who
is based in Lithuania. Running Mystic BBS you can reach his
system at bbs.drakonai.lt :)

2022-11-06
Added Node 3/174 Made to Raid BBS (USA) welcome aboard to sysop Chris Manigan
aka Ganiman. Running a Mystic BBS you can reach his system
by heading to bbs.madetoraid.com:2323 or use 2222 for SSH

2022-11-03
Updated Node 4/182 RedFrog BBS (EST) now operates on port 2323 for Telnet
connections. The IPv6 address connected with
redfrog.fsxnet.nz:2323 has also been updated.

[snip]

Best, Paul

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 09 Nov 2022, Avon said the following...

Added Node 1/128 Drakonai BBS (LTU) a warm welcome to Audrius Puplinskas who is based in Lithuania. Running Mystic BBS you can

Added Node 3/174 Made to Raid BBS (USA) welcome aboard to sysop Chris Manigan aka Ganiman. Running a Mystic BBS you can reach

Welcome to fsxNet, Audrius & Chris! Nice to have you here!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

Hi all

From history.txt I spotted some new text..

[snip]

2022-11-15
Added Node 1/130 The Unmarked Van (USA) please welcome sysop Dave Scott who
aka Alonzo who is running a Mystic BBS under Windows 10.
Dave is based at Mt. Healthy, Ohio and you can reach his BBS
by heading to unmarkedvan.fsxnet.nz

[snip]

Best, Paul

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 15 Nov 2022, Avon said the following...

2022-11-15
Added Node 1/130 The Unmarked Van (USA) please welcome sysop Dave Scott who aka Alonzo who is running a Mystic BBS under
Windows 10. Dave is based at Mt. Healthy, Ohio and you can reach his BBS by heading to unmarkedvan.fsxnet.nz

Welcome to fsxNet, Dave! Nice to have you here!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

from history.txt

[snip]

2022-11-30
Removed Node 1/159 The GateHouse BBS has been delisted at sysop request.

2022-11-16
Removed Node 3/117 Runaan BBS inactive and has been delisted.

Removed Node 3/163 42bytes BBS inactive and has been delisted.

Removed Node 3/164 Angstridden BBS inactive and has been delisted.

Removed Node 3/165 The Underground BBS inactive and has been delisted.

Removed Node 3/166 The Ratrace Losers inactive and has been delisted.

[snip]

doing some pruning of inactive nodes etc. I expect a few more to be done in the coming week or so along with some new additions also.

Best, Paul

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)