It's been a long time. To anyone who remembers me, I'm sorry I ran off
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life happened.
A lot happened rather quickly and much of it was unexpected. Hard to explain but the part that I will tell, is I fell and broke my left
ankle, and recovery didn't go well. I ended up with a blood clot the entire length of my leg. That's not the only thing, but that alone was hard to deal with, and it took me quite a few months before I could even walk with a cane.
Hey there :) Welcome back, nice to see you in the message bases again. Sorry to hear things have not been so great but it sounds like you're on the mend and it's nice that you have some time for BBSing :)
We're in summer over here and I have spent too much time outside in the sun doing working around the section today. Just come inside to have a rest and catch up on echomail.
I've been watching Wandavision on Disney+ and enjoying it... the plot is getting twisty now.
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life happened.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
Indeed. I guess, one thing kind of lead to another, I started messing
with my Rasperry Pis again, then I realized I wanted to mess with
Asterisk again, and I guess some how that lead me to thinking about
BBSes again. Not sure how that happened, but whatever.
I do need to find some time to study for my amateur radio Extra class upgrade. I finally upgraded to General last year, in a parking lot at a park. They had so many people who wanted to test and no schools are libraries were open so they did it at a public park.
This week, my family business was sold, and of course the new owners didn't get me set up for payroll until after what would have been my
first paycheck. Ugh. At least they want me to stay, I have to look on
the bright side.
Hah, that's right, in your part of the world it is summer. Here of course it's winter, but being in Florida it hasn't been very cold, a few days here and there have been maybe in the 40's (fahrenheit of course) but I
do own a jacket or 2.
I do plan to watch it, just haven't gotten around to it yet. I did recently watch Supernatural all the way through. That took a while, but
it was worth it.
On 02-13-21 10:34, Starstorm wrote to All <=-
It's been a long time. To anyone who remembers me, I'm sorry I ran off
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life
happened. A lot happened rather quickly and much of it was unexpected. Hard to explain but the part that I will tell, is I fell and broke my
left ankle, and recovery didn't go well. I ended up with a blood clot
the entire length of my leg. That's not the only thing, but that alone
was hard to deal with, and it took me quite a few months before I could even walk with a cane.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
I needed to check what 40F = in C and it's (ding!) 4 ... so yep that's cold. That's really like our cooler winter lows here... down my way in winter it would be 2-4C overnight and up to 8-12C during the day.
Right now we've had temps in the lower to mid 20s so that would be around 66-77F in your temps.
Warpslide wrote to Starstorm <=-
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I could.
have Comcast service with unlimited voice. We're not using the home phone lines, instead have a DECT phone with extension units in the house. Running the line into a Pi and using Asterisk might be a fun project. Not sure how to connect an analog line to a Pi, not sure if someone makes a USB to fx port adapter. Maybe SIP might be easier?
I have Comcast service with unlimited voice. We're not using the home phone lines, instead have a DECT phone with extension units in the
house. Running the line into a Pi and using Asterisk might be a fun project. Not sure how to connect an analog line to a Pi, not sure if someone makes a USB to fx port adapter. Maybe SIP might be easier?
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I
could.
Now, the phones are in their original boxes, I'll probably sell them on ebay, if I can get anything for them :(
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has one
connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
I woke up to ~15cm of snow that fell overnight, it looks like we're in
for 5-10cm more today. It was -9c when I woke up with a "feels like" of -13c which isn't as bad as it has been lately.
I like to shovel the driveway & sidewalk as early as possible, as once people start walking all over it it makes it harder to shovel, so that's what I did shortly after waking up (even before my morning cuppa).
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP
phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I
could.
Chuckle... I did too :)
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has one
connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
On 02-13-21 19:29, Avon wrote to Starstorm <=-
Congrats on the gradings you have achieved. I have a general license
here in New Zealand but to be honest have not used it much in recent years. I tend to get really focused on one thing at a time and at this stage it's still computing / BBS and general communications stuff...
but with that online focus.
On 02-13-21 09:24, Warpslide wrote to Starstorm <=-
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I could.
On 02-14-21 11:19, deon wrote to Warpslide <=-
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including
unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has
one connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
My neighbor and a friend of him have a huge phone collection
(the analogue stuff with wires and rotary dials;) including
a several payphones and a phone booth. He bought a SIP
gateway from ebay that is able to create metering tones/
pulses for the payphone, so you have to feed the phone with
coins.
Starstorm wrote to All <=-
It's been a long time. To anyone who remembers me, I'm sorry I ran off
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life
happened. A lot happened rather quickly and much of it was unexpected. Hard to explain but the part that I will tell, is I fell and broke my
left ankle, and recovery didn't go well. I ended up with a blood clot
the entire length of my leg. That's not the only thing, but that alone
was hard to deal with, and it took me quite a few months before I could even walk with a cane.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
Hello Oli!
** On Sunday 14.02.21 - 09:09, Oli wrote to deon:
My neighbor and a friend of him have a huge phone collection
(the analogue stuff with wires and rotary dials;) including
a several payphones and a phone booth. He bought a SIP
gateway from ebay that is able to create metering tones/
pulses for the payphone, so you have to feed the phone with
coins.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something.
He has bought an AudioCodes MP-112 SIP gateway. It's a bit outdated, but you can configure every little detail. We haven't tested it with a
payphone yet, but will do soon.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something. I am sick
and tired of people asking me to use my phone - especially when
the calls are long-distance, the people don't buy anything, and
don't say thank you.
Heck.. the air-pumps at most gas-stations are pay-only now. They
used to be a courtesy thing. The minimum for a 4 minute session
is $2.
Hello Oli!
** On Sunday 14.02.21 - 19:29, Oli wrote to Ogg:
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something.
He has bought an AudioCodes MP-112 SIP gateway. It's a bit outdated,
but you can configure every little detail. We haven't tested it with
a payphone yet, but will do soon.
The MP112 looks a bit out of my price-point for my project.
Could it be possible to build a "public payphone" thingy with
one of these instead?
https://www.amazon.ca/Grandstream-GS-HT802-Analog-Telephone- Adapter/dp/B01JH7MYKA/
If I can plug an analog phone into it, that would be cool. But
wouldn't I would still need to subscribe to a SIP service to
accomodate that.
The more I think about it, MagicJack at $40/yr provides the
device and the service in one package.
The MP112 looks a bit out of my price-point for my project.
They are offered for 10€ to 25€ on ebay (Germany).
Could it be possible to build a "public payphone" thingy with
one of these instead?
The more I think about it, MagicJack at $40/yr provides the
device and the service in one package.
It depends on the kind of payphone you're using. The phones the MP112 was bought for rely on receiving an 16khz metering tone/pulse. I don't think MagicJack or the Grandstream HT802 do support it. Might be fine for your setup though.
deon wrote to Warpslide <=-
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including
unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has
one connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
Oli wrote to deon <=-
My neighbor and a friend of him have a huge phone collection (the
analogue stuff with wires and rotary dials;) including a several
payphones and a phone booth. He bought a SIP gateway from ebay that is able to create metering tones/pulses for the payphone, so you have to
feed the phone with coins.
Ogg wrote to Oli <=-
Heck.. the air-pumps at most gas-stations are pay-only now. They
used to be a courtesy thing. The minimum for a 4 minute session
is $2.
They're required to provide it air and water for free if
you purchase gas, but you're still running around trying to
fill all of your tires quickly - or having to go ask for
more time. Annoying.
My car doesn't have a spare tire, so I bought a can of Fix-
A-Flat, a tire patch kit and a little 12v air compressor
with a gauge, and I love it.
I know the gauge is reliable, I don't have to hurry, and I
can fill up bicycle tires without having to throw them in
the car and drive them to the gas station. It's already
paid for itself with 2 flats I've fixed on my own.
The MP112 looks a bit out of my price-point for my project.
They are offered for 10Gammé¼ to 25Gammé¼ on ebay (Germany).
A local solution would be best for me. I don't want to deal with
overseas delays and customs.
Well, I don't really need to create a "real" payphone booth.
Even one with a fake facade and just enough similarily to
resemble a phone booth would be enough. Even if I could dress up
the handset with a book around it would be funny to see - since
my shop is a bookshop. The coin slot could just activate a relay
to enable a hard connection for the handset - or it could just
be fake thing for the coins, and I could activate "power" via
remote or something.
A week ago I was planning to jump off a cliff, and now I'm
dreaming of building a phone booth. :/ Somethin wrong with me.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something. I am sick
and tired of people asking me to use my phone - especially when
the calls are long-distance, the people don't buy anything, and
don't say thank you.
Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I bought one those 12v air compressor emergency pumps when a 2nd
car I had had three particular tires that were too deflated to
drive safely. I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well,
but when I went to do the next tire, the motor burned out!
I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well, but when I
went to do the next tire, the motor burned out!
That's a shame; I've had a SLIME branded pump since 2014,
and it's held up, although I think the duty cycle they
recommend is 10 minutes on/10 off. I've only come close to
that once, filling up a SUV tire from scratch. My little
Prius tires don't stress it, I suppose.
No need to apologize! Things happen -- that's for sure...
Sounds like a nice project!
I've been thinking of learning more about Asterisk for a long time, but have never really gotten to it. One day... :)
Congrats on the gradings you have achieved. I have a general license
here in New Zealand but to be honest have not used it much in recent years. I tend to get really focused on one thing at a time and at this stage it's still computing / BBS and general communications stuff... but with that online focus.
I'd like to spend more time on my LPFM station but at the moment am building up a new HUB system for the FTN networks I'm active in and am learning new stuff as I go.
If you're happy to stay then that's all good. My dad had a third generation family business he ended up shuttering in the mid 90s after
it began to become less and less profitable. I used to work there as a high school kid in the holidays. I miss the atmosphere etc. of the place and memories of working there ... sadly even the old building has been torn down now :(
I needed to check what 40F = in C and it's (ding!) 4 ... so yep that's cold. That's really like our cooler winter lows here... down my way in winter it would be 2-4C overnight and up to 8-12C during the day.
Right now we've had temps in the lower to mid 20s so that would be around 66-77F in your temps.
Haven't seen that... but may look for it :)
Ouch, sounds like a rough time. :(
Welcome back. You can always just remain a user, plenty og BBSs to
choose from, and easier to manage when life gets in the way. :)
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I could.
It was fun "paging" the entire house at times, I set it to play the Star Trek Boatswain's whistle first. I also had way too many DID numbers, I set one to ring only in my office, I had a toll free number (because why not?) and also another DID that is local to my parents house along with our regular home phone number.
A lot of that I dismantled, and now run just one ATA for the "landline" which pretty much only our alarm system uses. I still have the DID
local to my parents and one that I'd like to setup as a dial-up number
to my BBS.
Well glad you're able to get around again!
I was never a sysop. :-) So hello from another user...
On 02-16-21 16:27, Starstorm wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Ouch, sounds like a rough time. :(
Yep, even have a few things that slapped me in the face 2 years ago
that have come back to haunt me this year. Next month might get rough.
Welcome back. You can always just remain a user, plenty og BBSs to
choose from, and easier to manage when life gets in the way. :)
Thanks, you're right, I could just remain a user. There are some things
I would like to do though, if I can find the time. We'll see.
On 02-16-21 16:25, Starstorm wrote to Avon <=-
Thanks. Admittedly I'm not too active myself, I like to listen and mess with the technology though. I have a DRM Hotspot and an Allstar node.
Both are Raspberry Pi's and the Allstar node IS Asterisk modified for radio, so you see why I started thinking more about Asterisk. LOL
LPFM that took me a second to remember what that is. Maybe my brain is just a little fried for working on Asterisk for 2 weekends and on and
off for the last week. Except for backups I've stopped for now. It
works, and nothing is broken so I'll leave it for a while. I have some other ideas though.
I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well, but when I went to d
the next tire, the motor burned out!
I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well, but when I went to d
the next tire, the motor burned out!
The problem with a lot of these small compressors, is just what kind of duty cycle they can maintain. You found out the hard way :/ But If you've got fairly flat tyres, I'd be inclined to give it a break between each
tyre to let it cool off.
C*NET is at ckts.info (ckts, I think is meant to be an abbreviation of circuits)
NPSTN is at npstn.us. Both have email lists on groups.io.
Yep, even have a few things that slapped me in the face 2 years ago that have come back to haunt me this year. Next month might get rough
Good luck!
See how you go. :)
Thanks, you're right, I could just remain a user. There are some thin I would like to do though, if I can find the time. We'll see.
See how you go. :)
On 02-18-21 08:25, Starstorm wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yep, even have a few things that slapped me in the face 2 years ago that have come back to haunt me this year. Next month might get rough
Good luck!
Thanks. I'm gonna need it.
Indeed, for now I will mess with Asterisk and be a user. There's more stuff I want to do first.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Ground Control (0:0/0)
This is my first post from Ground Control. I'm watching the Mystic
Guy videos. :-)
So, yeah. I have a BBS again. I was wrong when I said Spring has^^^^^
sprung. I must have jixed it, the day after it was cold again.
-!- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Ground Control (0:0/0)
Oops forgot to set that correctly. *facepalm*
I just joined fsxnet and just wanted to introduce myself and say
hello to all of you. Nice to be with all of you.
Hola Todos!
I am Angel Ripoll, sysop of Zruspa's BBS in Madrid, Spain.
I just joined fsxnet and just wanted to introduce myself and say
hello to all of you. Nice to be with all of you.
Hello
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: oplex133 BBS (21:1/999)
Hola Todos!
I am Angel Ripoll, sysop of Zruspa's BBS in Madrid, Spain.
I just joined fsxnet and just wanted to introduce myself and say
hello to all of you. Nice to be with all of you.
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Hola Todos!
I am Angel Ripoll, sysop of Zruspa's BBS in Madrid, Spain.
I just joined fsxnet and just wanted to introduce myself and say
hello to all of you. Nice to be with all of you.
I am Angel Ripoll, sysop of Zruspa's BBS in Madrid, Spain.
I just joined fsxnet and just wanted to introduce myself and say
hello to all of you. Nice to be with all of you.
Angel Ripoll wrote to Todos <=-
Hola Todos!
I am Angel Ripoll, sysop of Zruspa's BBS in Madrid, Spain.
Hello and welcome to FSXNet!
I just joined fsxnet and just wanted to introduce myself and say
hello to all of you. Nice to be with all of you.
Greetings! And thank you! Now I'm no longer the new guy! ;)
Welcome from New England, US! Glad to have you aboard!!
Hello and welcome -- nice to have you here, and I hope you'll enjoy fsxNet!
Welcome to FSXnet!
So I wrote a big message in multimail, then uploaded my QWK reply
only to realize I had posted in my Local "General Discussion" base
instead of hear...
It's been a long time. To anyone who remembers me, I'm sorry I ran off
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life happened.
A lot happened rather quickly and much of it was unexpected. Hard to explain but the part that I will tell, is I fell and broke my left
ankle, and recovery didn't go well. I ended up with a blood clot the entire length of my leg. That's not the only thing, but that alone was hard to deal with, and it took me quite a few months before I could even walk with a cane.
Hey there :) Welcome back, nice to see you in the message bases again. Sorry to hear things have not been so great but it sounds like you're on the mend and it's nice that you have some time for BBSing :)
We're in summer over here and I have spent too much time outside in the sun doing working around the section today. Just come inside to have a rest and catch up on echomail.
I've been watching Wandavision on Disney+ and enjoying it... the plot is getting twisty now.
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life happened.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
Indeed. I guess, one thing kind of lead to another, I started messing
with my Rasperry Pis again, then I realized I wanted to mess with
Asterisk again, and I guess some how that lead me to thinking about
BBSes again. Not sure how that happened, but whatever.
I do need to find some time to study for my amateur radio Extra class upgrade. I finally upgraded to General last year, in a parking lot at a park. They had so many people who wanted to test and no schools are libraries were open so they did it at a public park.
This week, my family business was sold, and of course the new owners didn't get me set up for payroll until after what would have been my
first paycheck. Ugh. At least they want me to stay, I have to look on
the bright side.
Hah, that's right, in your part of the world it is summer. Here of course it's winter, but being in Florida it hasn't been very cold, a few days here and there have been maybe in the 40's (fahrenheit of course) but I
do own a jacket or 2.
I do plan to watch it, just haven't gotten around to it yet. I did recently watch Supernatural all the way through. That took a while, but
it was worth it.
On 02-13-21 10:34, Starstorm wrote to All <=-
It's been a long time. To anyone who remembers me, I'm sorry I ran off
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life
happened. A lot happened rather quickly and much of it was unexpected. Hard to explain but the part that I will tell, is I fell and broke my
left ankle, and recovery didn't go well. I ended up with a blood clot
the entire length of my leg. That's not the only thing, but that alone
was hard to deal with, and it took me quite a few months before I could even walk with a cane.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
I needed to check what 40F = in C and it's (ding!) 4 ... so yep that's cold. That's really like our cooler winter lows here... down my way in winter it would be 2-4C overnight and up to 8-12C during the day.
Right now we've had temps in the lower to mid 20s so that would be around 66-77F in your temps.
Warpslide wrote to Starstorm <=-
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I could.
have Comcast service with unlimited voice. We're not using the home phone lines, instead have a DECT phone with extension units in the house. Running the line into a Pi and using Asterisk might be a fun project. Not sure how to connect an analog line to a Pi, not sure if someone makes a USB to fx port adapter. Maybe SIP might be easier?
I have Comcast service with unlimited voice. We're not using the home phone lines, instead have a DECT phone with extension units in the
house. Running the line into a Pi and using Asterisk might be a fun project. Not sure how to connect an analog line to a Pi, not sure if someone makes a USB to fx port adapter. Maybe SIP might be easier?
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I
could.
Now, the phones are in their original boxes, I'll probably sell them on ebay, if I can get anything for them :(
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has one
connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
I woke up to ~15cm of snow that fell overnight, it looks like we're in
for 5-10cm more today. It was -9c when I woke up with a "feels like" of -13c which isn't as bad as it has been lately.
I like to shovel the driveway & sidewalk as early as possible, as once people start walking all over it it makes it harder to shovel, so that's what I did shortly after waking up (even before my morning cuppa).
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP
phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I
could.
Chuckle... I did too :)
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has one
connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
On 02-13-21 19:29, Avon wrote to Starstorm <=-
Congrats on the gradings you have achieved. I have a general license
here in New Zealand but to be honest have not used it much in recent years. I tend to get really focused on one thing at a time and at this stage it's still computing / BBS and general communications stuff...
but with that online focus.
On 02-13-21 09:24, Warpslide wrote to Starstorm <=-
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I could.
On 02-14-21 11:19, deon wrote to Warpslide <=-
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including
unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has
one connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
My neighbor and a friend of him have a huge phone collection
(the analogue stuff with wires and rotary dials;) including
a several payphones and a phone booth. He bought a SIP
gateway from ebay that is able to create metering tones/
pulses for the payphone, so you have to feed the phone with
coins.
Starstorm wrote to All <=-
It's been a long time. To anyone who remembers me, I'm sorry I ran off
and shut my BBS down without any notice. All I can say is life
happened. A lot happened rather quickly and much of it was unexpected. Hard to explain but the part that I will tell, is I fell and broke my
left ankle, and recovery didn't go well. I ended up with a blood clot
the entire length of my leg. That's not the only thing, but that alone
was hard to deal with, and it took me quite a few months before I could even walk with a cane.
I might have a BBS again, but right now I'm working on other things,
like an Asterisk server. I do miss it, that's for sure.
Hello Oli!
** On Sunday 14.02.21 - 09:09, Oli wrote to deon:
My neighbor and a friend of him have a huge phone collection
(the analogue stuff with wires and rotary dials;) including
a several payphones and a phone booth. He bought a SIP
gateway from ebay that is able to create metering tones/
pulses for the payphone, so you have to feed the phone with
coins.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something.
He has bought an AudioCodes MP-112 SIP gateway. It's a bit outdated, but you can configure every little detail. We haven't tested it with a
payphone yet, but will do soon.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something. I am sick
and tired of people asking me to use my phone - especially when
the calls are long-distance, the people don't buy anything, and
don't say thank you.
Heck.. the air-pumps at most gas-stations are pay-only now. They
used to be a courtesy thing. The minimum for a 4 minute session
is $2.
Hello Oli!
** On Sunday 14.02.21 - 19:29, Oli wrote to Ogg:
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something.
He has bought an AudioCodes MP-112 SIP gateway. It's a bit outdated,
but you can configure every little detail. We haven't tested it with
a payphone yet, but will do soon.
The MP112 looks a bit out of my price-point for my project.
Could it be possible to build a "public payphone" thingy with
one of these instead?
https://www.amazon.ca/Grandstream-GS-HT802-Analog-Telephone- Adapter/dp/B01JH7MYKA/
If I can plug an analog phone into it, that would be cool. But
wouldn't I would still need to subscribe to a SIP service to
accomodate that.
The more I think about it, MagicJack at $40/yr provides the
device and the service in one package.
The MP112 looks a bit out of my price-point for my project.
They are offered for 10€ to 25€ on ebay (Germany).
Could it be possible to build a "public payphone" thingy with
one of these instead?
The more I think about it, MagicJack at $40/yr provides the
device and the service in one package.
It depends on the kind of payphone you're using. The phones the MP112 was bought for rely on receiving an 16khz metering tone/pulse. I don't think MagicJack or the Grandstream HT802 do support it. Might be fine for your setup though.
deon wrote to Warpslide <=-
With the cost of mobile phones services being so low (including
unlimited calling nationally atleast), and the fact that everybody has
one connected to their hip, its kinda pointless.
Oli wrote to deon <=-
My neighbor and a friend of him have a huge phone collection (the
analogue stuff with wires and rotary dials;) including a several
payphones and a phone booth. He bought a SIP gateway from ebay that is able to create metering tones/pulses for the payphone, so you have to
feed the phone with coins.
Ogg wrote to Oli <=-
Heck.. the air-pumps at most gas-stations are pay-only now. They
used to be a courtesy thing. The minimum for a 4 minute session
is $2.
They're required to provide it air and water for free if
you purchase gas, but you're still running around trying to
fill all of your tires quickly - or having to go ask for
more time. Annoying.
My car doesn't have a spare tire, so I bought a can of Fix-
A-Flat, a tire patch kit and a little 12v air compressor
with a gauge, and I love it.
I know the gauge is reliable, I don't have to hurry, and I
can fill up bicycle tires without having to throw them in
the car and drive them to the gas station. It's already
paid for itself with 2 flats I've fixed on my own.
The MP112 looks a bit out of my price-point for my project.
They are offered for 10Gammé¼ to 25Gammé¼ on ebay (Germany).
A local solution would be best for me. I don't want to deal with
overseas delays and customs.
Well, I don't really need to create a "real" payphone booth.
Even one with a fake facade and just enough similarily to
resemble a phone booth would be enough. Even if I could dress up
the handset with a book around it would be funny to see - since
my shop is a bookshop. The coin slot could just activate a relay
to enable a hard connection for the handset - or it could just
be fake thing for the coins, and I could activate "power" via
remote or something.
A week ago I was planning to jump off a cliff, and now I'm
dreaming of building a phone booth. :/ Somethin wrong with me.
I would love to set up a retro/vintage pay-phone in my retail
shop. I could tie it in with MagicJack or something. I am sick
and tired of people asking me to use my phone - especially when
the calls are long-distance, the people don't buy anything, and
don't say thank you.
Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I bought one those 12v air compressor emergency pumps when a 2nd
car I had had three particular tires that were too deflated to
drive safely. I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well,
but when I went to do the next tire, the motor burned out!
I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well, but when I
went to do the next tire, the motor burned out!
That's a shame; I've had a SLIME branded pump since 2014,
and it's held up, although I think the duty cycle they
recommend is 10 minutes on/10 off. I've only come close to
that once, filling up a SUV tire from scratch. My little
Prius tires don't stress it, I suppose.
No need to apologize! Things happen -- that's for sure...
Sounds like a nice project!
I've been thinking of learning more about Asterisk for a long time, but have never really gotten to it. One day... :)
Congrats on the gradings you have achieved. I have a general license
here in New Zealand but to be honest have not used it much in recent years. I tend to get really focused on one thing at a time and at this stage it's still computing / BBS and general communications stuff... but with that online focus.
I'd like to spend more time on my LPFM station but at the moment am building up a new HUB system for the FTN networks I'm active in and am learning new stuff as I go.
If you're happy to stay then that's all good. My dad had a third generation family business he ended up shuttering in the mid 90s after
it began to become less and less profitable. I used to work there as a high school kid in the holidays. I miss the atmosphere etc. of the place and memories of working there ... sadly even the old building has been torn down now :(
I needed to check what 40F = in C and it's (ding!) 4 ... so yep that's cold. That's really like our cooler winter lows here... down my way in winter it would be 2-4C overnight and up to 8-12C during the day.
Right now we've had temps in the lower to mid 20s so that would be around 66-77F in your temps.
Haven't seen that... but may look for it :)
Ouch, sounds like a rough time. :(
Welcome back. You can always just remain a user, plenty og BBSs to
choose from, and easier to manage when life gets in the way. :)
I fell down an Asterisk rabbit hole once. Ended up with 8 IP phones around the house for no particular reason other than that I could.
It was fun "paging" the entire house at times, I set it to play the Star Trek Boatswain's whistle first. I also had way too many DID numbers, I set one to ring only in my office, I had a toll free number (because why not?) and also another DID that is local to my parents house along with our regular home phone number.
A lot of that I dismantled, and now run just one ATA for the "landline" which pretty much only our alarm system uses. I still have the DID
local to my parents and one that I'd like to setup as a dial-up number
to my BBS.
Well glad you're able to get around again!
I was never a sysop. :-) So hello from another user...
On 02-16-21 16:27, Starstorm wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Ouch, sounds like a rough time. :(
Yep, even have a few things that slapped me in the face 2 years ago
that have come back to haunt me this year. Next month might get rough.
Welcome back. You can always just remain a user, plenty og BBSs to
choose from, and easier to manage when life gets in the way. :)
Thanks, you're right, I could just remain a user. There are some things
I would like to do though, if I can find the time. We'll see.
On 02-16-21 16:25, Starstorm wrote to Avon <=-
Thanks. Admittedly I'm not too active myself, I like to listen and mess with the technology though. I have a DRM Hotspot and an Allstar node.
Both are Raspberry Pi's and the Allstar node IS Asterisk modified for radio, so you see why I started thinking more about Asterisk. LOL
LPFM that took me a second to remember what that is. Maybe my brain is just a little fried for working on Asterisk for 2 weekends and on and
off for the last week. Except for backups I've stopped for now. It
works, and nothing is broken so I'll leave it for a while. I have some other ideas though.
I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well, but when I went to d
the next tire, the motor burned out!
I managed to fill up two tires reasonably well, but when I went to d
the next tire, the motor burned out!
The problem with a lot of these small compressors, is just what kind of duty cycle they can maintain. You found out the hard way :/ But If you've got fairly flat tyres, I'd be inclined to give it a break between each
tyre to let it cool off.
C*NET is at ckts.info (ckts, I think is meant to be an abbreviation of circuits)
NPSTN is at npstn.us. Both have email lists on groups.io.
Yep, even have a few things that slapped me in the face 2 years ago that have come back to haunt me this year. Next month might get rough
Good luck!
See how you go. :)
Thanks, you're right, I could just remain a user. There are some thin I would like to do though, if I can find the time. We'll see.
See how you go. :)
On 02-18-21 08:25, Starstorm wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yep, even have a few things that slapped me in the face 2 years ago that have come back to haunt me this year. Next month might get rough
Good luck!
Thanks. I'm gonna need it.
Indeed, for now I will mess with Asterisk and be a user. There's more stuff I want to do first.
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This is my first post from Ground Control. I'm watching the Mystic
Guy videos. :-)
So, yeah. I have a BBS again. I was wrong when I said Spring has^^^^^
sprung. I must have jixed it, the day after it was cold again.
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Oops forgot to set that correctly. *facepalm*
apam wrote to All <=-
Last time I looked at usenet it was mostly either spam in the general echos or the same bbs advertisements in the bbs echos.
alt.folklore.computers has some activity and little spam, mostly people talking about old iron.
alt.syadmin.recovery is "self-moderating" and has sporadic traffic.
I still read alt.alt.alt.alt.alt, just because.
alt.folklore.computers has some activity and little spam, mostly people talking about old iron.
Seems like a bit of a slow day today..
I've been working on my second bbs, I've done all the art except the offline mail menu, but I think it's ready.
Feel free to look around: gcat.happylandbbs.com 11823 (TELNET) and 11822 (SSH)
If it's not up, try later, might be a thunderstorm or something.
I've been thinking about asking for a second fsx node number, and getting newsgroups on here, but not sure, are there any good ones?
Last time I looked at usenet it was mostly either spam in the general echos or the same bbs advertisements in the bbs echos.
Also thinking it might be good to try the interbbs games, just to see how binki fares with that.
I still read alt.alt.alt.alt.alt, just because.
alt.folklore.computers has some activity and little spam, mostly peop alt.syadmin.recovery is "self-moderating" and has sporadic traffic.'alo 'alo Mr. Avon Sir,
I still read alt.alt.alt.alt.alt, just because.
Any chance these three could be made available via the fsxNet Usenet Gateway, please & thanks?
I just tried adding them but I got back "not available from uplink" from Areafix.
Also thinking it might be good to try the interbbs games, just to see how binki fares with that.
I still read alt.alt.alt.alt.alt, just because.
Is that still a thing? I must go look :)
Is that still a thing? I must go look :)
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
Is that still a thing? I must go look :)
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
alt.sex.fetish.daleks
'alo 'alo Mr. Avon Sir,
Any chance these three could be made available via the fsxNet Usenet Gateway, please & thanks?
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
alt.sex.fetish.daleks
alt.sex.fetish.dalek.amputees? :P
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
5 posts and the last one in 2019... not much action there now... just
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
alt.sex.fetish.daleks
seems there is nothing where I looked, ah well.. there was drew-barrymore an diapers but no daleks..
Avon wrote to Warpslide <=-
JAM ALT.SYSADMIN.RECOVERY 80
Added to the gateway, cheers :)
Avon wrote to Spectre <=-
On 21 Oct 2021 at 07:53p, Spectre pondered and said...
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
5 posts and the last one in 2019... not much action there now... just saying.
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
5 posts and the last one in 2019... not much action there now... just
Even back in the halcyon days it was typically empty, or full of
rubbish. It sticks in mind because the 'pooter club were horrified at
the thought of carrying it in their news server :)
Just for giggles, how about alt.sex.fetish.amputees? :P
5 posts and the last one in 2019... not much action there now... just saying.
Too hard for the posters to type?
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Hello
How's things in BBS land?
Things have quietened down I think.
How fatherhood treating you?
How fatherhood treating you?
Good thanks, my son is 3 now and just been diagnosed with autism level 3 which I suppose is a good thing (means support) though who knows what this thriving kids program is going to be like.
Hows things with you? still playing with videotex?
Sadly, something I dont know much about - but hope the support helps.
Yes and no. I've not worked on videotex recently, but its still in the back of my mind to build out more. (Same to for clrghouz.) I'd be inspired by other users who have the same interest - and I occassionaly find a group who are, but then they go AWOL...
I started maintaing an OSS project 20+ years ago, and have neglected it for the past 15 years or so (married, kids, work, etc), so I've spent the last 6 months updating it - especially since web software approaches have changed a lot over that time.
Have you been doing any programming recently?
Pretty slow in Australia :)
Hi.
How's things in BBS land?
Hi.
How's things in BBS land?
From andrew
Whoops i forgot synchronet ctrl-z saves and quits, not bring up the menu to quote.
Whoops i forgot synchronet ctrl-z saves and quits, not bring up the menu
to quote.
That's not Synchronet as a whole. It depends on what message editor you're using.
Things are good, but im wondering if TitanMail ever had a Mac version?
Hi.
How's things in BBS land?
How's things in your w0rld?? Your offspring must be getting older - and I'm sure you still have your mits in a few projects that touch BBSing... really st0ked to hear from you, r0ckstar!
Nice to see you around again!
How's things in BBS land?
Re: Hello
By: apam to deon on Fri Sep 05 2025 02:40 am
Whoops i forgot synchronet ctrl-z saves and quits, not bring up the menu to quote.
That's not Synchronet as a whole. It depends on what message editor you're using.
That's not Synchronet as a whole. It depends on what message editor
you're using.
Yeah, I think he's referring to fseditor.js. The built-in (line) editor
in Synchronet doesn't save and exit on Ctrl-Z.
Yeah, he's 3 now :) Not really done anything with BBS projects, kind of tired of it all really - at least the public projects thing. I missed
some of the people here.
Yeah, he's 3 now :) Not really done anything with BBS projects, kind of tired of it all really - at least the public projects thing. I missed
some of the people here.
I got envy up and running again, but not in a public repo, and possibly not what i had before - as i nuked my github account without saving anything (just got older backups.)
Anyway, hope you're doing well, 20 for beers still going strong? :)
Nice - but OMG... the github situation sucks! Jeebus.
Thanks - I'm doing OK... moving through summer, like the rest of us. I'm blessed w/ 2oFB and yea, its still a thing... somehow, or another; I'll take it!
I got envy up and running again,
but not in a public repo, and
possibly not what i had before - as
i nuked my github account without
saving anything (just got older
backups.)
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