Hey folks.

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planned power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running here at home will be switched off before I head to work and then restarted at the end of
the day when I get home.

I've got a couple of notified power cuts coming up this month the first this coming week on my Tuesday 9 March and the next a week or so later on my
Tuesday 23 March.

So expect on those days NZ Local Time that 21:1/100 and my other servers will be down for around 10 hours each time.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planned power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running

Don't they know you run mission-critical worldwide historical data network?

But seriously, thanks for giving us the heads up

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

On 06 Mar 2021 at 10:15p, hal pondered and said...

Don't they know you run mission-critical worldwide historical data network?

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

Hahaha

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Quick question while we're chatting do you wish to move from HOLD to CRASH traffic? So the HUB starts pushing packets etc. to your BinkP server as they arrive at 1/100 ?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

BY: Avon(21:1/101)


|11A|09> |10It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)|07
|11A|09> |07
I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.


--- WWIV 5.7.0.3446
* Origin: inland utopia * socal usa * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (21:4/108)

Yeah sure

everything is up and running now for FSXNET. I've even got DOVENET up and running

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

*** Quoting Utopian Galt from a message to Avon ***

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

I'm using an tiny Intel NUC from eBay. It's working pretty good so far:

https://bit.ly/3qoGNsb

Jay

... This tagline's just for you.

--- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
* Origin: Northern Realms | 289-424-5180 | bbs.nrbbs.net (21:3/110)

On 07 Mar 2021 at 12:30a, hal pondered and said...

Yeah sure
everything is up and running now for FSXNET. I've even got DOVENET up and running

Well done, OK I'll change things at this end and let's see how we go :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Well done, OK I'll change things at this end and let's see how we go :)

thanks

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

Depending on what exactly you need

Lenovo do a good range on tiny desktop machines about the size of a hardback book with anything right up to an i7/16gb ram. Total overkill for a BBS but
if you want a good all-round home server as well as your bbs on then it might be worth a splash as you can get them from under 100.00 GBP on ebay

I have a mini desktop pc by beelink with 6gb ram and 128gb ssd drive for
149 new that I use as my daily driver debian linux box. The ssd is also replaceable if you end up needing more space.

Don't forget the venerable Raspberry Pi which can now boot off USB (and even ssd with extra hardware). I've got one on my home network with a 256gb USB drive.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

Don't they know you run mission-critical worldwide historical data network?

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

And thats the coolest part of the entire operation!!
Do you know, literally, how many smiles that ole CPU has created?
How many new 'thats stupid' comments from the kid of another dork?
How many frowns at the next idiot posting in #politics??

:P

I love that something that brings me SO MUCH is ran on something so minuscule. Thats literally what does it for me. :P



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

I dunno if this is your budget, but Lenovo has some really nice package deals, around $400-$500, and the higher tiers even have a 1650 (or 1050, can't remember) video card in em! Pretty banging deal, for a mid-range that will last for some time to come....



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

BY: hal(21:1/177)


|11h|09> |10UG> I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.|07
|11h|09> |07
|11h|09> |10Depending on what exactly you need |07
|11h|09> |07
|11h|09> |10Lenovo do a good range on tiny desktop machines about the size of a|07
The Elitedesk is 279 USD 16gb ram i5 6th generation with 256gb ssd.
Likely enough to run a Linux bbs.

But raspberry pi would be also dreamy.


--- WWIV 5.7.0.3446
* Origin: inland utopia * socal usa * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (21:4/108)

On 06 Mar 2021 at 05:57p, paulie420 pondered and said...

I love that something that brings me SO MUCH is ran on something so minuscule. Thats literally what does it for me. :P

In my case it's way overdone. I've spun up separate boxes for Usenet server, Agency BBS and Games/Usenet HUB, fsx + fido HUB ops, audio playout (for my
LPFM station), audio STL link and streaming.

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step
is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Am 06.03.21 schrieb Utopian Galt@21:4/108 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo Utopian,

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

I'm using a Lenovo m92p Tiny for my BBS.
I bought this computer some years ago at "lapstore.eu" as a refurbished device and we used it as my wife's desktop PC.
As she now got a new (used) computer, I chose to use it for my BBS instead
of a Raspberry Pi - because on the Lenovo, I can use dosemu :)

As it has more RAM, SSD and power than I might ever need for my BBS, it is really fine :)

Regards,
Anna

--- OpenXP 5.0.49
* Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)

Utopian Galt wrote to Avon <=-

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

Some of those USFF Dells and Lenovos are looking pretty nice.


... Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
* Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

You'll probably notice a drop in your power bill too.. Having dropped Sabretooth and rationalised whats left a bit, my monthly bill dropped over $50 :)

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: Scrawled in haste at The Lower Planes (21:3/101)

Hey folks.

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planned power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running
here at home will be switched off before I head to work and then
restarted at the end of the day when I get home.

OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator for FSX-Net....
Seriously thanks for the heads up.
Jeff

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Communication Connection (21:1/192)

BY: Sparky(21:1/192)


|11S|09> |10OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator|07
|11S|09> |10for|07
|11S|09> |10FSX-Net....|07
|11S|09> |10 Seriously thanks for the heads up.|07
Tesla power wall?


--- WWIV 5.7.0.3446
* Origin: inland utopia * socal usa * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (21:4/108)

I love that something that brings me SO MUCH is ran on something so minuscule. Thats literally what does it for me. :P

In my case it's way overdone. I've spun up separate boxes for Usenet server, Agency BBS and Games/Usenet HUB, fsx + fido HUB ops, audio
playout (for my LPFM station), audio STL link and streaming.

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older hardware can do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with computers...

I'm quickly getting into video editing, tho, and that is a different story.

Last, I'd like to mention for all the new sysOps that... its worthwhile to THINK about your /directory structure when starting a BBS. I didn't.

And now, like you I wanted to draw everything down to its simplest form, I want to separate my /file/areas/directorys and my /mystic... and its a b***h. :P Think that thru when you begin, however, and you'll find things a lot easier.

I want my /files on a separate HDD so that Mystic backups take up much less space and I deal with the /files in some other way. I'm quickly getting to 4TB - which isn't too nice to my TINY Raspberry Pi NAS. :P

Cheers...



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

paulie420 wrote to Avon <=-

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older hardware can
do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with computers...

What got me into Synchronet and away from my old Maximus/dialup BBS was
being able to take a cast-off desktop PC that a client didn't want any more, putting a fresh copy of Windows on it, loading Synchronet, and having mail, mailing lists, a web server, FTP server, NNTP server, javascript and BAJA environments to tinker in, and a BBS - all on the same box.

That was on a triple-digit Celeron with 512 MB of RAM and an 80 gb drive.





... The tape is now the music
--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
* Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)

*** Quoting paulie420 from a message to Avon ***

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on
one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older
hardware can do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with
computers...

That's the way I feel about the Raspberry Pi. When I first bought one many years ago I didn't have a particular plan for it.

I then loaded up RetroPi on it and next thing you know I'm parked on the
couch with a bluetooth controller playing SNES games. Tired of that game?
No prob, just press a few buttons & load up another game. Doesn't even have to be an SNES one, let's try Sonic the Hedgehog!

I'm way too easily amused with how something the size of a deck of cards can run these older 16 bit games, with wifi & bluetooth built it!


Jay

... Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

--- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
* Origin: Northern Realms | 289-424-5180 | bbs.nrbbs.net (21:3/110)

Avon wrote (2021-03-07):

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First
step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

.... serverless?

---
* Origin: . (21:3/102)

On 08 Mar 2021 at 01:45a, Spectre pondered and said...

You'll probably notice a drop in your power bill too.. Having dropped Sabretooth and rationalised whats left a bit, my monthly bill dropped
over $50 :)

Yes that's the hope. But making progress to shutter stuff is painstakingly
slow it seems .. I'll get there :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 07 Mar 2021 at 07:28a, Sparky pondered and said...

OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator
for FSX-Net....
Seriously thanks for the heads up.

Hah... not necessary at all but thanks for the kind suggestion :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 07 Mar 2021 at 10:05a, paulie420 pondered and said...

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff a migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. Firs step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older hardware can
do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with computers...

Yeah they are upstairs but yeah there are many of them... too many :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 09 Mar 2021 at 01:41p, Oli pondered and said...

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

.... serverless?

Not sure.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Tesla power wall?

Might do the trick... ;)
Jeff

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Communication Connection (21:1/192)

On 07 Mar 2021, Sparky said the following...

OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator
for FSX-Net....
Seriously thanks for the heads up.
Jeff

100W Solar panel and he can use the raspberry Pi. Or windmill (night), or
both together. Possibly just a good battery that could run the Pi that long then recharge before the next outage. A fair number of options if he's not using the old power hungry PCs.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

On 08 Mar 2021, Sparky said the following...

Tesla power wall?

Might do the trick... ;)

That would do it, but pricey. Still this PCs would last through the outage. Still how do we get one to Avon in NZ? They are hard to get in the US where they tend to get built. Very few out there. The guy that owns the company
I work for has a Tesla, but no power wall. To get from his home to where I
work it takes a few hours on a quick charge which does exist along the way.
The cars have a listing of charge points so you can plan your way. Even they are pricey (~40K).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

On 08 Mar 2021, Nodoka Hanamura said the following...

On 07 Mar 2021, Avon said the following...

124
Hey folks.

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planne power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running here at home will be switched off before I head to work and then restarted at the end of the day when I get home.

I've got a couple of notified power cuts coming up this month the fir this coming week on my Tuesday 9 March and the next a week or so late on my Tuesday 23 March.

So expect on those days NZ Local Time that 21:1/100 and my other serv will be down for around 10 hours each time.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/10

Alright. Initially I saw all the messages about the outages and thought
it might have had something to do with the earthquake that happened in your neck of the woods. Hope you and yours are doing alright.

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

Hi Nodoka,

Are you having trouble with mail at the moment? I just got a number of seemingly empty emails from you to others.?

 NH> On 08 Mar 2021, Nodoka Hanamura said the following...

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (21:3/108)

On 13 Mar 2021, Jikey said the following...

Hi Nodoka,

Are you having trouble with mail at the moment? I just got a number of seemingly empty emails from you to others.?

 NH> On 08 Mar 2021, Nodoka Hanamura said the following...

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (21:3/108)

Yeah, been having a bit of an issue with messages not going out. Sorry if you all got any spam.

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

Hey folks.

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planned power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running here at home will be switched off before I head to work and then restarted at the end of
the day when I get home.

I've got a couple of notified power cuts coming up this month the first this coming week on my Tuesday 9 March and the next a week or so later on my
Tuesday 23 March.

So expect on those days NZ Local Time that 21:1/100 and my other servers will be down for around 10 hours each time.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planned power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running

Don't they know you run mission-critical worldwide historical data network?

But seriously, thanks for giving us the heads up

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

On 06 Mar 2021 at 10:15p, hal pondered and said...

Don't they know you run mission-critical worldwide historical data network?

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

Hahaha

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Quick question while we're chatting do you wish to move from HOLD to CRASH traffic? So the HUB starts pushing packets etc. to your BinkP server as they arrive at 1/100 ?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

BY: Avon(21:1/101)


|11A|09> |10It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)|07
|11A|09> |07
I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.


--- WWIV 5.7.0.3446
* Origin: inland utopia * socal usa * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (21:4/108)

Yeah sure

everything is up and running now for FSXNET. I've even got DOVENET up and running

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

*** Quoting Utopian Galt from a message to Avon ***

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

I'm using an tiny Intel NUC from eBay. It's working pretty good so far:

https://bit.ly/3qoGNsb

Jay

... This tagline's just for you.

--- Telegard v3.09.g2-sp4/mL
* Origin: Northern Realms | 289-424-5180 | bbs.nrbbs.net (21:3/110)

On 07 Mar 2021 at 12:30a, hal pondered and said...

Yeah sure
everything is up and running now for FSXNET. I've even got DOVENET up and running

Well done, OK I'll change things at this end and let's see how we go :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Well done, OK I'll change things at this end and let's see how we go :)

thanks

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

Depending on what exactly you need

Lenovo do a good range on tiny desktop machines about the size of a hardback book with anything right up to an i7/16gb ram. Total overkill for a BBS but
if you want a good all-round home server as well as your bbs on then it might be worth a splash as you can get them from under 100.00 GBP on ebay

I have a mini desktop pc by beelink with 6gb ram and 128gb ssd drive for
149 new that I use as my daily driver debian linux box. The ssd is also replaceable if you end up needing more space.

Don't forget the venerable Raspberry Pi which can now boot off USB (and even ssd with extra hardware). I've got one on my home network with a 256gb USB drive.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Tribe BBS (21:1/177)

Don't they know you run mission-critical worldwide historical data network?

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

And thats the coolest part of the entire operation!!
Do you know, literally, how many smiles that ole CPU has created?
How many new 'thats stupid' comments from the kid of another dork?
How many frowns at the next idiot posting in #politics??

:P

I love that something that brings me SO MUCH is ran on something so minuscule. Thats literally what does it for me. :P



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

It's just an old i5 sitting in an upstairs cupboard :)

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

I dunno if this is your budget, but Lenovo has some really nice package deals, around $400-$500, and the higher tiers even have a 1650 (or 1050, can't remember) video card in em! Pretty banging deal, for a mid-range that will last for some time to come....



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/01/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

BY: hal(21:1/177)


|11h|09> |10UG> I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.|07
|11h|09> |07
|11h|09> |10Depending on what exactly you need |07
|11h|09> |07
|11h|09> |10Lenovo do a good range on tiny desktop machines about the size of a|07
The Elitedesk is 279 USD 16gb ram i5 6th generation with 256gb ssd.
Likely enough to run a Linux bbs.

But raspberry pi would be also dreamy.


--- WWIV 5.7.0.3446
* Origin: inland utopia * socal usa * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (21:4/108)

On 06 Mar 2021 at 05:57p, paulie420 pondered and said...

I love that something that brings me SO MUCH is ran on something so minuscule. Thats literally what does it for me. :P

In my case it's way overdone. I've spun up separate boxes for Usenet server, Agency BBS and Games/Usenet HUB, fsx + fido HUB ops, audio playout (for my
LPFM station), audio STL link and streaming.

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step
is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Am 06.03.21 schrieb Utopian Galt@21:4/108 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo Utopian,

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

I'm using a Lenovo m92p Tiny for my BBS.
I bought this computer some years ago at "lapstore.eu" as a refurbished device and we used it as my wife's desktop PC.
As she now got a new (used) computer, I chose to use it for my BBS instead
of a Raspberry Pi - because on the Lenovo, I can use dosemu :)

As it has more RAM, SSD and power than I might ever need for my BBS, it is really fine :)

Regards,
Anna

--- OpenXP 5.0.49
* Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)

Utopian Galt wrote to Avon <=-

I want to get a refurbished small form pc as my bbs computer.

Some of those USFF Dells and Lenovos are looking pretty nice.


... Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
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My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

You'll probably notice a drop in your power bill too.. Having dropped Sabretooth and rationalised whats left a bit, my monthly bill dropped over $50 :)

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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Hey folks.

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planned power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running
here at home will be switched off before I head to work and then
restarted at the end of the day when I get home.

OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator for FSX-Net....
Seriously thanks for the heads up.
Jeff

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Communication Connection (21:1/192)

BY: Sparky(21:1/192)


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Tesla power wall?


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I love that something that brings me SO MUCH is ran on something so minuscule. Thats literally what does it for me. :P

In my case it's way overdone. I've spun up separate boxes for Usenet server, Agency BBS and Games/Usenet HUB, fsx + fido HUB ops, audio
playout (for my LPFM station), audio STL link and streaming.

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older hardware can do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with computers...

I'm quickly getting into video editing, tho, and that is a different story.

Last, I'd like to mention for all the new sysOps that... its worthwhile to THINK about your /directory structure when starting a BBS. I didn't.

And now, like you I wanted to draw everything down to its simplest form, I want to separate my /file/areas/directorys and my /mystic... and its a b***h. :P Think that thru when you begin, however, and you'll find things a lot easier.

I want my /files on a separate HDD so that Mystic backups take up much less space and I deal with the /files in some other way. I'm quickly getting to 4TB - which isn't too nice to my TINY Raspberry Pi NAS. :P

Cheers...



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paulie420 wrote to Avon <=-

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older hardware can
do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with computers...

What got me into Synchronet and away from my old Maximus/dialup BBS was
being able to take a cast-off desktop PC that a client didn't want any more, putting a fresh copy of Windows on it, loading Synchronet, and having mail, mailing lists, a web server, FTP server, NNTP server, javascript and BAJA environments to tinker in, and a BBS - all on the same box.

That was on a triple-digit Celeron with 512 MB of RAM and an 80 gb drive.





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*** Quoting paulie420 from a message to Avon ***

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on
one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older
hardware can do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with
computers...

That's the way I feel about the Raspberry Pi. When I first bought one many years ago I didn't have a particular plan for it.

I then loaded up RetroPi on it and next thing you know I'm parked on the
couch with a bluetooth controller playing SNES games. Tired of that game?
No prob, just press a few buttons & load up another game. Doesn't even have to be an SNES one, let's try Sonic the Hedgehog!

I'm way too easily amused with how something the size of a deck of cards can run these older 16 bit games, with wifi & bluetooth built it!


Jay

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Avon wrote (2021-03-07):

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as I migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First
step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

.... serverless?

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* Origin: . (21:3/102)

On 08 Mar 2021 at 01:45a, Spectre pondered and said...

You'll probably notice a drop in your power bill too.. Having dropped Sabretooth and rationalised whats left a bit, my monthly bill dropped
over $50 :)

Yes that's the hope. But making progress to shutter stuff is painstakingly
slow it seems .. I'll get there :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
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On 07 Mar 2021 at 07:28a, Sparky pondered and said...

OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator
for FSX-Net....
Seriously thanks for the heads up.

Hah... not necessary at all but thanks for the kind suggestion :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 07 Mar 2021 at 10:05a, paulie420 pondered and said...

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff a migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. Firs step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

Ahhh, I had thought you were saying that all your BBS stuff was on one small device upstairs - at any rate, I do love that older hardware can
do so much of the majority of what I enjoy with computers...

Yeah they are upstairs but yeah there are many of them... too many :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
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On 09 Mar 2021 at 01:41p, Oli pondered and said...

My plan is to merge things down starting with some of the BBS stuff as migrate stuff (slowly) over to this new Linux box I have set up. First step is to get down from 5 to 4 then to 3 then :)

.... serverless?

Not sure.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Tesla power wall?

Might do the trick... ;)
Jeff

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Communication Connection (21:1/192)

On 07 Mar 2021, Sparky said the following...

OK everyone time to start a go fund me page for Paul to by a generator
for FSX-Net....
Seriously thanks for the heads up.
Jeff

100W Solar panel and he can use the raspberry Pi. Or windmill (night), or
both together. Possibly just a good battery that could run the Pi that long then recharge before the next outage. A fair number of options if he's not using the old power hungry PCs.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)

On 08 Mar 2021, Sparky said the following...

Tesla power wall?

Might do the trick... ;)

That would do it, but pricey. Still this PCs would last through the outage. Still how do we get one to Avon in NZ? They are hard to get in the US where they tend to get built. Very few out there. The guy that owns the company
I work for has a Tesla, but no power wall. To get from his home to where I
work it takes a few hours on a quick charge which does exist along the way.
The cars have a listing of charge points so you can plan your way. Even they are pricey (~40K).

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/12 (Raspberry Pi/32)
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On 08 Mar 2021, Nodoka Hanamura said the following...

On 07 Mar 2021, Avon said the following...

124
Hey folks.

The NET 1 HUB will be down a couple of times this month due to planne power cuts in my neighborhood. That means all my servers etc. running here at home will be switched off before I head to work and then restarted at the end of the day when I get home.

I've got a couple of notified power cuts coming up this month the fir this coming week on my Tuesday 9 March and the next a week or so late on my Tuesday 23 March.

So expect on those days NZ Local Time that 21:1/100 and my other serv will be down for around 10 hours each time.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/10

Alright. Initially I saw all the messages about the outages and thought
it might have had something to do with the earthquake that happened in your neck of the woods. Hope you and yours are doing alright.

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
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Hi Nodoka,

Are you having trouble with mail at the moment? I just got a number of seemingly empty emails from you to others.?

 NH> On 08 Mar 2021, Nodoka Hanamura said the following...

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
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--- D'Bridge 4
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On 13 Mar 2021, Jikey said the following...

Hi Nodoka,

Are you having trouble with mail at the moment? I just got a number of seemingly empty emails from you to others.?

 NH> On 08 Mar 2021, Nodoka Hanamura said the following...

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Buckeye Telegraph (21:3/108)

Yeah, been having a bit of an issue with messages not going out. Sorry if you all got any spam.

Born too late to experience the scene.
Born just in time to see it come back.
Nodoka Hanamura - NeoCincinnati BBS SYSOP - neocinci.bbs.io

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: NeoCincinnati BBS - neocinci.bbs.io:23 (21:2/106)