Quoting Dflorey to All <=-

Just curious, are there members here who regularly or even
semi-regularly use authentic retro hardware systems (so not emulated)
to login to other BBS systems - whether that be a BBS you host not on
the same retro machine or onto other BBS systems out in the wild?

I enjoy using my vintage stuff to call most of the BBSs that I like to
call. I mostly use modern hardware to call BBSs that I down QWK packet
from, though.

If so, what sort of systems do you typically do this on?

Lately, my Compaq Portable 386. It's powerful enough to run Blue Wave
for an offline mail reader.

But I also use my C-64, Kaypro 4/83, Kaypro "1" (actually a 2/84 in the
"1" case), and TRS-80 4P (this one I went the extra step of creating
auto-login scripts too). I have things set up on my Tandy 1100FD and
1400LT but I don't use them as often.

What software are you using to access said BBS systems?

C-64 = Strike Term
Kaypros = Fastterm
TRS-80 = FastTerm II
Compaq, Tandys = Commo

And what connectivity bridge are you using to get the retro system
onto a typical TCP/IP network (if applicable)?

All Wifi modems connected to the serial (or user for the C-64) port.

I did try to download Kermit from the original source last week, and
the links are now dead. I managed to get a version from elsewhere, yet
to try it out.

I mainly use Kermit to transfer files to/from my Kaypros. The batch
transfer feature works really nice for that.


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Quoting Dflorey to All <=-

Just curious, are there members here who regularly or even
semi-regularly use authentic retro hardware systems (so not emulated)
to login to other BBS systems - whether that be a BBS you host not on
the same retro machine or onto other BBS systems out in the wild?

I enjoy using my vintage stuff to call most of the BBSs that I like to
call. I mostly use modern hardware to call BBSs that I down QWK packet
from, though.

If so, what sort of systems do you typically do this on?

Lately, my Compaq Portable 386. It's powerful enough to run Blue Wave
for an offline mail reader.

But I also use my C-64, Kaypro 4/83, Kaypro "1" (actually a 2/84 in the
"1" case), and TRS-80 4P (this one I went the extra step of creating
auto-login scripts too). I have things set up on my Tandy 1100FD and
1400LT but I don't use them as often.

What software are you using to access said BBS systems?

C-64 = Strike Term
Kaypros = Fastterm
TRS-80 = FastTerm II
Compaq, Tandys = Commo

And what connectivity bridge are you using to get the retro system
onto a typical TCP/IP network (if applicable)?

All Wifi modems connected to the serial (or user for the C-64) port.

I did try to download Kermit from the original source last week, and
the links are now dead. I managed to get a version from elsewhere, yet
to try it out.

I mainly use Kermit to transfer files to/from my Kaypros. The batch
transfer feature works really nice for that.


... This tagline is SHAREWARE! To register, send me $10
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Quoting Dflorey to All <=-

Just curious, are there members here who regularly or even
semi-regularly use authentic retro hardware systems (so not emulated)
to login to other BBS systems - whether that be a BBS you host not on
the same retro machine or onto other BBS systems out in the wild?

I use a Dell Dimension 3000 (cerca 2007?) running Windows 98SE. I don't
know if that is considered "retro" enough, but I think it is! It's a
Pentium 4, 512MB RAM. I did make some additions. I installed a
SoundBlaster 16 PCI sound card, GeForce FX 5500 (I think that's the
number on the video card), and replace the failing IDE HDD with a 230GB
SSD connected via IDE to SATA adapter, partitioned into two 115GB
partitions. I use Ghost 5.1d Personal Edition to backup to the second partition.

If so, what sort of systems do you typically do this on?
What software are you using to access said BBS systems?
And what connectivity bridge are you using to get the retro system
onto a typical TCP/IP network (if applicable)?

It connects to the Internet via ethernet cable into one of those
electric outlet wall units - forgot what they are called.

I use ProComm Plus 3.0 - which works on Windows 3.1/95/98 and will give
you the ANSI compatiblity you (and I!) want on BBS's.

I have a couple of systems here that I want to mess with more
regularly, and not just for the purpose of accessing BBS systems, but recently I fired up one of my Compaq Portables (the 386 plasma
version), and used Telnet in Windows 3.1 to access my BBS - I did this
via a serial to WiFi modem device. The functionality was as expected,
but the experience wasn't great - mainly due to a lack of suitable
fonts or translation of the ANSI characters - I need to work on this

ProComm Plus 3.0 is what you need for tha Windows 3.1 environment.

Anyway, I have been having fun with this Windows 98 computer and even
created a couple web sites with it to share what applications I have
installed, but also to bring a little 90's style back to the web
<hahaha>.

You can check it out at:

http://lifeseven.com/1990s

You can download from my site ProComm Plus 3.0 and some other helpful
Windows 98 applications (some of which run on Windows 3.1, like ProComm
Plus).

Oh, and my site works fine under Windows 3.1 with Internet Explorer 5.0.
I don't use SSL and I use an application to build it that was born in
the 90's. The site is probably not friendly to slow connections, but I
have not tested that. I have a fast connection here and have no desire
to relive THAT part of my past. <haha>

Just having fun playing the sandbox of the past. :-)




~Elf

,---------------------------,
| /---------------------\ |
| | | |
| | Long Live | |
| | DOS!! | |
| | | |
| | | |
| \_____________________/ |
|___________________________|
,---\_____ [] _______/------,
/ /______________\ /|
/___________________________________ / | ___
| | | )
| 486DX66 [-------] | | (
| o o o [-------] | / _)_
|__________________________________ |/ / /
/-------------------------------------/| ( )/
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ / /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

... DOS is just an operating system that runs Windows 3.1
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On 06 Aug 2021 at 09:21p, Elf pondered and said...

Just having fun playing the sandbox of the past. :-)

,---------------------------,
| /---------------------\ |
| | | |
| | Long Live | |
| | DOS!! | |
| | | |
| | | |
| \_____________________/ |
|___________________________|
,---\_____ [] _______/------,
/ /______________\ /|
/___________________________________ / | ___
| | | )
| 486DX66 [-------] | | (
| o o o [-------] | / _)_
|__________________________________ |/ / /
/-------------------------------------/| ( )/
/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ / /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nice ASCII sir :)

Not sure if you know but there's also a new echomail area called FSX_RETRO
that started up a few months back too that you may like.

Best, Paul

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Hi Elf

Thanks for all that, Dell from 2007 is more than retro enough in my book, especially running classic Windows haha..&

Thanks for the Pro Tip on ProComm Plus - I had TOTALLY forgotten about that program. I will have to download it and give that a rip on the 386..&

Cheers,

Dave!

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