These nodes are MIA at NET 1 and I am wondering if anyone has seen/heard
of the systems or sysops in recent times? There's a couple of old timer sysops on this list and I just don't know if they are still about or?
Will likely delist them soon if I can't make contact
105 Fluph BBS Leslie Given 47.223.172.117
122 Necronomicon BBS Carlos Roldan necrobbs.ddns.net
181 Ninho do Abutre 2 Mauro Veiga abutre.no-ip.org:2323
228 Vienna-Matrix BBS Alexander Payer sbbs.viennamatrix.at
234 Crewmate's Test Lab Mike Edwards testlab.fsxnet.nz:7357
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Hello Avon,
On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 02:46:40 +1300, you wrote:
These nodes are MIA at NET 1 and I am wondering if anyone has
seen/heard of the systems or sysops in recent times? There's a couple
of old timer sysops on this list and I just don't know if they are
still about or?
Will likely delist them soon if I can't make contact
105 Fluph BBS Leslie Given 47.223.172.117
122 Necronomicon BBS Carlos Roldan necrobbs.ddns.net
181 Ninho do Abutre 2 Mauro Veiga abutre.no-ip.org:2323
228 Vienna-Matrix BBS Alexander Payer sbbs.viennamatrix.at
234 Crewmate's Test Lab Mike Edwards testlab.fsxnet.nz:7357
I removed the top two on your list recently as well. Haven't heard from either of them in a very long time.
Regards,
Nick
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I removed the top two on your list recently as well. Haven't heard from either of them in a very long time.
I removed the top two on your list recently as well. Haven't heard
from either of them in a very long time.
thanks Nick, yeah, it's a pity they were old timers in my book ;-)
That makes you older than Jesus :)
thanks Nick, yeah, it's a pity they were old timers in my book ;-)
Unfortunately, I've had to remove quite a few non-responsive nodes
lately.
That makes you older than Jesus :)
Yikes! That one hit kinda hard. ;)
Haven't really been doing much lately besides keeping up with the
software I use that is still under development. Other than that, the server machine is still chugging along nicely so there's no reason to
make any drastic decisions.
Turned off my plex server VM as we don't use it any more. Also turned
off the VM that hosts Mystic for now, just due to lack of development
and me not wanting to maintain two BBSs. If g00 ever makes his way back
I can easily fire it back up where I left off, on the latest version,
with all message and file distribution networks currently disabled.
Call it 'winding down', if you will. ;)
Regards,
Nick
Unfortunately, I've had to remove quite a few non-responsive nodes
lately.
Yes I can see a few more I will likely delist from NET 1 soon, there is
a mix of activity with various nodes but when folks depart most don't
let you know and it's not until traffic really builds up that you find
out. Bit of pain but part of doing the admin roles I guess..
That makes you older than Jesus :)
Yikes! That one hit kinda hard. ;)
Sorry, no offense intended... just that you've been active in this space far longer than I have... like a wise Jedi, this is the netmail you are looking for...
Haven't really been doing much lately besides keeping up with the
software I use that is still under development. Other than that, the
server machine is still chugging along nicely so there's no reason
to make any drastic decisions.
I'm the same, family and work have kept me busy, I would like to create
a system/hardware etc. that I could run several things on it at once,
BBS HUB, Agency, NNTP server etc... but I lack the skills / knowledge to
do it. I have three machines running upstairs that ideally would be (somehow) all running under one system... save some power.. it's the
devil in the detail and the mental energy to drive the process that
nobble me at the moment.
Turned off my plex server VM as we don't use it any more. Also
turned off the VM that hosts Mystic for now, just due to lack of
development and me not wanting to maintain two BBSs. If g00 ever
makes his way back I can easily fire it back up where I left off,
on the latest version, with all message and file distribution
networks currently disabled.
fair enough, I have not seen / heard from g00 in many months... but I'm
not overly as invested in Mystic as I once was either and daily real
life stuff has kept my focuses elsewhere also...
Call it 'winding down', if you will. ;)
I hope it's not in totally, the scene would be very much the poorer for your departure. I don't plan on going anywhere any time soon but I do
find my activity levels are far more variable than they once were.
perhaps I'll end up swinging back in to a more active phase over my
summer (or not). Guess time will tell.
something to do to keep you busy. When you start running out of things
to do, you start slowing down and really can't do much except maintain
what you've already done. When all of that runs smooth as silk, you
get bored and find something else to do. ;)
Exactly. My system was on auto pilot for quite a while. I recently started making a few changes. Going to tweak a few things to automate it even more. LOL
Currently mucking about with the VR world. Picked up a quest 2 on a
black friday sale. (Refurb model) it's fun... wish my computer was
powerful enough to check out no man's sky in VR but it barly runs as it
is. (I did try... took an hour and 1/2 to load)
the time they didn't have enough games to make it worthwhile. It was
fun while it lasted though, I guess.
I have a pretty nice gaming machine, but ever since I gave up on COD
and spent like 500 hours on PUBG when it was released.. Cyberpunk 2077
Maybe it's just an age thing. Might be time to build an old muscle car
or get a motorcycle, or something. :D
Maybe it's just an age thing. Might be time to build an old muscle car
or get a motorcycle, or something. :D
the time they didn't have enough games to make it worthwhile. It was
fun while it lasted though, I guess.
Yeah, I mean do I think it's the be all and end all? Nope.
I have CP 2077 and it's fun. Just sometimes those games are just too
much work for me. I like the ones that came out in about 2006.
Maybe it's just an age thing. Might be time to build an old muscle car
or get a motorcycle, or something. :D
If I had a garage again I'd totally rebuild a bike. Friend and I took a none running HOna Goldwing from 1979 I think and rebuilt it into a nice machine. Guy who bought it drove from winterpeg for it so that was a
trek.
Me and my 68 Mustang approve ;)
Currently mucking about with the VR world. Picked up a quest 2 on a
black friday sale. (Refurb model) it's fun... wish my computer was powerful enough to check out no man's sky in VR but it barly runs as it is. (I did try... took an hour and 1/2 to load)
Me and my 68 Mustang approve ;)
Once torn apart, it would be a tough choice between street or drag,
I think the quest is doing a much better job in regards to games than Playstation ever did for VR though.
It was fun while it lasted. Now that I beat it, I don't have any other interest in playing it, including the many side quests that had
nothing to do with the story, or the DLC that they kinda tried
rebranding into an entirely new game so they could sell it for another
$70 USD.
I wouldn't mind trying my hand at a fully custom made bike. I'm a welder/fabricator/ironworker so that part of it shouldn't be too bad,
until it comes time to decide what parts (engine, wheels, handle bars,
seat, everything else etc) I want. :D
Honestly I stopped mucking about with connecting my Quest 2 to a PC
use it for stuff that runs natively. I guess Alyx was the only
If you haven't already pick up Super Hot VR, it's the best thing I've
on the Quest. Beat Saber is really as fun(and healthy) as people make
to be and then mini-golf is another great use of it.
Once torn apart, it would be a tough choice between street or drag,
Porque no los dos?? ;)
Mine is a street/strip car. It's very...built. :P It has a 427 and it growls, haha.
It's fun. Granted I'm playing games I thought I knew. :) Myst and
Seventh guest. :) Really enjoying both, even though I'm fighting with
the first real puzzle in 7th. I know how to solve it I'm just fighting with the mechanics of the game I think.
It was fun while it lasted. Now that I beat it, I don't have any other
interest in playing it, including the many side quests that had
nothing to do with the story, or the DLC that they kinda tried
I'm kinda just playing side quests now.... if I load it.
rebranding into an entirely new game so they could sell it for another
$70 USD.
Yeah I have no interest in spending more money on it.
I wouldn't mind trying my hand at a fully custom made bike. I'm a
welder/fabricator/ironworker so that part of it shouldn't be too bad,
until it comes time to decide what parts (engine, wheels, handle bars,
seat, everything else etc) I want. :D
That's the fun part. Get on the websites / catalogs and dream. :)
I meant that on a wider scope, I guess. 'Street' can still be ran on the strip, but my version of "drag" meant not street legal. ;)
Did you build it from scratch or buy it already built? I think I saw a couple pictures in the past over there while scrolling on that there social media thing.
graphics for their time, as well. Did they remaster it at all? Or are
you actually playing the original games, just on the Quest?
There would definitely be a lot of dreaming going on, that's for sure.
My kids aren't out of the house just yet. ;)
healthy) as people make it out to be and then mini-golf is another great use of it.
The thing that would make a strip car not work on the street is driveability, really. My car is sometimes frustrating when going over
a bump while accelerating and your foot bounces on the throttle a bit,
the car will buck and the wheels sometimes will chirp out a bit.
Imagine having like a 900hp hemi. It would be insane :P
Did you build it from scratch or buy it already built? I think I
saw a couple pictures in the past over there while scrolling on
that there social media thing.
<gearhead alert>
But yeah, essentially, I bought the car considering it as a nice
rolling shell and built it completely.
Now I live in SoCal and can take it out basically any day of the year
for a cruise down the PCH. Life ain't bad ;)
graphics for their time, as well. Did they remaster it at all? Or
are you actually playing the original games, just on the Quest?
I believe it's all remastered. Myst doens't look like 1993 for sure.
:)
Ahhh. Mine are (thank god). Bought a few toys now I have to tighten
up the ole boot straps so I can save to keep teh hideout in the woods running.
You didn't push the throttle hard enough, obviously. ;)
But yeah, essentially, I bought the car considering it as a nice rolling shell and built it completely.
How long did all that take?
Not sure how much of the drag racing drama series' you watch, but it
seems I've really gotten to like the looks of old Novas. Murder Nova and Goliath are a couple of beautiful looking cars, IMO. Don't even need to
be tubbed with monster slicks on 'em. ;)
That's nice. Unfortunately, mine would be stuck in a heated garage for
3-5 months out of the year. I suppose I could visit it from time to
time, sit in it and make 'vroom vroom' sounds while looking at the snow out the window. :\
How long did all that take?
The better part of a year. I still need to tune the EFI. I've kinda...reached the apex of my ability level for that type of thing.
Any more and I need to go to a shop with a dyno and someone that's
really dialed into doing this specific type of work.
Oh and I guess the trunk interior needs to be finished as well.
Or you could move! hehe.
BTW - I remember coming across an older post of yours where you talked about your proxmox setup. I'm looking at doing a little homelab
project myself and migrating all my BBS stuff out of cloud VPS and
into my house. Any hardware recs? It wouldn't be doing anything super stout, just a few VMs - linux, windows, and (if possible) some DOS
VMs. Not even sure that's a thing lol.
Damn! A year is pretty damn quick. Not to mention what seems to be quite
a bit of cash you've already dumped into it.
If I remember right, you don't have any kids? Nevermind my previous sentence. I know how you did it now. :D
I would love to. The wife is the one who's against it. I'm not sure she can move much further from her crazy mother, and we're only about 30 minutes away.
My VMWare setup, I reckon. But the discussion did have a couple people involved that used and/or preferred Proxmox. The choice between the two
is completely up to you, though. Take a look at some screenshots of both and see which one catches your eye. Otherwise, they basically do the
exact same thing. I've ran VMWare 6.5.0 (Update 1) since it was released (it was the latest version at the time I set this all up, like 2017 I think). Never had any issues, never had to upgrade, never had to
reinstall or change anything. Proxmox is more than likely just as solid, and probably much easier to download. I just re-visited the VMWare download page, and looks like you have to create and account and login
in order to even download the latest ISO (8.0 Update 2).
I bought a (New) HP Proliant ML310e Gen8 Tower server from Ebay back
then for somewhere in the $300-$400 ballpark (Don't bother looking on Amazon, they're upwards of 1k+). Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.30ghz, 32gb ram, 4 x
2TB HDDs that I've setup in a RAID1 configuration. If one drive fails I can swap to the mirror drive and replace the bad one, and don't remember the rest of the specs. It has definitely served it's purpose for 5+
years and most likely was a bit overkill, but eh well. For quite a while
I ran 3 VMs 24x7, one of them being a plex media server, which streamed
to our TVs all around the house over wifi at 1080p without issue, while the two other VMs were running.
family as something we do each week as a group activity. I avoid
playing Walkabout otherwise, as I don't want to get bored of it, and
having less practice is probably a good thing, because it would be unfortunate if I won _every_ week.
Anyway, I'm somewhat tempted to get a Quest 3, but I think I'm waiting
That's nice. Unfortunately, mine would be stuck in a heated garage for
3-5 months out of the year. I suppose I could visit it from time to
time, sit in it and make 'vroom vroom' sounds while looking at the
snow out the window. :\
games new (again) or just brought out the original games and were able
to play them on the Quest (which would also be kinda neat if that was possible).
Ok cool. That gives me an idea what I can expect. Honestly, I shouldn't need to spec this box super well, it's just going to run BBS related stuff. I think I have an Intel NUC which may even serve the purpose
My concern would really be fan noise and power consumption at that
point. It's going to be in my office which is where I'll take calls and VTCs so quietness/silence is pretty important.
My concern would really be fan noise and power consumption at that point. It's going to be in my office which is where I'll take calls and VTCs so quietness/silence is pretty important.
I'm running VMWare on an Intel NUC (NUC10i7FNH) here. It's quiet and low power. I have the BBS VM and two other linux based VMs running on
there, right now it's using 3% of the CPU and 55% of its 32GB of RAM.
I'm running VMWare on an Intel NUC (NUC10i7FNH) here. It's quiet and low power. I have the BBS VM and two other linux based VMs running on there, right now it's using 3% of the CPU and 55% of its 32GB of RAM.
Thanks! I'll be honest - I'm wary of anything VMWare after the Broadcom purchase. Plus proxmox is on debian and I know my way around debian
super well, so I'll likely go with that option. But I think you're right that it's probably six in one half dozen in the other.
Ok cool. That gives me an idea what I can expect. Honestly, I shouldn't need to spec this box super well, it's just going to run BBS related
stuff. I think I have an Intel NUC which may even serve the purpose
here. But on eBay, that same rig is <$200 so at least I know what I'd
need to get myself into!
My concern would really be fan noise and power consumption at that
point. It's going to be in my office which is where I'll take calls and VTCs so quietness/silence is pretty important.
Remastered. It runs standalone, but it's worth the money as I hadn't played myst in so long I've forgot the puzzles. It's fun re living the early 90's.
I never noticed how much noise my homelab made until I started taking video calls from my office and making recorders. The biggest culprit is a Synology NAS, it's got 4 small fans in it that make most of the noise.
install/remove a VM. So knowing your way around Debian doesn't really matter at all. I would assume that it's fairly close to the same with Proxmox. Once you install it, you don't really have to do anything with it itself. Just setup and maintain your VMs, which you can do via the web interface. Maybe if it were more of a serious production environment would you possibly need to upgrade it a bit more often, but for DOS VMs, and BBS related stuff, meh. lol
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