On 1/17/2013 11:25 PM, address_is@invalid.invalid wrote:
Hi all, After a lot of trial and error I managed to get a telnet accessible Warp Six BBS operational using a Platinum //e, a Rasberry Pi (running tcpser), and a USB to serial converter. Surprisingly the whole darn thing worked by just plugging the serial converter directly into the //e's super serial card. A CFFA 3000 is used for disk storage. You can connect to the board by visiting matrixreturns.dyndns.org on port 6401. Just like the old days it can only take one caller at a time. My //e lacks a clock so it doesn't enforce time limits at the moment :). I recommend using syncterm as a client on a Mac or PC. I'll try to keep it running as long as the hardware holds out and there's interest. Hope to see you!
eventually I'd probably be interested in how you did the above...I'm in the process of getting the Lost Gonzo BBS backup ...mostly for just my own use (be nice to have a fully functional file area again so i could find drivers/etc)...anyway the software I used was
Worldgroup 3.20 256 node with a Synchronet BBS as a door/game server underneath (mainly because he had a way to use multinode doors like l.o.r.d. or tw2002 w/o the use of desqview and 16bit doors under XP)
Worldgroup has a DIALOUT module so I plan again on getting the 1st apple //gs running Tpro 4.2f RPG BBS (an rpg with bbs built around) and on a 2nd //gs FutureVison Metal 4.0xev...that was a more modern apple ii bbs using metal text/script language to compile)
anyway with DIALOUT i can make these BBS packages also available thru the internet ie telenetable
as with your bbs i could only take 1 user at a time..people used to fight to get in heh
anyway your version may be more streamlined then mine to get an apple // bbs up....there are a couple door packages that also do Dialout functions like my wg module...for those interested simply download
www.synchro.net (free bbs pkg) and find said doors and viola you can do the same pop you apple ii bbs up on the internet...(man i need a life)
anyway cool again keep us posted brad former sysop lost gonzo bbs (hopefully soon to rise again) anyway keep us posted...