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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:57 pm

Same as always. Dang! Found that terminal program?
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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:13 pm

Just for anyone else who may be reading this, David and I switched to email for our communication.

I think I know what's causing my PC to drop the connection, and that is something on David's side not answering my call fast enough, or at all, for that matter, and the software timing the connection out.
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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:24 pm

I just tested out my BBS server, and it seems to answer. I'll have it up around 6PM tomorrow, and I'll post the number then.

Does anyone apart from David and I have dial-up capabilities here?
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Re: Dialup

Postby tezza on Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:50 pm

No me. BTW, David, Clmy5.

I've moved this discussion to the "General" Forum. It's more appropriate there.

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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:52 pm

I was wondering how long it'd take to be moved!

I'd love to host a 24/7 BBS, but the landline still gets used here, and I'm sure my grandparents would rather talk to me than a 9600 baud modem...
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Re: Dialup

Postby David on Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:05 pm

tezza wrote:No me. BTW, David, Clmy5.

I've moved this discussion to the "General" Forum. It's more appropriate there.

Happy BBS'ing


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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:43 pm

Quick update, David managed to connect to my makeshift Wildcat! BBS at 9600 baud. I had a go at customizing Wildcat!, but due to DOS not wanting to show me directories currently, I can't.
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Re: Wildcat BBS

Postby David on Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:22 am

my bbs is online allday for testing i had modem trubble fixed now i recon dial 062738007
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Re: Dialup

Postby Avon on Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:44 pm

Clym5 wrote:Does anyone apart from David and I have dial-up capabilities here?


Hi there. Watching this thread with interest. I don't offer a dial up connection but do run a Fidonet connected BBS that you either Telnet into or login to via my website http://www.bbs.geek.nz.

If you are interested in running a BBS I'd recommend Mystic BBS, it's what I am using and unlike most BBS software packages - it's still in active development.

If you would like help to set up and get a feed of message areas etc. let me know and I'll do my best to help you.

It seems there are few users who wish to call in to a BBS these days, but there are others who either remember doing so who want to do so again, or who never experienced this kind of pre-internet (and now post internet) style of communication.

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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:37 pm

Ooh, I'll telnet in sometime in the next few days. I've never used an actual BBS!

Thanks for the recommendation! I was having issues getting Wildcat! to do what I wanted. Custom ANSI art on the main screen, moving text, ect. I might take you up on that offer of help in the near future, thanks Avon!

If I do set a BBS up, it would just be for kicks. I wouldn't do it for its practical use really. It also wouldn't be 24/7, as the phone gets used often. A schedule would be possible though.

I wont have my 486, or a landline for a week, so any BBS work will have to be put on hold for the meantime.
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Re: Wildcat BBS

Postby David on Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:45 pm

My bbs online again for testing you can login at 300 bps and up 062738007
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Re: Dialup

Postby David on Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:04 pm

Wildcat BBS is online again untill tommorrow night sunday phone 062738007.

I upgraded the hard drive in the 486 DX4 100 from 800 megabite C: drive to 2.1 gigabite drive it spins faster and no nocking.

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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Sat Sep 06, 2014 5:22 pm

I'll have a go at connecting again around 10 or 11.

Been flooded with work and stuff, so I haven't had the chance to reply to emails and such.
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Re: Dialup

Postby Clym5 on Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:45 pm

Same issue as last time. It dials, rings for one and a half rings, and throws a busy message. Your hardware isn't answering in time.
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Re: Dialup

Postby LilJoe on Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:17 pm

I'm sorta digging up an old thread ... but, I would love to dial into some BBSs (not telnet) however, I have know idea where to start, I can only just remember dialup and BBSs were long gone before I was even born (1999) so any help is welcome :). I went looking for an analog modem, I found two possibilities: both PCI cards, will these work? (I can plug an ADSL cable into them)

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Thanks in advance for any help :) Joe
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