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Message no. 1
From: Fro <fro@***.ab.ca>
Subject: BBS (was Re: The list?)
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 22:13:19 -0600
At 11:51 17/06/96 EDT, you wrote:

>Will your BBS have a telnet option, so that I could telnet to the BBS, and
>not get charged for long distance? I would be interested in being a
>memeber of your BBS.
>
>Pete

I hope to make the BBS telnetable in the near future. Several problems are
hampering that however. The main problem is a slow net connection, 14.4,
and a poor provider, and a dynamic IP address. I will most likely make it
available on an appointment basis, so I can put it online, telnetable, every
so often to let people get in. I am looking at a personal ISDN line, and my
new school may have ISDN or Ethernet, so those are both options as well.
Right now I want to get it off the ground as a local BBS however, before
going world wide..*gulp*

Fro
Message no. 2
From: Jeff Perrin <jperrin@*********.net>
Subject: Re: BBS (was Re: The list?)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 06:42:01 -0400
Fro wrote:
> I hope to make the BBS telnetable in the near future. Several problems are
> hampering that however. The main problem is a slow net connection, 14.4,
> and a poor provider, and a dynamic IP address. I will most likely make it

there are ways around the dynamic IP problem (admittibly(sp) it is a royal pain in the
ass to configure on a friends linux box [b4 the damn thing blew some chip GROWL]) and I
am sure there is software out there for use with a bbs and a dynamic IP address to make
telnetting in possible.

--
Luc aka BobW

EXCUSE ME! EXCUSE ME! EXCUSE ME!
BUT THE CORPSE STILL HAS THE FLOOR!!
--Kevin Spacey as Lloyd in The Ref (1994)
Message no. 3
From: Fro <fro@***.ab.ca>
Subject: Re: BBS (was Re: The list?)
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:36:25 -0600
At 06:42 18/06/96 -0400, you wrote:

>there are ways around the dynamic IP problem (admittibly(sp) it is a royal
pain in the
>ass to configure on a friends linux box [b4 the damn thing blew some chip
GROWL]) and I am sure there is software out there for use with a bbs and a
dynamic IP address to make telnetting in possible.


Linux :) I wish..i have mini-linux, but no space to install it, and no
documentation either. I'm looking round for the telnet utility, but
#bbswarez is invite only right now :( I suppose I could run a web search,
but why do that when you can DCC?

Fro

BTW, got DeadPaint..hoping to do the ripscript this evening or tommorrow.
Message no. 4
From: Marc Lipshitz <MLIPSHIT@****.CO.ZA>
Subject: Re: BBS (was Re: The list?) -Reply
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:49:01 +0200
>>> Fro <fro@***.ab.ca> 18/June/1996 08:36pm >>>
At 06:42 18/06/96 -0400, you wrote:
>there are ways around the dynamic IP problem (admittibly(sp) it is a
royal pain in the >ass to configure on a friends linux box [b4 the damn
thing blew some chip
GROWL]) and I am sure there is software out there for use with a bbs
and a dynamic IP address to make telnetting in possible.

Linux :) I wish..i have mini-linux, but no space to install it, and no
documentation either. I'm looking round for the telnet utility, but
#bbswarez is invite only right now :( I suppose I could run a web
search, but why do that when you can DCC?
Fro
BTW, got DeadPaint..hoping to do the ripscript this evening or
tommorrow.

The linux software, including telnet facilities is available at ftp.icon.co.za.
The only problem is that this is a South African site and I don't know how
fast a link you'll get rntering from other countries. I know that on my local
connection I'm getting 4K/second, but then I am in South Africa.

Marc Lipshitz
Message no. 5
From: Fro <fro@***.ab.ca>
Subject: Re: BBS (was Re: The list?) -Reply
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 01:28:03 -0600
At 08:49 20/06/96 +0200, you wrote:

> The linux software, including telnet facilities is available at
ftp.icon.co.za.
>The only problem is that this is a South African site and I don't know how
>fast a link you'll get rntering from other countries. I know that on my local
>connection I'm getting 4K/second, but then I am in South Africa.
>
>Marc Lipshitz
>
Actually, i have the software zipped on my computer, its just a matter of
getting my 1.2 drive, new MB/CPU, 8 more megs of ram, and NT 4.0 before i
want to install it. Space and operating power have run low on this old
beast of mine :(

Fro

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