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HRUSOVSZKY Number: 503 To: MARTIN BELCKE Date: 04/21/94 11:21p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MB> Well, 5 are setup vertically and 6 are setup horizontally with MB> a cable connecting all of them together. MB> We use Lantastic 4.01 with AE-2 Ethernet cards. The main MB> servers are dedicated servers and the rest of the machines are MB> work stations and/or work station/servers. Martin, do you get much faster speed (throughput) on a dedicated server as compared to server/workstations? --jah ... HangOver: The Wrath of Grapes. --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIMMY BONDS Number: 504 To: ED FORTIN Date: 04/21/94 4:17p Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE: Test BY: Ed Fortin to Boyd Goodin on Tue Apr 19 1994 22:59:00 > Just checking to see if the messages are getting through....how'bout a Made it to Alabama, so it must work <G>.. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Southern Breeze BBS: The Heart of Dixie 205-739-3418 (1:3607/21) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 505 To: MARTIN BELCKE Date: 04/21/94 3:32p Subj: echolist files Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello MARTIN! Wednesday April 20 1994 22:12, MARTIN BELCKE wrote to CHARLES RING: MB> ->> The April el*.lzh came through yesterday, all of them 16k corrupt fil ->> they go over the sat that way, or is there a problem here? MB> MB> Corrupted here, too. MB> MB> --Martin-- All the April EL*.LZH must have been Corrupt, because They got Bit-Bucketed, before my TIC processor ever saw them..? Regards, George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00a7 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 506 To: GEORGE VANDERVORT Date: 04/21/94 1:13p Subj: echolist files Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 20, 1994, at 20:03, George Vandervort of 1:382/8 wrote: GV> As of April 20th.. 20:00 hours CDT GV> None of the April EL*.LZH files have come thru over the KU-Band GV> Satellite feed. i got them here, a few miles north and east of you like this; _ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _ O \ ELDAT404.LZH 16588 Recv: Mon 04-18-94 13:38:40 ELIST404.LZH 16588 Recv: Mon 04-18-94 13:38:40 ELKEY404.LZH 16588 Recv: Mon 04-18-94 13:38:40 ELRUL404.LZH 16588 Recv: Mon 04-18-94 13:38:40 _ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _ O \ As you can see, you didn't miss anything since they were all corrupt! Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE HANNAH Number: 507 To: DON WAYBRIGHT Date: 04/21/94 8:48p Subj: Re: FILE_ID.DIZ Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Don Waybright to All <=- DW> Does anyone out here have or know of a utility that will scan into and DW> archive looking for a File_ID.Diz and if it finds one will use this DW> description to replace the one user/tic provided in the Files.BBS? DW> If you have such a util could you leave me the name so I can FReq it. Allfix has this ability, but only for incoming tics. It can also be configured to leave the existing description. Freq AFIX420E.ARJ from my origin 24 hrs. AMU has the ability to import file_id.diz for uploaded files into the RA filebase. You may be able to use it to create files.bbs and import the files.bbs into other BBS software. I don't have it online, but look for AMU101.*. ... "Let's win this one and go home." - George A. Custer --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Prophecy BBS [ITCNet NB Hub] (506)652-7292 (1:255/7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE HANNAH Number: 508 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 04/21/94 8:48p Subj: Re: Newbie PC questions Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Randy Edwards to All <=- RE> Turning to utilities, does anyone have a "Tick killer" utility? RE> What I'm looking for is for some utility that would automagically RE> examine the Tick files in a subdir and would kill off certain specific RE> file-echos before I send the files through my null modem to the OS/2 RE> machine where they'll be processed. If I can zap the file-echos that RE> I don't need that'll speed up my transfers across the null modem RE> significantly. Does such a beast exist? How about processing the tics, then sending your outbound directory via null modem? ... CHASTITY: The most unnatural of sexual perversions. --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Prophecy BBS [ITCNet NB Hub] (506)652-7292 (1:255/7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM WATSON Number: 509 To: ED MARQUIS Date: 04/21/94 9:15a Subj: Services Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Ed Marquis wrote in a message to Jim Watson: > Who we feed echomail to is none of the "NEC's" business. Neither > would a request for a link cut from the NEC be honored, unless the > NEC was the moderator of the echo. EM> It is your NEC's business if a dupe loop is formed that EM> affects the backbone. Many times a moderator (or others) It is NOT the NEC's business, unless that loop is within the feed that the NEC manages. Such is not is the case here. EM> will contact an NEC to investigate a dupe loop that is EM> plagueing an echo. The NEC has the right to request your EM> topology for any backbone echo in order to try to eliminate EM> the dupe loop even if you pick up your mail from outside of EM> your net. An NEC has no "rights" whatsoever within Fidonet, as they are not a "ratified defined position". They can ask me, and if they are nice about it, I'll probably tell them. But several have already gotten the "Pound Salt" message when I was -told- "I must cut this person's feed". Seems I was "destroying the net's CRP". Sounds personal to me. EM> Sysops, NEC's, REC's and RHUBS must work together to EM> eliminate dupe loops. If you were to deny a request for your EM> topology, chances are your feed would be cut if you were the EM> source of the problem and would not work with the *EC's to EM> resolve it. If there was a legitimate technical problem, you betcha I would do whatever it takes to cure it. Currently there is only two types of such: 1) Non-conforming messages, in which case my system will stop them. And if it continues, I'll stop feeding them. This one has -never- happened. 2) A dupe loop. In which case the node feeding from here needs to cut the link to me, or cut the one to their other feed. If they can't seem to handle it, I'll cut it for 'em. This one has happened probably a half dozen times in the last 3 or 4 years. But the only way -my- uplink would get cut is if I'm causing technical problems for them. Being I'm not going to allow such a problem to continue unabated, I've not got anything to worry about. EM> I'm sure that P.C. would cut a feed at the request of an REC EM> or higher. Chances are that the REC would be acting upon the EM> recommendation of the NEC of a node within their net that is EM> causing a problem. For a recurring -technical- reason, yes, I would expect my feed cut. For any other reason, even bop-a-rootie only provides provisions for the -moderator- to cut a link. Seems you've not noticed that the *EC structure is basically worthless these days. --- timEd-A10c * Origin: <CyBorg ConTrol> - Where better things happen... (1:170/610) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 510 To: ALL Date: 04/22/94 4:43a Subj: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No @ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N Well, I sure hope SOMEONE sees this. Heck I hope *I* see this. They tell me if it don't come back as a dupe, I've done something wrong! (Strange system. All this time I've been avoiding making dupes.) ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RUSSELL NABER Number: 511 To: MARTIN BELCKE Date: 04/22/94 5:48a Subj: hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello MARTIN! Wednesday April 20 1994, MARTIN BELCKE writes to BOB SLOWINSKI: ->> JUST wondering if someone could enlighten me on how they have their ->> two networked machines setup. MB> Well, 5 are setup vertically and 6 are setup horizontally with a cable MB> connecting all of them together. MB> We use Lantastic 4.01 with AE-2 Ethernet cards. The main servers are MB> dedicated servers and the rest of the machines are work stations and/or MB> work station/servers. The Planet Connect machine is a dedicated machine MB> with a 40meg hard-drive. One of the other machines pulls the info from MB> the PC hard-drive across the network every 2 hours to the work directory MB> on one of the main servers. MB> What else did you want to know? MB> --Martin-- What kind operating systems on each machine? Russell * Origin: Black Diamond BBS - (307) 682-6944 (1:15/24) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 512 To: KEITH SIPPY Date: 04/22/94 10:12a Subj: sat computer show Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Thursday April 21 1994, Keith Sippy writes to All: Hello Keith! KS> Did anyone see the computer show that was supposed to be on the sat? I KS> unfortunately missed it. So much for my memory... (Glad my computers KS> memory is better. <g>) Anyway, I'd like to know how it was. If it was KS> good, I'll try harder to catch it the next time. I couldnt find it..I had my parents looking for it on their satellite, another friend looking..never found it..I musta got the channels confused or sumthin..g3 8 wasn't it? Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DON JOHNSON Number: 513 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/22/94 4:32a Subj: Information Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Is there an information packet on what is required, and how one gets a network on Planet Connect? I've sent netmail, but no response. Don Johnson --- * Origin: Chivalry IS alive! Saturday Knights 303-420-8927 (1:104/531) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE POUNDS Number: 514 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/22/94 1:21p Subj: Re: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No It got here to biloxi MS --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: You have entered the Demon's Realm (1:3604/53) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE POUNDS Number: 515 To: JOHN LYON Date: 04/22/94 1:23p Subj: Re: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No how do I find more info on the satellite to pc hook up --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: You have entered the Demon's Realm (1:3604/53) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTIN BELCKE Number: 516 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/22/94 3:13p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Martin, do you get much faster speed (throughput) on a dedicated serv -> as compared to server/workstations? Absolutely. The dedicated server has no other tasks to perform. The server/work-stations are my 2 mailer nodes. Only reason they are "servers" is so that the network can access the local drives on those 2 machines. Before I decided to use the local drives for network usage (mail packet inbound, etc), they were just work stations. The 2 main servers are strickly servers and have no other tasks to perform. --Martin-- --- GOMail v1.2 [BETA] [92-0105] * Origin: Hackers World BBS 16.5 Gig - 24 lines (1:232/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DON WAYBRIGHT Number: 517 To: GEORGE HANNAH Date: 04/22/94 6:50p Subj: Re: FILE_ID.DIZ Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message George Hannah to Don Waybright it was said: GH> AMU has the ability to import file_id.diz for uploaded GH> files into the RA filebase. You may be able to use it to GH> create files.bbs and import the files.bbs into other BBS GH> software. I don't have it online, but look for AMU101.*. Thanks for the help there George.... Will do. Rds, -=Don=- ... Richmond's 1st Satellite Connection --- timEd-B11 * Origin: G.R.C. BBS <Richmond,Va> <Multi-Node> <804-737-3932> (1:264/177) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SID BALCOM Number: 518 To: ANYONE Date: 04/22/94 9:52a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Does PTCCMAIN not run under DesqView? I've tried it on two different computers and I get lots of errors. When I run it in single user, it works great. I don't like the idea of having to have a dedicated computer to bring in the satellite stuff. If it WILL run under DesqView, what's the trick to getting error free reception? ++ Sid ++ --- Alexi/Mail 2.00a6 (#2) * Origin: The Catalytic Star - Alexandria, VA 703-765-1751 (1:109/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN CAMPBELL Number: 519 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/21/94 11:49p Subj: Ilink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Boyd, What is the current status of ILINK.... I would like to pick it up, but interested into what is going to be involved. I have seen some information that is in the personal directory, but that does not really give alot of information. Thanks John --- FidoPCB v1.4 [ff276/b] * Origin: Sparkies Machine BBS (703) 266-4299 (1:2602/510) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRIAN HESS Number: 520 To: CHRIS GUERTIN Date: 04/11/94 8:01p Subj: AD-* File Echoes Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Chris! Sunday April 10 1994 19:51, Chris Guertin wrote to Brian Hess: CG> Check out what Brian Hess wrote on 06 Apr 94 17:47:00: BH>> Hello Chris! BH>> Sunday April 03 1994 15:27, Chris Guertin wrote to All: CG>> What are the AD-* file echoes? CG> <etc> CG> Thanx for the detailed reply Brian. I know how disappoint i was for so long.. when i could not find out which area was what my self... the one area main area i have been disappointed in Planet Connect has been the lack of orgainze (sp?) information as to what is going on... Thank you, Brian ... We never know whether we are victors or whether we are defeated. --- GED 2.42.G0214+ 65LM3 * Origin: StarBase 8 (803)268-8679 Taylors, SC (1:3639/19) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRIAN HESS Number: 521 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/11/94 8:02p Subj: K-12freeway Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd! Sunday April 10 1994 23:58, Boyd Goodin wrote to All: BG> To all that responded to this issue I would like to thank you BG> all for your support. These areas will always be in with the BG> regular mail bundles so that you can still drop them off to this BG> system for processing. THANKS!!!! there VERY popluar here... Thank you, Brian ... If little else, the brain is an educational toy. --- GED 2.42.G0214+ 65LM3 * Origin: StarBase 8 (803)268-8679 Taylors, SC (1:3639/19) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 522 To: DAVE PETRUCCI Date: 04/21/94 8:11p Subj: big files! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Wednesday April 20 1994, Dave Petrucci writes to Boyd Goodin: Hello Dave! >>> Boyd, >>> Just curious, what is the CTM0005.ZIP file all about? >>> Dave P. >> All i know is that it is an OS2 file. its a service update file for Cset/2 (IBM's OS.2 C & C++ comiler) Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 523 To: LARRY JUKER Date: 04/21/94 8:13p Subj: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Tuesday April 19 1994, Larry Juker writes to All: Hello Larry! LJ> Anyone know if ibmNET is on the satelite? just the file areas..You must be an ibmNET node to receive the message areas. Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHARLES RING Number: 524 To: GEORGE VANDERVORT Date: 04/22/94 5:40p Subj: echolist files Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello George! 20 Apr 94 20:03, George Vandervort wrote to Charles Ring: GV> As of April 20th.. 20:00 hours CDT GV> None of the April EL*.LZH files have come thru over the KU-Band Satellite GV> feed. Yesterday morning i received little but small files, all the larger ones trahed by errors. I found that my 3' KU dish needed to be re-aimed. Strange, since nothing on it was loose. It was off enough to make a big difference. Charles --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: W3NU Online Sharon, PA (412) 346-5535 (1:2601/100) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KIM BERGMAN Number: 525 To: ALL Date: 04/23/94 12:17p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello All, Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. Kim --- * Origin: The Sailboard (403)-854-4309 Hanna, Alberta (1:358/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 526 To: MARTIN BELCKE Date: 04/23/94 4:29p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ->> Martin, do you get much faster speed (throughput) on a dedicated ->> server as compared to server/workstations? MB> Absolutely. The dedicated server has no other tasks to MB> perform. The server/work-stations are my 2 mailer nodes. Only MB> reason they are "servers" is so that the network can access the MB> local drives on those 2 MB> machines. Before I decided to use the local drives for network MB> usage (mail packet inbound, etc), they were just work stations. MB> The 2 main servers are strickly servers and have no other MB> tasks to perform. OK...please allow me to pick your brain a little more <G> I'm running 3 nodes right now, and would like to speed things up _WITHOUT_ switching BBS Software. I have a 386DX/40 as a Server/Workstation. It has 2 Hard Drives in it...a 1 GIG drive partitioned equally to drives C, D, and E, and a 660 Megger partitioned equally to drives F, G, H, I, J, and K. This machine has 8 megs of ram, and is my MAIN machine, the BBS software residing on the C-Drive. I am running under DOS 5 and Lantastic/AI v4.1 with 10Mbps Ethernet Cards. This machine is ALSO Node 1. Node 2 and 3 are on 386DX/40s that ONLY have 1 meg of ram and 1 single 3.5" floppy for BootUp ... No hard drive. They use Drive C on machine 1 for their BBS operations. These are workstations only. Then, my Planet Connect machine is a 386DX/40 and utilizes its own 180Meg Hard Drive, and is networked as Drive Y. It is a Server/Workstation. Currently, my mail is copied to DRIVE C (from DRIVE Y) and processed/tossed there (on Drive C). I now am thinking about how to do the Tossing on Drive Y for all my downlinks, and THEN copying MY mail to drive C for tossing into My Message bases, as it makes sense that that alone would speed this thing up quite a bit. But, in your opinion, how would you speed this system up without spending $50K? Seriously, I've considered a 486DX/2-66 for a dedicated file server, but don't see that it would enhance the speed that much, as all BBS operations are being done on _ONE_ single hard drive, and I fear that is the problem in system slowdown at times. Thanks very much in advance. --jah ... The Twilight Zone BBS * ASP HUB BBS #3 * MidCentral USA --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTIN BELCKE Number: 527 To: RUSSELL NABER Date: 04/23/94 3:01p Subj: hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> MB> What else did you want to know? -> -> What kind operating systems on each machine? MS-DOS 5.0 on all systems. Also, QEMM 6.x on all systems. I will not run Qemm 7.x because of the forced stealth - a real nightmare. --Martin-- --- GOMail v1.2 [BETA] [92-0105] * Origin: Hackers World BBS 16.5 Gig - 24 lines (1:232/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 528 To: KEITH SIPPY Date: 04/22/94 7:32p Subj: sat computer show Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Did anyone see the computer show that was supposed to > be on the sat? I unfortunately missed it. So much > for my memory... (Glad my computers memory is better. > <g>) Anyway, I'd like to know how it was. If it was good, I'll try harder > to catch it the next time. Yeah, I heard it was real good, however I missed it as well. As luck would have it, my power supply went out on my data receiver, and while I was tuning the dish for a stronger signal, I strayed off the PC Satellite, and ended up on another one. :-) Waiting for my copy of the show to arrive in the mail. But from what John said on the phone at the night of the show, some real good features are coming out for the PC software, as well as new services. TakeCare, Bill --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: UTI BBS - Now With USR 28.8 V.FC on (815) 942-4403 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GILL BLUE Number: 529 To: KEITH SIPPY Date: 04/23/94 7:01a Subj: sat computer show Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Keith I caught the show. It was very good. I am looking forward to the next one watch for info as to time and dates for the next one Gill --- WM v3.10/94-0127 * Origin: The Multimedia Connection Opp, Al 205 565 3394 (1:18/16) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GILL BLUE Number: 530 To: JIMMY BONDS Date: 04/23/94 7:02a Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Jimmy I see you loud and clear here in Opp, Alabama. What part of Alabama are you in ?? Gill --- WM v3.10/94-0127 * Origin: The Multimedia Connection Opp, Al 205 565 3394 (1:18/16) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: WALLACE SHELDON Number: 531 To: JOE HAYES Date: 04/23/94 5:57p Subj: Re: big files! Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No BG> There were a few Big files that went over the sat Sunday. If you BG> never got them then I have them here for file request. The BG> CTM0005.ZIP file is not going over the sat since it is over 2 megs BG> and you can get it from here. CG> Hmmm. It costs to call long distance to get it. Why is it not being CG> sent out over the sat? JH> I would like to see it sent over sat again also. Joe, it appears that it was never sent, because of it's size. To call long distance to get it could cost as much or more than one months subscription. I agree, it should be sent over the sat. Wally --- Maximus/2 2.01wb * Origin: Channel Austin * (512) 259-3875 * 6.6 Gigabytes (6 lines) (1:382/17) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: EDDIE MONEY Number: 532 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/23/94 2:06p Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Sid! Friday April 22 1994 09:52, Sid Balcom wrote to Anyone: SB> Does PTCCMAIN not run under DesqView? I've tried it on two SB> different computers and I get lots of errors. When I run it in single SB> user, it works great. I don't like the idea of having to have a dedicated SB> computer to bring in the satellite stuff. The program itself is a cpu HOG. It wants all the processor to itself. Wish they would get a new program that is not the hog that this one is. I have a 386 dx40 that recieves the sat stuff and that is all it can do. SB> If it WILL run under DesqView, what's the trick to getting error SB> free reception? I think a 486 dx33 or better is best. Eddie --- GEcho 1.02+/RA+ * Origin: "The Chicken House "910-957-4307" Microcom V.FC (1:3663/102) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELDON WAKEFIELD Number: 533 To: DON WAYBRIGHT Date: 04/23/94 3:07p Subj: RE: FILE_ID.DIZ Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Don we use a program called MTA_35 you will find it on most of the CD-Roms it will unzip or unarc the file, also Scan for virus strip out bbs ads if you want. and will rezip the file and also use the FileIDZ and make a files.bbs or dir a real noce program Eldon --- FLAME v1.0 * Origin: The Country Store - 706-561-7359 - (1:3613/11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF CUTLER Number: 534 To: ALL Date: 04/23/94 10:59a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello All! Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through them. Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part of the NEC's CRP which means he does not have to route outbound netmail for me. Can I do the outbound through PC? 'Clean, Clear, and Naked' Jeff --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: "Where's that damn Torpedo!" - Cpt Kirk (1:247/315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF WARD Number: 535 To: KEN KAVANAGH Date: 04/23/94 12:51p Subj: sat computer show Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I couldnt find it..I had my parents looking for it on their > satellite, another > friend looking..never found it..I musta got the channels > confused or sumthin..g3 8 wasn't it? Well, I had it on G3-8. I even made a video tape of it. Maybe yuou had the wrong time or something? It came on at 9:00pm on April 20. Looked fine from here. Later! --- Gecho/386 1.02+ * Origin: * Futura BBS - Planet Connected In NC! (704)739-0013 * (1:3667/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LYON Number: 536 To: DAVE POUNDS Date: 04/23/94 10:11p Subj: Re: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> how do I find more info on the satellite to pc hook up -> Call 615-623-4694. --- WM v3.10/92-0069 * Origin: T.O.L. * 15 Gigs * InterNet * (1:2380/400.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE COPPOCK Number: 537 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/23/94 7:21p Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Anyone, Sid Balcom said: sb> on two different computers and I get lots of errors. When I sb> run it in single user, it works great. I don't like the idea sb> of having to have a dedicated computer to bring in the sb> satellite stuff. You might want to upgrade the UART to a 16550AFN - it has a built in character buffer that will ease the problem of time slicing.. The PC data stream is 19.2k Sync. And you just don't want to miss a single bit.. mc --- FMail 0.96Γ * Origin: EMCC RA/Pro #5 * Ft. Collins (303)490-2843 - 484-5986 28.8k (1:306/31) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICHARD WALLEN Number: 538 To: JEFF BROWN Date: 04/24/94 11:47a Subj: Fido Packet errors Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Tue about 17:39, Jeff Brown retorted in a message to All about Fido Packet errors when... Hello Jeff! JB> I have been getting CRC errors in some of the fido packets. JB> I have checked the same packets that were received at JB> different times, and they are all bad. This is a big JB> problem that needs to be fixed. I have been getting 2-3 bad JB> packets each day, that is alot of messages being lost. JB> Thanks! This has been noted here also over the past few days. Though it really didn't start until this past Friday where it was noticable... 4-22. The mail running here has dropped to about half of what it was due to missed bundles erroring during receipt. There have also been a few files corrupted to the same size... I believe the magic number was 16588 or there abouts. A little more each day... Richard Wallen --- * Origin: <<C>> it On-Line After Late Night *BBS* (1:3625/454) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTIN BELCKE Number: 539 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/24/94 7:42p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> But, in your opinion, how would you speed this system up without -> spending $50K? Seriously, I've considered a 486DX/2-66 for a dedicat -> file server, but don't see that it would enhance the speed that much, -> all BBS operations are being done on _ONE_ single hard drive, and I f -> that is the problem in system slowdown at times. John, Give me a voice call sometime (309) 672-4406. There is no "best" time to call. I am in the computer room most of the time in the evenings and throughout the day. Answering machine will take a message if I am not in. --Martin-- --- GOMail v1.2 [BETA] [92-0105] * Origin: Hackers World BBS 16.5 Gig - 24 lines (1:232/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 540 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/24/94 10:01p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 23 12:17 94, Kim Bergman of 1:358/25 wrote: KB> Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. You've reached deep into the woods of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom just fine. You're getting out Kim. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet redwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 28.8k V.FC and Planet Connected * (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LITTLE Number: 541 To: JEFF CUTLER Date: 04/24/94 1:12p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Jeff Cutler wrote in a message to All: JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through JC> them. Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part JC> of the NEC's CRP which means he does not have to route JC> outbound netmail for me. Can I do the outbound through PC? Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to route netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a requirement for you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that is the way the policy reads. Thanks, John --- * Origin: Split HoriZons*(905)276-4276/6466*1.7Gigs (1:259/98) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE LYDA Number: 542 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/24/94 3:50p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Kim! In a message to All <04/23/94> Kim Bergman wrote: KB> Hello All, KB> Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. KB> Kim got it in Tennessee Joe * WCE 1.5/2107 * DOS 6.0 $49 confirmation that you need a REAL DOS! --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0081] * Origin: *3622 NEC, The ELk River BBS (615) 454-2295 455-1019* (1:3622/1000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEITH SIPPY Number: 543 To: JEFF CUTLER Date: 04/24/94 11:02a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail JC> through them. Now that I JC> am getting a feed from PC I am not a part of the NEC's JC> CRP which means he does not have to route outbound JC> netmail for me. Can I do the outbound through PC? I think they do outbound, but not inbound. It isn't too clear if both are actually on the sat. Might want to try. I believe it isn't the NEC who is responsible for netmail, but the NC. I happen to be the NC of our net and still get netmail from the RC (and other sources) and route landline. That hasn't changed for our net. Keith --- Maximus/2 2.01wb * Origin: Aardvark's Aquarium, Mail from geostationary orbit. (1:283/121) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 544 To: MARTIN BELCKE Date: 04/24/94 5:17p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ->> MB> What else did you want to know? ->> ->> What kind operating systems on each machine? MB> MS-DOS 5.0 on all systems. Also, QEMM 6.x on all systems. I MB> will not run Qemm 7.x because of the forced stealth - a real MB> nightmare. Huh? I'm running QEMM v7.1 (I think that's the one...the latest 7.x) here and there is no forced stealth...it asked me if I wanted to run Stealth mode, and I entered "Hell No!" <G> --jah ... First Arkansas, then Gennifer, and Now US! --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 545 To: MARTIN BELCKE Date: 04/24/94 9:47p Subj: hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <Apr 23 15:01>, MARTIN BELCKE of 1:232/10 writes: MB> MS-DOS 5.0 on all systems. Also, QEMM 6.x on all systems. I will not MB> run Qemm 7.x because of the forced stealth - a real nightmare. "Forced stealth" under Qemm 7.0x???? I run Qemm 7.03 on three machines here, including the Planet Connect node, and none are running Qemm's Stealth mode. It's totally optional, just as it was under Qemm 6.x. :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 546 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 04/23/94 2:11p Subj: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > @ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. > N > Well, I sure hope SOMEONE sees this. Heck I hope *I* > see this. They tell me > if it don't come back as a dupe, I've done something > wrong! (Strange system. > All this time I've been avoiding making dupes.) It worked Fine. Welcome! --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: UTI BBS - Now With USR 28.8 V.FC on (815) 942-4403 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM DUNMYER Number: 547 To: KEITH SIPPY Date: 04/23/94 8:37a Subj: SAT COMPUTER SHOW Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Did anyone see the computer show that was supposed to be on the sat? Yeah, and it was OK. Good info on protecting your setup from lightning, and some interviews from the BBS expo. Dunno if it was worth $150.00 or not, but it might turn out that way... --- FLAME v1.0 * Origin: Toledo's TBBS, 14+ gigs, 150,000 files 313-854-6001 (1:234/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CYRUS CATHEY Number: 548 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 04/25/94 4:13a Subj: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No :}Well, I sure hope SOMEONE sees this. Heck I hope *I* see this. They tell I saw it. ■ QMPro 1.01 41-3544 ■ <<Power Windows! Windows, OS/2, MIDI, News>> --- WM v3.10/94-0123 * Origin: Power Windows! 205-881-8619 Windows, MIDI, OS/2, (1:373/27) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CYRUS CATHEY Number: 549 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/25/94 4:15a Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No KB:}Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. :} * Origin: The Sailboard (403)-854-4309 Hanna, Alberta (1:358/25) Got it! ■ QMPro 1.01 41-3544 ■ <<Power Windows! Windows, OS/2, MIDI, News>> --- WM v3.10/94-0123 * Origin: Power Windows! 205-881-8619 Windows, MIDI, OS/2, (1:373/27) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 550 To: KEITH SIPPY Date: 04/25/94 4:57p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <Apr 24 11:02>, Keith Sippy of 1:283/121 writes: JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail JC> through them. Now that I JC> am getting a feed from PC I am not a part of the NEC's JC> CRP which means he does not have to route outbound JC> netmail for me. Can I do the outbound through PC? KS> I think they do outbound, but not inbound. It isn't too clear if both KS> are actually on the sat. Might want to try. I believe it isn't the NEC KS> who is responsible for netmail, but the NC. I happen to be the NC of KS> our net and still get netmail from the RC (and other sources) and route KS> landline. That hasn't changed for our net. You can route netmail thru 1:3615/50, but it all goes landline. PC_Site to 1:3615/50 via landline; from 1:3615/50 to 1:396/1 via landline, and then thru the normal landline *EC/backbone channels to the appropriate RC via landline, and from the RC to the NC via landline, and finally from the NC to the node via landline. :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 551 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 5:00p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <Apr 24 13:12>, John Little of 1:259/98 writes: JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to JL> route netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a JL> requirement for you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think JL> that is the way the policy reads. You better reread Policy4. Policy4 makes no mention of routed netmail and the NEC (Net Echo Coordinator). It is the Net Coordinator (NC) that has that routing requirement specified in Policy 4, and then only on inbound routed netmail. The NC has no requirement to forward routed netmail outside his/her net - see Policy 4. :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 552 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 9:44p Subj: Re: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through > JC> them. Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part > JC> of the NEC's CRP which means he does not have to route > JC> outbound netmail for me. Can I do the outbound through PC? >Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to route >netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a requirement for >you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that is the way the >policy reads. > John John, This would only apply to inbound routed netmail. NC's are not required to route any outbound netmail unless agreed to... Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOSEPH LAFERLA Number: 553 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/25/94 5:58p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Kim! 23 Apr 94 12:17, Kim Bergman wrote to All: JB> Hello All, JB> Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. Looked at this message somewhat late but yes it came home up here in Yellowknife as well. Am now running my mailer software, tosser etc under OS2. Anxiously awaiting PC under OS2 as well. All the best Greetings from the Far North Joe --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: The Northern Star in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada (1:3414/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GORDON MALONE Number: 554 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/23/94 6:05a Subj: Newbie PC questions Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Sid! > I just got my first data stream yesterday, and OhMiGawd! I've > got dataflying all over the place. I had to stack a whole bunch of it > over in the corner until I can get it straightened out. It is a "little" overwhelming at first, isn't it...... :) > I've got some wierd questions, also. > What software tosses the Usenet news groups? And, can we > redistribute the news groups? What BBS Package are you running? You might be able to use one of the PD tosserd like I thinks it Fredmail? I'm punning PCB and I use Merlin's PCBUUCP. Very nice package. Does everthing including reassembling binaries and updates the dir files to boot! :) > Are the weather maps supposed to be current? The ones I saw seem > to be 2 days old. And, can we redistribute the weather stuff? I was wondering the samething. I don't think we are supposed to be redistributing those. I think they are basically allowed to d/l'd off your board by live callers...... Jim/John or Boyd should know... Taker EZ! Gordon --- PCB15.1/Gecho 1.02+ * Origin: Rosedale Data Line Rosedale, MD USR16.8k 410-866-4554 (1:2617/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GORDON MALONE Number: 555 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/24/94 2:25a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Sid! > Does PTCCMAIN not run under DesqView? I've tried it on two > different computers and I get lots of errors. When I run it in single > user, it works great. I don't like the idea of having to have a > dedicated computer to bring in the satellite stuff. > If it WILL run under DesqView, what's the trick to getting error > free reception? I've been playing over here and have found it to run well under DV on a 386/40. I am set to 3/3 ticks and have noticed trashed files when heavy forgraound lookup activity is going on. I talked to Boyd about this and let him know that DV give the include code away openly to help developers make their software DV aware and he sounded like that was already on the slate. I was talking to another PC user and he claims to get no errors running on an 386/40 using 1/1 ticks with heavy activity in the foreground..... I haven't benched it yet, but my experience has been that performance is severely degredated with such little processing time....... Let me know what your tests yeild....... Best Wishes, Gordon --- PCB15.1/Gecho 1.02+ * Origin: Rosedale Data Line Rosedale, MD USR16.8k 410-866-4554 (1:2617/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICHARD D. BONEBRAKE Number: 556 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/25/94 1:14p Subj: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >->> MB> What else did you want to know? >->> >->> What kind operating systems on each machine? > MB> MS-DOS 5.0 on all systems. Also, QEMM 6.x on all systems. I > MB> will not run Qemm 7.x because of the forced stealth - a real > MB> nightmare. > Huh? I'm running QEMM v7.1 (I think that's the > one...the latest 7.x) > here and there is no forced stealth...it asked me if I > wanted to run > Stealth mode, and I entered "Hell No!" <G> I run qemm v7.4 and I run Stealth all the time with no problems and yes it does ask if you want to use it or not. Sincerely, Richard D. Bonebrake --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: (1:140/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF CUTLER Number: 557 To: EDDIE MONEY Date: 04/25/94 9:52a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Eddie! EM> The program itself is a cpu HOG. It wants all the processor to itself. EM> Wish they would get a new program that is not the hog that this one is. I EM> have a 386 dx40 that recieves the sat stuff and that is all it can do. I have to agree on this one. We are running a 386DX 40 as well. We are running it under desqview and a Novell Netware lite. It shares the computer with our mail only node running front door. During the first broadcast of the day I have front door just set to answer the phone without exiting for any reason. Of course PTCCMAIN gets the front window as well. Its tricky but I can get by the first broadcast of the day without errors. 'Clean, Clear, and Naked' Jeff --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: "Where's that damn Torpedo!" - Cpt Kirk (1:247/315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF CUTLER Number: 558 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 2:56p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello John! JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to route JL> netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a requirement JL> for you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that is the JL> way the policy reads. Here in region 12 there was a big brawl over that discusion. From what I could see the agreement was NEC's are responsible for inbound netmail coming to me, but he/she is not have to route my outbound netmail. 'Clean, Clear, and Naked' Jeff --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: "Where's that damn Torpedo!" - Cpt Kirk (1:247/315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF CUTLER Number: 559 To: KEITH SIPPY Date: 04/25/94 3:03p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Keith! KS> I think they do outbound, but not inbound. It isn't too clear if both are KS> actually on the sat. Might want to try. I believe it isn't the NEC who KS> is responsible for netmail, but the NC. I happen to be the NC of our net KS> and still get netmail from the RC (and other sources) and route landline. KS> That hasn't changed for our net. I am just worried about outbound netmail. There have been too many arguments in our area over particpating in cost recovery programs and nodes that opt for another source. Thanks for the info on outbound netmail. I am not sure how our NEC will feel about non paying nodes routing netmail through him, and considering our current situation I don't think it will happen. 'Clean, Clear, and Naked' Jeff --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: "Where's that damn Torpedo!" - Cpt Kirk (1:247/315) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ROB NELSON Number: 560 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 8:54p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is JL> required to route netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't JL> think there is a requirement for you to contribute to any JL> CRP for this feature. I think that is the way the policy JL> reads. Actually the NEC doesn't have to do squat except keep tabs on who gets what from where. It's the NC's responsibility to route (inbound) netmail for nodes in his net. Outbound netmail may only be routed through nodes that agree to route it, that includes routing oubound stuff through the NC. Cheers, Rob --- * Origin: The Exchange, Prince George BC (604)962-5971 V32.bis (1:359/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 561 To: WALLACE SHELDON Date: 04/25/94 9:13p Subj: Re: big files! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No WS> Joe, it appears that it was never sent, because of it's size. To WS> call long distance to get it could cost as much or more than one WS> months subscription. I agree, it should be sent over the sat. WS> Wally If I remember, there was a few people that said they recieved it?? No I won't poll for it either. (thats the whole idea behind getting a dish RIGHT)? It's just another file that either didn't make it or the .tic didn't make it. I end up with all kinds of "extra" files/.tics at the end of the month. -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM KLAN Number: 562 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/24/94 7:09a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No SB> Does PTCCMAIN not run under DesqView? I've tried it on two different >computers and I get lots of errors. When I run it in single user, it works >great. I don't like the idea of having to have a dedicated computer to bring >the satellite stuff. SB> If it WILL run under DesqView, what's the trick to getting error fre >reception? Even with 16550 uart chips which correct most errors, planet connect receives tons of errors in desqview ONLY when you're in another window typing. If you start say, planet connect receive and 2 nodes of a bbs reception will be fine. --- FreeMail 1.09 * Origin: Tim's BBS * Erie, PA * 814-825-1731 * (1:2601/566) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FLOYD DRENNON Number: 563 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 7:52p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi John, 24 Apr 94, 13:12, John Little wrote to Jeff Cutler: JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to route JL> netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a requirement Say what? No one is *required* to route anything they choose not to. JL> for you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that is the JL> way the policy reads. You should read policy again and then rethink your position. --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: FLOYD'S FOLLY, Deatsville, AL HST-v.terbo, Net375 NEC (1:375/14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAN WILLIAMSON Number: 564 To: BOB SLOWINSKI Date: 04/24/94 4:01p Subj: hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Bob Slowinski wrote: BS> JUST wondering if someone could enlighten me on how they BS> have their two networked machines setup. I use LanTastic 5.0 (the old 2 MBPS cards not AI) among 3 units with the link between the BBS and the PLANET boxes set up in full peer-to-peer (both systems are servers and clients). The PLANET machine opens a network channel to the BBS and tests to see if it doing intensive mail tossing (a flag called "toss.bsy"). If not busy then it sets its own flag "planet.bsy" and uses PCFU to move the files across the network to the BBS inbound directory. If the BBS drops for a mail toss during transfer the "planet.bsy" flag tells it to come back later to do its work. The only reason the PLANET machine is set as server is so that I can manipulate it remotely from my OS/2 command center. It has worked consistently with the C-Band dish all along and has given me no problems using a 16 MHz 286, a 16 MHz 386SX, and a 33 MHz 386DX as the PLANET motherboard. I am currently configured with a 33 MHz 386DX on the BBS using 16550AFN comm chips and a 16 MHz 386SX on the PLANET side. The OS/2 unit also serves a second LAN aside from the BBS/PLANET Lantastic setup connected to my usenet feed etc.. At present I swallow the mail during the errorlevel drops produced by PC rather than initiating transfers from the remote side. This produces mail in a large lump rather than a gradual trickle that you could get by processing hourly from the remote side. Works well for this net. Hope that helps some, Dan --- timEd-B10 * Origin: Safe Harbour BBS [V.32bis/HST + Satellite] (1:3410/0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRAD SETTLES Number: 565 To: JEFF BROWN Date: 04/23/94 10:25a Subj: Fido Packet errors Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ** Quoting Jeff Brown to All dated 19 Apr 94 17:39:12 ** J> I have been getting CRC errors in some of the fido packets. I have checked J> the same packets that were received at different times, and they are all J> bad. This is a big problem that needs to be fixed. I have been getting 2-3 J> bad packets each day, that is alot of messages being lost. Thanks! J> --- CNet/3 J> * Origin: Terminal Paradise BBS * Adults Only * 717-292-0497 * (1:270/611) J> We have been having complaints about that here too. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: -- The Horseman's BBS; Munith MI <517-769-2230> - (1:2330/20) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK MALACARNE Number: 566 To: ALL Date: 04/23/94 9:12p Subj: K12 Freeway? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Ok I'm looking for the areatags for K12? Can someone post them again or let me know where I can FREQ them? Thanks! Mark! --- Cray Systems .002+ * Origin: -= TLOTL =- In The Rockies! (1:104/918) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 567 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/25/94 11:02a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (22 Apr 94) Sid Balcom wrote to Anyone... SB> Does PTCCMAIN not run under DesqView? If you have not already worked this out, contact Jeff at our office and he will help you out. He has the best knowledge of PC running under DesqView. You can catch him at 1:3615/50.3 also. ....Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 568 To: DON JOHNSON Date: 04/25/94 11:05a Subj: Information Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (22 Apr 94) Don Johnson wrote to Boyd Goodin... DJ> Is there an information packet on what is required, and how one gets a DJ> network on Planet Connect? Best way for now is to send a fax with info on your net such as number of nodes, size of feed per day, who the boss is, who will send it to us, all this type stuff,..... DJ> I've sent netmail, but no response. Please send by fax at 615-625-8831. .....Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 569 To: DAVE POUNDS Date: 04/25/94 11:09a Subj: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (22 Apr 94) Dave Pounds wrote to John Lyon... DP> how do I find more info on the satellite to pc hook up Not sure what you are asking...??? Info on the system,..??? tech info on the satellite itself...?? Give me a little more to work with....?? ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PETER CONWAY Number: 570 To: ALL Date: 04/25/94 12:26p Subj: * InterNet * Usenet * Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No If you're calling a Commercial Internet Provider such as HoloNet(tm) to get your mail for your BBS, then your paying WAY TOO MUCH. Getting your Mail from another BBS? Quit going through a middle-man, it's time to get your BBS a DIRECT Internet connection. Sysops looking for REAL access to the Internet, I invite you to freq the following file for complete information on how to get your system connected to the InterNet for a lot less than you think. Just some of the services we offer: Domain Name Registration (Have your own REAL Internet Address such as anybbs.com ),E-mail, Newsgroups, FTP, Telenet, IRC, Gopher, Archie, WAIS, WWW, PING, SLIP/PPP, Leased Lines and more.... Freq: INTERUSE.ZIP OR Send Email to: Info@backdr.com From: 1:271/320 Have a question? Give us a call, 804-229-4484. Office hours are 9am-7pm EST. --- WM v3.10/93-0786 * Origin: THE BACKDOOR BBS Williamsburg, VA (1:271/320) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 571 To: MODERATOR Date: 04/25/94 2:26p Subj: Your name/node number Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I need the moderator of this echo's name and node number for a direct Netmail send. Please reply. Thank you, Mark Adkins Blue Lake Systems 1:105/285 --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 572 To: MARK MALACARNE Date: 04/25/94 11:54a Subj: K12 Freeway? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mark! Saturday April 23 1994 21:12, Mark Malacarne wrote to All: MM> Ok I'm looking for the areatags for K12? MM> MM> Can someone post them again or let me know where I can FREQ them? MM> MM> MM> Thanks! MM> Mark! MM> MM> -+- Cray Systems .002+ MM> + Origin: -= TLOTL =- In The Rockies! (1:104/918) Look in your SKYDATA/PERSONAL directory for SATELITE.NA that contains the AREA-Tags for K12_HYW and other stuff that's not in Fidonet.na/Filebone.. George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 573 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 11:57a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello John! Sunday April 24 1994 13:12, John Little wrote to Jeff Cutler: JL> Jeff Cutler wrote in a message to All: JL> JC>> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through JC>> them. Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part JC>> of the NEC's CRP which means he does not have to route JC>> outbound netmail for me. Can I do the outbound through PC? JL> JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to route JL> netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a requirement JL> for you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that is the JL> way the policy reads. Nope... don't be too quick to assume all NEC's and NETS operate like you net does. Not all NETS operate the same way... in my Net the NEC is an Adminitrative Position and NOT a Mail Mover for my Net. Also in my NET, there are Four, count them.. 1,2,3,4 seperate Downlinks to Planet Connect, to each his/her own... Our Primary Mail Feed is an Elected Position, Seperate from the NC & NEC position, who provides Routed Netmail to/from the Fido Backbone to all Node in our Net.. Regards, George Vandervort - NET382 NEC ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOB JACKSON Number: 574 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 04/25/94 7:25a Subj: Re: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > @ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N > Well, I sure hope SOMEONE sees this. Heck I hope *I* see this. They > tell me > if it don't come back as a dupe, I've done something wrong! (Strange > system. > All this time I've been avoiding making dupes.) > ^..^ > --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' > * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) We see you over here.. Quit Mooning us! :-) --- DB 1.58/002334 * Origin: Bob's Bulldog Express (1:110/380) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DEAN LAKE Number: 575 To: RUSSELL NABER Date: 04/25/94 11:35a Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Martin Belcke babbled to Russell Naber <on 04/23/94>: MB} MS-DOS 5.0 on all systems. Also, QEMM 6.x on all systems. I will not MB} run Qemm 7.x because of the forced stealth - a real nightmare. You can run OPTIMIZE in the "Custom Installation" mode with QEMM 7.03 -- it allows you to install with or without stealth. I've had some "mysterious random problems" disappear completely since upgrading from QEMM 6.x to QEMM 7.03. 7.03 seems to be rock solid. Works fine with or without stealth here. Tried it both ways for 30 days each. Using it with DOS 5 and LANtastic 5. Dean * WCE 1.5/2034 * --- WM v3.10/91-0052 * Origin: The DataStream BBS * Peoria,IL * (1:232/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRIAN LINDENFELD Number: 576 To: BOYD GOODEN Date: 04/25/94 11:18p Subj: Com Ports Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Well had to share the com ports with com1 now so node1 comes down when I receive Planet Connect and then come back up after so guess I have to put up with that till OS/2 becomes available... Thanks for all you help today and hope to be moving forward from here.... -=Brian=- --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: (A)bort (F)ail (T)oss computer across room.. (1:264/188) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: N.L. HARGROVE Number: 577 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/25/94 12:59p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <Apr 24 13:12>, John Little of 1:259/98 writes: JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required JL> to route netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there JL> is a requirement for you to contribute to any CRP for this JL> feature. I think that is the way the policy reads. Sorry to inform you but no one is required to route Netmail. Especially if it places a burden of cost on them. An net mail should be route via the Net Coordinator not the Net Echomail Coordinator. As you said Netmail has nothing to do with echo mail. If anyone has a problem routhing net mail then they should use the first rule of thumb that I apply. "Is it going to cost me money?" If so then it will cost someone else money too. The Digital Media Publisher N.L. (Jake) Hargrove ReaderSoft Software --- msgedsq 2.1 * Origin: Via <=> New Mexico Connection - Los Lunas, NM (1:317/317) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 578 To: GEORGE HANNAH Date: 04/25/94 11:10a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 25, 1994, at 17:08, George Hannah of 1:255/7 wrote: GH> However, it is your NC's job to route outbound netmail and GH> inbound netmail for you. I think this would be your best route, GH> since most software is setup with this type of routing in mind. Since this is not exactly topical, I was going to ignore it. But, with all the mis-information that's being tossed about I thought I'd just quote Policy4 to clear the air. _ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _ O \ 2.1.7 Not Routing Mail You are not required to route traffic if you have not agreed to do so. You are not obligated to route traffic for all if you route it for any, unless you hold a Network Coordinator or Hub Coordinator position. Routing traffic through a node not obligated to perform routing without the permission of that node may be annoying behavior. This includes unsolicited echomail. 4.2 Routing Inbound Mail It is your responsibility as Network Coordinator to coordinate the receipt and forwarding of host-routed inbound netmail for nodes in your network. The best way to accomplish this is left to your discretion. _ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _ O \ Which when condensed says, an NC must route INBOUND mail. Period. Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 579 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/26/94 7:08p Subj: Fido Packet errors Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 25 23:19 94, Kim Bergman of 1:358/25 wrote: KB> How are you detecting these errors? I haven't noticed any CRC errors KB> but I'm just getting started with PC so maybe I'm not doing it right. You won't detect any errors with PCUtil or other utilities. It is the PTCCMAIN program (the main Planet Connect program) that detects the errors. When PTCCMAIN receives a file with errors in it, you'll see it on the monitor if you're watching, but PTCCMAIN won't even save this file to disk since it's bad. What happens is that during the second send of the files for that day chances are you'll get a good receive on the 'bad' file that wasn't saved then. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet redwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 28.8k V.FC and Planet Connected * (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTIN BELCKE Number: 580 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/26/94 4:44p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required to r -> netmail for all nodes in the net. I don't think there is a requireme -> you to contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that is the w -> policy reads. NEC's are NOT required to route netmail. In fact, NEC's aren't required to do anything. Routed netmail goes by way of the *C structure, as per Policy 4. Many of the *EC structure have agreed to accept routed netmail and do route it, but the have never been, nor are they REQUIRED to do this. --Martin Belcke-- --- GOMail v1.2 [BETA] [92-0105] * Origin: Hackers World BBS 16.5 Gig - 24 lines (1:232/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE ADAIR Number: 581 To: ALL Date: 04/26/94 10:56p Subj: Another Link test <g> Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Folks, Well this seems to be the place for all us newbies to test our return links onto the Satellite. Anybody hear me?? Thanks! Oh.. one quick question. When I send my replies to Planet Connect I know that it should go to the Satellite, but does it also go to the rest of Fido that is NOT hooked onto the bird?? Thanks again. God bless. In Christ, Steve <steve.adair@firehouse.org> ========================================================================== Jude 23 Ministries/The Firehouse bbs (803)-322-6822 FamilyNet 8:1011/0 jude23@firehouse.org "And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh." (Jude 1:23) ========================================================================== --- WM v3.10/93-0610 * Origin: Greenville, Sc FamlyNet Backbone (1:3639/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE ADAIR Number: 582 To: JIM DUNMYER Date: 04/26/94 11:03p Subj: SAT COMPUTER SHOW Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No <<Quoting: JIM DUNMYER To: KEITH SIPPY >> JD> > Did anyone see the computer show that was supposed to be on the sat? JD> Yeah, and it was OK. Good info on protecting your setup from lightning, JD> and some interviews from the BBS expo. Dunno if it was worth $150.00 or JD> not, but it might turn out that way... Lightning??? You mean now I have to worry about lightning too?? I have a steel yard 20 yards from our house. The lightning really homes in on all that steel piled up. I think that would act as a lightning rod for us... but just something else to worry about eh?? <g> Btw, tonight (Tuesday) around 9:30 P.M. the alarm went off on my receiver. Did this happen with anyone else? I ran outside to see if the dish was alright, and it was, and the lnb light was on, but there was no data signal coming in. Anyone else have this problem? That event only lasted for about 5 minutes. Oh, I lost my documents that PC sent me on how to turn off that LOUD alarm that goes off... can someone tell me what the dip switch settings are to turn off the alarm?? Thanks and God bless. In Christ, Steve <steve.adair@firehouse.org> ========================================================================== Jude 23 Ministries/The Firehouse bbs (803)-322-6822 FamilyNet 8:1011/0 jude23@firehouse.org "And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh." (Jude 1:23) ========================================================================== --- WM v3.10/93-0610 * Origin: Greenville, Sc FamlyNet Backbone (1:3639/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ED FORTIN Number: 583 To: JEFF CUTLER Date: 04/26/94 7:04p Subj: Netmails Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ------------------------------------------------------------ -=> Quoting Jeff Cutler to All <=- JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through them. JC> Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part of the NEC's CRP JC> which means he does not have to route outbound netmail for me. Can I Question...Should you not be included in the CRP for Netmails that are routed through to you. Although you can route outbound Netmails Via 1:3615/50 I don't think you can recieve them Via tha Bird! Thus your NC still has to poll for his\her Netmails. Hence you are now part of the cost. Although it doesn't equivilate to very much on a monthly basis, should you not still contribute..? --- * Origin: The Jester's Court II (1:256/99) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ED FORTIN Number: 584 To: ALL Date: 04/26/94 11:28p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Has anyone been recieving mail in the hobbies echo. Although it's in the list of echo's there seems to be NO Messages..? --- * Origin: The Jester's Court II (1:256/99) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 585 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/27/94 2:42a Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Martin Belcke, John Hrusovszky said: JH>Stealth mode, and I entered "Hell No!" <G> Pity.....stealth works just great in the _latest_ version of QEMM. I'm running it here on the machine that brings in the mail w/o any problems whatsoever. The _only_ thing that I've found that will not work with stealth in the latest QEMM is the Brother's Keeper genealogy program....must be a bug in Brother's Keeper! --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ED MARQUIS Number: 586 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/26/94 5:48a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is required > to route netmail for all nodes in the net. The NC is required but not the NEC. Most NEC's route netmail along with the Echomail as an alternate routing method. Ed --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: The Transporter Room: 8 lines 14gig! 20 CD's 704/567-9513 (1:379/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM BELLAART Number: 587 To: MARK MALACARNE Date: 04/25/94 11:17p Subj: K12 Freeway? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mark! 23 Apr 94, Mark Malacarne writes to All: MM> Ok I'm looking for the areatags for K12? MM> Can someone post them again or let me know where I can FREQ them? Here you go Mark. Tim _ _ _O_/_ _C_u_t_ _H_e_r_e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O \ K12_FWY.ACAD.COMP Academic Computing Info & Issues K12_FWY.ART.ED.CLASS Art Classroom K12_FWY.BUS.ED.CLASS Business Education Classroom K12_FWY.CLASSIC.LANG Classical Language Arts Classroom K12_FWY.COUNSELING School Counseling & Guidance K12_FWY.EDU.ISSUES Issues Concerning Educational Policies, Reform, etc. K12_FWY.ENGLISH.CLAS English Language Arts Classroom K12_FWY.FRENCH.CLASS French Language Arts Classroom K12_FWY.GERMAN.CLASS German Language Arts Classroom K12_FWY.HLTH.PHYS.ED Health & Physical Education Classroom K12_FWY.HOME.ECON Home Economics, Safety & Life Skills Classroom K12_FWY.LIBRARY.SCI Library Science Classroom (school and public) K12_FWY.LOGISTIC.SUP Logistical Support Svcs (food/transport/bldg&grnds,etc.) K12_FWY.MATH.CLASS Mathematics Classroom K12_FWY.NET.ISSUES Issues Concerning K12Freeway Network K12_FWY.NEWS K12Freeway Community Newsroom (news only, no discussion) K12_FWY.OTHER.LANG Other Language Arts Classroom (Japanese, Russian, etc.) K12_FWY.PARENTS Parents as Teachers/Curricular Resources K12_FWY.PERF.ART Performing Arts Classroom (band, drama, etc.) K12_FWY.POPULATION K12Freeway Conference on World Population K12_FWY.PRINCIPALS School Administrators conference K12_FWY.RELIGION Religious Education Classroom (non-public schools) K12_FWY.SCI.CLASS Science Classroom K12_FWY.SOC.STUDIES Social Studies Classroom K12_FWY.SPANISH.CLAS Spanish Language Arts Classroom K12_FWY.SPEC.ED Compensatory Education: learning disabled, etc. K12_FWY.TAL&GIFTED Teaching Talented & Gifted Students K12_FWY.TEACHING Philosophy/Science/Art/Craft/Profession of Teaching K12_FWY.TECH.ED.CLAS Technology Classroom K12_FWY.UNION.ISSUES School Employee Labor Union-related issues & information K12_FWY.VOCATIONAL Vocational & Trades Classroom _ _ _O_/_ _C_u_t_ _H_e_r_e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O \ --- GoldED 2.40 * Origin: EXCESS - CALGARY, AB CANADA (403)285-7338 *HAYES 28.8* (1:134/17.5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 588 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 04/26/94 2:35a Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> You've reached deep into the woods of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom just fine. -> You're getting out Kim. I wish someone would tell ME that! (Even though my name aint Kim.) From deepest South Texas, five miles from Mexico. ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN DONOHUE Number: 589 To: EVERYONE Date: 04/26/94 9:10a Subj: AreaFix 1.30 question Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Greetings All; I'm assisting NET397's Planet Connect hub with his setup. In the AreaFix 1:30 docs (in the WHATSNEW section) it mentions that AreaFix will only honor one forward request per node per day. A little experimentation seems to bear this out. Since the PC Node is feeding two net hubs, and they are feeding the rest of the nodes in the net, each hub only being able to do one forward request a day is a problem. Does anyone know of a way to disable this 'feature'? (Besides say, switching to RecUser or Squish Area Echo Link Manager) ---- I've also noticed that when we try to send echomail replys back to 1:3615/50, after FrontDoor connects, it gets the text string "****ILLEGAL ACCESS****' and 3615/50 then disconnects. Does this indicate a password error, or that 3615/50 doesn't have us entered in his setup yet, or ????? 'Read-only' Fido echoes aren't exactly what we had in mind. ;-) --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library * McAllen TX * (210) 682-4530 (1:397/5258) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOB MORTIMER Number: 590 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/25/94 11:00p Subj: account Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I sent this via RIME Planet Connect conference and in hopes of reaching you I will re post it here in the Fido Planet Connect conference. I seem to have a problem with the expire date of our Planet Connect account. Our original starting date was in Oct 93 during your BETA test period. Our first quarter payment started Nov 1 1993. We paid for three months as a HUB. On January 11, 1994 I noticed PTCCMAIN.EXE beeping at us, warning us of the 9 days to renew. This was 10 days before I expected it to happen. We faxed you and after a few days called for our renewal. I was told by Bob that a term was 30 days and a quarter is 3 times that or 90 days. Now I've paid for another quarter as a single BBS node signing up as a yearly subscriber and I was told that my new expire date is on July 12 1994. I don't understand where I we are loosing all the day's. --- * OLX 1.52 * I thought I saw a Computer Attack! --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: CRS Online, Toronto, Ontario (1:229/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL ROPER Number: 591 To: DEAN LAKE Date: 04/26/94 11:58a Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> I've had some "mysterious random problems" disappear completely -> since upgrading from QEMM 6.x to QEMM 7.03. 7.03 seems to be -> rock solid. Works fine with or without stealth here. Tried it -> both ways for 30 days each. Using it with DOS 5 and LANtastic 5. Hi, Dean... I run exactly the same thing..... would one of those "mysterious random problems" happen to have been the server locking up as it starts to execute a program? for absolutely no apparent reason? mine will run for a week at a time, and just about the time I think it is bullet-proof, the darn thing will lock up and then might do it again several times in that day, only to work fine for days more.... thanks... Bill... --- WM v3.10/91-0097 * Origin: Texas Open Forum! 903-534-1918 100,000+ (1:3801/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIMMY BONDS Number: 592 To: GILL BLUE Date: 04/25/94 2:51p Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE: Test BY: Gill Blue to Jimmy Bonds on Sat Apr 23 1994 07:02:54 > I see you loud and clear here in Opp, Alabama. What part of Alabama are > you in ?? Gill Back over in a little hole called Cullman, Al. ands thanks! --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Southern Breeze BBS: The Heart of Dixie 205-739-3418 (1:3607/21) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIMMY BONDS Number: 593 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/25/94 2:51p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE: Link test BY: Kim Bergman on Sat Apr 23 1994 12:17:21 > Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. Getting you here in Alabama! --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Southern Breeze BBS: The Heart of Dixie 205-739-3418 (1:3607/21) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICHAEL MCCABE Number: 594 To: ALL Date: 04/26/94 5:29a Subj: Waffle Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Greetings All! Since our ZEC has switched over, it has us all updating/upgrading our systems! I am looking for help in setting up Waffle 1.65 as a Door off of RemoteAccess 2.xx Waffle loads and runs/works... My problem is that it will not Return to RA, but drops carrier (I did read the doc's, I did add disable: BYE in the static...) Later...MM... ... Help, I've plummeted to my death and I can't get up! --- GoldED 2.42.G0214+\#23LM1 * Origin: Golden Country* on Bull Shoals Lake, Missouri (1:297/11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MAC BRYANT Number: 595 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/26/94 9:12p Subj: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello, Boyd! I signed up as a non-feeding node with Planet Connect. Now a sysop nearby (in another state) wants to poll Fido from me. What is the charge for adding this. Seems like I remember something about $10 per month? And what does that include? The filebone too? Thanks. .\\ac * QMPro 1.02 49-6919 * Natchez - Where the Old South Still Lives & Lives & Liv --- WM v3.11/93-0070 * Origin: Trinity BBS * Natchez, MS * (601) 442-5978 * (1:3632/42) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LE DUC Number: 596 To: BOYD GOODEN Date: 04/26/94 2:06p Subj: clari news groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd! PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, however I have seen no traffic from any of these groups. Is the PCUSENET file in error? TTYL, John --- * Origin: The GeneSplicer's BBS-Las Vegas,NV (1:209/720) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 597 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/27/94 11:31a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (26 Apr 94) Sid Balcom wrote to Johnny Green... SB> Unfortunately, when I was at your office, with a million and SB> one questions, there was no one there to give me answers. I've still SB> got a million questions, and the only answer I've gotten so far is SB> that it doesn't work under DesqView. I am really wondering where you got that answer, for it is very inacurate. We run it here at the office under DesqView, and numerous sysops that have our system do also. Numerous folks here in this echo also run under DV as you have received msgs to that effect. SB> I wonder if contacting your SB> office will do me any good. Totally up to you,.....we will be glad to help anyone any way we can,....no problem. SB> I get the impression that the two girls SB> are not too technically qualified. As with not going to your auto mechanic for open-heart surgery, or to your dentist for a broken refrigerator,..these LADIES jobs include handling the paper work, finances, mail, and just plain ole keeping Boyd and I straight., ( BTW,...you don't have to be technically qualified at all for that last one..<g>...). ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DON JOHNSON Number: 598 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 04/27/94 12:22a Subj: Re: Information Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Johnny Green had these words of wisdom for Don Johnson. These words were uttered 25 Apr 94 11:05:47. JG> Best way for now is to send a fax with info on your net JG> such as JG> number of nodes, size of feed per day, who the boss is, JG> who will JG> send it to us, all this type stuff,..... Well, since I really don't have access to a fax, is there a voice number? Don Johnson --- * Origin: Chivalry IS alive! Saturday Knights 303-420-8927 (1:104/531) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LORI SMITH Number: 599 To: ALL Date: 04/27/94 7:56a Subj: Test Origin Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Test message to see if origin line is appending MY net address of 1:2255/60.... Thanks Guys! +Lori+ * OLX 2.1 * Member * Wildnet Steering Committee --- GEcho 1.01+ * Origin: OLX 2.1 * Member * Wildnet Steering Committee (1:2255/60) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF BOWMAN Number: 600 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/26/94 3:14a Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Kim! In a message to All <04/23/94> Kim Bergman wrote: KB> Hello All, KB> Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. Coming In clear In Canton, Oh <<sig.imp * WCE 1.5/2119 * Always assume the second try will be different. --- WM v3.10/92-0329 * Origin: The Pentagon - Canton, Oh - 216-493-3522 (1:157/631) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ED BOSTON Number: 601 To: ALL Date: 04/26/94 2:23p Subj: FidoNet replies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I was curious as to sending replies from FidoNet out onto the network. Is it necessary to send the replies through Planet Connect or can I upload them to a local FidoNet hub? For the conferences not on the backbone, I know I would have to go through PC, but if I don't for the rest of the conferences, I would rather advoid the LD costs. Ed Boston ed.boston@phant.boise.id.us --- * RoseReader 2.10* P003092 Entered at [PHANTASIA] --- FidoPCB v1.4 [ff040/x] * Origin: Phantasia BBS - Boise, ID (1:347/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DEAN LAKE Number: 602 To: BILL ROPER Date: 04/27/94 1:57p Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BR} Hi, Dean... BR} I run exactly the same thing..... would one of those BR} "mysterious random problems" happen to have been the server BR} locking up as it starts to execute a program? for absolutely BR} no apparent reason? Yep, sounds familiar. Might do it today on the mailer, tomorrow on the BBS program, and next week on a door. Wait 2 weeks, then start hanging on the mail tosser. No logic at all to it. BR} mine will run for a week at a time, and just about the time BR} I think it is bullet-proof, the darn thing will lock up and BR} then might do it again several times in that day, only to BR} work fine for days more.... Based on your description, I would strongly recommend an upgrade to QEMM 7.03. I hope you find its the solution. Dean * WCE 1.5/2034 * --- WM v3.10/91-0052 * Origin: The DataStream BBS * Peoria,IL * (1:232/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE ATKINSON Number: 603 To: JOHN LE DUC Date: 04/27/94 6:34p Subj: Clari News Groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, however I have seen -> no traffic from any of these groups. Is the PCUSENET file in error? Ditto. I have a user who would like to have them. Boyd: Any chance of getting them added to the feed? Mike --- QScan v1.065b * Origin: Tippy BBS * Lake Tippecanoe * 219-453-4046 * v32t/HST (1:236/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 604 To: ALL Date: 04/27/94 12:25p Subj: Is it me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Is it me??? I don't think so... It seems that everytime I FREQ a file from PC, it takes anywhere from 5-10 minutes before I see/get a steady stream of data flowing. I'm running a 14.4 USR Dual Std and have no problems like this with others. I don't have to do this too often, only on occassion when a mail bundle isn't recv'd by the second pass, but it's disturbing to spend 15 minutes to get a 450k file! Boyd, what seems to be the problem? It's node 1 that I'm connecting with, and I get the same results no matter how many times I hang-up and try again. Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 605 To: JOHN DONOHUE Date: 04/26/94 4:19p Subj: AreaFix 1.30 question Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> 'Read-only' Fido echoes aren't exactly what we had in mind. ;-) That's a very generous way of putting it. I've been using quite a lot stronger language than THAT! You mean to tell me we may expect this to WORK someday? GLORY! ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 606 To: BOB JACKSON Date: 04/26/94 4:25p Subj: Re: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> We see you over here.. Quit Mooning us! :-) Well, I'll be dipped and dabbled around! I AM getting out! Will miracles never cease, and the electron gods be forever blessed! GLORY! Now if the REST of the echos only worked! ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 607 To: BILL WOLF Date: 04/27/94 1:39a Subj: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> It worked Fine. Welcome! Yeah, but I found out tonight that it both WENT, and returned via landline, and spent NO time on the bird. (Strangely enough we don't get this echo off the sat!) What a _strange_ world Fido is.... (and apparently getting stranger by the minute!) ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM WATSON Number: 608 To: GEORGE HANNAH Date: 04/27/94 12:24p Subj: Re: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No George Hannah wrote in a message to Jeff Cutler: -=> Quoting Jeff Cutler to All <=- JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through them. JC> Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part of the NEC's CRP JC> which means he does not have to route outbound netmail for me. Can I GH> However, it is your NC's job to route outbound netmail and GH> inbound netmail for you. I think this would be your best They are required to route -inbound-, but they don't have to route outbound. --- timEd-A10c * Origin: <CyBorg ConTrol> - Where better things happen... (1:170/610) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BURT JUDA Number: 609 To: JOHN LE DUC Date: 04/27/94 9:35p Subj: clari news groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No John Le Duc writes: JLD> PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, JLD> however I have seen no traffic from any of these groups. Is JLD> the PCUSENET file in error? clari.* is a Paid subscription hierarchy. They can't send it thru the bird. --- timEd 1.00 * Origin: Merlin's Castle BBS, Edison, NJ (1:107/309) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: EARL ALBIN Number: 610 To: RICK EDWARDS Date: 04/24/94 10:00a Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RR> This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been sending RE> messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? Rick, I think there is a problem in the bridge into FIDO where the Planet Connect support is supposed to come from. I'm sure your message is reaching all RIME systems that carry the Planet Connect #458 conference. I do not recall ever seeing a reply in this conference from anyone at PC to a RIME only system! Would be a big help if we could get support in here though. Earl === * Valley PC Board - Valley Station, KY (502)937-6143 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 VALLEYPC (#1066) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRAD CHESBRO Number: 611 To: RICK EDWARDS Date: 04/24/94 7:32p Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been sending -> messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? Hush! I'm trying to take a nap.... ROBONAP: Sleeps *for* you while you're online. === * Mushin BBS - Join the InfoMushin Age - 619/452-8137 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 MUSHIN (#819) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RAY SNOW Number: 612 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/24/94 3:15a Subj: Rime and pconn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Right now its a pretty hot thread on RIME about the "delays" that the satellite arrangements are imposing, versus the old land phone lines, on network mail. I have heard it said that RIME might possibly add other options like FTP or otherwise - in order to get faster mail turn around times. All at a cost to HUB sites that would challenge current PConn costs on a monthly basis. Question: Is PConn going to implement any changes in the next few weeks to its RIME file processing and upfeeds to the satellite, that would eliminate some of the RIME leadership's concerns? === * SLMR 2.1a * Stormtroopers can't hit a barn door at this dis.... * Rocky Mountain Software Salt Lake City, Ut 801-963-8721 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 ROCKYMTN (#1384) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS VON MOTZ Number: 613 To: EARL ALBIN Date: 04/26/94 12:50p Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I see it here in San Jose , Ca. , and yes , I am on Sat. Amazing huh?? TTYL, Chris. === * The Flying Dutchman,San Jose,Ca.(408)294-3065,V.32bis.4 NODES * PostLink(tm) v1.20 REDBARON (#1077) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN BURTON Number: 614 To: GEORGE HANNAH Date: 04/26/94 6:53p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > JC> Does planet connect offer the routing of Netmail through them. > JC> Now that I am getting a feed from PC I am not a part of the NEC's CRP > JC> which means he does not have to route outbound netmail for me. Can I > However, it is your NC's job to route outbound netmail and inbound > netmail for you. I think this would be your best route, since most > software is setup with this type of routing in mind. eh ..... You may want to recheck your position on this, George... As NC I am required to routed INBOUND mail... *NOT* outbound mail... --==jb==-- --- * Origin: The SANDBOX ** MultiLine TBBS ** (405)737-9540 (1:147/34.28) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 615 To: ED FORTIN Date: 04/27/94 11:36p Subj: Re: Netmails Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >Question...Should you not be included in the CRP for Netmails that are >routed through to you. Although you can route outbound Netmails Via >1:3615/50 I don't think you can recieve them Via tha Bird! Thus your NC >still has to poll for his\her Netmails. Hence you are now part of the cost. >Although it doesn't equivilate to very much on a monthly basis, should you >not still contribute..? Ed, Routed INBOUND netmail is an obligation accepted by a NC and should not be part of a cost recovery program.. the same applies to Nodediffs, Fidonews and Policy updates/changes. Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JERRY SCROGGIN Number: 616 To: MICHAEL MCCABE Date: 04/27/94 6:27p Subj: Waffle Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MM> I am looking for help in setting up Waffle 1.65 as a Door off of RemoteAcce >2.xx MM> Waffle loads and runs/works... My problem is that it will not Return to RA >but drops carrier (I did read the doc's, I did add disable: BYE in the >static...) i just did this also...i found waffle very unreliable..the rnews tosser locked up way too ofter and waffle would lock up intermitently when posting a message...here's how i got waffle to return to the bbs.. add a text file called RETURN to your \waffle\extern directory.. in the text file put RETURN: /exit=15 then typing RETURN instead of BYE will make waffle exit with an error level of 15 but with the carrier still high instead of dropping. hope it helps,,, jerry --- FreeMail 1.09 * Origin: BAYOU BBS West Monroe, LA 318-397-1822 16.8 DS (1:136/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SIKKO DE GRAAF Number: 617 To: ALL Date: 04/26/94 10:29p Subj: Planet connect in Europe?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello friends oversea I get temporarely this echo by normal channels. Does anyone know if Planet connect will allready supprt Europe or is going to support?.. greetings sikko de graaf --- FMail 0.90 * Origin: Nurse Net Nederland. +31-10-4101933 (2:512/184) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE POUNDS Number: 618 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 04/27/94 3:04p Subj: Re: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JG> Not sure what you are asking...??? JG> JG> Info on the system,..??? tech info on the satellite itself...?? JG> Give me a little more to work with....?? well I was asking how I find the hard ware to connect my satellite dish to my computer I have seen the hard ware one time on the home shopping network that way I can recive the nets over my dish --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: You have entered the Demon's Realm (1:3604/53) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 619 To: STEVE ADAIR Date: 04/27/94 6:21p Subj: SAT COMPUTER SHOW Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Btw, tonight (Tuesday) around 9:30 P.M. the alarm went > off on my receiver. > Did this happen with anyone else? I ran outside to > see if the dish was > alright, and it was, and the lnb light was on, but > there was no data signal > coming in. Anyone else have this problem? That event > only lasted for > about 5 minutes. Oh, I lost my documents that PC sent Hmm.. Thats funny you mentioned that. Do you have a KU dish? I had the same thing last night. (Tuesday). It was around 9:30 or could of been 8:30 my time. The signal went all the way down, no data coming in, but the lnb was okay. Figured the storms we had in the area knocked the dish out of alignment. Went outside, and all was okay. Also I noticed my receiver was a tad bit hot - Figured it overheated. So I just unplugged it and let it cool off for about 5 minutes. Plugged it back in, and away it went. Been on for about 21 hours, and no warning tones. TakeCare, Bill --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: UTI BBS - Now With USR 28.8 V.FC on (815) 942-4403 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LE DUC Number: 620 To: SID BALCOM Date: 04/27/94 12:14p Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Sid Balcom wrote in a message to Gordon Malone: SB> I think I may have a flakey 16550 in there and need SB> to replace it. At the moment I'm using Netware Lite, which SB> isn't all that happy under DesqView. So, there's a LOT of SB> sneakernet going on. Hmm, I'm running Desqview under NWLITE here with very few problems. I did have a LOT of probs at first, but a week of trial and error with the server configuration fixed the probs. You need to be sure that you have enough client tasks enabled (along with the associated buffers). Each task you are running is a client. Also make sure your using DV V.2.62, QEMM 7.03, and have the network parameters set correctly in DVsetup. The downside to reconfiguring the server is that the server needs more conventional memory. Don't forget to re-optimize after each change! If you are tight on conventional mem (who aint?), I had to kick in Vidram, VREMS, and select CGA for monitor type in DVsetup ....which left me with 548K for the first task. The remaining tasks get about 520K. Expanding Server and the other changes meant that Server could not be loaded high....that plus the fact that the digifossel can't be loaded high, really cuts into the base 739K of conventional memory! With all of that, I have a native DOS machine, one under Desqview, and a third running Windows for Workgroups running together with only the usual problems caused by the worst virus of them all....me. I have found that trying to unzip a 10 meg file from and back to a Network drive acrost the LAN is iladvised, but beyond that everything is pretty smooth. My problem is with W4W under NWLITE.......maybe Chacago will fix EVERYTHING. TTYL, John --- * Origin: The GeneSplicer's BBS-Las Vegas,NV (1:209/720) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN FLORY Number: 621 To: JOHN LITTLE Date: 04/27/94 4:51a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JL> Netmail has nothing to do with EchoMail, and any NEC is JL> required to route netmail for all nodes in the net. I JL> don't think there is a requirement for you to JL> contribute to any CRP for this feature. I think that JL> is the way the policy reads. OOPS! Any *NC* is required to route *INCOMING* Netmail to this Net. There is no requirements for *anyone* to route it outside the Net and there are no requirements on an NEC at all because they don't exist. Later Ken N305C N305EC --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: VETLink #13 Las Cruces NM (505)523-2811 (1:305/105) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN FLORY Number: 622 To: GEORGE HANNAH Date: 04/27/94 5:10a Subj: Re: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No GH> However, it is your NC's job to route outbound netmail and inbound GH> netmail for you. I think this would be your best route, since most GH> software is setup with this type of routing in mind. Don't lead the guy astray. NC's are only required to route INBOUND Netmail. Later Ken --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: VETLink #13 Las Cruces NM (505)523-2811 (1:305/105) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 623 To: GARY CRAIN Date: 04/27/94 10:42p Subj: Re: Netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No GH>> However, it is your NC's job to route outbound netmail and GH>> inbound netmail for you. I think this would be your best route, GH>> since most software is setup with this type of routing in mind. GC> Since this is not exactly topical, I was going to ignore it. GC> But, with all the mis-information that's being tossed about I GC> thought I'd just quote Policy4 to clear the air. GC> _ _ _ O / _ _ C_U_T_ H_E_R_E_ _ _ _ GC> O \ GC> 2.1.7 Not Routing Mail GC> You are not required to route traffic if you have not agreed GC> to do so. You are not obligated to route traffic for all if you GC> route it for any, unless you hold a Network Coordinator or Hub GC> Coordinator position. I find it a bit trivial that someone thinks it is going to 'hurt' them to route a netmail packet. After all, most of us are running high speed, and what does an extra 1 or 2 K at high speed actually cost in money? I doubt ANYTHING, since Ma Bell is not charging by the second, but in x-second time slices, as far as I know. GC> Routing traffic through a node not obligated to perform routing GC> without the permission of that node may be annoying behavior. GC> This includes unsolicited echomail. I've never personally seen this, so what exactly does routed netmail look like to the node that it is being routed through? I have heard of instances where SysOps delete routed netmail (or read it) when they see it, but I haven't for the life of me figured out how in the heck they know it is there. --jah ... If you're not the lead dog, everything looks the same! --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 624 To: MICKEY FERGUSON Date: 04/27/94 10:42p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JH>>Stealth mode, and I entered "Hell No!" <G> MF> Pity.....stealth works just great in the _latest_ version of MF> QEMM Hmmm. I was once told NOT to run stealth on a BBS or it would actually slow down the BBS. If that has been remedied (or if it is false), I will re-optimize to free up more ram. Further, what's the latest version? I am running v7.02 here. Also, if there is later version is there a patch available to bring me up to date, or is it another 'fix' that we have to pay for? --jah ... Hard Work has a Future Payoff. Laziness Pays off Now. --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 625 To: MAC BRYANT Date: 04/27/94 10:42p Subj: Re: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MB> I signed up as a non-feeding node with Planet Connect. Now a MB> sysop nearby (in another state) wants to poll Fido from me. MB> What is the charge for adding this. Seems like I remember MB> something about $10 per MB> month? And what does that include? The filebone too? Hi, Mac. The additional $10.00 includes ANYTHING that you want to send the other node(s), as long as you are already receiving it via Planet Connect. --jah ... If we can send a man to the moon -- why not Bill Clinton? --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FOXY FERGUSON Number: 626 To: JOE LYDA Date: 04/27/94 8:01a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hiya, Joe! JL> * WCE 1.5/2107 * DOS 6.0 $49 confirmation that you need a REAL DOS! Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards and DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! * OLX 2.1 * P.O. Box 87 Kingston Springs TN 37082 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Ham Radio & Genealogy (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 627 To: TIM KLAN Date: 04/28/94 2:20a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Sid Balcom, Tim Klan said: TK>Even with 16550 uart chips which correct most errors, planet connect TK>receives tons of errors in desqview ONLY when you're in another window TK>typing. If you start say, planet connect receive and 2 nodes TK>of a bbs reception will be fine. I had problems [running on a 386DX-40] when tossing mail in the other window also. Switching from "DV classic" to DV/X cured both problems. For reasons I don't really understand, PTCCMAIN appears to be much happier running under DV/X than DV-classic. Another thing....recently we've been getting a lot of stuff in with ZERO errors but "trashed".....needless to say, we've tried just about everything to fix this & have fine tuned the system to within an inch of its life! About the only time we miss anything now, it is weather related {we run a Ku system}. In order of importance, here's what we did: 1.- switched back to the 1128 version of PTCCMAIN [thanks Boyd]. 2.- run X00 _BEFORE_ going into DV 3.- make sure X00 _LOCKS_ the port settings of the PTCCMAIN port!!!!!!! 4.- switched to DV/X We tried all sorts of configs but settled on 1,2, & 4 above and were getting about 85% on the first pass. LOCKing the port setting in X00 bumped us up to about 99% !!! FYI: we are running two 486DX-33's and a 386DX-40 on an ethernet LAN with NDOS 7 and DV/X.....we are only using the LAN drivers from NDOS7 and allowing DV/X to provide the client/server software.....uses _LOTS_LESS memory that way! Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM HELTON Number: 628 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 04/29/94 8:41a Subj: Your name/node number Refer: 571 Read: NO Private: No -> I need the moderator of this echo's name and node number for a direct -> send. Tim Helton 11030 NW 26th Place Sunrise, FL 33322 Voice: 305-572-4848 Fax : 305-572-3454 BBS : 305-572-3456 FIDO : 1:369/41 tim moderator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM HELTON Number: 629 To: BOB MORTIMER Date: 04/29/94 8:46a Subj: account Refer: 590 Read: NO Private: No -> I sent this via RIME Planet Connect conference and in hopes of reachi As of yesterday, this echo is now being gated to RIME... tim moderator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PETER CONWAY Number: 630 To: ALL Date: 04/27/94 1:16p Subj: * InterNet * Usenet * Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No If you're calling a Commercial Internet Provider such as HoloNet(tm) to get or send mail for your BBS, then your paying WAY TOO MUCH. Getting your Mail from another BBS? Quit going through a middle-man, it's time to get your BBS a true Internet connection. Sysops looking for REAL access to the Internet, I invite you to freq the following file for complete information on how to get your system connected to the InterNet for a lot less than you think. Just some of the services we offer: UUCP, Domain Name Registration (Have your own REAL Internet Address such as anybbs.com ),E-mail, Newsgroups, FTP, Telenet, IRC, Gopher, Archie, WAIS, WWW, PING, , SLIP/PPP and more.... Freq: INTERUSE.ZIP OR Send Email to: Info@backdr.com From: 1:271/320 Have a question? Give us a call, 804-229-4484. Office hours are 9am-7pm EST. --- WM v3.10/93-0786 * Origin: THE BACKDOOR BBS Williamsburg, VA (1:271/320) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 631 To: BOB MORTIMER Date: 04/28/94 9:46a Subj: Re: account Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I don't understand where I we are loosing all the day's. Our caculations are not alway correct but the one that bob gave you is currect. Let me know on the next update and I will fix it. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 632 To: MAC BRYANT Date: 04/28/94 9:49a Subj: Re: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > charge for adding this. Seems like I remember something about $10 per > month? And what does that include? The filebone too? That is correct. When you feed fido that also includes the file areas. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 633 To: JOHN LE DUC Date: 04/28/94 9:51a Subj: Re: clari news groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, however I have > seen no traffic from any of these groups. Is the PCUSENET file in error? Yes. Clari is a subscription service and we are trying to see what the cost would be. If it is a good price then we will carry them. I will be changing the PCUSENET.TXT file shortly to reflect exactly what we have going over. ....Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 634 To: ED BOSTON Date: 04/28/94 9:53a Subj: Re: FidoNet replies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > know I would have to go through PC, but if I don't for the rest of the > conferences, I would rather advoid the LD costs. All relpies have to be sent to us to avoid a dupe problem. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 635 To: CHRIS VON MOTZ Date: 04/28/94 9:59a Subj: Re: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I see it here in San Jose , Ca. , and yes , I am on Sat. Hey Chris! .....Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTY DUPLISSEY Number: 636 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 04/20/94 7:23p Subj: Newbie PC questions Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Replying to a message of Randy Edwards to All: RE> Turning to utilities, does anyone have a "Tick killer" utility? RE> What I'm looking for is for some utility that would automagically RE> examine the Tick files in a subdir and would kill off certain Don't know of any. But seems pretty simple to write. What's it worth$ to you.(G) RE> Also, do any of you OS/2 users have a recommendation for an OS/2 RE> AreaFix program? If so, I'd love to hear your I use Areafix for Os/2 here. Freqable as afp_130A.lzh. Later, Marty! --- FleetStreet 0.85wb * Origin: Programmers Connection OS/2 Longview, TX (903) 643-7607 (1:398/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK MALACARNE Number: 637 To: DENNIS POWERS Date: 04/27/94 9:23a Subj: K12 Freeway? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Dennis Powers to Mark Malacarne <=- Hey Dennis! DP> K12_Fwy.SOC.STUDIES Social Studies Classroom DP> K12_Fwy.SPANISH.CLAS Spanish Language Arts Classroom DP> K12_Fwy.SPEC.ED Compensatory Education: learning disabled, etc. DP> K12_Fwy.TAL&GIFTED Teaching Talented & Gifted Students -><-Dennis Thanks! Mark! ... If it wasn't for C, we would be using BASI, PASAL and OBOL! --- Cray Systems .002+ * Origin: -= TLOTL =- In The Rockies! (1:104/918) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK MALACARNE Number: 638 To: TIM BELLAART Date: 04/27/94 4:08p Subj: K12 Freeway? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Tim Bellaart to Mark Malacarne <=- TB> Hello Mark! TB> 23 Apr 94, Mark Malacarne writes to All: TB> Here you go Mark. TB> Tim Thanks!! Mark! ... Drop Your DOS, We Have your Windows Surrounded... --- Cray Systems .002+ * Origin: -= TLOTL =- In The Rockies! (1:104/918) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 639 To: DON JOHNSON Date: 04/28/94 11:02a Subj: Information Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (27 Apr 94) Don Johnson wrote to Johnny Green... DJ> Well, since I really don't have access to a fax, is there a voice DJ> number? Sure,....615-623-8300 is the main number at the office. .....Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 640 To: DAVE POUNDS Date: 04/28/94 11:22a Subj: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (27 Apr 94) Dave Pounds wrote to Johnny Green... DP> well I was asking how I find the hard ware to connect my satellite DP> dish to my DP> computer I have seen the hard ware one time on the home shopping DP> network The system that you saw on Shop At Home, was our end-user system called SKYLINK. It uses a data-demodulator off of your currently existing C-band satellite system. The only mail that is transmitted on it is 50 echos from FIDO. DP> that way I can recive the nets over my dish If it is indeed the nets you are wanting, then you want our other service, PLANET CONNECT. If this is what you are wanting then all you need from us is the PC receiver which costs $ 299.00. This will connect to your dish and not require you to buy another dish unless you want to. Download or Freq PCINFO.TXT from our system,( 1:3615/50 ) , dload from 615-623-8111, and this file will cover the pricing and features of our system. We can also fax this info to you if you wish, (it's just too long to go over here, especially when most folks here already have one any way.) ......Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 641 To: SIKKO DE GRAAF Date: 04/28/94 1:06p Subj: Planet connect in Europe?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (26 Apr 94) Sikko De Graaf wrote to All... SD> Does anyone know if Planet connect will allready supprt Europe or is SD> going to support?.. SD> SD> greetings sikko de graaf Hello Sikki...!!! This is Johnny Green from Planet Connect. We are currently working on that feed and hope to have everything finalized here very soon. We are looking at different transponder options and the like to get the feed to you guys and gals over there. Be patient and we should be ready to go with in the next few months.,( it's real hard to give a more direct time table, with all the issues that have to be dealt with.) Good to hear from you ..!!! ...Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 642 To: EARL ALBIN Date: 04/28/94 1:12p Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (24 Apr 94) Earl Albin wrote to Rick Edwards... EA> I do not recall ever seeing a reply in this conference from anyone at EA> PC to a RIME only system! Would be a big help if we could get support EA> in here though. Not sure which actual feed you sent this through, but I see you here and would be glad to help any RIME folks that are interested. Just leave me msgs here and I will try my best. ....Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID COLEMAN Number: 643 To: ALL Date: 04/28/94 10:20p Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I am getting PLENTY of mail coming in and am sending one of those stupid "am I getting out" messages. More importantly, as this is my first message, and before I send any more, is this done right and if not what is wrong? Thanks, David * OLX 2.1 TD * Between two evils, pick the one you never tried before! --- QScan v1.062b * Origin: The Cotton Patch * Hollandale, MS * 601-827-2733 (1:368/501) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FOXY FERGUSON Number: 644 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 04/28/94 3:09p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No EH>*@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N EH>-> You've reached deep into the woods of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom just EH>fine. EH>-> You're getting out Kim. EH>I wish someone would tell ME that! (Even though my name aint Kim.) EH>From deepest South Texas, five miles from Mexico. Ok, Elvis, you're getting out... Hiya, from Tennessee, the "Mother" of Texas.... ;-) * OLX 2.1 * P.O. Box 87 Kingston Springs TN 37082 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Ham Radio & Genealogy (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE ATKINSON Number: 645 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 04/28/94 12:37p Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> It seems that everytime I FREQ a file from PC, it takes anywhere from 5-10 -> minutes before I see/get a steady stream of data flowing. I'm I'm not sure which node I've been on but the times I've freq'd something from PC it always steps right up to a 1640-1650 cps rate. This has been at various times of day or night with v.32bis (USR dual).. Mike --- QScan v1.065b * Origin: Tippy BBS * Lake Tippecanoe * 219-453-4046 * v32t/HST (1:236/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 646 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 04/28/94 7:04p Subj: planet connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. > N >-> It worked Fine. Welcome! > Yeah, but I found out tonight that it both WENT, and > returned via landline, and > spent NO time on the bird. (Strangely enough we don't > get this echo off the > sat!) Hm.. That is strange - as I'm getting this echo from PC. No land-lines involved here, other than the one used to deliver this message to Planet Connect! :-) TakeCare, Bill --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: UTI BBS - Now With USR 28.8 V.FC on (815) 942-4403 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LE DUC Number: 647 To: BURT JUDA Date: 04/28/94 5:10p Subj: clari news groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Burt Juda wrote in a message to John Le Duc: BJ> John Le Duc writes: JLD> PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, JLD> however I have seen no traffic from any of these groups. Is JLD> the PCUSENET file in error? BJ> clari.* is a Paid subscription hierarchy. They can't send BJ> it thru the bird. Then I was correct, it is an error that they are listed in the current PCUSENET.TXT file? My downlinks are bugging me for an explination as to why PC claims to have them available, but there is no feed. I will have to feed them from my UUCP account, I guess. TTYL, John --- * Origin: The GeneSplicer's BBS-Las Vegas,NV (1:209/720) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM DUNMYER Number: 648 To: STEVE ADAIR Date: 04/28/94 5:00p Subj: SAT COMPUTER SHOW Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Lightning??? You mean now I have to worry about lightning too?? I The coax cable can act as an antenna and pick up a pretty good voltage spike, even if the lightning hits only "close by". This spike can fry your receiver or LNB, or perhaps other connected equipment. They suggest that you install a lightning arrestor device in the coax; it can be bought from the Planet Connect folks or probably any local satellite dealer. Can't help you with your alarm problem, my 'C' band receiver doesn't have one. (I don't think it does, anyway) --- FLAME v1.0 * Origin: Toledo's TBBS, 14+ gigs, 150,000 files 313-854-6001 (1:234/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 649 To: BOB MORTIMER Date: 04/28/94 4:16p Subj: account Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BM> I don't understand where I we are loosing all the day's. Not meaning to butt in here, but the same thing happened to me. I was told that they would make the difference up at the end of the sub. I lost 4 days when I renewed. If you look at 3 months vs. 1/4 year, PC is going to come out ahead. 12 months at 30 days per month = 360 days, 5 days short of a full year.. -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 650 To: LORI SMITH Date: 04/28/94 4:27p Subj: Test Origin Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No LS> Test message to see if origin line is appending MY net LS> address of 1:2255/60.... Thanks Guys! LS> +Lori+ LS> * OLX 2.1 * Member * Wildnet Steering Committee LS> --- GEcho 1.01+ LS> * Origin: OLX 2.1 * Member * Wildnet Steering Committee (1:2255/60) Looks ok here Lori. * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL ROPER Number: 651 To: DEAN LAKE Date: 04/28/94 9:24p Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> BR} Hi, Dean... -> -> BR} I run exactly the same thing..... would one of those -> BR} "mysterious random problems" happen to have been the server -> BR} locking up as it starts to execute a program? for absolutely -> BR} no apparent reason? -> -> Yep, sounds familiar. Might do it today on the mailer, tomorrow -> on the BBS program, and next week on a door. Wait 2 weeks, then -> start hanging on the mail tosser. No logic at all to it. -> -> BR} mine will run for a week at a time, and just about the time -> BR} I think it is bullet-proof, the darn thing will lock up and -> BR} then might do it again several times in that day, only to -> BR} work fine for days more.... -> -> Based on your description, I would strongly recommend an upgrade -> to QEMM 7.03. I hope you find its the solution. You don't know how glad I am to hear someone else has had the same problem...... I have 7.03 coming and will keep my fingers crossed. thanks.... Bill... --- WM v3.11/91-0097 * Origin: Texas Open Forum! 903-534-1918 100,000+ (1:3801/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 652 To: ED FORTIN Date: 04/28/94 11:58a Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Tuesday April 26 1994, Ed Fortin writes to All: Hello Ed! EF> Has anyone been recieving mail in the hobbies echo. Although it's in the EF> list of echo's there seems to be NO Messages..? Boyd may wish to clairify but I do beleive it was stated a few weeks ago or more that the Hobbies echo doesn't ??want?? to be distributed by satellite Most rediculous if I may say so myself :) One has best double check that with Boyd though. Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 653 To: ALL Date: 04/28/94 12:01a Subj: Rime network on line Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I'd like to thank our Moderator Tim Helton for allowing me to gate this echo To<=>From the RIME network. Mark Adkins Blue Lake System's Sysop --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE UTICK Number: 654 To: RICK EDWARDS Date: 04/25/94 8:08p Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE=}Boy! RE=}This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been sending =}messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? Well, if it is messed up on yours, it is messed up on mine too. I think I have only seen about 10 messages in here in the two weeks I have had RIME up and running! Do you know if Planet Connect even monitors this conference at all? As far as I know, I haven't seen any messages from anyone there in here. Steve === * QMPro 1.52 * Ultimate office automation: Networked coffee machines! * The H.U.G.E. BBS - (406)227-8678 13+ GIGS of Shareware! * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HUGEBBS (#5528) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM FIERRO Number: 655 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 04/28/94 3:50p Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JG> As with not going to your auto mechanic for open-heart surgery, JG> or to your dentist for a broken refrigerator,..these LADIES jobs Don't lumpo all mechanics together in a group. Why just last week I had open-heart surgery and got a free lube job at the same time. :) The Racer's Edge Network Delivery System * TRENDS! (206) 863-5877/939-7876 --- * RoseReader 2.50* P003065 Entered at [RACER] --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: TRENDS! Node #2 * Sumner, WA * (206) 863-5877 * (1:138/165) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 656 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/27/94 7:24p Subj: Netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 27, 1994, at 22:42, John Hrusovszky of 1:238/300@fidonet wrote: JH> I find it a bit trivial that someone thinks it is going to JH> 'hurt' them to route a netmail packet. After all, most of us I find it trivial, you find it trivial, but, there are those who will not route anything. We must conform, in this case, to the lowest common denominator and Policy 4. JH> is not charging by the second, but in x-second time slices, as JH> far as I know. In parts of minutes usually. It is conceivable that a netmail message or two could roll you cost into the next minute, half minute or whatever. GC>> Routing traffic through a node not obligated to perform GC>> routing without the permission of that node may be annoying GC>> behavior. This includes unsolicited echomail. JH> I've never personally seen this, so what exactly does routed JH> netmail look like to the node that it is being routed through? I don't know about you, but here, running Intermail, netmail looks just like netmail. I use MsgTrack to check on netmail going thru here and strip any bits that I will not honor, such as Crash, FileAttach, Direct, etc. JH> I have heard of instances where SysOps delete routed netmail (or JH> read it) when they see it, but I haven't for the life of me JH> figured out how in the heck they know it is there. In my case, it shows up in the netmail folder and is available to be read, at least until I send it on. I rarely look at any of it since I know that it's not for me and doesn't violate any of my standards. BTW, they are not supposed to delete netmail, if you know personally of anyone doing it you can make a hell of a case for a Policy Complaint, if you're so inclined. Netmail does have to be routed, but it should be returned from whence it originated. Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LUNDELL Number: 657 To: ALL Date: 04/28/94 11:40a Subj: Satellite Reciever For Sa Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No @SUBJECT:Satellite Reciever for Sale N Uniden 2200 Digital Readout, Variable audio control, Polarity control output and skew control, video invert switch, audio-video-baseband outputs. Dimensions: 13" W, 10" D, 3" H --------------------------------------------------------------- I purchased this little unit just a week ago and used it for the first BBS TV show and have not used it since.. it's brand new (only used once) and I'm looking to sell it since i just purchased a full satellite TV system and no longer have a use for it. I'm asking $100 + 10 S&H... I'm saving you $50 and for only having it be used once! All original packaging etc. still here ready to ship off to you. 701-775-5601 voice will accept VISA/MC.. 1:14/644 is my BBS node number. Here is what it sells for new: Uniden 2200 satellite receiver: NEW ($149.00 plus $10.00 S&H) --------------------------------------------------------------- --- QScan v1.071b * Origin: City Lites BBS (701) 775-1143 HST/DS/V.32bis (1:14/644) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LE DUC Number: 658 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/28/94 8:33p Subj: Re: clari news groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Boyd Goodin wrote in a message to John Le Duc: > PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, however I have > seen no traffic from any of these groups. Is the PCUSENET file in error? BG> BG> Yes. Clari is a subscription service and we are trying BG> to see what the cost would be. If it is a good price then we BG> will carry them. I will be changing the PCUSENET.TXT file BG> shortly to reflect exactly what we have going over. BG> ....Boyd Great! My downlinks are giving me fits about the "old, outdated file" *I* keep using and want to know why *I'm* too lazy to get a new one <G>. A discription file would save me a lot of, "I don't know what that news group is." mesages. TTYL, John --- * Origin: The GeneSplicer's BBS-Las Vegas,NV (1:209/720) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DEAN LAKE Number: 659 To: BILL ROPER Date: 04/30/94 12:09a Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BR} You don't know how glad I am to hear someone else has had BR} the same problem...... Probably about as glad as I was to stumble across the answer. Dean * WCE 1.5/2034 * --- WM v3.10/91-0052 * Origin: The DataStream BBS * Peoria,IL * (1:232/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 660 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/29/94 11:33p Subj: Re: Hello Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JH>Hmmm. I was once told NOT to run stealth on a BBS or it would actually JH>slow down the BBS. If that has been remedied (or if it is JH>false), I will re-optimize to free up more ram. I can't tell the difference [speedwise] on this 486DX-33 running two copies of RA plus a mailtoss window...between running stealth & no stealth. Tho I can see the difference in the available RAM. JH>Further, what's the latest version? I am running v7.02 here. JH>Also, if there is later version is there a patch available to bring me JH>up to date, or is it another 'fix' that we have to pay for? We are running QEMM v7.04 here & got it when we upgraded to DV/X V2.0; so I don't know if there is a patch and/or upgrade. Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FOXY FERGUSON Number: 661 To: DEAN LAKE Date: 04/29/94 9:54a Subj: Qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No DL>Based on your description, I would strongly recommend an upgrade DL>to QEMM 7.03. I hope you find its the solution. Hi, Dean! We installed v7.04 two, maybe three weeks ago... --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Ham Radio & Genealogy (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FOXY FERGUSON Number: 662 To: DAVID COLEMAN Date: 04/29/94 10:54p Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No DC>I am getting PLENTY of mail coming in and am sending one of those DC>stupid "am I getting out" messages. More importantly, as this is my DC>first message, and before I send any more, is this done right and if not DC>what is wrong? Methinks you've got it right, David. From middle Tennessee, Welcome! Foxy --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Ham Radio & Genealogy (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICK VANHOOSER Number: 663 To: RICK EDWARDS Date: 04/27/94 4:04a Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been -> sending messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? Hello Rick, I think it is because we have moved everything in regards to PC to the ADMIN conference. Your message did get out. Rick === * Metroplex BBS - Memphis TN - (901)327-1895 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 METROPLX (#1786) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICK VANHOOSER Number: 664 To: RAY SNOW Date: 04/27/94 4:09a Subj: Rime and pconn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Question: -> Is PConn going to implement any changes in the next few weeks to its -> RIME file processing and upfeeds to the satellite, that would -> eliminate some of the RIME leadership's concerns? Ray, in this message to Boyd, its more that 'RIME leadership's concerns'! I pay the bills for this end and have MANY! Rick === * Metroplex BBS - Memphis TN - (901)327-1895 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 METROPLX (#1786) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 665 To: RAY SNOW Date: 04/27/94 1:30p Subj: Rime and pconn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RS>Question: RS>Is PConn going to implement any changes in the next few weeks to RS>its RIME file processing and upfeeds to the satellite, that would RS>eliminate some of the RIME leadership's concerns? RS> Boyd has made it known that he might or might not be able to respond to mail to him, so let me 'unburden' the guy (inappreciation for all he and his people are doing to help us! ..Thanks, Boyd..) Now, to the point: Rime administration was/is concerned about what they perceive as unnecessarily long 'turn around times' and delays in getting mail distributed. The fact seems to be that if a hub is used to the quick net distribution character of hubs and nodes which historiclly transfer mail several times per day, then Yes, there is a slowdown... a slowdown which they perceive as intolerable. As I scan the commenting within Rime on this, there just have not been a great number of bbs's havingthis problem ..but those who do are big and important hub systems, and all the net suffers when they're not max'd out .. And yes, am happy to have read today that Rime admin and PC have gotten together and taken steps to understand the problem and to do something about it.. This includes PC recoding some ware (which will take some weeks) , and Rime doing several uploads to PC daily.. In turn, PC will add all new mail to 'later broadcasts' of that day's packets ... In other words, when new stuff is sent in to PC, they'll add it/update the packets immediately ... For a period of some weeks, they've agreed to a plan of coordinated actions that will help/cure the problem, ... I hope I've paraphrased satisfactorily what i recall of what i read.. And folks have asked that they not be unnecessarily bothered with tons of questions/complaints/etc until the solutions have a chance to work and/or be further modified... We should thank both parties for working together on this... === * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154Monkey in a blender: Rhesus Pieces? * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * RIME:154 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : * Anesthesia/Med/Sci/Engineering * --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS VON MOTZ Number: 666 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 04/28/94 1:47p Subj: Planet connect conference Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Good show Mark , thanks. Its all here.Grin. Could you please leave me your voice Nr. so I can call you , and get the dope on Fido , as I have been planning to get on that for better than 2 years now , and its going to happen. I do have Intermail as Front , and it works well. I also have their tosser , so it seems to be a matter of getting the details worked out and GO Like Heck.Grin. Thanks and greetings, Chris. === * The Flying Dutchman,San Jose,Ca.(408)294-3065,V.32bis.4 NODES * PostLink(tm) v1.20 REDBARON (#1077) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICK EDWARDS Number: 667 To: STEVE UTICK Date: 04/28/94 8:18a Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No SU>RE=}Boy! SU>RE=}This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been sending > =}messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? SU>Well, if it is messed up on yours, it is messed up on mine too. I think >I have only seen about 10 messages in here in the two weeks I have had >RIME up and running! Do you know if Planet Connect even monitors this >conference at all? As far as I know, I haven't seen any messages from >anyone there in here. When this conference first started, one could almost count on at least 30 messages a day. The past couple of weeks.....nada. This morning, along with your message, there are 322 messages.....all in a 24 hour period. Something got "unstuck." regards.....<re> === * QMPro 1.50 41-9162 * Money Talks! Mine always says goodbye! * * The Holistic BBS * Cypress, CA * 714-995-3790 HST/DS * * PostLink(tm) v1.11 HOLISTIC (#88) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICK EDWARDS Number: 668 To: RICK VANHOOSER Date: 04/28/94 8:19a Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RV>-> This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been >-> sending messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? >Hello Rick, I think it is because we have moved everything in regards to >PC to the ADMIN conference. Your message did get out. Why was it moved? .....<re> === * QMPro 1.50 41-9162 * Whatsa matter Colonel Sanders.......CHICKEN? * * The Holistic BBS * Cypress, CA * 714-995-3790 HST/DS * * PostLink(tm) v1.11 HOLISTIC (#88) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 669 To: CHRIS VON MOTZ Date: 04/29/94 10:50a Subj: Planet connect conference Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Could you please leave me your voice Nr. so I can call you , and get -> the dope on Fido , as I have been planning to get on that for better -> than 2 years now , and its going to happen. Sure will Chris. I'll R/O-R the number in NetAdmin. -> Thanks and greetings, Anytime and nice to have everyone here. --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 670 To: MICKEY FERGUSON Date: 04/29/94 2:38p Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mickey, What's the difference between DV-Classic and DV/X? I have not used DV since vr2.3 and I'm a bit out of touch. I have a new application that requires DV and it's time to get the latest version. I'd rather buy just 1 program instead of two. Thanks, Mark --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 671 To: KEN KAVANAGH Date: 04/30/94 3:23a Subj: Re: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >Boyd may wish to clairify but I do beleive it was stated a few weeks ago or >more that the Hobbies echo doesn't ??want?? to be distributed by satellite >Most rediculous if I may say so myself :) One has best double check that >with Boyd though. >Cheers, Ken Ken, I have to agree with you on that.... Is there any logic behind that decision? This doesn't mean we still can't have a HOBBIES echo does it... but only distributed by satellite.. 8-) Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RICK HOLT Number: 672 To: DEAN LAKE Date: 04/29/94 12:11a Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to Russell Naber <04/25/94> Dean Lake wrote: DL> I've had some "mysterious random problems" disappear completely DL> since upgrading from QEMM 6.x to QEMM 7.03. 7.03 seems to be DL> rock solid. Works fine with or without stealth here. Tried it DL> both ways for 30 days each. Using it with DOS 5 and LANtastic 5. The 7.04 upgrade patch made a world of difference on my system and is no longer giving me the Exception Error 13 Messages. You may want to get a copy of it to try out. Till Later... Rick Holt * WCE 1.5/2193 * Eagles may fly but ferrets aren't sucked into jets. --- WM v3.11/93-0652 * Origin: Calvin's Lair -- 1-303-233-1386 (1:104/830.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICHAEL MCCABE Number: 673 To: JERRY SCROGGIN Date: 04/29/94 4:08a Subj: Waffle Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Greetings Jerry! Wednesday April 27 1994 18:27, Jerry Scroggin wrote to Michael Mccabe: JS> ...here's how i got waffle to return to the bbs.. JS> hope it helps,,, That it did. Now it even works :) Later...MM... (mtm@gldncnty.omahug.org) ... RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure! --- GoldED 2.42.G0214+\#23LM1 * Origin: Golden Country* on Bull Shoals Lake, Missouri (1:297/11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN FLORY Number: 674 To: FOXY FERGUSON Date: 04/29/94 5:13a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No FF> Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards and FF> DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! This is a route I was wanting to go, but had been warned off as there seemed to be some kind of a problem using the multitaskeing part on a macine doing comm work. What I had been told was that if you swapped windows during a dat transfer you will either hang the transfer or cause errors. Have you experienced anything of this nature? Later Ken --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: VETLink #13 Las Cruces NM (505)523-2811 (1:305/105) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MAC BRYANT Number: 675 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 04/29/94 6:52a Subj: Re: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JH|Hi, Mac. The additional $10.00 includes ANYTHING that you want to send |the other node(s), as long as you are already receiving it via Planet |Connect. Thanks, John. I've forwarded the message along. Will let you guys know. .\\ac * QMPro 1.02 49-6919 * Hobbits Network with Tolkien Ring Adapters --- WM v3.11/93-0070 * Origin: Trinity BBS * Natchez, MS * (601) 442-5978 * (1:3632/42) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MAC BRYANT Number: 676 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/29/94 4:03p Subj: Re: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BG|> charge for adding this. Seems like I remember something about $10 per |> month? And what does that include? The filebone too? BG| That is correct. When you feed fido that also includes the file areas. Thanks, Boyd. I've passed the word along. Will let you know. .\\ac * QMPro 1.02 49-6919 * U'NI Education Conference Hostess --- WM v3.11/93-0070 * Origin: Trinity BBS * Natchez, MS * (601) 442-5978 * (1:3632/42) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE LAFRENIERE Number: 677 To: ALL Date: 04/29/94 1:01a Subj: Family Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Does anyone know if Family net is still comming over the bird. I have not received anything for a while, and the filebone.na says that it is not on the sat. George --- WM v2.06/92-0050 * Origin: BBS, Leicester MASS (508) 892-8857 (1:322/605) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 678 To: N.L. HARGROVE Date: 04/28/94 3:14a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> The Digital Media Publisher -> N.L. (Jake) Hargrove -> ReaderSoft Software Well, dang Jake! Here you are too...... ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GREG ROSLER Number: 679 To: DAVID COLEMAN Date: 04/29/94 7:19p Subj: Reply... Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE: Test BY: David Coleman on Thu Apr 28 1994 10:20 pm Well, you made it here with no problem. Got your message just fine! Greg --- Synchronet * Origin: In Your Face BBS! Rio Rancho, NM 505-891-1424/1425 (1:301/43) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL MAGEORS Number: 680 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/29/94 8:44p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No KB> Just testing my link. Please respond if you get this. Howdy! --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: TCR'S Revenge (1:124/4218) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 681 To: TIM FIERRO Date: 04/30/94 9:00a Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (28 Apr 94) Tim Fierro wrote to Johnny Green... TF> Don't lumpo all mechanics together in a group. Why just last TF> week I had open-heart surgery and got a free lube job at the same TF> time. :) Now that sounds interesting,.....at the same time.!,... ....but not at the same place I bet,...<g>.... Yeah,.....was your doctor a lady,...?,..?!??!? ....Johnny ... Planet Systems Inc. (615) 623-8300 Voice (615) 623-8111 BBS --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems / Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DIANE SUMMERS Number: 682 To: MIKE ATKINSON Date: 04/30/94 7:55a Subj: Clari News Groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Mike! MA> Ditto. I have a user who would like to have them. Same here! :) ...Di * WCE 1.5/2184 * My Heart is in the Heart of Di's Online Cafe.... --- WM v3.10/93-0963 * Origin: Di's Online Cafe dibbs@dibbs.com (205) 661-8945 (1:3625/470.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 683 To: TIM FIERRO Date: 04/30/94 11:05p Subj: PC & DesqView Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Johnny Green, Tim Fierro said: TF>JG> As with not going to your auto mechanic for open-heart surgery, TF>JG> or to your dentist for a broken refrigerator,..these LADIES TF>jobs TF>Don't lumpo all mechanics together in a group. Why just last TF>week I had open-heart surgery and got a free lube job at the TF>same TF>time. :) I always thought that auto-mechanics ought to be paid better than medical doctors....after all medical doctors only have to learn to work on one make and two models! <G> [FYI: I am neither an auto-mechanic nor an MD.] --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 684 To: GEORGE LAFRENIERE Date: 05/01/94 2:10a Subj: Family Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to All, George Lafreniere said: GL> Does anyone know if Family net is still comming over the GL>bird. Well, I keep having to delete them before compressing my disk. Guess I really ought to send them to NUL/, --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DEAN LAKE Number: 685 To: RICK HOLT Date: 04/30/94 12:21p Subj: qemm Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RH} The 7.04 upgrade patch made a world of difference on my system and is no RH} longer giving me the Exception Error 13 Messages. You may want to get a RH} copy of it to try out. Thanx. Just picked up the latest version from QEMM's BBS. QEMM upgrades, got em here for F'REQ: (1:232/30 or 1:232/46) 701to704.EXE - 271k 702to704.EXE - 217k 703to704.EXE - 191k Or call QEMM's BBS directly, at 310-314-3227 Dean * WCE 1.5/2034 * --- WM v3.10/91-0052 * Origin: The DataStream BBS * Peoria,IL * (1:232/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 686 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/30/94 3:39a Subj: Re: FidoNet replies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> All relpies have to be sent to us to avoid a dupe problem. Ok. How do we avoid the ******ILLEGAL*******ILLEGAL*******ILLEGAL******** problem? <grin> Would you guys please install our session password (or whatever the heck is wrong) so we CAN send our replies to you! D-Bridge seems to think we've touched it in a tender place when we call. We sort of had INTERACTIVE Planet Connect in mind when we installed it. <grin> ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CRAIG CLARK Number: 687 To: GEORGE LAFRENIERE Date: 04/30/94 7:07p Subj: Family Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No George Lafreniere wrote in a message to All: GL> Does anyone know if Family net is still comming over the GL> bird. I have not received anything for a while, and the GL> filebone.na says that it is not on the sat. It's still being sent, but sometimes several days will go by without any bundles then you will get three or four days worth in one day. I think the FamilyNet heads are working at smoothing out the flow. -=- Craig. --- timEd-B9 * Origin: -={ Christian Deliverance BBS, Devonshire BERMUDA }=- (1:3658/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 688 To: MIKE ATKINSON Date: 04/30/94 8:01a Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MA->I'm not sure which node I've been on but the times I've freq'd something fr MA->PC it always steps right up to a 1640-1650 cps rate. This has been at vari MA->times of day or night with v.32bis (USR dual).. Dual here as well as I stated, and the same thing happened last night. I believe I'm getting on the first node, but not sure about that. Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM LAJOIE Number: 689 To: FOXY FERGUSON Date: 04/28/94 11:18p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards and -> DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! How much did the upgrade cost? Cheers! Tim Lajoie, SysOp - The Collosus Soo Resource Net --- WM v3.10/92-0279 * Origin: CSRN BBS, Over 5 Gigs Online + InterNet & Satellite! (1:222/21.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY BARR Number: 690 To: ALL Date: 04/30/94 7:38p Subj: RA/FD/TICK Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I am running RA V2.0/pro with FD 2.20 Commercial Verion & Tick. My problem is I am hubing some file areas that I get from the FDN's. I cannot however figure out how to have Tick set the messages (containing the .TIC info) as KILL/SENT. That way after FD sends the message with the file attach, that it will delete the attached files...since I no longer need them. The only way I can figure out how to do it, is to manually go into Frontdoor's FM and change the status to KILL/SENT. Is there any way that I am missing to automatically set the message as KILL/SENT? Gary --- * Origin: **Digicom BBS** 812-479-1310 USR 16.8K, Evansville,IN (1:2310/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GORDON MALONE Number: 691 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 04/30/94 9:17a Subj: Planet Connect Network! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hey Johnny! So, when are we going to start ramping up on Planet Connect's Network? I'd love to help with managing that! By the time we get our buddies across the pond hooked in to the system could be well on our way to building the network.... What do I need to do to get started on it!?! :) <Big Old Grin> Gordon --- PCB15.1/Gecho 1.02+ * Origin: RDL - Baltimore's 1st PC Satellite System 410-866-4554 (1:13/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS BATES Number: 692 To: ALL Date: 05/01/94 6:57a Subj: Usenet Groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello All! I am running a board here in the heart of Arkansas, and I am considering going ahead and running with the Usenet groups! What I want to know is, What software will I need? I use Remote Access 2.01+, FrontDoor 2.12+, GEcho 1.02+, Allfix 4.20 /gamma 4+, and OS/2 2.1... I am fairly knowledgeable about my Fido setup, but what tosser, etc would I need for Usenet?? Also, is it read only, or can I send back replies, and get them answered quickly?? I know that through a university in another town (Long Distance unfortunately:), they can send out a message, and have it back within a few hours! What can I expect with PC's Usenet?? Also, is there a "FIDONET.NA" listing for Usenet, or something that lists "echoes"?? If you know the answer to some of these, please give me whatever input you can! I want to hear from people who actually have this working, cause I want to offer my users Usenet and Fido, so we will have the best of both! Thanks in advance! Chris --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Tower o' Hi' Sorcery - Conway, AR - up to 28.8! (1:399/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS BATES Number: 693 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/01/94 7:09a Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Chuck! Thursday April 28 1994 12:37, Mike Atkinson wrote to Chuck Warren: ->> It seems that everytime I FREQ a file from PC, it takes ->> anywhere from 5-10 minutes before I see/get a steady stream of ->> data flowing. I'm Just to throw in my ten cents here, I always got 1600 to 1700 CPS rates with my 14.4's, and I now get 3300 and up to 3600 CPS rates with my new 28.8's! If you make many "file Requests" from them, it is worth the $140 for a new 28.8! Chris --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Tower o' Hi' Sorcery - Conway, AR - up to 28.8! (1:399/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS BATES Number: 694 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 05/01/94 7:15a Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mark! Friday April 29 1994 14:38, Mark Adkins wrote to Mickey Ferguson: MA> Hello Mickey, MA> What's the difference between DV-Classic and DV/X? I have not MA> used DV since vr2.3 and I'm a bit out of touch. I have a new MA> application that requires DV and it's time to get the latest MA> version. I'd rather buy just 1 program instead of two. DESQview/X is the GRAPHICAL version of DESQview, and it comes with QEMM, where regular DESQview doesn't necessary, unless you buy them together, recommended! I have ran both, and DESQview seems to be the overall better package, because it IS NOT graphical, and therefore runs a little faster! Also, regular DESQview is half the price of /X! Hope this helps, and sorry to but in! Chris --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Tower o' Hi' Sorcery - Conway, AR - up to 28.8! (1:399/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY RYNO Number: 695 To: GARY BARR Date: 05/01/94 1:33p Subj: RA/FD/TICK Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Gary - > I cannot however figure out how to have Tick set the > messages (containing the .TIC info) as KILL/SENT. That way > after FD sends the message with the file attach, that it will > delete the attached files...since I no longer need them. I'm afraid you're confused. The kill/sent attribute won't do anything to files attached to a message. It will cause the *message* itself to be deleted after it's sent; any files that were attached will be left alone. FM also supports the del/sent flag, which *will* cause any files attached to a message to be deleted after they're sent. Del/sent and kill/sent in combination will delete both the .msg and any attached files. Unfortunately, Tick doesn't have del/sent capability. If even Tick did support that flag, there's a serious problem using this particular technique, however: if you happen to be routing the same file to more than one downlink, the first time you transmit it, del/sent will delete it, and any other downlinks won't get it at all; just a null file attach message with nothing actually attached to it. > Is there any way that I am missing to automatically set the message as > KILL/SENT? Tick is a good program, but by contemporary standards it's become dated and very limited compared to some of its alternatives. Frankly, I'd suggest that you just switch to Allfix and be done with it. Speaking as a veteran of several years on the Tick beta team, Allfix is a far superior and more capable program in every respect. It'll solve this particular problem for you, and dozens of others you may not have encountered yet. Most importantly, it will integrate easily and seamlessly into your FD/RA system, and give you a ton of nifty features and advanced capabilities that you don't currently have. If you'd like, you're welcome to FReq AFIX420E.ZIP from me at 1:202/302, anytime but ZMH. - Gary --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Gandalf's - San Diego, Ca - USR DS - 619-466-9505 (1:202/302) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL STARR Number: 696 To: KEN FLORY Date: 04/30/94 11:05a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> FF> Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards -> FF> DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! -> -> This is a route I was wanting to go, but had been warned off as there -> to be some kind of a problem using the multitaskeing part on a macine -> comm work. What I had been told was that if you swapped windows durin -> transfer you will either hang the transfer or cause errors. Have you -> experienced anything of this nature? -> -> Later -> Ken -> -> Sorry to butt in here, but you guys seem to know what you are doing. I am new to Planet Connect and wanted to know a few things. 1st - I am runnig Wildcat 3.90Multinode but only one active node and the second is a local. Use Front Door and GoMail as tosser. 486/66 with 2 gig h/d and 16meg ram. Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitzed on my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they wont get tossed just dumped into the trash can? Bill Starr, Sysop, United We Stand America BBS --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0313] * Origin: United We Stand America (602)459-0013 (1:309/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 697 To: GORDON MALONE Date: 05/01/94 11:30a Subj: Planet Connect Network! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (30 Apr 94) Gordon Malone wrote to Johnny Green... GM> So, when are we going to start ramping up on Planet Connect's Network? GM> I'd love to help with managing that! By the time we get our buddies GM> across the pond hooked in to the system could be well on our way to GM> building the network.... Lots to do on our end first, the transponders will be the first step, and Joe is already working on that. There are so many options that each one must be weighed out accordingly. We will be sure to keep everyone updated. ... Planet Systems Inc. (615) 623-8300 Voice (615) 623-8111 BBS --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems / Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 698 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 05/01/94 1:58p Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MA>What's the difference between DV-Classic and DV/X? I have not MA>used DV since vr2.3 and I'm a bit out of touch. I have a new MA>application that requires DV and it's time to get the latest MA>version. I'd rather buy just 1 program instead of two. Well, DV-Classic is the DV you're accustomed to. I believe it is up to version 2.6? these days. DV/X is an X-windows server/client with a much more pleasing user interface. Plain old DV is rather LAN dumb while DV/X is designed to wring every bit of performance it can from a LAN. DV/X is also better at high speed serial I/O. Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 699 To: KEN FLORY Date: 05/02/94 2:38a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Foxy Ferguson, Ken Flory said: KF> FF> Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards and KF> FF> DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! KF>This is a route I was wanting to go, but had been warned off KF>as there seemed to be some kind of a problem using the KF>multitaskeing part on a macine doing comm work. What I had KF>been told was that if you swapped windows during a dat KF>transfer you will either hang the transfer or cause errors. KF>Have you experienced anything of this nature? I don't think that Foxy has answered, but we were previously running regular DV on the machine and whenever we tossed mail in the other window, we got errors in the PC window. With DVX that doesn't happen. Also, we toss the mail on another machine & pulling a few meg of mail bundles while the mail is still coming in does _not_ cause errors in the current file. I hope this answers your questions. Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 700 To: KEN FLORY Date: 05/02/94 2:40a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No My previous reply is a bit confusing...at least to me...so I thought I'd add this.... We toss the mail from the bird on another machine, but we toss the replys back to Planet Connect on the machine running the PTCCMAIN program. In other words, the incoming mail is tossed on one machine while the outgoing mail is tossed on another. So the machine running PTCCMAIN does toss mail. <G> --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRIAN HESS Number: 701 To: STEVE ADAIR Date: 04/29/94 8:41p Subj: Another Link test <g> Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Steve! Tuesday April 26 1994 22:56, Steve Adair wrote to All: SA> Hi Folks, SA> Well this seems to be the place for all us newbies to test our SA> return links onto the Satellite. Anybody hear me?? Thanks! Yes we hear you accross town <G> SA> Oh.. one quick question. When I send my replies to Planet SA> Connect I know that it should go to the Satellite, but does it SA> also go to the rest of Fido that is NOT hooked onto the bird?? Yes it does.... Thank you, Brian --- GED 2.42.G0214+ 65LM3 * Origin: StarBase 8 (803)268-8679 Taylors, SC (1:3639/19) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN SHORT Number: 702 To: ALL Date: 04/28/94 5:13p Subj: Need idea's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi all, well I have just jumped on the Planet Connect Band wagon...I was holding off until they got an OS/2 fix, but have just been told they are having probs with the new dongle, they are beta testing...ARRRGGHHH... Oh well...Now i need some idea's on what i should do to hook a dos box to my OS/2 bbs machine...IE what is a good package to hook the 2 machines...A way of telling my bbs machine to toos the planet connect stuff...and ANY other info you think is helpful....Thanks in advance... Have a gooder. Ken Short 1:134/3200 Fido --- Synchronet * Origin: Digital Online Connection (403)548-0022 (1:134/3200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ERIC KRICHBAUM Number: 703 To: JOHN LUNDELL Date: 05/01/94 12:41p Subj: Re: Satellite Reciever For Sa Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On 28 Apr 94 11:40:00, John Lundell muttered something to All. JL> @SUBJECT:Satellite Reciever for Sale N JL> Uniden 2200 JL> Digital Readout, Variable audio control, Polarity control output and JL> skew control, video invert switch, audio-video-baseband outputs. JL> Dimensions: 13" W, 10" D, 3" H JL> --------------------------------------------------------------- JL> I purchased this little unit just a week ago and used it for the first BBS JL> show and have not used it since.. it's brand new (only used once) and I'm JL> looking to sell it since i just purchased a full satellite TV system and no JL> longer have a use for it. I'm asking $100 + 10 S&H... I'm saving you $50 a JL> for only having it be used once! All original packaging etc. still here re JL> to ship off to you. 701-775-5601 voice will accept VISA/MC.. 1:14/644 is JL> BBS node number. JL> JL> Here is what it sells for new: JL> JL> Uniden 2200 satellite receiver: NEW ($149.00 plus $10.00 S&H) Is this the Ku band or C band receiver? Eric --- * Origin: The Tek Room Node 1 (304)292-4744 (1:277/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BURT JUDA Number: 704 To: JOHN LE DUC Date: 05/01/94 8:44a Subj: clari news groups Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No John Le Duc writes: JLD> PCUSENET.TXT lista the clari newsgroups as being active, JLD> however I have seen no traffic from any of these groups. Is JLD> the PCUSENET file in error? BJ> clari.* is a Paid subscription hierarchy. They can't send BJ> it thru the bird. JLD> Then I was correct, it is an error that they are listed in JLD> the current PCUSENET.TXT file? My downlinks are bugging me JLD> for an explination as to why PC claims to have them JLD> available, but there is no feed. I will have to feed them JLD> from my UUCP account, I guess. In which case your feed would be in violation of their contract with CLARInet. --- timEd 1.00 * Origin: Merlin's Castle BBS, Edison, NJ (1:107/309) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 705 To: DAVE PETRUCCI Date: 05/01/94 10:10p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Saturday April 30 1994, Dave Petrucci writes to Ken Kavanagh: Hello Dave! DP> I have to agree with you on that.... Is there any logic DP> behind that decision? DP> This doesn't mean we still can't have a HOBBIES echo DP> does it... but only distributed by satellite.. 8-) you can get it..of course..but not from PC. shrug...silly is all I can say. Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 706 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 05/01/94 10:12p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Saturday April 30 1994, Randy Edwards writes to Ken Kavanagh: Hello Randy! RE> Yes, I'd agree. There are plenty of echo moderators who want to keep a RE> tight control on their echos, and many of them with good reason (for RE> example, an echo for recovering alcoholics might want to double-ensure RE> that twits aren't filling the echo with the joys of drinking). yup..which Is why private "Recovery-Nets" come into being <smile> RE> But the traditional way that these echos are dealt with is that they're RE> removed from the backbone. Putting an echo on the backbone is, IMHO, RE> pretty much an agreement that you're willing to let anyone link into it by RE> default and will only "cull" the problem nodes when/if they become RE> problems. . no argument :) so i still don't see how an echo about HOBBIES??? can have an ego about not getting as much exposure. (The only reason this is an issue is cuz one of my downlinks is questioning me "Aren't we getting it from the satellite??" <grin> Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 707 To: STEVE UTICK Date: 04/29/94 11:29a Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (25 Apr 94) Steve Utick wrote to Rick Edwards... SU> Do you know if Planet Connect even SU> monitors this conference at all? As far as I know, I haven't seen any SU> messages from anyone there in here. SU> * The H.U.G.E. BBS - (406)227-8678 13+ GIGS of Shareware! SU> * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HUGEBBS (#5528) : RelayNet(tm) Looks like the gate that was setup nows has the RIME stuff echo'd here, so have at it, let us know what we can do,.and WELCOME..!! ....Johnny ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 708 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/02/94 11:55a Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to KEN FLORY <04-30-94 11:05> BILL STARR wrote: BS> Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitzed on BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? Hi, Bill. I have written some software that extracts what your board needs from the message packets. If you are interested, please let me know. Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 709 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/02/94 7:58p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 30 11:05 94, BILL STARR of 1:309/51 wrote: BS> Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitzed on BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? This, of course, depends on your echomail processor. You could make your bad message directory a NUL device so that they're not saved. For me, what I do is have every single one of those echos defined in my echomail processor's config file, but I make them 'pass-through' areas so no messages are saved if I don't want them. Except for the small dupe-checking file that most echomail processors create, it doesn't cost me much disk space and yet it still allows others to link into them if they want them. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 28.8k V.FC and Planet Connected * (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 710 To: KEN SHORT Date: 05/02/94 8:02p Subj: Need idea's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Apr 28 17:13 94, Ken Short of 1:134/3200 wrote: KS> testing...ARRRGGHHH... Oh well...Now i need some idea's on what i should KS> do to hook a dos box to my OS/2 bbs machine...IE what is a good package KS> to hook the 2 machines... Unless you're eager to spend money :-) the cheapest way to do it is to simply use a null modem between the two machines and to run a comm program on each end to send and recieve the files. At about $5 for a serial cable, the null modem's by far the cheapest way to go. As far as other things to worry about, grab a copy of PCFU from your \SkyData\Personal directory and set it up. It's worth its weight in gold. It'll keep you from going insane worrying about dupes and files that don't have *.TICs and such. A very nifty program! . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 28.8k V.FC and Planet Connected * (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE ADAIR Number: 711 To: BRIAN HESS Date: 05/02/94 9:09p Subj: re: Another Link test <g> Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No <<Quoting: BRIAN HESS To: STEVE ADAIR >> BH> Hello Steve! BH> Tuesday April 26 1994 22:56, Steve Adair wrote to All: BH> SA> Hi Folks, BH> SA> Well this seems to be the place for all us newbies to test our BH> SA> return links onto the Satellite. Anybody hear me?? Thanks! BH>Yes we hear you accross town <G> Hi Brian, Yes, my message had to go 52,000+ miles just to go across the street <g>. Thanks for the reply. BH> * Origin: StarBase 8 (803)268-8679 Taylors, SC (1:3639/19) God bless. In Christ, Steve <steve.adair@firehouse.org> ========================================================================== Jude 23 Ministries/The Firehouse bbs (803)-322-6822 FamilyNet 8:1011/0 jude23@firehouse.org "And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh." (Jude 1:23) ========================================================================== --- WM v3.10/93-0610 * Origin: Greenville, Sc FamlyNet Backbone (803)-322-6822 (1:3639/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DEAN LAKE Number: 712 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/02/94 4:44p Subj: unused echomail msgs w/WildCat Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BS} 1st - I am runnig Wildcat 3.90Multinode but only one active node and the BS} second is a local. Use Front Door and GoMail as tosser. 486/66 BS} with 2 gig h/d and 16meg ram. BS} Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitzed on BS} my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? BS} Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they wont get BS} tossed just dumped into the trash can? One way is to put all the echo areas in your AREAS.BBS. Set the echo's you don't wish to carry as PASSTHROUGH's with no fowarding nodes. In other words, the line in your AREAS.BBS for each echo you don't want should read: P <ECHO NAME> 1:3615/50 You are telling GoMail that <ECHO NAME> is a passthrough, and the only connected system is Planet Connect. You can get the latest copy of FIDONET.NA and do a little creative editing to make this huge AREAS.BBS -- will probably save you some typing that way. Dean * WCE 1.5/2034 * --- WM v3.10/91-0052 * Origin: The DataStream BBS * Peoria,IL * (1:232/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE LAFRENIERE Number: 713 To: CRAIG CLARK Date: 05/02/94 8:30a Subj: Family Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> It's still being sent, but sometimes several days will go by without -> bundles then you will get three or four days worth in one day. I thi -> FamilyNet heads are working at smoothing out the flow. Yes! Your right, I got more than a weeks worth a couple of days ago. I was getting concerned because the filebone.na lists them as not being on the sat at all. Everything is still relatively new so it takes a little time. Thanks for the reply. George --- WM v2.06/92-0050 * Origin: BBS, Leicester MASS (508) 892-8857 (1:322/605) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FOXY FERGUSON Number: 714 To: TIM LAJOIE Date: 05/02/94 12:07p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No TL>-> Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards and TL>-> DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! TL> How much did the upgrade cost? Yo, Tim! The Novell DOS 7 purchase was $99 and included the Personal Netware software installable for all three machines. We upgraded from DesqView "classic" 1.something to DESQview/X v2.0 for $150... and worth *every* penny for both! Cheers, Foxy. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Ham Radio & Genealogy (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 715 To: FOXY FERGUSON Date: 05/02/94 11:52p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Tim Lajoie, Foxy Ferguson said: FF>TL> How much did the upgrade cost? FF>The Novell DOS 7 purchase was $99 and included the Personal FF>Netware BZZZZZT! It actually cost $78 at Franklin Micro. The list price is $99. FF>We upgraded from DesqView FF>"classic" 1.something to DESQview/X v2.0 for $150... and Wrong again, love. We upgraded from DV 2.6 <G> FF>worth *every* penny for both! I'll second that! The Planet Connect software is _mucho_ happier running under DV/X than under DV ! And DV/X is its own server & hooks into the Novell IPX/ODI drivers. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 716 To: N.L. HARGROVE Date: 05/01/94 11:46p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> Anyway how's things there, lots of mail. Well, things here is confused! We've been on the bird for two months and STILL haven't gotten our "outgoing" back to /50 to work. As of this weekend several of the local sysops have spent practically every afternoon browbeating the hub machines into working. So far no joy. Even when we 'force' a connect /50 won't talk to us. Ah, the joys of FIDO! ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TOM TCIMPIDIS Number: 717 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 04/29/94 10:18a Subj: Big files! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BGThere were a few Big files that went over the sat Sunday. If you never BGgot them then I have them here for file request. The CTM0005.ZIP BGfile is not going over the sat since it is over 2 megs and you BGcan get it from here. Huh? Big files are what the satellite is best at (cost-wise). Why don't you send them that way? === * QMPro 1.52 * MOG-UR'S EMS * Internet: sysop@mogur.com * * The MOG-UR'S EMS * Granada Hills, CA * 818-366-1238/8929 * 21.6K D/S * PostLink(tm) v1.20 MOGUR (#323) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TOM TCIMPIDIS Number: 718 To: KIM BERGMAN Date: 04/29/94 10:22a Subj: Dongle and os/2 Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No KBRight now the speculation is that a few OS/2 gurus have cracked the KBsecurity in your dongle/software and are using your product in KBan "irregular" (don't want to say "illegal" <g>) way. We KBfurther speculate that Planet Connect doesn't care if the KBsecurity has been cracked as long as these hackers pay for the KBservice they get (the only decent thing to do) and don't pass KBthe hack on to other people. And that is why we haven't heard I can't go into specifics but I know this to be true. KBthat almost 1/3 of your subscribers are OS/2 users. Do you KBreally have that many OS/2 users signed up? And is there a KBnative OS/2 version under development? Any tentative release date? I'm both a Dos/DV and an OS/2 user myself. I'd very much welcome a "sanctioned" OS/2 version as well as a much better Desqview version. === * QMPro 1.52 * MOG-UR'S EMS * L.A., CA * 818-366-1238/8929 * 21.6K D/S * * The MOG-UR'S EMS * Granada Hills, CA * 818-366-1238/8929 * 21.6K D/S * PostLink(tm) v1.20 MOGUR (#323) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TOM TCIMPIDIS Number: 719 To: JASON BAGINSKI Date: 04/29/94 10:29a Subj: Re: need a guru Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JB DL>version 4 is going into Beta test shortly. I understand that JB DL>WC's version 4 message base file structure has changed radically. JBKnow if they are going to release the specs? The new file and record structures have already been released. Basically, they went from a database based message system to a flat file based message system. === * QMPro 1.52 * MOG-UR'S EMS * Internet: sysop@mogur.com * * The MOG-UR'S EMS * Granada Hills, CA * 818-366-1238/8929 * 21.6K D/S * PostLink(tm) v1.20 MOGUR (#323) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 720 To: CHRIS BATES Date: 05/01/94 9:46p Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> recommended! I have ran both, and DESQview seems to be the -> overall better package, because it IS NOT graphical, and -> therefore runs a little faster! Also, regular DESQview is half the -> price of /X! Hope this helps, and sorry to but in! Thanks a lot for the information. I need the speed more than the graphics. Mark --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RAY SNOW Number: 721 To: JON ANDERSON Date: 04/30/94 7:46p Subj: Rime and pconn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JA>This includes PC recoding some ware (which will take some weeks) , an JA>Rime doing several uploads to PC daily.. In turn, PC will add all new JA>mail to 'later broadcasts' of that day's packets ... In other words, JA>when new stuff is sent in to PC, they'll add it/update the packets JA>immediately ... For a period of some weeks, they've agreed to a plan JA>of coordinated actions that will help/cure the problem, ... JA>I hope I've paraphrased satisfactorily what i recall of what i read.. From what I just read also, that probably says it pretty much in a nutshell. JA>We should thank both parties for working together on this... Yes! I definitely agree. === * SLMR 2.1a * Stormtroopers can't hit a barn door at this dis.... * Rocky Mountain Software Salt Lake City, Ut 801-963-8721 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 ROCKYMTN (#1384) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE UTICK Number: 722 To: RICK EDWARDS Date: 04/30/94 8:10p Subj: Quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE=}SU>RE=}This conference has been awfully quiet lately. Has no one been sendi =} > =}messages or is the config messed up at the BBS I call? RE=}SU>Well, if it is messed up on yours, it is messed up on mine too. I think =} >I have only seen about 10 messages in here in the two weeks I have had =} >RIME up and running! Do you know if Planet Connect even monitors this =} >conference at all? As far as I know, I haven't seen any messages from =} >anyone there in here. RE=}When this conference first started, one could almost count on at least =}30 messages a day. The past couple of weeks.....nada. This morning, =}along with your message, there are 322 messages.....all in a 24 hour =}period. RE=}Something got "unstuck." Actually, no. I heard what happened the other day. Someone was bridging this conference over to another network, and the Net coordinator changed. He hadn't gotten permission from them to continue bridging the conference till the other day. Steve === * QMPro 1.52 * DSZ speed 300 ha ha ha tee hee hee rz -ZZZZZZZZ * The H.U.G.E. BBS - (406)227-8678 13+ GIGS - Helena, MT * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HUGEBBS (#5528) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems 503-656-9790 - 5 Nodes - 8 Gigs (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE LYDA Number: 723 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/02/94 3:36p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Bill! BS> 1st - I am runnig Wildcat 3.90Multinode but only one active node and the BS> second is a local. Use Front Door and GoMail as tosser. 486/66 BS> with 2 gig h/d and 16meg ram. BS> Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitzed on BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? BS> Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they wont get BS> tossed just dumped into the trash can? Bill you need areafix and let it auto create new echo's in your areas.bbs file. Or you could take all the Fidonet.na, Fidonet.no, K12frwy listings and put all them in the areas.bbs file like this. P Unwanted_AREA_NAME 1:3615/50 P Unwanted_Area_Name 1:3615/50 2 Area_mane_you_want 1:3615/50 Etc. If you like I will zip up a complete areas.bbs and Areafix that I use and you can freq it along with a sample batch file to run FD, Gomail and Areafix as I have the same setup running here. Another option would be call Mike Ortez BBS (The Software Connection) and look for the Gomail.exe made for Planet Connect that auto vaporizes them. Haven't use that copy of gomail but Mike added code to auto trashcan the unwanted stuff in the same way it trascan's dup messages if you togle that option to not keep them. Keep you orgional copy of gomail though as you might need it and go the route I have taken with areafix. I prefer using areafix because I can simply replace the "P" with a area number and turn on or off echo's at will without looking up the area names and typing them in here plus areafix allows local nodes to turn on or off at will the areas they want also without my intervention in any way since I hub out to the rest of the net here. Joe PS Let me know if you want the setup I am using and I will make it freq availible. * WCE 1.5/2107 * Is this yours? Your dog left it on my lawn ... --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0081] * Origin: *3622 NEC, The ELk River BBS (615) 454-2295 455-1019* (1:3622/1000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SIKKO DE GRAAF Number: 724 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 05/01/94 11:50a Subj: Planet connect in Europe?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No hello johnny thanks for your information Can you give me your company voice nr: so we can call you for some more information and questions?.. greetings Sikko de Graaf --- FMail 0.90 * Origin: Nurse Net Nederland. +31-10-4101933 (2:512/184) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 725 To: CHRIS BATES Date: 05/02/94 7:12a Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CB->Just to throw in my ten cents here, I always got 1600 to 1700 CPS rates wit CB->14.4's, and I now get 3300 and up to 3600 CPS rates with my new 28.8's! If CB->make many "file Requests" from them, it is worth the $140 for a new 28.8! Which brand/model is this you're using? Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE HANNAH Number: 726 To: JEFF CUTLER Date: 05/02/94 12:43p Subj: Re: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Jeff Cutler to John Little <=- JC> Here in region 12 there was a big brawl over that discusion. From JC> what I could see the agreement was NEC's are responsible for inbound JC> netmail coming to me, but he/she is not have to route my outbound That's right, only it's the NC. The NEC isn't really mentioned in policy, except to say that there is an echomail policy document covering the duties of *ECs. If you really want to route outbound netmail, you can route through your regional, at a cost of only a few cents a week. In fact, if there are others in your net that the NC won't route for, you can also route their mail and share the cost. ... Inflation is a result of legalized counterfeiting. --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Prophecy BBS [ITCNet NB Hub] (506)652-7292 (1:255/7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 727 To: MICKEY FERGUSON Date: 05/03/94 5:39a Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Well, DV-Classic is the DV you're accustomed to. I believe it is up -> to version 2.6? these days. DV/X is an X-windows server/client with -> a much more pleasing user interface. Plain old DV is rather LAN dumb -> while DV/X is designed to wring every bit of performance it can from -> a LAN. DV/X is also better at high speed serial I/O. I'm running LANtastic 5.0 on Intel Ethernet Express16 cards, 5 nodes. I'm going to be upgrading to LANtastic 6.0. I've tried DV 2.6? and things seemed a bit slow. Would DV/X speed things up? I'm working on a project that will be on a 486DX2 66 VESA with an 8 port Arnet card and six nodes running PCBoard. I'll need Desqview to manage this. I've run four nodes on one machine with Desqview but never 6. I was told by a few that it won't work, DOS can't seem to handle more than four comm sessions at one time. Would you (or anyone else reading this) know anything about this? I could go OS/2 and run PCBoard as a DOS Session but I don't think this would be much difference than non-OS/2 because it's still a DOS session. Thank for the info that you supplyed Mickey, Mark --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS VON MOTZ Number: 728 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/02/94 9:32a Subj: Re: quiet Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Its all working fine here Boyd , Thanks for th confirm. Be on FIDO soon , have the front-end up and running now for tests around the clock , and the rest will follow soon. TTYL, Chris. === * The Flying Dutchman,San Jose,Ca.(408)294-3065,V.32bis.4 NODES * PostLink(tm) v1.20 REDBARON (#1077) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS VON MOTZ Number: 729 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 05/02/94 9:43a Subj: Planet connect conference Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Sure will Chris. I'll R/O-R the number in NetAdmin. Thanks Mark , I got it and will call Ya soon. The mailer is up and running fine for tests , and the rest will follow soon now. -> Anytime and nice to have everyone here. Well ,this is the place where the forerunners of tech. meet. And also the headquarters from the ANTI-AT&T LD Guerilla army. Grin. Thanks for your post. Chris. === * The Flying Dutchman,San Jose,Ca.(408)294-3065,V.32bis.4 NODES * PostLink(tm) v1.20 REDBARON (#1077) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE GORDON Number: 730 To: ALL Date: 04/29/94 6:47p Subj: Mexico - contacts needed Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I am a business professional in New York and am expanding a division of the fastest U.S. growth company this decade into Mexico with various product lines including personal and health care. High residual income opportunity for individuals with strong contacts in Mexico. For more information call 800-546-0177 (USA only) or reply via E-MAIL to JCIMARKTNG@aol.com (this is not AMWAY). === * CyberBoard - Communication Service; Rye Brook, NY (914)934-8125 * PostLink(tm) v1.11 CYBERBOARD (#5373) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 731 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/01/94 11:30a Subj: Os/2 dongle progress?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Boyd ..have been encouraged by notices of beta for os/2 ... any progress?? the dish is still in the box, where it's been since it arrived months ago... jon ___ * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 === * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * RIME:154 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : * Anesthesia/Med/Sci/Engineering * --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM LAJOIE Number: 732 To: FOXY FERGUSON Date: 05/03/94 3:34p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> The Novell DOS 7 purchase was $99 and included the Personal Netware -> software installable for all three machines. We upgraded from DesqVie -> "classic" 1.something to DESQview/X v2.0 for $150... and worth *every -> penny for both! Thanks Foxy. I have a bouht and paid for version of BOTH DV 386 and DVX, so I was hoping to find out the price to upgrade from my old DVX to the new DVX 2.0. Any idea? Cheers! Tim Lajoie, tim.lajoie@csrnet-bbs.com SysOp - The Collosus Soo Resource Net --- WM v3.10/92-0279 * Origin: CSRN BBS, Over 5 Gigs Online + InterNet & Satellite! (1:222/21.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN BURTON Number: 733 To: GARY RYNO Date: 05/03/94 5:15a Subj: RA/FD/TICK Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >> Is there any way that I am missing to automatically set the message as >> KILL/SENT? > Tick is a good program, but by contemporary standards it's become dated > and very limited compared to some of its alternatives. Frankly, I'd > suggest that you just switch to Allfix and be done with it. Speaking as > a veteran of several years on the Tick beta team, Allfix is a far > superior and more capable program in every respect. In your TIC.CFG MAILERKILLS will make the mailer kill the files when no longer needed. any message generated by TICK defaults to the KILL/SENT flag, tho you can put the crash on it if you wish.. --==jb==-- --- * Origin: The SANDBOX ** MultiLine TBBS ** (405)737-9540 (1:147/34.28) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RUSS GOFF Number: 734 To: Date: 05/03/94 9:19a Subj: Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No --- DB 1.58/001939 * Origin: THE FAMILy TREE - HST - 1-405-321-0642 (147/32) (1:147/32) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CRAIG CLARK Number: 735 To: KEN KAVANAGH Date: 05/03/94 6:23p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Ken Kavanagh to Dave Petrucci <=- KK> you can get it..of course..but not from PC. shrug...silly is all I KK> can say. I'm getting it from PC! It's in the FamilyNet mail bundles. -=- Craig. ... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear! --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: -={ Christian Deliverance BBS, Devonshire BERMUDA }=- (1:3658/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 736 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 05/03/94 9:39p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <Apr 30 07:33>, Randy Edwards of 1:325/806 writes: KK> Boyd may wish to clairify but I do beleive it was stated a few KK> weeks ago or more that the Hobbies echo doesn't ??want?? to be KK> distributed by satellite Most rediculous if I may say so myself :) KK> RE> Yes, I'd agree. There are plenty of echo moderators who want to keep RE> a tight control on their echos, and many of them with good reason (for RE> example, an echo for recovering alcoholics might want to double-ensure RE> that twits aren't filling the echo with the joys of drinking). RE> But the traditional way that these echos are dealt with is that RE> they're removed from the backbone. Putting an echo on the backbone is, RE> IMHO, pretty much an agreement that you're willing to let anyone link RE> into it by default and will only "cull" the problem nodes when/if they RE> become problems. Not having the HOBBIES echo distributed in the FidoNet mail packets over the satellite was not the decision of the HOBBIES echo moderator. The HOBBIES echo moderator is Harvey Smith, 1:100/519 who is dual-netted in FamilyNet. The HOBBIES echo is a FamilyNet echo, and is gated to FidoNet by Bob Hoffman, the FamilyNet head. Bob Hoffman requested John Souvestre at 1:396/1, the Southern Star, not to send the HOBBIES traffic in FidoNet to Planet Systems uplink node, 1:3615/50 since the HOBBIES echo is already distributed over the satellite in the FamilyNet QWK mail packets. Hoffman also requested Planet Systems not to distribute or accept traffic in the HOBBIES echo except in those FamilyNet QWK mail packets. When Harvey Smith, the moderator of HOBBIES, was apprised of Hoffman's decision, he was NOT happy. In effect, Hoffman's decision removed the HOBBIES echo from five nodes in Harvey's own FidoNet Net, Net 100, since Net 100 now gets is traffic via Planet Connect. The only way those Net 100 addresses can get traffic on the FidoNet side in the HOBBIES echo is to call via long distance telephone line to a Region 14 Echomail Hub that gets its traffic via landline and pick up the traffic (and deliver outgoing via the same method). That is unacceptable to them, and as NEC for Net 100, having to call a Region 14 echomail hub long distance to pickup and deliver traffic in HOBBIES is also unacceptable to me and counter to the reason we in Net 100 went to Planet Connect to begin with. In the last correspondence I had with Harvey Smith about the situation, Harvey was considering yanking the HOBBIES echo out of FamilyNet and making it a FidoNet originated echo, which would result in its traffic again appearing over the satellite. Ah....the games people play.... :-) Bill, N100EC --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL STARR Number: 737 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/03/94 6:10p Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> In a message to KEN FLORY <04-30-94 11:05> BILL STARR wrote: -> -> BS> Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitze -> BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? -> -> Hi, Bill. I have written some software that extracts what your board -> from the message packets. If you are interested, please let me know. -> -> Regards, Jack -> Jack, I sure am interested in any program that will help me. I have a 486/66 with a 2 gig hard drive and 16 meg ram. I also have a 256 cache. The 2 gig hard drive is divided into 2 1 gig drives. I run front door 2.02 and gomail as a tosser into Wildcat 3.90 multinode. I am using node 1 as the BBS and have node 2 netted into a 386/40 with a 375m hard drive as a local. When I get the mail I usually manually copy from C:\bridge\files to D:\fidohold. Then I have to copy back 2 files at a time into the C:\bridge\files area to gomail toss. This is very time consuming. Any help, being only on the computer since late 1992 and still learning, would really be appreciated. Bill P.S. I noticed today (3 May) that the bird took lots of hits on the 2nd go around. I was watching the visual on the channel (Shop at Home) and saw them and run to the computer and sure enough the packet that was coming in had a TCB. Must be a better satellite to use. --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0313] * Origin: United We Stand America (602)459-0013 (1:309/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JASON BAGINSKI Number: 738 To: TOM TCIMPIDIS Date: 05/03/94 10:35a Subj: Re: need a guru Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No TT>The new file and record structures have already been released. TT>Basically, they went from a database based message system to a flat TT>file based message system. Where are these specs available? Are they going to be hatched out an FDN? --- ><bbs/}{edEd 1.19\NX * Origin: ?,Jason Baginski,9187494139,Tulsa,OK (1:170/906) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DARR HOAG Number: 739 To: GARY RYNO Date: 05/03/94 12:46p Subj: RA/FD/TICK Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *** Quoting Gary Ryno to Gary Barr dated 05-01-94 *** > Unfortunately, Tick doesn't have del/sent capability. If even Tick did > support that flag, there's a serious problem using this particular > technique, however: if you happen to be routing the same file to more > than one downlink, the first time you transmit it, del/sent will delete > it, and any other downlinks won't get it at all; just a null file > attach message with nothing actually attached to it. Apparently you've never used Tick.... Local Passthrough in an area block will most-certainly do what he wants, for that area. It does _not_ delete the file until all attaches for that file have been sent. --- FMail 0.97h beta+ * Origin: The Hideaway! - Tompkins MI - (1:2330/4@Fido) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LEE BONNIFIELD Number: 740 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 05/04/94 6:50a Subj: Re: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No John answered Mac Bryant: MB> I signed up as a non-feeding node with Planet Connect. Now a MB> sysop nearby (in another state) wants to poll Fido from me. MB> What is the charge for adding this. Seems like I remember MB> something about $10 per MB> month? And what does that include? The filebone too? JH> Hi, Mac. The additional $10.00 includes ANYTHING that you want to send JH> the other node(s), as long as you are already receiving it via Planet JH> Connect. I hope you meant "ANYTHING from Fido". I lost your post about 701 / 703 exit problems, but you had them backwards - 701 is the exit after the FDNs, and 703 is the exit after the Fido mail. See \SKYDATA\SKYINFO\PCINFO.TXT . --- PPoint 1.80 * Origin: Home of TV Agent (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LEE BONNIFIELD Number: 741 To: MAC BRYANT Date: 05/04/94 6:51a Subj: Re: feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Did John Hrusovszky mislead Mac? JH> Hi, Mac. The additional $10.00 includes ANYTHING that you want to send JH> the other node(s), as long as you are already receiving it via Planet JH> Connect. MB> Thanks, John. I've forwarded the message along. Will let you guys MB> know. The $10 includes your right to hub the entire Fido backbone FIDONET.NA and also FIDONET.NO and as much of the Fido filebone as you get from Planet Connect; but there are additional restrictions on some of the other services from elsewhere, eg Author Direct, weather, TV listings, PCSITES. --- PPoint 1.80 * Origin: Home of TV Agent (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LUNDELL Number: 742 To: ERIC KRICHBAUM Date: 05/04/94 12:09a Subj: Re: Satellite Reciever Fo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Is this the Ku band or C band receiver? was a Ku.. sold now sorry. --- QScan v1.071b * Origin: City Lites BBS (701) 775-1143 HST/DS/V.32bis (1:14/644) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS ROSS Number: 743 To: GREG ROSLER Date: 05/01/94 5:59p Subj: Re: Reply... Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >Well, you made it here with no problem. Got your message just fine! Good, then you can let me know if you get mine as well ;). Chris --- SLMAIL v4.0 (#1352) * Origin: Evening Shade - Home of Sky Mountain. (1:167/565) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE ADAIR Number: 744 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/04/94 6:40p Subj: InterNet Mail delays?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Boyd, I have waited awhile before I wrote to you on this... the InterNet newsgroups are OLD when we get them... todays (5/4/94) messages are dated from from 4/28 to 4/29!!! These messages are 5 to 6 days old! Is this temporary?? Putting up messages that are almost a week behind is NOT worth the time it takes... let alone the money <g>. In Christ, Steve <steve.adair@firehouse.org> ========================================================================== Jude 23 Ministries/The Firehouse bbs (803)-322-6822 FamilyNet 8:1011/0 jude23@firehouse.org "And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh." (Jude 1:23) ========================================================================== --- WM v3.10/93-0610 * Origin: Greenville, Sc FamlyNet Backbone (803)-322-6822 (1:3639/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ANDY VICKERS Number: 745 To: STEVE GORDON Date: 05/04/94 7:13p Subj: Mexico - contacts needed Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to All, Steve Gordon said: > I am a business professional in New York and am expanding a > division of the fastest U.S. growth company this decade into > Mexico with various product lines including personal and > health care. High residual income opportunity for > individuals with strong contacts in Mexico. For more > information call 800-546-0177 (USA only) or reply via E-MAIL > to JCIMARKTNG@aol.com (this is not AMWAY). I think this is a Planet Connect Support Echo, and related topics the last time I looked. Did I miss something that was said with a PC Related topics here. Please take your sales somewhere else. Andy Vickers Vice President D.D.S. & R. Inc. --- Freq CD FOR INFO! * Origin: We Produce Compact Discs for Storage of Databases (1:318/911) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE BELUE Number: 746 To: CHRIS BATES Date: 05/03/94 11:51p Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CB>Just to throw in my ten cents here, I always got 1600 to 1700 CPS rates with CB>14.4's, and I now get 3300 and up to 3600 CPS rates with my new 28.8's! If CB>make many "file Requests" from them, it is worth the $140 for a new 28.8! Chris, I just got mine today. Would you mind sharing your NVRAM settings? > Mike < Tue, 05-03-94 * DeLuxe2/386 1.25 #6075 * I may work slow, but I do poor work --- WM v3.10/92-0423 * Origin: Blackbeard's Tavern 803-294-9657 Greenville,SC (1:3639/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL STARR Number: 747 To: JOHN ROBINSON Date: 05/04/94 5:19p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Hello There Bill! -> -> In a message to Ken Flory on <04/30/94> Bill Starr said the following -> -> BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? -> BS> Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they wont ge -> BS> tossed just dumped into the trash can? -> -> Get ahold of Mike Ortiz, Bill.. He wrote a version of Gomail that -> will do just that... I ran it the first night I got it and let me tel -> you, That sucker is FAST.! Just like Gomail.! -> -> -> John R. -> -> * WCE 1.5/2035 * Just Another Happy Wildcat Sysop..1:138/173 -> John, That is what I am running. Ver 1.1 and I am confused with what it says. I have been told that you can use the AREAS.BBS file and make it a complete nodelist.na and then just do the following for the lines that I do not carry: 101 12_STEPS ; 12 Steps Discussion P 4DOS 1:3615/50 ; 4DOS Echo 102 ABLENEWS ; Disability/medical news, views, etc. P ABORTION 1:3615/50 ; Abortion Discussion P ADAM 1:309/27 ; Adam Computer Conf. (The line P ADAM 1:309/27 is a passon as I hub to another) Is this correct? I sure do appreciate the assistance. Bill --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0313] * Origin: United We Stand America (602)459-0013 (1:309/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JUSTIN MCDERMID Number: 748 To: ALL Date: 05/04/94 3:38p Subj: PC system wanted Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Just wondering if anyone was considering selling off their planet connect receiver and/or system? I have been thinking about getting into one of my own and would like to find the best deal to do so. Thanks. --- Renegade v07-17 Beta * Origin: A Place Between Time and Space...The Continuum BBS (1:353/353) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN DONOHUE Number: 749 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/03/94 6:48a Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BS>Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being utilitzed on BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? BS> Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they wont get BS> tossed just dumped into the trash can? I'm not familiar with GoMail; but with Squish, we declare BadArea and DupeArea as pass-thru areas. Sends those messages right into the bit bucket. --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library * McAllen, Texas * (210) 682-4530 (1:397/5258) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NATE CHASE Number: 750 To: ALL Date: 05/01/94 1:06p Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a Message to STEVE ADAIR on 04-28-94 (18:00) in Conference (458) PlanetConn regarding SAT COMPUTER SHOW JIM DUNMYER wrote... JD>The coax cable can act as an antenna and pick up a pretty good voltage JD>spike, even if the lightning hits only "close by". This spike JD>can fry your receiver or LNB, or perhaps other connected JD>equipment. They suggest that you install a lightning arrestor JD>device in the coax; it can be bought from the Planet Connect JD>folks or probably any local satellite dealer. Boyd (et all), Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guarenteed? Nate === * OLX 2.2 * CLOSED FOR TAG IMPROVMENT * Omaha's Own HAWG WILD! BBS, Omaha, NE, (402)493-2737 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HAWGWILD (#5008) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOB MORTIMER Number: 751 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/01/94 1:43p Subj: Account Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No JH=>Not meaning to butt in here, but the same thing happened to me. =>I was told that they would make the difference up at the end of the =>sub. I lost 4 days when I renewed. =>If you look at 3 months vs. 1/4 year, PC is going to come out ahead. =>12 months at 30 days per month = 360 days, 5 days short of a full year.. Mistakes happen! I have had confirmation from Boyd that it will be looked into upon my next call. thanks for the message. * OLX 1.52 * The only dumb question is the one that is not asked. === * RENFREW Computer Club & BBS -<CANADA>- (via Satelite) * PostLink(tm) v1.20 RENFREW (#1303) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CRAIG CLARK Number: 752 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/04/94 10:03p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Bill Clark wrote in a message to Randy Edwards: BC> The HOBBIES echo is a FamilyNet echo, and is gated to BC> FidoNet by Bob Hoffman, the FamilyNet head. Bob Hoffman BC> requested John Souvestre at 1:396/1, the Southern Star, not BC> to send the HOBBIES traffic in FidoNet to Planet Systems BC> uplink node, 1:3615/50 since the HOBBIES echo is already BC> distributed over the satellite in the FamilyNet QWK mail BC> packets. Hoffman also requested Planet Systems not to BC> distribute or accept traffic in the HOBBIES echo except in BC> those FamilyNet QWK mail packets. It's not in QWK format - it's in FTSC type packets (just like the Fido stuff). Only 'gotcha' is that replies must go directly back to Bob Hoffman at 8:8/0 in FamilyNet. You don't have to join FamilyNet though. -=- Craig. --- timEd-B9 * Origin: -={ Christian Deliverance BBS, Devonshire BERMUDA }=- (1:3658/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KIM BERGMAN Number: 753 To: KEN SHORT Date: 05/04/94 10:18p Subj: Need idea's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Ken, Regarding your message to All ..... KS> Hi all, well I have just jumped on the Planet Connect Band KS> wagon...I was holding off until they got an OS/2 fix, but have just been KS> told they are having probs with the new dongle, they are beta KS> testing...ARRRGGHHH... Oh well...Now i KS> need some idea's on what i should do to hook a dos box to my KS> OS/2 bbs machine...IE what is a good package to hook the 2 KS> machines... I'm same as you ..... hooked on OS/2 and waiting for a dongle. I have my DOS box listening to the dish and connected to the BBS machine via a null modem cable. I send the files across at 115200 with GSZ, a dosser but it runs ok under OS/2. I messed with Hydracom for a bit because there are both DOS and OS/2 versions and it might work with a bit more fiddling but GSZ started working for me first so I stayed with it. OK, here's the whole ball o' wax, cable, software, batch files, etc. Null modem cables are cheap but if you really want to go cheap and have a spare modem cable hanging around then modify it into a null modem cable. I did and it works. Here's the connections ..... 2 ------ 3 3 ------ 2 4 ------ 5 5 ------ 4 6&8 ---- 20 20 ----- 6&8 I recommend soldering any wire wrapped joints you have to make and to verify the cable with an ohm meter or some sort of continuity checker to be sure that the connections are right. It's nice to know beforehand that the job is done right. Wrong connections might fry your serial port. Also, if the setup doesn't work then you'll be wondering if it's the cable that's wrong or your software. GSZ runs fine for me out of an OS/2 batch (.cmd) file. The OS/2 command interpreter opens the DOS session automatically (have a hunch 4OS2 can't do that) and I didn't have to mess with the DOS session settings at all. Here's the OS/2 batch file ........ :start d: cd \bink\net gsz port 2 speed 115200 d t -T cd \bink call mailproc.cmd goto start Gsz dumps inbound data into the current directory so I switch to my mailer's inbound dir before starting gsz which is on the path. The command line parameters and switches to gsz are case sensitive and the spaces you see are required. The "d" makes it ignore carrier detect, "t" I can't remember, turbo or something like that, "-T" is to make it wait until a caller (the DOS box) signals the end of a transfer session. Mailproc.cmd calls squishp.exe to toss the mail, ticp.exe to process the tics and seal.exe to announce new files. When it's done gsz fires up and waits. I should probably use wait.exe to stall invoking gsz but the rotation schedule PC is on seems to be highly irregular so I'm not sure when I would have wait fire up gsz. Oh well, gsz doesn't seem to use much processor time when it's waiting so it'll do for now. I'll give you qwkndrty.bat for the DOS box in the next message. Kim A way of telling KS> my bbs machine to toos the planet connect stuff...and ANY KS> other info you think KS> is helpful....Thanks in advance... KS> Have a gooder. KS> Ken Short 1:134/3200 Fido KS> -!- Synchronet KS> ! Origin: Digital Online Connection (403)548-0022 KS> (1:134/3200) KS> @PATH: 134/3200 1 10 3615/50 --- * Origin: The Sailboard (403)-854-4309 Hanna, Alberta (1:358/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KIM BERGMAN Number: 754 To: KEN SHORT Date: 05/04/94 10:49p Subj: qwkndrty.bat Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No (continued from previous message) This batch file will log satellite events to your printer. If you have a file called cr.txt consisting of a single carriage return in your current dir it will even log the times these events occur. Deluxe, huh? Nah! Deluxe is doing this all on one machine under OS/2!!! Oh Boyd .... echo *************** Start qwkndrty.bat **************** > lpt1 echo *************** ver. 27/04/94 **************** > lpt1 date > lpt1 < cr.txt time > lpt1 < cr.txt :start echo. > lpt1 d: cd \planetc echo Start ptccmain.exe > lpt1 ptccmain echo Done ptccmain.exe > lpt1 date > lpt1 < cr.txt time > lpt1 < cr.txt if errorlevel 104 goto unknown if errorlevel 103 goto fidodone rem exit from topic 703 in ptccmain.ini if errorlevel 100 goto endrot rem exit from topic 700 in ptccmain.ini if errorlevel 9 goto exit rem keyboard exit if errorlevel 0 goto exit rem normal exit from ptccmain if no "topics" defined in rem ptccmain.ini :unknown echo Unknown errorlevel from ptccmain. > lpt1 goto start :fidodone echo Fido done. > lpt1 goto start :endrot echo End of rotation. > lpt1 if exist d:\planetc\flags\wait.txt goto wait echo This is a flag file used by pcgo.bat, do not delete. > d:\planetc\flags\wait.txt pcutil check1 if exist d:\fido\*.* goto gszsend echo Inbound directory is empty, gsz transfer not required. > lpt1 goto start :gszsend echo Start gsz transfer. > lpt1 time > lpt1 < cr.txt gsz port 2 speed 115200 d sz -r -m -n d:\fido\*.* if errorlevel 1 goto gszerr1 echo Gsz transfer successful. > lpt1 time > lpt1 < cr.txt goto start :wait echo Deleting wait flag. > lpt1 del d:\planetc\flags\wait.txt goto start :gszerr1 echo Gsz transfer had undetermined errors. > lpt1 call razzboyd.cmd goto start :exit echo ************ End qwkndrty.bat. *************** > lpt1 What does this mess do? I'll start at the end and sort of back into it. The razzboyd.cmd is a little Rexx thingy I wrote that puts a message to Boyd in my netmail area. The message says "Hey Boyd, how's that OS/2 dongle coming along?" Since gsz hasn't failed me since adding that feature, Boyd hasn't received netmail from me. Geez, I wish it would fail once in a while :) Well, I wanted to keep track of the rotation times that Planet Connect uses. AYPK, a rotation is one complete dump of *all* files, Fido, Usenet, etc. I like to transfer at the end of a rotation because some good stuff is repeated after the Fido files come down and before Usenet starts. By using "pcutil check1" I don't transfer any repeated files, just the stuff new for the day so the transfer is quick and I start receiving again before Fido stuff is transmitted. I suppose I could run the transfer in the background and receive continuous but that would require Desqview and I'm too cheap for that. I also wanted to schedule my GSZ transfers at night. At first I thought there was only 2 rotations per day so the wait.txt file that the batch file alternately writes and deletes was supposed to be a flag that tells the batch "don't send now, wait until the next rotation". Turns out there are three rotations so the idea doesn't work as I originally intended but they happen during slow hours so it's not bad. Adding another wait flag would stall the transfer until after 5 AM for me but the rotation times have become so irregular that I just let them happen. Can't fight progess, know what I mean? You'll notice that I'm using pcutil to delete repeated files. Pcfu is a similar, reportedly better program by the same author and I'll be switching it in tonight. Well, maybe instead I'll use the time to write a pcfu clone in Rexx for us OS/2 people. D:\fido is the directory my Fido files go into off the dish, you can configure that as you please in a_config.sky. I'm sure you'll figure out the rest. I know my setup could be better but what the heck ... it's temporary. Works pretty good though and gives me about 7000 cps transfer rates between the 2 machines even with somebody downloading off the BBS at 14.4. When they play BRE though it slows the tansfer right down to 2000 and I can't figure why, maybe you can? Twiddling DOS session settings doesn't seem to help. I have 16550 uarts on both ends although I was using 16450 on the DOS box at first and getting very few block retrys and just about 7000 cps rates. Again, the gsz command line is case and space critical. The switches I'm using invoke GSZ's crash recovery mode. Without that the transfer will die on the first file that already exists in the receiving directory. Another cheap method uses the parallel port for transfers which is probably even faster than what I'm doing now. The software you need for this method comes on disk with Dvorak's book "PC Connectivity" which details the method completely, so I've been told. Questions and suggestions welcome. Kim --- * Origin: The Sailboard (403)-854-4309 Hanna, Alberta (1:358/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KIM BERGMAN Number: 755 To: TOM TCIMPIDIS Date: 05/04/94 9:45p Subj: Dongle and os/2 Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Tom, TT> KBRight now the speculation is that a few OS/2 gurus have TT> cracked the KBsecurity in your dongle/software and are using TT> your product in KBan "irregular" (don't want to say TT> "illegal" <g>) way. We KBfurther speculate that Planet TT> Connect doesn't care if the KBsecurity has been cracked as TT> long as these hackers pay for the KBservice they get (the TT> only decent thing to do) and don't pass KBthe hack on to TT> other people. And that is why we haven't heard TT> I can't go into specifics but I know this to be true. The contract I signed and which was accepted by PC allows modification of the code for one's own use. It specifically prohibits passing modified code to other people. Fair enough. You can't tell me who has the hacked code because he/she can't give it to me anyway. Can you tell me how to hack it myself? Something to do with debug, disk editor and NOP instructions? TT> I'm both a Dos/DV and an OS/2 user myself. I'd very much TT> welcome a "sanctioned" OS/2 version as well as a much better TT> Desqview version. Pity. I've gone through 2 operating systems superior to DOS, running on other (non-Intel) machines. With the advent of a real multitasker for an Intel machine, I decided to switch to an IBM clone only to find that people are still writing for an "OS" conceived in the Dark Ages and calling their product progressive. I refuse to adjust my attitude because it's reality that's buggered :) Kim --- * Origin: The Sailboard (403)-854-4309 Hanna, Alberta (1:358/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DENNIS POWERS Number: 756 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/04/94 11:56p Subj: Corrupted files Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd! 02 May 94, Gordon Malone writes to Dennis Powers: GM> Thanks and please do keep us posted. Here is some more detail culled from my history logs. In each case the file size has remained the same but the File with the Different CRC is corrupted. What I find of particular interest is that this has not happened (since I started watching) with *any* of the FDN or PCUSENET files, only the Fido arcmail packets. Since *only* the arcmail bundles are affected I can be pretty sure that the problem is not with my equipment, but is some function of the Program & or uplink process. Let me know if you desire additional information. File name Size Date Time CRC32 Processed Date & time ============ ======== ======== ======== ======== ===================== 0000FFFF.MO1 465505 05/02/94 01:36:10 7CDC178B 05-02-1994 13:20:00 0000FFFF.MO1 465505 05/02/94 01:36:10 7CDC178B 05-03-1994 01:56:38 0000FFFF.MO1 465505 05/02/94 01:36:10 82987DC3 05-03-1994 03:06:55 0000FFFF.MO4 495462 05/02/94 02:22:28 10D9F5EC 05-02-1994 20:01:09 0000FFFF.MO4 495462 05/02/94 02:22:28 0E119023 05-03-1994 03:06:38 0000FFFF.SA2 436987 04/30/94 02:29:36 1B4C49BE 04-30-1994 11:52:50 0000FFFF.SA2 436987 04/30/94 02:29:36 1B4C49BE 05-01-1994 00:24:11 0000FFFF.SA2 436987 04/30/94 02:29:36 7F323499 05-01-1994 02:46:09 0000FFFF.SA2 436987 04/30/94 02:29:36 1B4C49BE 05-01-1994 11:18:07 0000FFFF.SAB 469422 04/16/94 06:22:30 30EC001F 04-16-1994 11:12:01 0000FFFF.SAB 469422 04/16/94 06:22:30 8BE40DDF 04-16-1994 22:52:20 0000FFFF.SAB 469422 04/16/94 06:22:30 8BE40DDF 04-17-1994 05:51:42 0000FFFF.SU0 376781 04/17/94 00:34:18 7EE20982 04-17-1994 19:14:28 0000FFFF.SU0 376781 04/17/94 00:34:18 C12B56AE 04-18-1994 07:42:44 0000FFFF.SU0 376781 04/17/94 00:34:18 7EE20982 04-19-1994 19:41:13 0000FFFF.SUG 478155 05/01/94 17:42:42 68B23061 05-02-1994 10:27:29 0000FFFF.SUG 478155 05/01/94 17:42:42 68B23061 05-02-1994 19:59:29 0000FFFF.SUG 478155 05/01/94 17:42:42 EB86892C 05-03-1994 03:04:54 0000FFFF.TU6 437108 05/03/94 04:34:34 1D338929 05-03-1994 12:08:12 0000FFFF.TU6 437108 05/03/94 04:34:34 38529FAA 05-03-1994 19:21:53 0000FFFF.TU6 437108 05/03/94 04:34:34 38529FAA 05-03-1994 23:56:38 0000FFFF.TUE 383267 04/26/94 12:04:18 F7008D76 04-27-1994 09:15:49 0000FFFF.TUE 383267 04/26/94 12:04:18 F7008D76 04-27-1994 19:52:36 0000FFFF.TUE 383267 04/26/94 12:04:18 E8547829 04-28-1994 09:54:24 0000FFFF.TUE 248513 05/03/94 07:01:24 98ACAFA1 05-03-1994 19:18:18 0000FFFF.TUE 248513 05/03/94 07:01:24 BA6B9052 05-03-1994 23:53:41 0000FFFF.WE7 428335 04/27/94 04:27:12 3869EBCC 04-27-1994 12:00:13 0000FFFF.WE7 428335 04/27/94 04:27:12 3869EBCC 04-27-1994 19:56:05 0000FFFF.WE7 428335 04/27/94 04:27:12 EAD341E9 04-28-1994 09:58:07 0000FFFF.WEF 526211 04/13/94 17:38:20 BCD26AFB 04-14-1994 09:55:58 0000FFFF.WEF 526211 04/13/94 17:38:20 6737EE03 04-14-1994 23:59:59 0000FFFF.WEF 526211 04/13/94 17:38:20 6737EE03 04-15-1994 02:06:55 Dennis --- GoldED 2.40 * Origin: The Uncanny - X - Board Wolcott,Ct (203)879-7122 (1:141/1135) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 757 To: ALL Date: 05/04/94 11:02p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Guys and gals. I have been trying to get productive for the past month and a half and at this point I have very little hair left in my head as I have been pulling it out by the hand full. Here it is . I have tryed to get a processer that will process .BAG files into something that I can distribute to other fido nodes in the same way we send Echomail. I have tried Gigo and found that I needed to loose all of my memory managers and reset my system to run with a 32 bit emulatior and I also need a gate to gate outbound and an Internet address of my own. The other program I have given a lot of thought to was XSH . This was a disaster for me . String after string of problems with this software have redused me to the point where I must sit here for up to five hours and baby sit this software while it processes the PCUSENET files into a message base when getting things out of the message base is a crap shoot. HELP. Is there any one that is using and processing thease files that can give me a hand setting up this kind of system. Or at least point me at a peace of software that Will do what it says it will with out having to rebuild my entire system around it. Thanks . any help would make you a worshiped guru of the online!!!<G> .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 758 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/04/94 11:26p Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CW> Which brand/model is this you're using? CW> Chuck I would be very interested in that myself. I have seen the Zoom 28.8's for $169, but nothing for $140. Wonder if it's internal or external? -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LYON Number: 759 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/05/94 2:44p Subj: Is it me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Is it me??? I don't think so... -> -> It seems that everytime I FREQ a file from PC, it takes anywhere from -> 5-10 minutes before I see/get a steady stream of data flowing. I'm -> running a 14.4 USR Dual Std and have no problems like this with other Hello Chuck, I have the same thing happen EVERYTIME I do a F'req. I've tried with my 16.8 USR Duals and Zyxels....same thing! I've told Boyd about this twice now, no ideas. --- WM v3.10/92-0069 * Origin: T.O.L. * 15 Gigs * InterNet * (1:2380/400.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM TAYLOR Number: 760 To: ALL Date: 05/05/94 11:13p Subj: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Well, another try to see if I can get my mail back out to the PC BBS, and on to the rest of the world. If you see this let me know. Thanks Jim Taylor --- WM v3.01/93-0902 * Origin: Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Cheyenne WY (307-638-8506) (1:310/5.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 761 To: DEAN LAKE Date: 05/05/94 7:30a Subj: unused echomail msgs w/Wi Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No DL->One way is to put all the echo areas in your AREAS.BBS. Set the DL->echo's you don't wish to carry as PASSTHROUGH's with no fowarding DL->nodes. In other words, the line in your AREAS.BBS for each echo DL->you don't want should read: DL->P <ECHO NAME> 1:3615/50 DL->You are telling GoMail that <ECHO NAME> is a passthrough, and the DL->only connected system is Planet Connect. DL->You can get the latest copy of FIDONET.NA and do a little DL->creative editing to make this huge AREAS.BBS -- will probably DL->save you some typing that way. I have a newer version of PCAREAs that I'm about to release. It will search the designated BADMSG sub-dir and add those to your AREAS.BBS for ya. It will also ; (comment) the ones that are no longer shown in FIDONET.NA/NO, and at the same time, add new passthru's. Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 762 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 05/05/94 7:31a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No EH->Well, things here is confused! We've been on the bird for two months and S EH->haven't gotten our "outgoing" back to /50 to work. EH->As of this weekend several of the local sysops have spent practically every EH->afternoon browbeating the hub machines into working. So far no joy. Even EH->we 'force' a connect /50 won't talk to us. EH->Ah, the joys of FIDO! Did you setup a SESSION password with Boyd? --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Number: 763 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/05/94 2:36p Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Wed 04-May-1994 23:02 thus spake Mike Nyman unto All: MN> have been pulling it out by the hand full. Here it is . I have tryed to MN> get a processer that will process .BAG files into something that I can MN> distribute to other fido nodes in the same way we send Echomail. I have MN> .....Mike Nyman Send a NETMAIL to 1:2201/8, Phil Miller, when PC was testing the PCUSENET stuff, he had it working. I believe he used FRED (something or other) to convert to PKT and then FASTECHO to toss. --- GoldED 2.42/D'Bridge 1.54/FastEcho 1.40 * Origin: Charlie's Corner (Fidonet: 1:2201/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE CALAFRANCESCO Number: 764 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 05/05/94 11:03a Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Mark Adkins wrote in a message to Mickey Ferguson: MA> I'm working on a project that will be on a 486DX2 66 VESA MA> with an 8 port Arnet card and six nodes running PCBoard. MA> I'll need Desqview to manage this. I've run four nodes on MA> one machine with Desqview but never 6. I was told by a few MA> that it won't work, DOS can't seem to handle more than four MA> comm sessions at one time. MA> Would you (or anyone else reading this) know anything about MA> this? I could go OS/2 and run PCBoard as a DOS Session but I MA> don't think this would be much difference than non-OS/2 MA> because it's still a DOS session. According to this months Boardwatch cover, PCBoard 15.1 has OS/2 awareness. It is still a DOS app, but will now time slice nicely to OS/2. Get the 'paid' version of Gwinns comm drivers and you can use 8 serial ports under OS/2. I would make sure you have at least 20 megs of RAM in the beast and would prefer to see 32 or more. With 20 and my DX33 I start seeing some serious slowdown at a dozen OS/2 apps. Or about three DOS apps. Or one DOS app that uses serial ports. So if the 15.1 vers of PCB will work well under OS/2 I would go that route. Dave Calafrancesco, 1:272/54 - Team OS/2 --- * Origin: Druid's Grove BBS - (914)/876-2237 (1:272/54) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY RYNO Number: 765 To: DARR HOAG Date: 05/05/94 1:25p Subj: RA/FD/TICK Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Darr - > Apparently you've never used Tick.... Appearances can be deceiving. I was a Tick beta site for three years. > Local Passthrough > in an area block will most-certainly do what he wants, for that area. Absolutely correct. > It does _not_ delete the file until all attaches for that file have been > sent. A del/sent netmail flag will, however, and a kill/sent flag won't do anything to the attached files at all. That's what I was trying to convey. - Gary --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Gandalf's - San Diego, Ca - USR DS - 619-466-9505 (1:202/302) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 766 To: LEE BONNIFIELD Date: 05/05/94 9:36p Subj: Re: Feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No LB> MB> I signed up as a non-feeding node with Planet Connect. LB> Now a MB> sysop nearby (in another state) wants to poll LB> Fido from me. MB> What is the charge for adding this. Seems LB> like I remember MB> something about $10 per LB> MB> month? And what does that include? The filebone too? JH>> Hi, Mac. The additional $10.00 includes ANYTHING that you want JH>> to send the other node(s), as long as you are already receiving JH>> it via Planet Connect. LB> I hope you meant "ANYTHING from Fido". I meant anything from FidoNet Echomail and the FileBone. Sorry for not being more explicit. LB> I lost your post about 701 / 703 exit problems, but you had them LB> backwards - 701 is the exit after the FDNs, and 703 is the exit LB> after the Fido mail. See \SKYDATA\SKYINFO\PCINFO.TXT . Oh.. OK...I'll check into that....thanks. --jah ... Do Dyslexic Agnostics Ponder the Existance of Dog? --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 767 To: NATE CHASE Date: 05/05/94 9:36p Subj: Re: Lightning Arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JD>>The coax cable can act as an antenna and pick up a pretty good JD>>voltage spike, even if the lightning hits only "close by". This JD>>spike can fry your receiver or LNB, or perhaps other connected JD>>equipment. They suggest that you install a lightning arrestor JD>>device in the coax; it can be bought from the Planet Connect JD>>folks or probably any local satellite dealer. NC> Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guarenteed? Just to toss my 2 cents in here ... there is absolutely NO device that is guaranteed not to withstand damage from a lightening strike. Some do warranty the device itself; some do CLAIM to warranty up to $10,000.00 worth of equipment which is attached to it, but try and put in a claim for something that got totalled due to a direct hit. _MOST_ on guarantee against transient voltage, spikes, and/or brownouts. --jah ... Ben Dover & C. Howit Feels -- Attorneys at Law --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 768 To: CRAIG CLARK Date: 05/05/94 4:45p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <May 04 22:03>, Craig Clark of 1:3658/1 writes: CC> It's not in QWK format - it's in FTSC type packets (just like the Fido CC> stuff). Only 'gotcha' is that replies must go directly back to Bob CC> Hoffman at 8:8/0 in FamilyNet. You don't have to join FamilyNet CC> though. Thanks for the clarification, Craig. I'd never actually unarchived any of the FamilyNet archives to find out what was inside, but assumed it was QWK. And you know what ASSume does.... :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BRIAN HART Number: 769 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/05/94 2:31p Subj: Ilink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd, Just in case I missed somthing, would you have any info about ilink.### files ending up in the skydata dir? I saw the message about the alltics ( no problem there ). Thanks, Brian --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: FREEDOM BBS * Streetsboro,Ohio (1:157/579) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GORDON MALONE Number: 770 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 05/03/94 6:01a Subj: Planet Connect Network! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hey Johnny! > that > each one must be weighed out accordingly. We will be sure to > keep > everyone updated. Just keep this in the back somewhere. I'm very interested in helping to build it with you guys. I know there are only a few of you over there and can imagine that it is a little overwhelming at the moment. If anything, make sure that you are writing down or storing *all* suggestions that are coming your way. At least 50% are good and every improvement makes your alturnative that much more attractive. Gordon --- PCB15.1/Gecho 1.02+ * Origin: RDL - Baltimore's 1st PC Satellite System 410-866-4554 (1:13/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN LE DUC Number: 771 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/05/94 8:15p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Mike Nyman wrote in a message to All: MN> I have tried Gigo and found that I needed to loose MN> all of my memory managers and reset my system to run with a MN> 32 bit emulatior and I also need a gate to gate outbound and MN> an Internet address of my own. I'm using GIGO under QEMM with it's 32 bit emulatior here...it's pretty fast! My environment is not very friendly here (Desqview, Netware lite, and three lines of High speed modems on a digiboard with Dgfossel). Send me some more info and we'll compare notes. TTYL, John --- * Origin: The GeneSplicer's BBS-Las Vegas,NV (1:209/720) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 772 To: ALL Date: 05/05/94 8:39a Subj: Missing File Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Did anyone recieve 52DIX.ZIP on wednesday? -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 773 To: BOB MORTIMER Date: 05/05/94 4:31p Subj: Account Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No =>12 months at 30 days per month = 360 days, 5 days short of a full year.. BM> Mistakes happen! I have had confirmation from Boyd that it will be BM> looked into upon my next call. BM> thanks for the message. Yes, I understand problems can happen, (I'm a Sysop <g>..) -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 774 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/04/94 12:20p Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to JACK WILLIAMS <05-03-94 18:10> BILL STARR wrote: BS> I sure am interested in any program that will help me. I have a Your setup is impressive, Bill. By-the-way, there is a person in the genealogy echoes who is looking to contact all STARR's... thought you might be interested... The extraction software is working fine at this point. PC puts some "1A", hex, in some packet headers.... "1A" is an "end-of-file" character, and the file will not toss that way. I am modifying the software to take all the "1A"s out of the headers. What this software does is this: With the 703=ON, the program exits to PCSKY.BAT after the end of the final Fido mail file. PCSKY.BAT calls EXTRACT.EXE. EXTRACT.EXE checks your BBS to see what message echoes you have on the board and extracts just those messages from all the mail files. It discards all other messages in which you have no interest. This process saves me many *hours* each day! After the extraction, the tosser is called and traffic is tossed to your board and downlinks. I have not converted the extract program to shareware, but might do that if a number of people need it. I'll keep you apprised of correcting the "1A" problem... please let me know about the STARR genealogy contact.... Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN ROBINSON Number: 775 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/05/94 7:13p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello There Bill! In a message to John Robinson on <05/04/94> Bill Starr said the following: BS> That is what I am running. Ver 1.1 and I am confused with what it says. BS> I have been told that you can use the AREAS.BBS file and make it a BS> complete nodelist.na and then just do the following for the lines that I BS> do not carry: BS> 101 12_STEPS ; 12 Steps Discussion BS> P 4DOS 1:3615/50 ; 4DOS Echo BS> 102 ABLENEWS ; Disability/medical news, views, etc. BS> P ABORTION 1:3615/50 ; Abortion Discussion BS> P ADAM 1:309/27 ; Adam Computer Conf. BS> (The line P ADAM 1:309/27 is a passon as I hub to another) BS> Is this correct? I sure do appreciate the assistance. Sure is.. Anything you don't keep and "passthru" uses the "P" in your areas.bbs file....... John R. * WCE 1.5/2035 * Just Another Happy Wildcat Sysop..1:138/173 --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0051] * Origin: This Old House * D.S. 16.8 * Tacoma Wa (1:138/173) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 776 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/06/94 11:04a Subj: Missing File Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No On May 05, 1994, at 08:39, Joe Hayes of 1:2290/70 wrote: JH> Did anyone recieve 52DIX.ZIP on wednesday? Not me! I received it about 5am on Thursday. It must of made it in the last pass for the day. Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 777 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/06/94 6:35p Subj: Re: Unused Echomail Msgs Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CW> I have a newer version of PCAREAs that I'm about to release. CW> It will search the designated BADMSG sub-dir and add those CW> to your AREAS.BBS for ya. It will also ; (comment) the ones CW> that are no longer shown in FIDONET.NA/NO, and at the same CW> time, add new passthru's. Gosh...I _NEED_ this program <G>. Hope it will be coming to us via Planet Connect. --jah ... Work Harder! Millions on welfare are depending on you! --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL STARR Number: 778 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/06/94 10:14a Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> In a message to JACK WILLIAMS <05-03-94 18:10> BILL STARR wrote: -> -> BS> I sure am interested in any program that will help me. I have a -> -> Your setup is impressive, Bill. By-the-way, there is a person in the -> genealogy echoes who is looking to contact all STARR's... thought you -> be interested... -> -> The extraction software is working fine at this point. PC puts some " -> hex, in some packet headers.... "1A" is an "end-of-file" character, a -> file will not toss that way. I am modifying the software to take all -> "1A"s out of the headers. -> -> What this software does is this: With the 703=ON, the program exits t -> PCSKY.BAT after the end of the final Fido mail file. PCSKY.BAT calls -> EXTRACT.EXE. -> -> EXTRACT.EXE checks your BBS to see what message echoes you have on th -> and extracts just those messages from all the mail files. It discards -> other messages in which you have no interest. This process saves me m -> *hours* each day! After the extraction, the tosser is called and traf -> tossed to your board and downlinks. -> -> I have not converted the extract program to shareware, but might do t -> a number of people need it. -> -> I'll keep you apprised of correcting the "1A" problem... please let m -> about the STARR genealogy contact.... -> -> Regards, Jack -> Jack, I have had some suggestions from others to do the following: P <Filename> 1:3615/50 This works to pass the message but creates mail packets back to Planet Connect and others. Then I have to go into Front Door Outbound Sub-Dir and delete all the packets created so they won't go back to PC. Any ideas? Also on the Genoloegy thingy, I have received a post card saying that I could obtain a Starr Family newspaper free for a look-see. I sent it back yesterday. Funny that you should mention it also. I think I will subscribe as it is only $12 a year. Bill --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0313] * Origin: United We Stand America (602)459-0013 (1:309/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE ATKINSON Number: 779 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/06/94 6:51p Subj: Missing File Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No -> Did anyone recieve 52DIX.ZIP on wednesday? Got it here on the third pass.. Mike --- QScan v1.066b * Origin: Tippy BBS * Lake Tippecanoe * 219-453-4046 * v32t/HST (1:236/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 780 To: DAVE CALAFRANCESCO Date: 05/06/94 8:43p Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> According to this months Boardwatch cover, PCBoard 15.1 has OS/2 -> awareness. It is still a DOS app, but will now time slice -> nicely to OS/2. Get the 'paid' version of Gwinns comm drivers -> and you can use 8 serial ports under OS/2. PCBoard 15.1 comes with drivers for DOS and OS/2 aware and a program that sets these up for Arnet (digiboard too) and they, CDC, tell you NOT to use any other drivers. -> I would make sure you have at least 20 megs of RAM in the beast and -> would prefer to see 32 or more. With 20 and my DX33 I start seeing -> some serious slowdown at a dozen OS/2 apps. Or about three DOS apps. -> Or one DOS app that uses serial ports. You have me a little confused here. You have 1 DOS app that uses serial ports and that one causes you serious slowdowns with 20 megs of RAM. If this is the case under OS/2 how the heck can I run 6 DOS apps that use serial ports? I'd need 100+ megs? I don't know of a computer than holds that much RAM. The one's that I've been looking at hold up to 62/64 megs. Might as well get two computers and run 3 nodes on each under DOS if OS/2 needs that much memory to run and ends up slowing everything down when you run 1 DOS serial program. --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOB MORTIMER Number: 781 To: JOHNNY GREEN Date: 05/05/94 2:28p Subj: Account Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ->BLUELAKE This is a resend of a message that was undeliverable as it was tagged private in a NON private conference. Boyd has responded to me but I want to send it off to you as a matter of course. I am now receiving this conference gated through RIME and see that you are an active massager in the Planet Connect office. May be you can help me with my problem. I seem to have a problem with the expire date of our Planet Connect account. Our original starting date was in Oct 93 during your BETA test period. Our first quarter payment started Nov. 1 1993. We paid for three months as a HUB. On January 11, 1994 I noticed PTCCMAIN.EXE beeping at us, warning us of the 9 days to renew. This was 10 days before I expected it to happen. We faxed you and after a few days called for our renewal. I was told by Bob that a term was 30 days and a quarter is 3 times that or 90 days. Now I've paid for another quarter as a single BBS node signing up as a yearly subscriber and I was told that my new expire date will be on July 12 1994. I don't understand where we are loosing all the day's. I've messaged Boyd, faxed Joe and now messaged you. I would appreciate a message reply indicating what I should expect when I call your office on or about July 2, 1994. Thank you for your attention and I hope this matter will be cleared up so we can get on with the business at hand. * OLX 1.52 * I thought I saw a Computer Attack! I did, I did see a.. === * RENFREW Computer Club & BBS -<CANADA>- (via Satelite) * PostLink(tm) v1.20 RENFREW (#1303) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 782 To: JOHN LE DUC Date: 05/06/94 12:18p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I'm using GIGO under QEMM with it's 32 bit emulatior > here...it's pretty fast! My environment is not very > friendly here (Desqview, Netware lite, and three lines of > High speed modems on a digiboard with Dgfossel). Send me > some more info and we'll compare notes. > Hi John. I was trying to run GIGO but I could not get past the fact that dos4gw wouldnot run with a memory manager and no mater what I tryed I could not get it to run. The next thing was that I do not have an Internet address and do not know enough about internet to fake one . Nore do I have an outbound gate to gate the newsgroup access into the internet all of which are required fields in GIGO . so I turned to a very round about way of tossing this stuff . I am running XSH to toss the news groups I want into *.MSG format and then running gecho to toss the measges into pakets for outbound nodes. This worked ok but I kept getting XSH hanging up on a bag and I would have to reboot and manualy delete the affected bag and then restart the process. this was what I ment about babysitting the thing. Yesterday one of my points found a program that seams to have solved this . PIQUE goes through each bag and pulls only the messages from news groups I want and gets rid of all the trash that XSH seams to choke on. But I am now having to set up three programs config files by hand and the set up for this is taking me for ever. So much for the nice days of gechos areamgr. I am running DOS 6.2 and QEMM on two 386 sx40's with Lantastic AI BNU for a fossal and a 14.4 and a 28.8 . One on each computer and two cd roms. If you know of some way to help with this mess it would be much appreceated. later John .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS BATES Number: 783 To: MIKE BELUE Date: 05/06/94 7:32p Subj: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > CB> I now get 3300 and up to 3600 CPS rates with my new 28.8's! > Chris, > I just got mine today. Would you mind sharing your > NVRAM settings? No problem! I will netmail you a textfile called FDRAZOOM.TXT that I got from someplace, I can't remember where though... It is an excellent textfile that has all the necessary init strings for Remote Access, FrontDoor, and ZOOM 28.8's! This file is a godsend, and anyone who wants it can FREQ it from me at 1:399/3... Later, chris ... This copy of GEdit has been unregistered for 34 days. --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Tower O'Hi' Saucery (501)329-7508 - ZOOM 28.8's (1:399/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN ROBINSON Number: 784 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/02/94 4:54p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello There Bill! In a message to Ken Flory on <04/30/94> Bill Starr said the following: BS> my board. Right now they are being tossed into BADMSG dir? BS> Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they wont get BS> tossed just dumped into the trash can? Get ahold of Mike Ortiz, Bill.. He wrote a version of Gomail that will do just that... I ran it the first night I got it and let me tell you, That sucker is FAST.! Just like Gomail.! John R. * WCE 1.5/2035 * Just Another Happy Wildcat Sysop..1:138/173 --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0051] * Origin: This Old House * D.S. 16.8 * Tacoma Wa (1:138/173) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHNNY GREEN Number: 785 To: SIKKO DE GRAAF Date: 05/03/94 11:01a Subj: Planet connect in Europe?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On (01 May 94) Sikko De Graaf wrote to Johnny Green... SD> Can you give me your company voice nr: so we can call you for some SD> more information and questions?.. Planet Systems, Inc, (615) 623-8300 VOICE ... │ Home of Planet Connect and Skylink Communications. │ --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Planet Systems, Skylink 615-623-8300 (1:3615/50.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 786 To: KEN SHORT Date: 05/02/94 11:39p Subj: Need idea's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Thursday April 28 1994, Ken Short writes to All: Hello Ken! KS> well...Now i need some idea's on what i should do to hook a dos box to my KS> OS/2 bbs machine...IE what is a good package to hook the 2 machines...A KS> way of telling my bbs machine to toos the planet connect stuff...and ANY KS> other info you think is helpful....Thanks in advance... I have a 386sx running dos 5.0 with lantastic 5.0 & intel etherexpress 16bit lan cards. the dos machine receives all day all night, exiting, dup checking, then moving the mail/files to my os2 machine and then sends a force exit to my binkley line..it runs a rexx script i wrote which also dup checks (done as a precaussion since in the past..all the available dos dup checkers failed at one time or another and completely crashed my os.2 box..so...after dup checking all the stuff i move the mail to a mail dir, the files to a file dir..i hatch the mail out to the other main hubs in vancouver, let that get sent..then hatch the files after 6:30 which allows plenty of time for the semi-time sensitive mail to get out first (i hope :) Oh..lantastic runs under a vdm image under os.2..uses no cpu load cept maybe 20% while the files get moved but otherwise is invisible. Hope some of this gives you some ideas. If it was of great use..i'd zip up my lanimage file for you and make it avaiulble for freq :) Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID LIERMAN Number: 787 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/03/94 8:37a Subj: WildCat and PConn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No The best thing we have come up with is using WildMail 3.11 it has the option in it now to will messages in Conf that you are not carrying. The only problem is if you are a HUB for other board then they will not be able to auto add conf. because when they request a conf. it puts them in a Que file and waits for a message to be tossed in the bad area and then adds the conf. if they are being deleted as they come in it will never add them. you have to manual add them.. I talked to On-Line about this and the said it will be take care of in the next release of WildMail 4.0 sometime when Wildcat 4.0 is out!! David Lierman 1:2255/90 PITA BBS --- WM v3.11/92-0642 * Origin: PITA BBS Anderson, IN (1:231/550.0) (1:2255/90) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PETER CONWAY Number: 788 To: ALL Date: 05/03/94 3:04p Subj: Global Connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Why GLOBAL CONNECT? ------------------- Now let's just say you want to call during the day, unheard of right?? WRONG! If your currently using Plannet Connect or Pagesat to recieve you mail and using "PRICEYNet" to send your mail back, then let's just show you what you can save by going with Global Connect: Price's compared on May 3, 1994 GLOBAL CONNECT PRICEYNET -------------- --------- Setup Fee: $0.00 $50.00 Domain Name: $40.00 $25.00 Monthly Fee: $12.00 $6.00 Hourly Connect Fee: $0.00 $4.00 Long Distance Cost: $0.18/min* $0.24/min Storage Fee: $0.00 $0.00 (soon to change) Per meg charge: $0.00 $2.00/per meg after 1st Seperate Personal Account Included at NO charge: YES NO Leased Line and SLIP/PPP Support : YES NO Dial-in 800 numbers : YES NO Support 7 days a week: YES NO ------------ ------------- Total Average yearly cost:$488.50 $722.50 *Special 800 dial-in access available to anyone in North America. ANY QUESTIONS? Call 804-229-4484(voice) 9am - 7pm 1:271/320 (Interuse.zip) Info@backdr.com * Global Connect is a registered trademark of Global Connect Inc. Prices based on 2 - 30 minute day-rate calls per day for 365 days at 14.4bps standard UUCP account access. Rates quoted by Global Connect are good ONLY for current Planet Connect or Pagesat Customers. --- WM v3.11/93-0786 * Origin: THE BACKDOOR BBS Williamsburg, VA (1:271/320) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PETER CONWAY Number: 789 To: ALL Date: 05/03/94 3:05p Subj: Global Connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Why GLOBAL CONNECT? ------------------- If your currently receiving Your feed through Plannet Connect and are using "PRICEYNet" to send back your UUCP mail, then let's just show you what you can save by going with Global Connect: Price's compared on May 3, 1994 GLOBAL CONNECT PRICEYNET -------------- --------- Setup Fee: $0.00 $50.00 Domain Name: $40.00 $25.00 Monthly Fee: $12.00 $6.00 Hourly Connect Fee: $0.00 $2.00 Long Distance Cost: $0.12/min $0.12/min Storage Fee: $0.00 $0.00 (soon to change) Per meg charge: $0.00 $1.00/per meg after 1st Seperate Personal Account Included at NO charge: YES NO Leased Line and SLIP/PPP Support : YES NO Dial-in 800 numbers : YES NO Support 7 days a week: YES NO ------------ ------------- Total Average yearly cost:$379.00 $408.75 ANY QUESTIONS? Call 804-229-4484(voice) 9am - 7pm 1:271/320 (Interuse.zip) Info@backdr.com * Global Connect is a registered trademark of Global Connect Inc. Prices based on 1 - 5 minute night-rate calls per day for 365 days at 14.4bps standard UUCP account access. Global Connect Monthly rate shown is valid ONLY for current Planet Connect & Pagesat customers. --- WM v3.11/93-0786 * Origin: THE BACKDOOR BBS Williamsburg, VA (1:271/320) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 790 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/07/94 12:24p Subj: unused echomail msgs w/Wi Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Thursday May 05 1994 07:30, Chuck Warren wrote to Dean Lake: CW> DL->> One way is to put all the echo areas in your AREAS.BBS. Set the DL->> echo's you don't wish to carry as PASSTHROUGH's with no fowarding DL->> nodes. In other words, the line in your AREAS.BBS for each echo DL->> you don't want should read: CW> DL->> P <ECHO NAME> 1:3615/50 CW> DL->> You are telling GoMail that <ECHO NAME> is a passthrough, and the DL->> only connected system is Planet Connect. CW> DL->> You can get the latest copy of FIDONET.NA and do a little DL->> creative editing to make this huge AREAS.BBS -- will probably DL->> save you some typing that way. CW> CW> I have a newer version of PCAREAs that I'm about to release. It will CW> search the designated BADMSG sub-dir and add those to your AREAS.BBS CW> for ya. It will also ; (comment) the ones that are no longer shown CW> in FIDONET.NA/NO, and at the same time, add new passthru's. CW> CW> Chuck CW> -+- WM v3.10/91-0206 CW> + Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) Hello Chuck, I use your Last release of PCAREAS All the time.. and it works great... However, based on you comments about a New release that will comment out areas, that are not in FIDONET.NA/NO?? how will this effect topic areas like K12-HWY and many other Areas such as regional or local Net topics, that are not listed in FIDONET.NA/NO?? Inquiring Minds want to know? :-) Regards, George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HERRBACH Number: 791 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/07/94 7:33a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello BILL, On Apr. 30, 1994 at 11:05 , BILL STARR of 1:309/51 wrote: BS> Now - How do I kill the echo messages that are not being BS> utilitzed on my board. Right now they are being tossed into BS> BADMSG dir? Is there some way I can NUL or NIL them out so they BS> wont get tossed just dumped into the trash can? Areafix, Seal, and other similar programs will check the BAD_MSGS directory and if meeting criteria, add the conference names to your AREAS.BBS file. Then, they will not be tossed to your BAD_MSGS directory anymore. John {|-) --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: HAL 9000: Dave, put down those Windows disks. Dave. (1:159/950) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 792 To: BRIAN HART Date: 05/07/94 8:09p Subj: Ilink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Boyd Goodin, Brian Hart said: BH> Hello Boyd, Just in case I missed somthing, would you have BH>any info about ilink.### files ending up in the skydata dir? Methinks it has something to do with your ACONFIG.SKY being out of date. <G> --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 793 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/07/94 8:10p Subj: Missing File Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No * In a message originally to All, Joe Hayes said: JH>Did anyone recieve 52DIX.ZIP on wednesday? Got it here. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 794 To: JOHN LYON Date: 05/07/94 7:54a Subj: Is it me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JL-> I have the same thing happen EVERYTIME I do a F'req. I've tried JL-> with my 16.8 USR Duals and Zyxels....same thing! I've told Boyd about JL-> this twice now, no ideas. Thanks John. Seems some of us have problems, some don't. Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 795 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/07/94 2:01a Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> Did you setup a SESSION password with Boyd? Yep! We did that. UNfortunately, today we found out that they'd typed it into ANOTHER net's address. (A typo that I make frequently so I fully understand.) This may actually GO OUT! All appropriate appendages crossed and re crossed. ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JASON BAGINSKI Number: 796 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/07/94 11:16a Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MN>nodes. This worked ok but I kept getting XSH hanging up on a bag MN>and I would have to reboot and manualy delete the affected bag and MN>then restart the process. this was what I ment about babysitting MN>the thing. Yesterday one of my points found a program that seams to MN>have solved this . PIQUE goes through each bag and pulls only the MN>messages from news groups I want and gets rid of all the trash that MN>XSH seams to choke on. But I am now having to set up three programs Versions of XSH prior to 0.5 would barf on a certain incorrect date field, with 0.5 I took a "screw it" approach. If it does't follow specs to the letter, I'm just going to take the current date time, do'ya know how many messages I have about "XSH is buggy", "XSH doesn't work", "The programer must be terrible", all due to other people unable to follow their own specs. Now I'll get messages going, "The date/time field is not the one in the bag". <sigh> Ah well, just relieving some frustration. 0.6 is the latest "official" version. If you want to try 0.6, freq XSH_0_6.ARJ from here(actualy, I think the XSH file area in on Plannet Connect, so you might have it already sitting on your system) and shoot me off some netmail if you have problems, until I'm informed of specific problems, I can't exactly fix them, now can I? :) The "major" new thing with 0.6 is area on demand dupe checking(you configure what areas you want to do dupe checking on). --- ><bbs/}{edEd 1.19\NX * Origin: ?,Jason Baginski,9187494139,Tulsa,OK (1:170/906) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOB MORTIMER Number: 797 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/05/94 9:40a Subj: Re: account Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ->433 BG=> Our caculations are not alway correct but the one that bob gave you =>is currect. Let me know on the next update and I will fix it. I hope you will be available. You seem to be a very busy person. My next call should be snack dab in the middle of vacation time. (G) * OLX 1.52 * Tags "R" Us ... === * RENFREW Computer Club & BBS -<CANADA>- (via Satelite) * PostLink(tm) v1.20 RENFREW (#1303) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE LYDA Number: 798 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/07/94 11:47a Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello John! In a message to Bill Starr <05/05/94> John Robinson wrote: JR> Hello There Bill! JR> In a message to John Robinson on <05/04/94> Bill Starr said the JR> following: JR> BS> That is what I am running. Ver 1.1 and I am confused with what it say JR> BS> I have been told that you can use the AREAS.BBS file and make it a JR> BS> complete nodelist.na and then just do the following for the lines tha JR> BS> do not carry: JR> BS> 101 12_STEPS ; 12 Steps Discussion JR> BS> P 4DOS 1:3615/50 ; 4DOS Echo JR> BS> 102 ABLENEWS ; Disability/medical news, views, etc. JR> BS> P ABORTION 1:3615/50 ; Abortion Discussion JR> BS> P ADAM 1:309/27 ; Adam Computer Conf. JR> BS> (The line P ADAM 1:309/27 is a passon as I hub to another) Got one question on the P ADAM 1:309/27 part, are you getting that ECHO from 1:309/27? If not then it should read P ADAM 1:3615/50 1:309/27 if you are getting it form the bird in the sky so all replys would go back from 1:309/27 to your node and them back to 1:3615/50. Otherwise it is dumped to never land when a reply comes back to you. Joe * WCE 1.5/2107 * Have you seen this Tagline? Call 1-800-TAG-THIS! --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0081] * Origin: *3622 NEC, The ELk River BBS (615) 454-2295 455-1019* (1:3622/1000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE LYDA Number: 799 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/07/94 11:56a Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Bill! BS> I have had some suggestions from others to do the following: BS> P <Filename> 1:3615/50 BS> This works to pass the message but creates mail packets back to Planet BS> Connect and others. Then I have to go into Front Door Outbound Sub-Dir BS> and delete all the packets created so they won't go back to PC. Any BS> ideas? BS> Also on the Genoloegy thingy, I have received a post card saying that I BS> could obtain a Starr Family newspaper free for a look-see. I sent it BS> back yesterday. Funny that you should mention it also. I think I will BS> subscribe as it is only $12 a year. It looks like you do not have 1:3622/51 in Gomail as your Alias address from what I read above! Joe * WCE 1.5/2107 * What are you doing?!? The message is over,GO AWAY! --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0081] * Origin: *3622 NEC, The ELk River BBS (615) 454-2295 455-1019* (1:3622/1000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 800 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/06/94 3:59p Subj: Missing File Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No In a msg on <May 05 08:39>, Joe Hayes of 1:2290/70 writes: JH> Did anyone recieve 52DIX.ZIP on wednesday? Got it here on a KU band setup, but I believe not until the third transmission cycle. :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 801 To: BRIAN HART Date: 05/06/94 4:02p Subj: Ilink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <May 05 14:31>, Brian Hart of 1:157/579 writes: BH> Hello Boyd, Just in case I missed somthing, would you have any info BH> about ilink.### files ending up in the skydata dir? I saw the BH> message about the alltics ( no problem there ). Sounds like a config problem with your ACONFIG.SKY. No Ilink files have wound up in the SKYDATA directory here, or in any of the directories below SKYDATA. :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 802 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/07/94 5:12p Subj: Re: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >in Net 100 went to Planet Connect to begin with. In the last >correspondence I had with Harvey Smith about the situation, Harvey was >considering yanking the HOBBIES echo out of FamilyNet and making it a >FidoNet originated echo, which would result in its traffic again appearing >over the satellite. >Ah....the games people play.... >:-) Bill, N100EC Bill, Why can't it be in both places at the same time... ? Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 803 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/07/94 5:15p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No >I would be very interested in that myself. I have seen the Zoom 28.8's for >$169, but nothing for $140. >Wonder if it's internal or external? >-Joe Joe, The sysop prices for the ZOOM 28.8k's are as follows.. $139 - Internal $159 - External Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 804 To: ALL Date: 05/07/94 1:18a Subj: PCB and other toys... Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No All, After 4 months in Beta Info System Technology is releasing the following toys for public beta. They will come with demo keys, and drop dead 4 times a month until you register them (gotta promote the shareware concept one way or another...) --- New Products List -------------------------------------------------- ISTMAIL - Hudson Tosser, ISTGOLD GoldBase Tosser, IST!PCB PCBoard Tosser ... all three are capable of handling 250 nodes in their export list, and 8000+ conferences *(internet). CRCHK - Ever wanted to delete off all those *.QWK files, and PCUSENET.* files that have already be processed, and could not find anything that worked worth a damn??? This does it for you, simple, no config files, just 1 command line ... and you get instant access to clean directories (running here since Jan 2nd). D/Bbs - You run QuickBBS, or RA and want a clone, but has message bases and file bases designed for the work load from the dish? Yep, this does it for you ... and if you are a PCB operator, you will love the fact we can run everything except for PPE's from D/Bbs! (we are working on the PPE's currently!) DOMANSED - want an external editor for the BBS, one that supports many configuration, and works like a word processor, not an ANSI toy??? All Communication based Software support Fossil, Uart, Int14 and Digiboard. Come in many flavours (OS/2 in development), and we have a support staff of programmers and techs reaching all ends of the US, and one in Europe. Custom Software jobs available, contact us for rates. Long live the bird! G.E. Ozz Nixon Jr. Info System Technology (tennessee branch). * - # of conferences is also based upon the amount of base ram you have available. 6800 conferences in 414k Desqview Windows, and the internal 65k cache in use (which is programmable down to 18k). --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 805 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/07/94 1:23a Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No In a message to Chuck Warren <05-04-94 23:26> Joe Hayes wrote: JH> I would be very interested in that myself. I have seen the Zoom JH> 28.8's for $169, but nothing for $140. JH> Wonder if it's internal or external? Call 1-800-822-8224 ... then (if I recall right the next two menu option on the phone are 3 then 2 ...) but ask for the fax for the 28800's for 149.00 form the MNP people themselves Microcom! This version does not support the parallel interface, but who cares? The 249 version supports parallel but only has class 1 fax (yuk). enjoy the crackle of the baud! --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 806 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/07/94 1:28a Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to All <05-04-94 23:02> Mike Nyman wrote: MN> The other program I have given a lot of thought to was XSH . This was MN> a disaster for me . String after string of problems with this MN> software have redused me to the point where I must sit here for up to MN> five hours and baby sit this software while it processes the PCUSENET MN> files into a message base when getting things out of the message base MN> is a crap shoot. HELP. Is there any one that is using and processing MN> thease files that can give me a hand setting up this kind of system. MN> Or at least point me at a peace of software that Will do what it says MN> it will with out having to rebuild my entire system around it. Thanks MN> . any help would make you a worshiped guru of the online!!!<G> GRIN!!!! You want the answer, you found the author(s) of Info System Technology. We have the toys for you, we are not as fast as GIGO for going from *.BAG to *.PKT ... but you don't have to have a ton of ram, about 501k will process all the *.BAG's and send them out in *.PKT. Then as per an UPLINK ... IST also provides this to people, if you are the 1st in your area the charge is only $60.00 a year ... and yes our tossers support areanames upto 255 characters - something the otherguys forgot. We also support direct interface to PCBoard, Hudson Message bases and GoldBase Message bases (squish and jam are at the alpha sites). And we now do Credit Cards :)... Send me netmail @ 1:18/201 C ya... Don't just give me the bird, I want Internet too... <grin> --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 807 To: JIM TAYLOR Date: 05/08/94 12:07a Subj: Re: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to All <05-05-94 23:13> Jim Taylor wrote: JT> Well, another try to see if I can get my mail back out to the PC BBS, JT> and on to the rest of the world. If you see this let me know. Its a workin' --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 808 To: JOHN LE DUC Date: 05/08/94 12:12a Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JL> Netware lite, and three lines of High speed modems on a digiboard JL> with Dgfossel). Send me some more info and we'll compare notes. Drooling now... I have a Digiboard .. and a registered DGFO, but do not have the XiDOS5.Sys ... would you be so polite to send it to my system, or send netmail saying poll you for it... begging!! I have spent over a couple hundred calling people and getting the run around. I ran PCBoard with the COMMDRV.exe and tsr ... it works but I no longer run PCBoard as I am writing a clone.... thanks MUCHO!!!! Ozz --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JASON FESLER Number: 809 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/07/94 4:27p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Mike Nyman writes: MN> Hi Guys and gals. I have been trying to get productive for MN> the past month and a half and at this point I have very MN> little hair left in my head as I have been pulling it out by MN> the hand full. Here it is . I have tryed to get a processer MN> that will process .BAG files into something that I can MN> distribute to other fido nodes in the same way we send MN> Echomail. I have tried Gigo and found that I needed to loose MN> all of my memory managers and reset my system to run with a Strange .. what type of operating system are you running? Most of us running GIGO _do_ use a memory manager :-) I use it all the time to handle distributing newsgroups to approx 55 systems. MN> 32 bit emulatior and I also need a gate to gate outbound and MN> an Internet address of my own. You do not have to route outbound traffic at all. You just need to configure the directories themselves, as though you were. They will remain empty. If you need assistance, mail me. Jason Fesler jfesler@wmeonlin.sacbbx.com --- timEd 1.01.b1+ * Origin: Net 203 Services (1:203/7707.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MAC BRYANT Number: 810 To: LEE BONNIFIELD Date: 05/07/94 6:22a Subj: Re: feeds Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No LB|The $10 includes your right to hub the entire Fido backbone FIDONET.NA |and also FIDONET.NO and as much of the Fido filebone as you get from |Planet Connect; but there are additional restrictions on some of the |other services from elsewhere, eg Author Direct, weather, TV listings, |PCSITES. Thanks, Lee. I understood that. The guy was just interested in pulling Fido mail from me. However, after getting his phone bill for a remote local line, he's reconsidering. <g> Have a good one. .\\ac * QMPro 1.02 49-6919 * Natchez - Where the Old South Still Lives & Lives & Liv --- WM v3.11/93-0070 * Origin: Trinity BBS * Natchez, MS * (601) 442-5978 * (1:3632/42) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KEN KAVANAGH Number: 811 To: CRAIG CLARK Date: 05/07/94 10:11p Subj: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Tuesday May 03 1994, Craig Clark writes to Ken Kavanagh: Hello Craig! CC> I'm getting it from PC! It's in the FamilyNet mail bundles. I have no plans to toss all the bundles of a net I don't want to get when the echo I want (hobbies0 SHOULD be arriving via normal backbone channels (0000ffff.* bundles) Its absense is still silly imo. :) Cheers, Ken --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Sound Stage BBS - Vancouvers Music HQ - 604/944-6476 (1:153/7070) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 812 To: BOYD GOODWIN Date: 05/08/94 12:00p Subj: ILLEGAL? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd! Since april 18th been getting an Ilegal connect message in the log when 201/01 connects to you? Whats going on Boyd, the mail aint flowing. NFE BBS nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 813 To: BOYD GOODWIN Date: 05/08/94 2:14p Subj: ILLEGAL? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Art! In a message to Boyd Goodwin <05/08/94> Art Mack wrote: AM> Hello Boyd! AM> Since april 18th been getting an Ilegal connect message in the log when 2 AM> connects to you? Whats going on Boyd, the mail aint flowing. Well I messed around and recompiled the node lsit and now it seems to work! weird...it was calling 1:3615/50......let me know if you get this one please. Art Mack NFE BBS nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 * WCE 1.5/2087 * Mail not found: (a)bort (r)etry (p)anic (b)lame sysop --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PAUL BENDER Number: 814 To: ALL Date: 05/07/94 6:13p Subj: Disk Space Needed? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No The network where I belong has begun to consider getting a Planet Connect dish, but we've been told that the disk space needed is quite a large amount. I would be interested in comments from current Planet Connect customers on how much disk space is required for successfully processing the typical Fidonet Message Backbone and Filebone. Thanks in Advance... ... Anything for Free, Is Worth what You Paid for It.... --- FMail 0.96Γ * Origin: Rassi's Retreat - Green Bay, Wi - Supra V.32b/V.42b (1:139/570) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 815 To: STEVE ADAIR Date: 05/09/94 12:39a Subj: Re: InterNet Mail delays?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > are OLD when we get them... todays (5/4/94) messages are dated from from > 4/28 > to 4/29!!! These messages are 5 to 6 days old! Is this temporary?? > Putting We have concluded that it is a problem with our provider and they are working on fixing it. They have to monitor it to see where the bottle-neck is. Hopefully we will see an improvement over the next week. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID UNFRIED Number: 816 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/08/94 11:30a Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mike! Wednesday May 04 1994 23:02, Mike Nyman wrote to All: MN> to gate outbound and an Internet address of my own. Having and address of your own seems a good idea to me. MN> point where I must sit here for up to five hours and baby sit this MN> software while it processes the PCUSENET files into a message base when MN> getting things out of the message base is a crap shoot. HELP. Is there any MN> one that is using and processing thease files that can give me a hand MN> setting up this kind of system. Or at least point me at a peace of MN> software that Will do what it says it will with out having to rebuild my MN> entire system around it. Thanks . any help would make you a worshiped guru MN> of the online!!!<G> I have no idea what type of BBS software you use so this may not be a solution for you. I use Wilduucp from Online Computer Resources for use with Wildcat!. It includes a utility to convert BAGS into "munged" uucp type inbound files, and will simultaneously toss into Wildcat! message base and gate any or all areas into Fido style packets for distribution. It was designed to accomodate the "inbound only" Planet Connect or Pagesat satellite feeds, and send outbound to a standard domain such as a local provider. I use Squish, not Wildmail, to toss the gated packets as Wildmail is too slow to handle a full hub feed IMHO. OCR claims you need Wildmail but any flexible tosser such as Squish, QM, or Gecho can be configured to work with Wilduucp. Wilduucp itself does not distribute packets, it simply produces them to be tossed as normal inbound to your FTSC tosser. I'm sure there's probably a way to fool it to run without Wildcat as well. As I said, this is probably not a solution for you, but there is a package out there that does what you're looking for, and I understand that similar programs are coming out for other BBS software, although I'm not sure about FTSC gating capability. I had the same exact experience with GIGO. It set up OK, and seemed to do the trick, but couldn't be run on one of my BBS nodes on the LAN which requires memory managers, TSRs and all kinds of tricks to get everything else to run. David --- GoldED 2.40.P0720 * Origin: Star Tech (714)861-8366 & 257-1175 V.32bis (1:218/801) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 817 To: NATE CHASE Date: 05/05/94 6:07p Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JD>device in the coax; it can be bought from the Planet Connect JD>folks or probably any local satellite dealer. NC>Boyd (et all), NC> Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guarenteed? ummm.... interesting: just how could one gaurantee that any device (even a granite boulder!) would function properly if hit by lightening?? === * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * RIME:154 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : * Anesthesia/Med/Sci/Engineering * --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 818 To: KEN SHORT Date: 05/06/94 6:31p Subj: Need idea's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No KS>Hi all, well I have just jumped on the Planet Connect Band wagon...I was KS>holding off until they got an OS/2 fix, but have just been told they are KS>having probs with the new dongle, they are beta testing...ARRRGGHHH... Oh KS>well...Now i need some idea's on what i should do to hook a dos box to my KS>OS/2 bbs machine...IE what is a good package to hook the 2 machines...A way KS>of telling my bbs machine to toos the planet connect stuff...and ANY other KS>info you think is helpful....Thanks in advance... KS> Have a gooder. KS> Ken Short 1:134/3200 Fido KS> You're welcome to freq here the file PLANCONN.ZIP , which is a history/info/etc of th OS/2 and PC problem ... Seems a fix is close at hand ..at least it's in beta... In summary, MOST users are completely unable to run PC on an OS/2 system .. Only anternative is to Lan the OS/2 machine (as server) to a dedicated dos machine which does the satellite thing ... Otherwise, wait ... ___ * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 === * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * RIME:154 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : * Anesthesia/Med/Sci/Engineering * --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 819 To: TOM TCIMPIDIS Date: 05/07/94 10:39a Subj: Dongle and os/2 Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No TT> KBRight now the speculation is that a few OS/2 gurus have TT> cracked the KBsecurity in your dongle/software and are using TT> your product in KBan "irregular" (don't want to say TT> "illegal" <g>) way. We KBfurther speculate that Planet TT> Connect doesn't care if the KBsecurity has been cracked as KB>The contract I signed and which was accepted by PC allows modification KB>of the code for one's own use. It specifically prohibits KB>passing modified code to other people. Fair enough. You can't KB>tell me who has the hacked code because he/she can't give it to KB>me anyway. Can you tell me how to hack it myself? Something to KB>do with debug, disk editor and NOP instructions? This is intolerable: that there should be knowledge available to some which PC might be aware of which at the same time is unavailable to other os/2'ers who've invested in PC equipment, etc , and who cannot run it... ___ * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 === * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * RIME:154 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : * Anesthesia/Med/Sci/Engineering * --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 820 To: PETER CONWAY Date: 05/07/94 10:48a Subj: Global connect Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No PC> Why GLOBAL CONNECT? PC> ------------------- PC>Now let's just say you want to call during the day, unheard of right?? PC>WRONG! PC>If your currently using Plannet Connect or Pagesat to PC>recieve you mail and using "PRICEYNet" to send your mail back, then PC>let's just show you what you can save by going with Global Connect: PC> Price's compared on May 3, 1994 Not quite... You should have provided the full story: PC> GLOBAL CONNECT PRICEYNET PC> -------------- --------- PC>Setup Fee: $0.00 $50.00 PC>Domain Name: $40.00 $25.00 PC>Monthly Fee: $12.00 $6.00 and why was I charged $30/month, being a PC customer, too? PC>Hourly Connect Fee: $0.00 $4.00 PC>Long Distance Cost: $0.18/min* $0.24/min PC>Storage Fee: $0.00 $0.00 (soon to change) PC>Per meg charge: $0.00 $2.00/per meg after 1st PC>Seperate Personal Account PC>Included at NO charge: YES NO PC>Leased Line and PC>SLIP/PPP Support : YES NO PC>Dial-in 800 numbers : YES NO Your 800 number is not free: it costs users $0.12 per minute. PC>Support 7 days a week: YES NO PC> ------------ ------------- PC>Total Average yearly cost:$488.50 $722.50 Also, your signup agreement, at least for me, forced a 2month pre-pay (30 x 2 = 60) plus the $40 domain reg fee ... = $100 No real problem, but some might appreciate the accuracy... PC>* Global Connect is a registered trademark of Global Connect Inc. PC>Prices based on 2 - 30 minute day-rate calls per day for 365 days PC>at 14.4bps standard UUCP account access. That stipulation was never mentioned to me ... Did you give me an entirely different sort of account?? PC>Rates quoted by Global Connect are good ONLY for current Planet Connect PC>or Pagesat Customers. umm. Jon Anderson 'gas.com' , once ya finish the setup for me ... and pending your comments on the above ... ___ * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 === * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * RIME:154 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : * Anesthesia/Med/Sci/Engineering * --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM TAYLOR Number: 821 To: OZZ NIXON Date: 05/08/94 10:23p Subj: Re: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> JT> Well, another try to see if I can get my mail back out to the PC -> JT> and on to the rest of the world. If you see this let me know. -> -> Its a workin' Thanks, it only took me 2 months to get every thing set up. Shoot, I still don't have the File-Echos set up, or a program to handle the duplicate mail files that come in every day, but that is my next project(s). Thanks again. Jim Taylor --- WM v3.01/93-0902 * Origin: Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Cheyenne WY (307-638-8506) (1:310/5.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 822 To: DAVE PETRUCCI Date: 05/08/94 7:42p Subj: Re: Hobbies Echo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a msg on <May 07 17:12>, Dave Petrucci of 1:2600/161 writes: >in Net 100 went to Planet Connect to begin with. In the last >correspondence I had with Harvey Smith about the situation, Harvey was >considering yanking the HOBBIES echo out of FamilyNet and making it a >FidoNet originated echo, which would result in its traffic again >appearing over the satellite. >Ah....the games people play.... >:-) Bill, N100EC DP> Bill, DP> Why can't it be in both places at the same time... ? DP> Dave P. You'd have to ask the FamilyNet head, Bob Hoffman via netmail for an answer to that. He does not read this area. I think he also has a FidoNet address, but I don't recall what it is. :-) Bill --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 823 To: JASON BAGINSKI Date: 05/08/94 11:08p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Ah well, just relieving some frustration. Hi Jason . that is what I was doing in the last message as well sorry if I offended you . > > 0.6 is the latest "official" version. If you want to try > 0.6, freq XSH_0_6.ARJ from here(actualy, I think the XSH I got it from your system . 2400 is a drag but I thought I should have a look. > file area in on Plannet Connect, so you might have it > already sitting on your system) and shoot me off some > netmail if you have problems, until I'm informed of > specific problems, I can't exactly fix them, now can I? :) I was the guy that sent you a 300k pcusenet file with 3 bag files in it . net mail that I sent with the file said that one of the bags was hanging the program but the others processed just fine . I waited for a week and had not heard back from you so I tryed all the other programs that I mentioned but none of them did what I needed it to do so I called you and downloaded .6 and gave it a try . All the problems I had with .4 I continued to have with .6 so I gave up completly and told all my points that what thay where SOL and thay would never see Internet out of my system again . At this point one of my points came to see me and asked me to try again with a little program that he found . So to shut the guy up I tryed it . To my suprise it made every thing work just fine . I run it on the bag files and it restores them to the standards that you are talking about . It takes the bags apart and scans for news groups that you specifiey and then repacks the bag file but only with news groups you wanted . there is also a config file that tells it what to put in the info spaces in the bag file when it repacks it. like TO: FROM: NEWSGROUPS: . It writes them in the message and them packs the message back in the bag. and stores the bag in a different directory. then I have XSH go to the processed bag files in the new directoies and process them . as the BAG files have had there ID lines rewriten and in the process only the news groups that I wanted are repacked thay are processed by XSH just fine and XSH at that point takes very little time to run . I had a look at the bag files that XSH had choked on and from what I could tell the only files it hung on where ones with one message in the bag that had been cross posted to ten or more areas and the news group names where more then 300 caricters long . I do not know if this was the problem but that is the only weard thing I saw in the bags that messed up. As for changes in version .6 none of them pertain to me . I am using XSH to toss the messages into *.MSG files and then thay are processed by Gecho so all I am using it for is sorting the messages and files them in the right directory long enough for gecho to come in and toss them out into mail bags for my points. When I got .6 I tryed to have it toss them into a hudson base but this still will not work in .6 . I am not sure if this was as a result of it not making it through all the message areas with out me having to reboot because XSH stoped on a bad bag or if it is something wrong with the code but every time I tryed it it nuked my message header file and I lost my whole message base (thank heavens for backups)<G>. I look forward to seeing wether or not you have any luck getting a handle on this problem Jason and if I can give you a hand with bugreports I will keep sending them. I would not give to much mind to the fools that say that " The programer must be terrible " . I don't see any of them writing better. As a mater of fact there are only about three or four programs out that are trying to do what XSH is trying. So just flip them the bird and keep on pluging . later Guy. .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 824 To: OZZ NIXON Date: 05/08/94 11:37p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Ozz > for going from *.BAG to *.PKT ... but you don't have to > have a ton of This is not what I am looking for. If you want to know what I dream about at night , It is Gecho and all its areamgr features, un packing and menu driven features . and lets see it able to handle BAG files as well as PKT files. That is the one thing that would save me a lot of work. As it is now I have to set up three config files by hand every time one of my points wants a new news group. > if you are > the 1st in your area the charge is only $60.00 a year ... > and yes our Now this is where I start to scratch my head. I have to pay you every year to run a product that I have never heard of and will not be able to try and see if it fits my needs ? As there are only two places in the world to get bag files (planet connect and one other sat. system) and this is the support echo for 50% of of the mentioned dist. sites it would stand to reason that if you had Beta tested this software some mention of it would have turned up here . As it has not I can only guess that this is no fully tested software and I and others here are going to have to hear a great deal more about this software before I am going to send my cash any where. .....Mike Nyman > tossers support areanames upto 255 characters - something > the otherguys > forgot. We also support direct interface to PCBoard, Hudson > Message > bases and GoldBase Message bases (squish and jam are at the > alpha > sites). And we now do Credit Cards :)... > > Send me netmail @ 1:18/201 > C ya... > > Don't just give me the bird, I want Internet too... <grin> > --- Info System Technology (c) '94 > * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} > (1:18/201) --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 825 To: JASON FESLER Date: 05/09/94 12:02a Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi again Jason I sent you net mail about this and I left a message in this echo for you for some time ago and never heard back from you so I was forced to give up on GIGO . I have never been able to get DOS4GW to work with dos 6.2 and QEMM 7.03 and the DOC on DOS4GW was of no help at all . > Strange .. what type of operating system are you running? > Most of us running GIGO _do_ use a memory manager :-) I > use it all the time to handle distributing newsgroups to > approx 55 systems. > MN> 32 bit emulatior and I also need a gate to gate outbound and > MN> an Internet address of my own. > > You do not have to route outbound traffic at all. You just > need to configure the directories themselves, as though you > were. They will remain empty. > If you need assistance, mail me. This is the question I asked about last time when I expresed concerenes about not having an internet address and it beeing a required field. Have you any plans for an areamgr feature that would allow remote users to connect and disconnect there own news groups and it to process all the other incoming mail as well as the news groups. I am sorry for so many stupid questions at this late date but it has been a long time now since I had a look at GIGO.Have a good one Jason.later .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GREG ROSLER Number: 826 To: JIM TAYLOR Date: 05/07/94 6:43a Subj: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE: Hello From Cheyenne BY: Jim Taylor on Thu May 05 1994 11:13 pm You made it to Rio Rancho, New Mexico just fine. Greg --- Synchronet * Origin: In Your Face BBS! Rio Rancho, NM 505-891-1424/1425 (1:301/43) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 827 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/08/94 8:33a Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to JACK WILLIAMS <05-06-94 10:14> BILL STARR wrote: BS> I have had some suggestions from others to do the following: BS> BS> P <Filename> 1:3615/50 BS> BS> This works to pass the message but creates mail packets back to BS> Planet BS> Connect and others. Then I have to go into Front Door Outbound BS> Sub-Dir BS> and delete all the packets created so they won't go back to PC. Any BS> ideas? I am not aware of what your tosser software is, but, have you tried it without the 1:3615/50 in each line??? Your tosser is not seeing that the mail is from 1:3615/50 and is tossing it back to him. BS> Also on the Genoloegy thingy, I have received a post card saying that BS> I could obtain a Starr Family newspaper free for a look-see. I sent it BS> back yesterday. Funny that you should mention it also. I think I will BS> subscribe as it is only $12 a year. Excellent idea, ..... were/are any of your folks from North Carolina???? Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 828 To: JIM TAYLOR Date: 05/08/94 8:39a Subj: Re: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to All <05-05-94 23:13> Jim Taylor wrote: JT> Well, another try to see if I can get my mail back out to the PC BBS, JT> and on to the rest of the world. If you see this let me know. Hi, Jim. You're reaching Fredericksburg, VA. We sure would like to have a Wyoming BBS in our IGA_Net<tm>... IGA_Net<tm> is the International Genealogy Association Network. It is a genealogy-only network which goes worldwide. By carrying genealogy on your board, you can assure that you develop at least a small core of serious users on the board. Please FREQ the file IGA-INFO.Z01 from 1:274/30 if you are at all interested. Here's a cordial welcome to you to join with us. Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 829 To: DAVE PETRUCCI Date: 05/08/94 6:03p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No DP> Joe, DP> The sysop prices for the ZOOM 28.8k's are as follows.. DP> $139 - Internal DP> $159 - External DP> Dave P. Thanks Dave, I am very interested in purchasing 6 of these but kinda scared they won't be compatable with other 14.4 & 28.8 modes. Do you happen to know if the compatability problem has been worked out? -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 830 To: OZZ NIXON Date: 05/08/94 6:05p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ON> Call 1-800-822-8224 ... then (if I recall right the next two ON> menu option on the phone are 3 then 2 ...) but ask for the fax for ON> the28800's for 149.00 form the MNP people themselves Microcom! This ON> versiondoes not support the parallel interface, but who cares? The ON> 249 versionsupports parallel but only has class 1 fax (yuk). ON> enjoy the crackle of the baud! Thanks, I am going to order a few of them as soon as I find out the compatibility of them with other modems.. -Joe --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 831 To: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Date: 05/08/94 10:09a Subj: Re: Unused Echomail Msgs Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JH-> CW> I have a newer version of PCAREAs that I'm about to release. JH-> CW> It will search the designated BADMSG sub-dir and add those JH-> CW> to your AREAS.BBS for ya. It will also ; (comment) the ones JH-> CW> that are no longer shown in FIDONET.NA/NO, and at the same JH-> CW> time, add new passthru's. JH->Gosh...I _NEED_ this program <G>. Hope it will be coming to us via JH->Planet Connect. It's done, just need to work up some quick docs for it. Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BERT HAPPEL Number: 832 To: LORI SMITH Date: 05/08/94 9:42p Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Looking for verification that this message is getting out via Planet Connect. Thanks. --- msgedsq 2.1a * Origin: The I.O. Board BBS <ASP> Anderson, IN V32b/HST (1:2255/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 833 To: ART MACK Date: 05/09/94 1:44p Subj: ILLEGAL? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Art! Sunday May 08 1994 12:00, Art Mack wrote to Boyd Goodwin: AM> Hello Boyd! AM> AM> Since april 18th been getting an Ilegal connect message in the log when AM> 201/01 connects to you? Whats going on Boyd, the mail aint flowing. ^^^^^^ is this a Typo? AM> AM> NFE BBS nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 AM> AM> * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 AM> AM> -+- WM v3.10/92-0555 AM> + Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) Hmmm.. I could not find 1:201/01 in my Current FidoNet nodelist.. 1:201/1 without the /0 in front of the 1 was listed to your name.. Regards, George Vandervort - NET382 NEC ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 834 To: PAUL BENDER Date: 05/09/94 1:52p Subj: Disk Space Needed? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Paul! Saturday May 07 1994 18:13, Paul Bender wrote to All: PB> The network where I belong has begun to consider getting a Planet Connect PB> dish, but we've been told that the disk space needed is quite a large PB> amount. I would be interested in comments from current Planet Connect PB> customers on how much disk space is required for successfully processing PB> the typical Fidonet Message Backbone and Filebone. PB> PB> Thanks in Advance... PB> PB> ... Anything for Free, Is Worth what You Paid for It.... PB> -+- FMail 0.96Γ PB> + Origin: Rassi's Retreat - Green Bay, Wi - Supra V.32b/V.42b (1:139/570) I just took a look at the HD on the Computer connected to the Satelite Dish. not counting the Space for MSDOS 5.0, or any files in my TOOLS/UTILITY directory.. Just the Planet Connect utilities, Plus the 15 Plus megs of NEWSGROUP Internet Bundles, and 18 megs of FILEBONE stuff, plus an average of 8 to 10 megs of the 700 plus FidoNet Backbone mail, not counting all the other stuff that comes in over the Satellite every day.. IMHO, a 40 meg drive is way to small.. a 60 meg drive might be big enough for the bare minimum.. but you would have to move 90 % of the stuff off of it as soon as it came in and optimize the drive often.. Also, it's been my experience that you need at least a 286/12 oe /16 mhz with 1 meg or more with a 16550AFN Uart Chip on the RS232, or your experience lots of CRC Errors on the Files/Mail Bundles received.. My setup uses two seperate computers.. a 386dx40 with a 345meg IDE connected to the Dish and all Files and Mail are then transfered from the 386 to my 486dx33 via a LAN setup and the mail bundles are then processed for delivery by my 486.. with has 2 345meg IDE HD's.. Regards, George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN MORAN Number: 835 To: DAVE CALAFRANCESCO Date: 05/08/94 7:14a Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No have you thought of trying UNIX ?? Unix is a great multiuser, multi-tasking operating system. I have unix on this machine they also use it where I work to run a database that tracks inventory and customer call histories. I am using SCO UNIX but there are many differnt flavors of unix available. With unix, you also have to make a choice of which SHELL you want to use. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. JOHN /s === * SPITFIRE v3.4 Data Terminal Ready BBS, Phoenix, AZ (602) 993-4753 * BCSUTI Version 1.3 * Data Terminal Ready BBS, Phoenix, AZ, (602) 993-4753 * PostLink(tm) v1.07 DATATERM (#1532) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 836 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/09/94 9:14p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No >DP> The sysop prices for the ZOOM 28.8k's are as follows.. >DP> $139 - Internal >Thanks Dave, >I am very interested in purchasing 6 of these but kinda scared they won't >be compatable with other 14.4 & 28.8 modes. >Do you happen to know if the compatability problem has been worked out? >-Joe Joe, I haven't had any problems connecting with any of sort of modem..... yet... 8-) From what I've seen in the ZOOM echo and from my experiences, the ZOOM 28.8k's connect just fine with other V.FC modems... ie.. Hayes, Supra, Zoom, Boca, USR, Microcom...etc.. Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ROB NELSON Number: 837 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/09/94 12:36p Subj: Re: InterNet Mail delays?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > are OLD when we get them... todays (5/4/94) messages are dated from from > 4/28 > to 4/29!!! These messages are 5 to 6 days old! Is this temporary?? > Putting BG> BG> We have concluded that it is a problem with our provider BG> and they are working on fixing it. They have to monitor it BG> to see where the bottle-neck is. Hopefully we will see an BG> improvement over the next week. This is something I have been wondering about myself. I have a question Boyd.. When I renewed my PC subscription last time, you mentioned that the newsgroups would be protected on the data stream in about a week, so I subscribed at that time. That was over three weeks ago, and they are still comming over for all to receive, yet I and probably many others are paying for a newsgroup subscription. Will our accounts be credited for this time delay in protecting the newsgroup feed? Another question.. If this bottleneck, time-lag problem persists at your newsgroup source, will you find another source? Week old mail isn't going to draw very many subscribers to the newsgroups. Cheers, Rob --- * Origin: The Exchange, Prince George BC (604)962-5971 V32.bis (1:359/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN PLEGGE Number: 838 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/09/94 4:20p Subj: Microcom/Spitfire/PC Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No Joe, I'm running a single computer system here with the satellite data receiver, Spitfire v3.4, and a Microcom Deskporte FAST ES 28.8 modem. I haven't noticed any problems with other modems connecting to mine. There are two other SF BBS's in my area running Microcom modems (one is the serial model, the other is parallel). Neither of them have reported any compatibility problems. --John * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: * The PC Net BBS * Radcliff, KY * (1:2450/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 839 To: GEORGE VANDERVORT Date: 05/09/94 5:33p Subj: unused echomail msgs w/Wi Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No GV->I use your Last release of PCAREAS All the time.. and it works great... GV->However, based on you comments about a New release that will comment out ar GV->that are not in FIDONET.NA/NO?? GV->how will this effect topic areas like K12-HWY and many other Areas such as GV->regional or local Net topics, that are not listed in FIDONET.NA/NO?? GV->Inquiring Minds want to know? :-) They would be placed in PCAREA.NA, which is a catch-all file for areas that don't appear in the FIDONET.* files. - or - You can also have it check any other *.NA files you specify in the control file. --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 840 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 05/09/94 5:33p Subj: netmail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No EH->Yep! We did that. UNfortunately, today we found out that they'd typed it EH->ANOTHER net's address. (A typo that I make frequently so I fully understan EH->This may actually GO OUT! EH->All appropriate appendages crossed and re crossed. Got it! Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 841 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/09/94 6:51p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Hi again Jason > I sent you net mail about this and I left a message in > this echo for you for some time ago and never heard > back from you so I was forced to give up on GIGO . I > have never been able to get DOS4GW to work with dos > 6.2 and QEMM 7.03 and the DOC on DOS4GW was of no help Sorry for butting into the conversation, but what version of GIGO have you tried, and what processor are you running? I've been running GIGO under 6.2, 7.03 for quite sometime, and haven't had any problems whatsoever with it. I am now running under 7.04. What exactly is the problem? Are you swapping? TakeCare, Bill --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: UTI BBS - Now With USR 28.8 V.FC on (815) 942-4403 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HENRY MOORE Number: 842 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/09/94 6:29p Subj: Service complaint Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Boyd, I'm not sure who's in charge of the Planet Connect company but I feel someone should be aware the disorganization concerning service. First, I greatly appreciated the extremely quick response in sending me a new LNB...called one afternoon and had the LNB the next morning...I was very impressed....sorry to say that didn't fix the problem. I called back the next day and was told that I needed a new KU band receiver. The problem, though, was that you (Planet Systems) didn't have any in stock and I'd have to wait till a shipment came in. The person I talked to didn't have any idea how long it would be and assured me that there would be no need to call back...as soon as one came in, it would be shipped out to me. Okay....I figured I'd not be a bother as I'm sure you were very busy with the new company. I waited a week and called back. I was then told something about the shipment being held up in the Canadian/US customs and it should be arriving within a few days. Okay, I've run a business before and understand backorders and other delays. I waited another week before calling. This time I was told there was absolutely no record of me needing a receiver. I'll let you guess how high my blood pressure got<grin>. I prey this is an isolated case. I'm sure you can imagine the hardship being without your service has caused me. On the otherhand, I certainly don't mind being sent a renewal notice quoting a single user price when I'm refeeding. Between poor service and underquoting the subscription, I'm surprised ya'll are still in business<grin>. Thanks for letting me vent some frustration and I look forward to a long association with Planet Connect. Mistakes can happen and I'm sure that's all it was. (I'll call and get the subscription boo-boo straighten out.) * OLX 2.2 * It's only a hobby ... only a hobby ... only a --- WM v3.10/92-0423 * Origin: Blackbeard's Tavern 803-294-9657 Greenville,SC (1:3639/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PATTY MORRIS Number: 843 To: JIM TAYLOR Date: 05/09/94 3:11p Subj: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Jim Taylor wrote in a message to All: JT> Well, another try to see if I can get my mail back out to JT> the PC BBS, and on to the rest of the world. If you see this JT> let me know. Hi Jim, long time no type. :) --)@ Patty @(-- --- timEd/2-B11 * Origin: My Secret Garden BBS - Shreveport, LA (1:380/5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 844 To: JON ANDERSON Date: 05/10/94 11:28a Subj: Re: Dongle and os/2 Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > This is intolerable: that there should be knowledge available to some > which PC might be aware of which at the same time is unavailable to other > os/2'ers who've invested in PC equipment, etc , and who cannot run it... I have heard this since the beginning but have yet to see any broken version of our software. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM FIERRO Number: 845 To: PAUL BENDER Date: 05/09/94 3:33p Subj: Disk Space Needed? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No PB> The network where I belong has begun to consider getting a Planet Connect PB> dish, but we've been told that the disk space needed is quite a large PB> amount. I would be interested in comments from current Planet Connect PB> customers on how much disk space is required for successfully processing PB> the typical Fidonet Message Backbone and Filebone. FidoNet EchoMail Backbone for my system is like this; Drive F: has 299 echomail conferences in a 110mb partition. Drive G: has 350 echomail conferences ina 110mb partition. I have about 45mb free at any given time on each drive. I pack the message bases nightly to keep only 7 days worth of mail. This is my system and your milage will vary, but I find it works well like this when I devote 220mb do just doing FidoNet Echomail. You could keep more or less days of mail and get differing results to fine tune to your needs. The Racer's Edge Network Delivery System * TRENDS! (206) 863-5877/939-7876 --- * RoseReader 2.50* P003065 Entered at [RACER] --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: TRENDS! Node #2 * Sumner, WA * (206) 863-5877 * (1:138/165) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 846 To: PAUL BENDER Date: 05/10/94 6:30a Subj: Disk Space Needed? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 07 18:13 94, Paul Bender of 1:139/570 wrote: PB> The network where I belong has begun to consider getting a Planet PB> Connect dish, but we've been told that the disk space needed is quite a PB> large amount. I would be interested in comments from current Planet PB> Connect customers on how much disk space is required for successfully PB> processing the typical Fidonet Message Backbone and Filebone. Hmm, that depends on how you're going to do the processing. I'd recommend dedicating a computer to the satellite dish -- have that computer's task only being sucking in data from the bird. You can then send the data that your "dish computer" gets to another computer via a network link or a serial cable null modem for processing. The amount of disk space you'll need on your "dish computer" is pretty trivial. If you delete files after they're sent off to your "processing computer" for processing, then if you keep things tidy you can get away with a 40 meg drive in your "dish computer." As far as the amount of disk space you'll need on your processing computer, this of course will depend on how many links you are feeding. You can figure this computer will be holding 5-10 megs of archived mail files (for planning purposes use the high figures), which will extract into 10-25 megs of *.PKT files during echomail processing. You'll then get anywhere from 5-15 megs of file-echos each day for processing. Gee, that adds up to quite a bit now, doesn't it?! :-) Figure on needing *at least* 60 megs or so to process mail and files, more if you're feeding a lot of downlinks. Of course, by using pass-thru areas for echomail conferences you can avoid having to carry everything on your hard drives, and you'll probably want to kill file areas quickly (there's a ton of "delete files older than X days" utilities out there). So you don't really need a whole lot of space over and above that 60+ megs, but like I said, if I were you I'd dedicated a machine to handling the dish traffic and figure at least 60 megs of disk space on another machine for processing the data. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: CAPITALISM.SYS corrupted. Reboot social system (Y/y)? (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 847 To: BERT HAPPEL Date: 05/10/94 6:23p Subj: Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 08 21:42 94, Bert Happel of 1:2255/10@fidonet wrote: BH> Looking for verification that this message is getting out via Planet BH> Connect. Well, you reached the woods in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. And it didn't get here any other way 'cept through the dish! :-) . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: An EQUAL public education is a RIGHT, not a privilege. (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS ROSS Number: 848 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/09/94 8:27a Subj: Re: Ilink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >Sounds like a config problem with your ACONFIG.SKY. No Ilink files have >wound up in the SKYDATA directory here, or in any of the directories below >SKYDATA. It happens when you didn't upgrade to the new Aconfig.sky that came over the bird. Chris --- SLMAIL v4.0 (#1352) * Origin: Evening Shade - Home of Sky Mountain. (1:167/565) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHRIS ROSS Number: 849 To: PAUL BENDER Date: 05/09/94 10:37p Subj: Re: Disk Space Needed? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >The network where I belong has begun to consider getting a Planet Connect >dish, but we've been told that the disk space needed is quite a large >amount. I would be interested in comments from current Planet Connect >customers on how much disk space is required for successfully processing >the typical Fidonet Message Backbone and Filebone. 452 meg devoted drive here. But you could probably get by with 150 to simply store the info in before you tossed it somewhere else. I've heard of systems with 85 meg drives. It all depends on what you keep and what you want to delete. Chris --- SLMAIL v4.0 (#1352) * Origin: Evening Shade - Home of Sky Mountain. (1:167/565) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 850 To: ROB NELSON Date: 05/10/94 6:58p Subj: Re: InterNet Mail delays?? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Rob! In a message to Boyd Goodin <05/09/94> Rob Nelson wrote: RN> would be protected on the data stream in about a week, so I subscribed at RN> time. That was over three weeks ago, and they are still comming over for RN> to receive, yet I and probably many others are paying for a newsgroup RN> subscription. Will our accounts be credited for this time delay in protec RN> the newsgroup feed? Same here, I didn't realise however that all could still get them for free! RN> Another question.. If this bottleneck, time-lag problem persists at your RN> newsgroup source, will you find another source? Week old mail isn't goi RN> draw very many subscribers to the newsgroups. yes, could we call it Stale Mail? its a bit long in the tooth! NFE BBS nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN DARROW Number: 851 To: ALL Date: 05/09/94 8:53p Subj: Planet Connect and Macintosh Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Anyone know if you can connect a Macintosh running Novalink Professional to Planet Connect??? Any leads whatsoever would be greatly appreciated!!! --- MacKennel 1.0 * Origin: Heart of the North BBS - NLP 3.1 (1:159/300.250) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 852 To: JIM TAYLOR Date: 05/10/94 1:35p Subj: Re: Hello From Cheyenne Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to Ozz Nixon <05-08-94 22:23> Jim Taylor wrote: JT> -> Its a workin' JT> JT> Thanks, it only took me 2 months to get every thing set up. Shoot, I JT> still don't have the File-Echos set up, or a program to handle the JT> duplicate mail files that come in every day, but that is my next JT> project(s). Jim, Send netmail to me, and I will gladly packup all my directories and utilities (its not that big), I have been fully automated now for about 5-6 months. I have written almost all the 'utilities' needed for making the flow smooth and more acurate. Glad to see another PC Dish in use! G.E. Ozz Nixon Jr. Info System Technology --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 853 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/10/94 1:42p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No In a message to Ozz Nixon <05-08-94 18:05> Joe Hayes wrote: JH> Thanks, I am going to order a few of them as soon as I find out the JH> compatibility of them with other modems.. There are 5 or 6 BBSes locally with Microcom, 2-3 with Hayes and I think one Zoomer ... all but the zoom enjoy it. There are a couple USR 21600's in town also ... and everyone says they get good clean 21600 connects too... I think the local net went to using a VFC flag a couple weeks ago if you wanna netmail a couple for their opinions :) Its Net 362 <#1 hell bent net, next to nashville!> <grin>! Ozz --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JASON FESLER Number: 854 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/10/94 7:31a Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Mike Nyman writes: MN> Hi again Jason MN> I sent you net mail about this and I left a message in this MN> echo for you for some time ago and never heard back from you I replied to the netmail, I don't remember about the echomail - I don't regularly visit this echo, as I do not have Planet Connect yet. Chances are, that my netmail was undeliverable, as you are a point and never called back, and the brain-dead mail packer I am running right now doesn't understand that you should send crash netmail to the boss node instead. (Making my _own_ mail packer because of it, too, sigh). MN> so I was forced to give up on GIGO . I have never been able MN> to get DOS4GW to work with dos 6.2 and QEMM 7.03 and the DOC MN> on DOS4GW was of no help at all . Not a clue for you, on this one, especially since that is my exact setup over here. Make sure you have enough memory, is all I can say - you don't specify how much you have. GIGO wants (depending on setup) 650k-1300k of EMS/DPMI/VCPI/etc. Conventional memory doesn't count for much (it _is_ used, depending on setup, but not for the primary program or the message buffers). Here's my config.sys for QEMM.. DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOSDATA.SYS set loadhidata=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.RF DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM SH:N ST:M RF DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.SYS @C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.DAT rem DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /RF C:\QEMM\QDPMI.SYS SWAPFILE=DPMI.SWP MN> This is the question I asked about last time when I expresed MN> concerenes about not having an internet address and it MN> beeing a required field. Have you any plans for an areamgr MN> feature that would allow remote users to connect and MN> disconnect there own news groups and it to process all the MN> other incoming mail as well as the news groups. I am sorry MN> for so many stupid questions at this late date but it has MN> been a long time now since I had a look at GIGO.Have a good MN> one Jason.later When you show me an internet standard for it, yes, I'll make you an areafix parser. Unfortunately, there _is_ no standard method for internet sites to request what they want. In addition, GIGO is only going to be a feed to your system, and not a full-fledge mail tosseer with downlinks, etc. Your normal fidonet software will have to handle the hubbing requirements if you are planning on distributing anything. If you want what I use for _my_ host, I'll be glad to give it to you - but it won't do you any good, nobody else in the world is using his software! (Yes, my setup is automated, but it requires a lot of custom work at each and every site for their specific setup, and only if _their_ host has an automated method of getting newsgroups..). Jason Fesler jfesler@wmeonlin.sacbbx.com --- timEd 1.01.b1+ * Origin: Net 203 Services (1:203/7707.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE LESTER Number: 855 To: JON ANDERSON Date: 05/10/94 12:58a Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Jon Anderson wrote in a message to Nate Chase: JD>device in the coax; it can be bought from the Planet Connect JD>folks or probably any local satellite dealer. NC>Boyd (et all), NC> Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guarenteed? JA> ummm.... interesting: just how could one gaurantee that JA> any device (even a granite boulder!) would function properly JA> if hit by lightening?? I sell a UPS that guarantees that if your system is harmed by a "hit" they will replace it, up to a $25,000 limit..they are kinda pricey, but they havent had to replace any systems i have sold. about the Granite Boulder, i bet it would still be a boulder, even after it took a "hit" and still function as a bolder. b=>} --- * Origin:Galaxy Star Systems (1:170/10011) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 856 To: MIKE LESTER Date: 05/11/94 10:18p Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mike! Tuesday May 10 1994 00:58, Mike Lester wrote to Jon Anderson: NC>> Boyd (et all), NC>> Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guaranteed? ML> JA>> ummm.... interesting: just how could one guarantee that JA>> any device (even a granite boulder!) would function properly JA>> if hit by lightening?? ML> ML> about the Granite Boulder, i bet it would still be a boulder, even ML> after it took a "hit" and still function as a bolder. b=>} ML> Heck.. here in Central TEXAS, we have some BIG Boulders... but if hit just right by a Bolt of lightening... they could be broken up into lots of pebbles? <grin> Regards, George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GUY VANDELL Number: 857 To: DAVE PETRUCCI Date: 05/11/94 2:37p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Dave Petrucci wrote in a message to Joe Hayes: >DP> The sysop prices for the ZOOM 28.8k's are as follows.. >DP> $139 - Internal >Thanks Dave, >I am very interested in purchasing 6 of these but kinda scared they won't >be compatable with other 14.4 & 28.8 modes. >Do you happen to know if the compatability problem has been worked out? >-Joe DP> Joe, DP> I haven't had any problems connecting with any of DP> sort of modem..... yet... 8-) DP> From what I've seen in the ZOOM echo and from my DP> experiences, the ZOOM 28.8k's connect just fine with DP> other V.FC modems... ie.. Hayes, Supra, Zoom, Boca, DP> USR, Microcom...etc.. my microcom has connected just fine to zoom, and hayes and USR, haven't tried the other two yet, however it took a little while to get it configured.. --- timEd-B11 * Origin: Night Moves (1:116/80) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GUY VANDELL Number: 858 To: JOHN PLEGGE Date: 05/11/94 8:30p Subj: Microcom/Spitfire/PC Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No John Plegge wrote in a message to Joe Hayes: JP> Joe, JP> I'm running a single computer system here with the JP> satellite data receiver, Spitfire v3.4, and a Microcom JP> Deskporte FAST ES 28.8 modem. I haven't noticed any JP> problems with other modems connecting to mine. JP> There are two other SF BBS's in my area running Microcom JP> modems (one is the serial model, the other is parallel). JP> Neither of them have reported any compatibility problems. do you have the problem with your microcom deskporte fast ES getting stuck onhook? what's your init string with that? --- timEd-B11 * Origin: Night Moves (1:116/80) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ELVIS HARGROVE Number: 859 To: ART MACK Date: 05/10/94 11:15a Subj: ILLEGAL? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. N -> Since april 18th been getting an Ilegal connect message in the log when -> 201/01 Hey Art, maybe your node is where they put OUR password! I think our mail is back ON again. ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RAY SNOW Number: 860 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/10/94 2:44a Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Boyd: Last week there was a fair amount of spirited discussion regarding some RIME mail packets that had apparently been rezipped (altering the zip date/time) after receipt from Bonnie. This problem surfaced when some of the mail packets had corrupted zip headers, but the originals from Bonnie with the original file dates/times were clean and spotlessly good. Also, there was some debate on the single transmissions of the RIME zips and how to identify/handle "missing" mail packets in a sequence of 5-8 zip packets daily. Questions: 1. Has PC taken any steps to prevent any re-zipping/date alterations or other things which could alter the integrity of the RIME mail packets? 2. Would a second transmission of the RIME packets daily be an immediate option, to overlap and correct any "missing" situations? Suggestion: Transmit all mail net packets/files thru TWO full cycles. Then transmit the other "regular" files. Mail integrity is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. Your prompt response would be appreciated greatly. And I would be happy to convey its contents to others voicing these same concerns. Thank you. === * SLMR 2.1a * How do I set my laser printer to the 'stun' position? * Rocky Mountain Software Salt Lake City, Ut 801-963-8721 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 ROCKYMTN (#1384) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 861 To: DAVID UNFRIED Date: 05/10/94 8:00p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi David. > MN> to gate outbound and an Internet address of my own. > > Having and address of your own seems a good idea to me. As it also seams to me . But I was under the impesion that to get an address you must have an account with some one that has access and at present I have not found any one that I can afford to get access from in conjunction with the cost for LD. > I had the same exact experience with GIGO. It set up OK, > and seemed to do the trick, but couldn't be run on one of > my BBS nodes on the LAN which requires memory managers, > TSRs and all kinds of tricks to get everything else to run. Ya this is the problem that I had. I have the system so strangly set up that I have to be very carful what I run or it will fall Like a house of cards. Well I have it working now but I need to find a way to automate it so so I may be changing things. Thanks a lot for the sejestions David. .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 862 To: BILL WOLF Date: 05/10/94 8:18p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Sorry for butting into the conversation, but what version > of GIGO have you tried, and what processor are you running? > > I've been running GIGO under 6.2, 7.03 for quite sometime, > and haven't had any problems whatsoever with it. I am now > running under 7.04. What exactly is the problem? Are > you swapping? > > TakeCare, > Bill I didn't want to alarm you Bill . I am running Lantastics AI as well . I do not know if this is a part of the problem. The thing is any software that I run with DOS4GW must be run in a clean computer. when running any of thease programs I must reboot or trying to run this program crashes my computer every time . All I can think of is that I do not have Qemm set up right to run this software or I am missing a flag for DOS4GW for prober operation. Ether way I found the doc wanting when I went looking for an answer. So in conclusion If you got it running at all You far beond where I ever got with this software. Enjoy the news groups. later .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 863 To: JASON BAGINSKI Date: 05/10/94 9:01p Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > That's from where I gathered the date problem.. :) Glad I could Help. Have you found an answer for this problem? > > Routed netmail..oh what wonderful reliability..<sigh> > That's why I've sent this via this echo instead of trying > to respond to the netmail cross post you sent me. Besides, You know I kind of thought that might be the problem. > > MN>the bag files that XSH had choked on and from what I could tell the > MN>only files it hung on where ones with one message in the bag that > MN>had been cross posted to ten or more areas and the news group names > MN>where more then 300 caricters long . I do not know if this was the > > XSH should be able to process 30 group names at 80 > characters a piece and 1K lines...In the PCUSENET.TXT file Sorry if this was a dead end but not being a programer or fermiliar with the code for XSH I saw this as the only noticable thing in the bags . I am glad to hear you found the bag I sent more informitive then I did. > I last got, none of the newsgroup names where over 50 > characters..so..I'd assumed it was safe..what would you > consider accceptable standards for that? (since, you > actualy see these things on a regular basis...) I do not think you would have a problem with this if all the names stay below 50 letters but I was concerened that the number of crossposts in one name field would carry this number well over 50 letters on a reguler bases. One internet user I saw the other day wile tossing mail crossposted his message to 27 different news groups. As most newsgroup names are about 10 letters long this name field was about 270 letters. > One thing to remember is that I'm just a node off of a hub, > single network, no downlinks, and at 2400 baud. I don't > get to do a lot of direct testing on what XSH can do, all > my specs come from..well..specs. Actual practice is a lot > of times radicaly different. Not a prob . I asume this is why we see you in here so much . got to check up on your baby. > > MN>When I got .6 I tryed to have it toss them into a hudson base but > MN>this still will not work in .6 . I am not sure if this was as a > > Uhh..I've never had a problem with hudson importing. > Remember, Hudson message base format only handles 200 So far I am just trying to run 20 areas and with the great volume out of the PCUSENET files it still takes about 2hours on a 386 25 > message areas, goldbase 512. If you where trying to import > into more than that..it'd barf, remember, I don't check if > the guy who made the config file was awake? :) Actualy, I > didn't add that titbit of information until the 0.6 docs(I > hadn't thought of it really) > MN>me having to reboot because XSH stoped on a bad bag or if it is > MN>something wrong with the code but every time I tryed it it nuked my > MN>message header file and I lost my whole message base (thank heavens > > If it'd locked up and you rebooted, yes, it'd more than > likely trash the header file, XSH keeps those things open > as long as possible and > it is buffered read/writes. So this has been the major problem I have been having with Hudson base configuration. keeping the Hudson base open for 2+ hours is not only dagerous but it also makes the message base unacesable to my bbs software one the other computer in the otherside of the network as a result my bbs is down for 2+ hours so I think I will have to stick with *.msg areas. Later Jason. .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 864 To: JASON FESLER Date: 05/11/94 7:20p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Jason > have Planet Connect yet. Chances are, that my netmail was > undeliverable, as you are a point and never called back, Sorry but I write all my mail on my point system so that I do not take time away from my users . But I am 120 as well as 120.1 > and the brain-dead mail packer I am running right now > doesn't understand that you should send crash netmail to > the boss node instead. (Making my _own_ mail packer > because of it, too, sigh). > Not a clue for you, on this one, especially since that is > my exact setup over here. Make sure you have enough > memory, is all I can say - you don't specify how much you > have. GIGO wants (depending on setup) 650k-1300k of This is probably the problem right here . I have four megs in the computer that tosses the mail and 2megs in the bbc computer . and with the number of tsr's and casches running in each computer there is no room to run a program that is that memory intensive. Thank you very much for explaining that as I was begining to think that my computer was way off standard. I just need some more memory.( know where I could get some 4meg simms CHEEP! ) <GRIN> Well the system I have is working for now but I will keep GIGO in mind if I get some more memory . Thanks for the info Jason. Later .....Mike Nyman > EMS/DPMI/VCPI/etc. Conventional memory doesn't count for > much (it _is_ used, depending on setup, but not for the > primary program or the message buffers). > > Here's my config.sys for QEMM.. > > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOSDATA.SYS > set loadhidata=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.RF > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM SH:N ST:M RF > DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.SYS @C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.DAT > rem DEVICE=C:\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /RF C:\QEMM\QDPMI.SYS > SWAPFILE=DPMI.SWP > > MN> This is the question I asked about last time when I expresed > MN> concerenes about not having an internet address and it > MN> beeing a required field. Have you any plans for an areamgr > MN> feature that would allow remote users to connect and > MN> disconnect there own news groups and it to process all the > MN> other incoming mail as well as the news groups. I am sorry > MN> for so many stupid questions at this late date but it has > MN> been a long time now since I had a look at GIGO.Have a good > MN> one Jason.later > > When you show me an internet standard for it, yes, I'll > make you an areafix parser. Unfortunately, there _is_ no > standard method for internet sites to request what they > want. In addition, GIGO is only going to be a feed to your > system, and not a full-fledge mail tosseer with downlinks, > etc. Your normal fidonet software will have to handle the > hubbing requirements if you are planning on distributing > anything. > > If you want what I use for _my_ host, I'll be glad to give > it to you - but it won't do you any good, nobody else in > the world is using his software! (Yes, my setup is > automated, but it requires a lot of custom work at each and > every site for their specific setup, and only if _their_ > host has an automated method of getting newsgroups..). > > Jason Fesler > jfesler@wmeonlin.sacbbx.com > --- timEd 1.01.b1+ > * Origin: Net 203 Services (1:203/7707.1) --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MAC BRYANT Number: 865 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/10/94 6:13a Subj: U'NI Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello, Boyd! Have you given any thought to my suggestion of updating LEDGE.QWK so it's not almost 2 days old when we get it via the satellite? Thanks for considering. .\\ac * QMPro 1.02 49-6919 * Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. --- WM v3.11/93-0070 * Origin: Trinity BBS * Natchez, MS * (601) 442-5978 * (1:3632/42) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MAC BRYANT Number: 866 To: ALL Date: 05/10/94 6:17a Subj: Trashed Files Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Does anyone know why this would occur randomly on about 2 files daily? ALL ] Last File:0000FFFF.MO5 Blocks:00894 Errors:00000 Status: TCH I keep my satellite hard drive defragged. Besides it has some 550meg free. It seems a shame to have to go through another 6 hours of stuff to get that one file. A handle on this would be much appreciated. Thanks. .\\ac * QMPro 1.02 49-6919 * Hobbits Network with Tolkien Ring Adapters --- WM v3.11/93-0070 * Origin: Trinity BBS * Natchez, MS * (601) 442-5978 * (1:3632/42) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DON BOSMAN Number: 867 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/06/94 10:50p Subj: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > What this software does is this: With the 703=ON, the program > exits to PCSKY.BAT after the end of the final Fido mail file. > PCSKY.BAT calls EXTRACT.EXE. > EXTRACT.EXE checks your BBS to see what message echoes you have on > the board and extracts just those messages from all the mail > files. It discards all other messages in which you have no > interest. This process saves me many *hours* each day! After the > extraction, the tosser is called and traffic is tossed to your > board and downlinks. > I have not converted the extract program to shareware, but might > do that if a number of people need it. Can your program work without BBS software. I am using FrontDoor non-comercial and FastEcho to handle mail which I currently pick up rom another site which pays to refeed. Things change, but I currently don't want to have BBS software up. (I prefer to understand my system, rather then just operate it) It would be great to not have to toss ALL the mail just to get the echo's I read. --- * Origin: Urban Homesteader * 7pm to 7am * East Lansing, MIchigan (1:159/240) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 868 To: RAY SNOW Date: 05/12/94 6:05p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 10 02:44 94, Ray Snow of 1:105/285 wrote: RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at PC handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, our first and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply tosses the Rime mail into the bit bucket. Boyd obviously has his hands full dealing with two groups who in many ways have different priorities. Sort of makes me glad I'm not in his shoes... :-) . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- * Origin: SOL * A MILITANTLY public domain kind of BBS. (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PAUL BENDER Number: 869 To: GEORGE VANDERVORT Date: 05/11/94 12:39p Subj: Disk Space Needed? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No George Vandervort wrote in a message to Paul Bender: GV> I just took a look at the HD on the Computer connected to GV> the Satellite Dish. not counting the Space for MSDOS 5.0, or GV> any files in my TOOLS/UTILITY directory.. Thanks for the informative reply, George....it's appreciated --- FMail 0.96Γ * Origin: Rassi's Retreat - Green Bay, Wi - 414-391-1559 (1:139/570) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL STARR Number: 870 To: ALL Date: 05/12/94 9:13p Subj: Help Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I am wondering if anyone else is having the problems that I am. I am using Gomail as my tosser to a Wildcat BBS. I have the areas.bbs set up as follows: 351 GENEOLOGY 1:3615/50 P AUTOMOTIVE 1:3615/50 352 ATARI_ST 1:3615/50 It seems that if I put a planet connect node number behind the echos that are tossed, it builds packets to go back to them. On the pass thrus it is OK. If I leave the planet connect node number off, then whenever someone leaves a message in that echo, the program would not know where to return it, is that correct? It would seem to me that the messages coming from Planet Connect have no Seen-Bys in them so the program does not know not to return them to Planet Connect. Anyone who has worked with Go-Mail and Wildcat and Areas.bbs please give me a hand. Bill --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0313] * Origin: United We Stand America (602)459-0013 (1:309/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 871 To: RAY SNOW Date: 05/13/94 2:00a Subj: Re: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > 1. Has PC taken any steps to prevent any re-zipping/date alterations > or other things which could alter the integrity of the RIME > mail packets? Yep. I found the problem that caused those "3" bundles to be bad and have rectified it. > Suggestion: Transmit all mail net packets/files thru TWO full > cycles. Then transmit the other "regular" files. Mail integrity > is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk > files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around > the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. Question. What makes RIME any more special than FIDO, or ROSENET, or UNINET, or INTELECT? Your Admin wanted them to be added during the day. We did not (and still dont) have the uplink program setup for adding files on the fly. We do not uplink from here. We have to send everything via landline to the uplink. We have no way of knowing how many megs we will be sending a day so it is hard to tell you "Your files will be going over at 8 am and at 8 pm for any new files sent in during the day." Files were added at 8 pm on the 11th and only went over the sat at 1:30 am on the 12th. Did you get them? Not everyone (in rime) that uses our system is receiving 24 hours a day. Has your admin taken this into concideration? Has your admin told you all what we had to do to be allowed to send RIME mail over the satellite? Has your admin told you how we bent over backwards to make changes for them and then they go and make the files available thru FTP on the internet? There goes your security. We are doing our best here to make everything work for everybody. We have problems and we are working on fixing them. By doing things to suite RIME we have to be very carefully that we dont screw things up for everone else. I appreciate your ideas and will follow up on them. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CURTIS COLEY Number: 872 To: MICKEY FERGUSON Date: 05/09/94 9:14p Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MF>KF> FF> Picked up Novell DOS 7.0 a few weeks back, added some LAN cards and MF>KF> FF> DESQview/X 2.0, and I am one very *HAPPY* camper! MF>I don't think that Foxy has answered, but we were previously running MF>regular DV on the machine and whenever we tossed mail in the MF>other window, we got errors in the PC window. With DVX that MF>doesn't happen. Also, we toss the mail on another machine & MF>pulling a few meg of mail bundles while the mail is still MF>coming in does _not_ cause errors in the current file. CC> Just out of curiousity, I was wondering if you could help me out CC> with a few questions. I am getting ready to set up a BBS on a CC> Novell 3.12 Network, and am ordering PC next week. Could you CC> please recommend any software, mailtosser, or whatever that would CC> ease my transition into this. I am an absolute novice when it CC> comes to getting my mail in this manner. I will be running CC> 10 nodes under DesqView and or OS/2. Thanks in advance.. Curtis Coley === * SLMR 2.0 * On a clear disk you can seek forever * TSCNET * Silverdale/Seattle (206)692-2388 v32bis * 22 Nodes * PostLink(tm) v1.20 TSCNET (#1607) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOB WATSON Number: 873 To: JOHN PLEGGE Date: 05/11/94 8:50p Subj: Microcom/spitfire/pc Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JP> I'm running a single computer system here with the satellite data JP>receiver, Spitfire v3.4, and a Microcom Deskporte FAST ES 28.8 JP>modem. I haven't noticed any problems with other modems JP>connecting to mine. JP> There are two other SF BBS's in my area running Microcom modems (one JP>is the serial model, the other is parallel). Neither of them JP>have reported any compatibility problems. By chance do you have the phone number for Microcom? I'm interested in getting some of their modems. Thanks! Bob === * DeLuxe 1.26b #1134s * The TAO BBS - Mercerville,NJ - (609) 587-2672 * The TAO BBS * Mercerville,NJ * (609)587-2672 * USR Dual Standard * PostLink(tm) v1.11 TAO (#1377) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 874 To: ELVIS HARGROVE Date: 05/12/94 11:19p Subj: ILLEGAL? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> *@ORIGIN :BOO! Board Of Occult McAllen Tx. -> -> Since april 18th been getting an Ilegal connect message in the log -> -> 201/01 -> -> Hey Art, maybe your node is where they put OUR password! -> -> I think our mail is back ON again. You mean you lost yours as well on April 18th?????? --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LORI SMITH Number: 875 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/04/94 11:27p Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JW*>Hi, Bill. I have written some software that extracts what your board needs JW*>from the message packets. If you are interested, please let me know. Hello Jack, Caught your message here and I am interested in the software. If ya would pass the info on, i'll be sure and FREQ it from you. Thanks alot ... +Lori+ * OLX 2.1 * We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams. --- GEcho 1.01+ * Origin: OLX 2.1 * We are the music makers, we are the dreamers o (1:2255/60) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LORI SMITH Number: 876 To: DAVID LIERMAN Date: 05/05/94 6:35p Subj: Wildcat And Pconn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No DL*>David Lierman 1:2255/90 PITA BBS DL*> * Origin: PITA BBS Anderson, IN (1:231/550.0) (1:2255/90) Hello David :-) Just wanted to let you know that it only took 3 days to get down the road!<VBG> I've seen several folks say it takes almost a week for them to get someplace close... oh well...<G> And since your here, might want to peek at your origin line... +Lori+ * OLX 2.1 * -=Lori Smith=- WildNet(tm) Policy Admin Member --- GEcho 1.01+ * Origin: OLX 2.1 * -=Lori Smith=- WildNet(tm) Policy Admin Member (1:2255/60) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 877 To: DAVE PETRUCCI Date: 05/10/94 4:06p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No DP> Joe, DP> I haven't had any problems connecting with any of sort DP> of modem..... yet... 8-) DP> From what I've seen in the ZOOM echo and from my experiences, DP> the ZOOM 28.8k's connect just fine with other V.FC modems... DP> ie.. Hayes, Supra, Zoom, Boca, USR, Microcom...etc.. DP> Dave P. Thanks Dave, Sounds like I will be purchasing a few in the near future.. -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 878 To: OZZ NIXON Date: 05/11/94 4:04p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ON> There are 5 or 6 BBSes locally with Microcom, 2-3 with Hayes ON> andI think one Zoomer ... all but the zoom enjoy it. There are a ON> couple USR21600's in town also ... and everyone says they get good ON> clean 21600connects too... ON> I think the local net went to using a VFC flag a couple weeks ON> ago if you wanna netmail a couple for their opinions :) Are you telling me that the sysop's with zoom's don't like them? I was under the opinion that zooms where "loved by all" <g>.. -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 879 To: DON BOSMAN Date: 05/12/94 11:35a Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to Jack Williams <05-06-94 22:50> Don Bosman wrote: DB> Can your program work without BBS software. Yes, all you would need to do is create an ASCII file which contains the names of all the echoes you currently want to receive--one echo per line. DB> It would be great DB> to not have to toss ALL the mail just to get the echo's I read. That's why I wrote it, Don, to get around tossing *all* that mail just to get the ones I wanted. Now, if we just could get someone to modify the satellite program to *stop* it from writing to disk *all* of the stuff coming down from the bird...and *only* write the things which one wants.... Have you noticed that *everything* is written to disk; and then apparently deleted after being written if it is not in your list for saving??? This works havoc on the disk drive mechanism--very needlessly. All they would have to do is just bypass the disk writing on all that stuff that one hasn't requested for storing.... Have you noticed this???? Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 880 To: ALL Date: 05/12/94 9:17p Subj: International Genealogy Association Network Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I extend a cordial invitation to all SYSOPs to take a look at the IGAMAIL.Z## packet (in the \GALAXY subdirectory).... Therein you will find an information packet on IGA_Net<tm>. By carrying genealogy on your board, you are guaranteeing that you will develop a core group of serious users. It would be hard to find as friendly a group as a bunch of genealogy researchers. Why not take a look at the info packet.... and, if you are interested, complete the membership application and return it via direct netmail to 1:274/30. You will be issued an IGA_Net<tm> node number by return netmail and should/could be operating within a day. Come join with us.... Regards, Jack Williams Administrator International Genealogy Association and International Genealogy Association Network (IGA_Net<tm>) --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 881 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/12/94 8:51p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MN> > I've been running GIGO under 6.2, 7.03 for quite sometime, MN> > and haven't had any problems whatsoever with it. I am now MN>I didn't want to alarm you Bill . I am running Lantastics AI MN>as well . I do not know if this is a part of the problem. The MN>thing is any software that I run with DOS4GW must be run in a Yeah, I don't know about running it under Lantastic. I do know I've had good success with running it under Netware Lite.. I'd play around with QEMM, and make sure you enable EMS. That's all the other help I can offer you.. Try netmailing Jason about it. He's as helpful as one can get! TakeCare, Bill ... To reform a man, begin with his grandmother. --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: UTI Systems - NOW With USR 28.8k V.FC! (815) 942-2930 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DANNY DANIEL Number: 882 To: ALL Date: 05/12/94 10:14a Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello all! I have read in this echo of several having their ku band receivers fail. I know one sysop who is on his third one. What I want to know is if the c-band receivers are failing also. If you are running a c-band let me know. Also has anyone done any comparisons on pros or cons between using c or the ku. I am waiting on a c-band to be delivered now but delivery has been pushed back another week. I hope to be on the bird next week. Thanks DD --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Pride of the Plains BBS Floydada, TX 806-983-6133 (1:19/166) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 883 To: JASON BAGINSKI Date: 05/13/94 4:09p Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Jason > MN>wile tossing mail crossposted his message to 27 different news > MN>groups. As most newsgroup names are about 10 letters long this name > > That'd be pushing my setup... :) I guess I need to expand > a lot. I saw another one last night that had 500 letters in the NEWGROUPS: line as some one crossposted it to 32 areas. > > MN>So far I am just trying to run 20 areas and with the great volume > MN>out of the PCUSENET files it still takes about 2hours on a 386 25 > Eeewwwwwhhhh! For just 20 areas, you let it sit there for > 2 hours? I hope they are good conferences.. :) But, > Hudson import doesn't work? that is nothing yesterday the mail run of PCUSENET files was 25 megs packed allmost 700 bag files that need to be processed. I started processing it at 5pm and it finished at 9pm ( Just to give you some Idea of the Volume that goes through) for 20 areas or 200 areas you still have to through all 25megs of mail. > MN>So this has been the major problem I have been having with Hudson > MN>base configuration. keeping the Hudson base open for 2+ hours is > MN>not only dagerous but it also makes the message base unacesable to > MN>my bbs software one the other computer in the otherside of the > > Yuppen, that'd do it.. :) I could set up a "slow mode" or > something, that'd open/close the files with each message if > you'd like. > Ya for this much mail all I realy need is a program like XSH that just reads the bag files and fires the titles that apear in a control file out into *.msg format and then trash the rest . the only problem with *.msg is that I need to set up a director for each area . as I have now taken things up to 40 areas things have started to slow down though as each file needds to be writen to the disk as it finds one.later .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ROY TIMBERMAN Number: 884 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/13/94 4:30p Subj: International Genealogy A Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JW>Why not take a look at the info packet.... and, if you are interested, JW>complete the membership application and return it via direct netmail to JW>1:274/30. You will be issued an IGA_Net<tm> node number by return netmail JW>and should/could be operating within a day. Do you do Fido style mail using FidoNet node numbers? I don't do other zones... it is a waste of time, unnecessary and has proven to be undependable. But would like to carry the echomail areas using FidoNet technology. Roy Timberman 1:280/1 NEC * 1st 1.11 #106bt * I saw the light! It hurt my eyes. --- FidoPCB v1.4 [ff013/c] * Origin: Sound Advice - 24 Nodes (816)436-4516 (1:280/333) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM FIERRO Number: 885 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 05/13/94 1:56p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE> RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk RE> RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around RE> RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. RE> RE> This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at PC RE> handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, our first RE> and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply tosses the Rime RE> mail into the bit bucket. Let RIME fit in the picture, not all of us bend to let them have their way. There is plenty of room for them, but not at the expense of delaying the rest of us. Besides, I like you just use the K:\NUL/ to send it right on it's way and never touch my drive. :) The Racer's Edge Network Delivery System * TRENDS! (206) 863-5877/939-7876 --- * RoseReader 2.50* P003065 Entered at [RACER] --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: TRENDS! Node #2 * Sumner, WA * (206) 863-5877 * (1:138/165) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM FIERRO Number: 886 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/13/94 6:38p Subj: Re: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BG> > Suggestion: Transmit all mail net packets/files thru TWO full BG> > cycles. Then transmit the other "regular" files. Mail integrity BG> > is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk BG> > files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around BG> > the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. BG> BG> Question. What makes RIME any more special than FIDO, BG> or ROSENET, or UNINET, or INTELECT? Your Admin wanted BG> them to be added during the day. BG> By doing things to suite RIME we have to be very BG> carefully that we dont screw things up for everone else. Thank you for saying this! It was long overdue. Why break other things just so that RIME can come on-line. If the dish feed and the admin rules needed to transport it is too much, have the nodes pick it up via FTP. Quicker and it leaves the mail not being imported problem back onto the admin of that net, and not on PC's shoulder as to why it didn't get sent out the minute they got it. :) Everything is working, fit RIME into the picture, don't fit the rest of us to suit RIME. No offense against RIME, but every net has to cooperate in the moving of the mail via this medium and not make accommodations for any one network. Off of my soapbox and I will go into my little world now. <g> The Racer's Edge Network Delivery System * TRENDS! (206) 863-5877/939-7876 --- * RoseReader 2.50* P003065 Entered at [RACER] --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: TRENDS! Node #2 * Sumner, WA * (206) 863-5877 * (1:138/165) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DEAN LAKE Number: 887 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/14/94 12:04a Subj: Help Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BS} I have the areas.bbs set up as follows: BS} 351 GENEOLOGY 1:3615/50 BS} P AUTOMOTIVE 1:3615/50 BS} 352 ATARI_ST 1:3615/50 The above should work fine. BS} It seems that if I put a planet connect node number behind the echos BS} that are tossed, it builds packets to go back to them. BS} On the pass thrus it is OK. BS} If I leave the planet connect node number off, then whenever someone BS} leaves a message in that echo, the program would not know where to BS} return it, is that correct? In a sense, yes. GoMail looks at any new messages and checks the Seen-bys on each message. If there is no 1:3615/50 in the seen-by, and your areas.bbs is set up as above, GoMail will export that message. GoMail will create a packet for 1:3615/50 containing a copy of the new message. BS} It would seem to me that the messages coming from Planet Connect have no BS} Seen-Bys in them so the program does not know not to return them to BS} Planet Connect. That would cause the problem. The messages come in here with the 1:3615/50 in the seen-bys. Are you by chance stripping the seenbys off when importing the messages? You might try saving the SEENBY lines in the BBS message. That will allow you to check if 1:3615/50 is in the seenby. In GoEdit, under Mailer, near the bottom, you can say Yes to "Save SEENBY lines in BBS". I assume you have 1:3615/51 configured as an alias, too. Hope this might help. Dean * WCE 1.5/2034 * --- WM v3.10/91-0052 * Origin: The DataStream BBS * Peoria,IL * (1:232/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FLOYD DRENNON Number: 888 To: GUY VANDELL Date: 05/13/94 11:22a Subj: Microcom/Spitfire/PC Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Guy, 11 May 94, 20:30, Guy VanDell wrote to John Plegge: GV> do you have the problem with your microcom deskporte fast ES getting stuck GV> onhook? It's happened to me with at least three different brands using the unaltered Rockwell chipset. I've reported it to Zoom and Microcom and they are supposed to be working with Rockwell on the problem. --- Squish v1.10 * Origin: FLOYD'S FOLLY, Deatsville, AL HST-v.terbo, Net375 NEC (1:375/14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 889 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/13/94 4:47p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MN->I didn't want to alarm you Bill . I am running Lantastics AI as well . I do MN->know if this is a part of the problem. The thing is any software that I run MN->with DOS4GW must be run in a clean computer. when running any of thease MN->programs I must reboot or trying to run this program crashes my computer ev MN->time . All I can think of is that I do not have Qemm set up right to run t MN->software or I am missing a flag for DOS4GW for prober operation. Ether way MN->found the doc wanting when I went looking for an answer. So in conclusion I MN->you got it running at all You far beond where I ever got with this software MN->Enjoy the news groups. later I found that with DV, I had to setup my task like this: On the first page: Memory Size (in K): 290 On the advanced settings: Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)..: 640 Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K): 0 Runs just fine here in task 4. When I tried giving it EMS, it wouldn't run! Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID LIERMAN Number: 890 To: LORI SMITH Date: 05/14/94 5:46a Subj: Wildcat And Pconn Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Lori, It look's like the connection is very stable so far we have not run iinto any big problems with this connection. But it does take a lot of time to keep it running soomth. David --- WM v3.11/92-0642 * Origin: PITA BBS Anderson, IN (1:231/550.0) (1:2255/90) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JAMES JOHNSON Number: 891 To: ALL Date: 05/15/94 1:38a Subj: Pc & The Far East Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I heard a rumor that Planet Connect is working on getting connectivity with the Far East. I am the NEC for South Korea and the chance for getting relatively cheap echos into country is something I cannot let slip by! Has anyone heard this rumor and know if it has any basis in fact? Thanks much in advance! --- xMail 1.00 * Origin: The Expatriate's Retreat /Seoul, S. Korea\ (6:760/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL STARR Number: 892 To: DEAN LAKE Date: 05/14/94 8:40a Subj: Help Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> That would cause the problem. The messages come in here with the -> 1:3615/50 in the seen-bys. Are you by chance stripping the -> seenbys off when importing the messages? You might try saving -> the SEENBY lines in the BBS message. That will allow you to -> check if 1:3615/50 is in the seenby. In GoEdit, under Mailer, -> near the bottom, you can say Yes to "Save SEENBY lines in BBS". -> -> I assume you have 1:3615/51 configured as an alias, too. -> -> Hope this might help. -> -> Dean -> Dean, I found out what the trouble was. Stupid me. I had used the fidonet.na as a basis for my areas.bbs and left in the explanations of each of the echos. For example: P !CHINESE 1:3615/50 ; General topic chatting in Chinese 100 12_STEPS 1:3615/50 ; 12 Steps Discussion P 4DOS 1:3615/50 ; 4DOS ECHO Well it seems that GoMail does not like the explanation lines to be there and creates return maill for 1:3615/50. I have removed all of the explanations and it works fine now. Thanks for the help. Now all I have to do is to set up all the programs that came with Planet Connect and make .bat files to move things around. Bill --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0313] * Origin: United We Stand America (602)459-0013 (1:309/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: VIC PARRISH Number: 893 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/14/94 4:41p Subj: Help Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd! Appreciate the prompt response to my questions. Enjoy! Vic Voice (509)375 0541 --- GoldEd 2.42.G1219+ * Origin: SEWA_NET (509)375 6226 (1:3407/0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: VIC PARRISH Number: 894 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/14/94 4:58p Subj: Thanks Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Thanks for the prompt response and help to solve my problem. Enjoy! --- Ezycom V1.02 06fa0008 * Origin: SEWA_NET (509)375 6226 (1:3407/4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LARRY JUKER Number: 895 To: JOHN LYON Date: 04/21/94 7:49p Subj: ibmNET Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No JL> Yes. Check the filebone.na file, it shows which FDN's are on the JL> satelite. Thanks, John. How about echo areas? I haven't seen any of them listed. I probably am looking in the wrong place. It's either that or I never see what I am looking at. :-( Larry --- GoldED/2+/LoraBBS/2 v2.35+ * Origin: Moonlight Delight - Clarion & OS/2 (509)664-0692 (1:344/81) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: EDDIE MONEY Number: 896 To: DANNY DANIEL Date: 05/14/94 4:39p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Danny! Thursday May 12 1994 10:14, Danny Daniel wrote to all: DD> Hello all! DD> I have read in this echo of several having their ku band receivers fail. I DD> know one sysop who is on his third one. What I want to know is if the DD> c-band receivers are failing also. If you are running a c-band let me DD> know. Also has anyone done any comparisons on pros or cons between using c DD> or the ku. I am waiting on a c-band to be delivered now but delivery has DD> been pushed back another week. I hope to be on the bird next week. DD> Thanks DD Danny I use the c-band reciever here and so far have not had any problems with the reciever. I use a 386dx40 just to get the fidonet mail and files. I hope that you get the reciever in soon. see ya Eddie --- GEcho 1.02+/RA+ * Origin: "The Chicken House "910-957-4307" Microcom V.FC (1:3663/102) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE LYDA Number: 897 To: BILL STARR Date: 05/13/94 6:16p Subj: Help Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Bill! In a message to All <05/12/94> Bill Starr wrote: BS> I am wondering if anyone else is having the problems that I am. BS> I am using Gomail as my tosser to a Wildcat BBS. BS> I have the areas.bbs set up as follows: BS> 351 GENEOLOGY 1:3615/50 BS> P AUTOMOTIVE 1:3615/50 BS> 352 ATARI_ST 1:3615/50 BS> It seems that if I put a planet connect node number behind the echos BS> that are tossed, it builds packets to go back to them. BS> On the pass thrus it is OK. BS> If I leave the planet connect node number off, then whenever someone BS> leaves a message in that echo, the program would not know where to BS> return it, is that correct? BS> It would seem to me that the messages coming from Planet Connect have no BS> Seen-Bys in them so the program does not know not to return them to BS> Planet Connect. Bill there has to be in your gomail configuration a alias of 1:3615/51. Mail is tossed from 1:3615/50 to 1:3615/51. Everyone connected to Planet Connect has to asume the alias of 1:3615/51. The only problem I ever had with Gomail not working correctly was when it tossed to another node using Gomail and I would get everything back from that node as dups until I contacted Scott Green and got that little buglet taken care of. Might want to look in your Gomail Doc file for his home phone number and request that file from him which puts your real address in as a seen-by so any downlinks will not retoss back to you if they are using Gomail. Also you will have to watch your Dupmsg.xxx files and delete them ever so often or dump a bunch of mail. I have a little utility I wrote that dumps these files when they reach a certain size and do some error traping with my batch file to prevent any loss of mail should something go crazy and cause Gomail to abort. Here is a sample of my batch file to trap any aborted mail and make sure it is not vaporized by Gomail when everything goes wrong which it usually does every once in awhile. :START C: CD\FD ALOG :START1 IF EXIST H:\FD\TOSS\0000FFFF.* GOTO DO_MAIL CD\FD ECHO OFF CTTY CON C: CD C:\FD FD /NOUNPACK :DO_MAIL :GET_MAIL C: CD\FD\GOMAIL DUPCHECK C: ECHO ATH1M0 > COM2 CD\FD IF EXIST K:\ACONFIG.BAT GOTO STARTK NET MAP K: CDRIVE NODE3 :STARTK :MAIL_MOVE CD\MAILFILE MAILMOVE :MORE_MAIL C: CD\FD\GOMAIL GOMAIL TOSS CD\FD\FILE IF EXIST 0000*.* MOVE 0000*.* C:\FD\BAD_ARC IF EXIST *.PKT MOVE *.PKT C:\FD\BAD_ARC CD\FD IF EXIST H:\FD\TOSS\0000FFFF.* GOTO MAIL_MOVE IF EXIST H:\FD\FILE\0000FFFF.* GOTO MORE_MAIL C: CD\FD\TOSS Joe PS give me a voice call if ya can't get it fixed and I can talk you through the setup easily enough. * WCE 1.5/2107 * Human Error - It's all ***YOUR*** Fault. --- GOMail v1.2 [92-0081] * Origin: *3622 NEC, The ELk River BBS (615) 454-2295 455-1019* (1:3622/1000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JESSE R. BLEHM Number: 898 To: ALL Date: 05/13/94 9:52p Subj: Price Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No What is the cheapest price i can get a FULL lowest priced Planet Connect Systems for? --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Hello From Pontiac Mi*Fire & Ice*(810)373-8608 (1:2202/9) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LAZ GOTTLI Number: 899 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/13/94 4:39p Subj: International Genealogy Association Network Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Why not take a look at the info packet.... and, if you are interested, > complete the membership application and return it via direct netmail to > 1:274/30. You will be issued an IGA_Net<tm> node number by return > netmail and should/could be operating within a day. Is there a cost associted with this net still or have you removed the $25 cost per year? --- * Origin: The TERMINAL BBS Lethbridge, AB. CANADA [403]327-9731 (1:358/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DON BOSMAN Number: 900 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/14/94 12:52a Subj: Your program Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > DB> Can your program work without BBS software. > Yes, all you would need to do is create an ASCII file which > contains the names of all the echoes you currently want to > receive--one echo per line. Terrific! I look forward to your announcement of availablity. > Now, if we just could get someone to modify the satellite program > to *stop* it from writing to disk *all* of the stuff coming down > from the bird...and *only* write the things which one wants.... > Have you noticed that *everything* is written to disk; and then > apparently deleted after being written if it is not in your list > for saving??? Yes, it is simpler for the software to handle it by deletion, but it does muck around with the drive. I wonder if the software could be modified so we could set up a RAM drive as a buffer (two to four meg) and delete the files after receipt, but before a disk write? Trying to do it before receipt would slow things down, but a buffer could function faster than the modem transfer rate, I think. It would require retiring some 286's but less drive wear and tear would probably pay for the upgrade in the long run. I believe for many of us, RAM, a network card, and the hard drive are to only "real" expenses on our receiving machines. --- * Origin: Urban Homesteader * 7pm to 7am * East Lansing, MIchigan (1:159/240) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JEFF WARD Number: 901 To: DANNY DANIEL Date: 05/14/94 10:59a Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I have read in this echo of several having their ku band > receivers fail. I know one sysop who is on his third one. What > I want to know is if the c-band receivers are failing also. If > you are running a c-band let me know. Also has anyone done any > comparisons on pros or cons between using c or the ku. Well, I've been on the C-Band system since day one and have had the same receiver since then also. No problems here. As far as pros and cons, that would be difficult for me to make a proper judgement even though I have been in the satellite business for over 10 years. The mail and files coming in is the same and as long as you receive them, it would make no difference. The major difference will be in outside hardware, mainly a C-Band dish versus a Ku dish. That would be personal preference. Later! --- Gecho/386 1.02+ * Origin: * Futura BBS - Planet Connected In NC! (704)739-0013 * (1:3667/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOBBY TROTMAN Number: 902 To: NATE CHASE Date: 05/15/94 11:08p Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Nate! 01 May 94 13:06, Nate Chase wrote to All: NC> In a Message to STEVE ADAIR NC> on 04-28-94 (18:00) in Conference (458) PlanetConn NC> regarding SAT COMPUTER SHOW NC> JIM DUNMYER wrote... JD>> The coax cable can act as an antenna and pick up a pretty JD>> good voltage spike, even if the lightning hits only "close JD>> by". This spike can fry your receiver or LNB, or perhaps JD>> other connected equipment. They suggest that you install a JD>> lightning arrestor device in the coax; it can be bought from JD>> the Planet Connect folks or probably any local satellite JD>> dealer. NC> Boyd (et all), NC> Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guarenteed? What you can do is loop the coax about 5 times at each end, make loops about 8 inches round. To over simplify what this does is to say Lightning can not go in circles. Best wishes, Bobby --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Bits and Pieces BBS (1:369/32) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SID BALCOM Number: 903 To: TIM FIERRO Date: 05/14/94 8:20p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message of <May 13 13:56>, Tim Fierro (1:138/165@fidonet.org) writes: RE> RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk RE> RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around RE> RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. RE> RE> This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at PC RE> handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, our first RE> and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply tosses the Rime RE> mail into the bit bucket. TF>>Let RIME fit in the picture, not all of us bend to let them have TF>>their way. There is plenty of room for them, but not at the TF>>expense of delaying the rest of us. Besides, I like you just use TF>>the K:\NUL/ to send it right on it's way and never touch my TF>>drive. :) I don't see how they can get accurate mail delivery with updated packets during the day. I'm seeing too many variables that keep delivery from being reliable. For some reason, the satellite computer went to gibberish this morning and I lost all of the mail files on the first pass. Second pass brought in all but 4, and I figure to get them on the 3rd pass. Point is, if new mail were inserted for the second pass, and a bird flew by; or there was a rainstorm; or someone walked in front of the dish; or there was a power outage; or.. well, you get the point - wouldn't all of those updates be lost? From what I've seen, so far, I believe that we need 3 full passes. ++ Sid ++ --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#2) * Origin: The Catalytic Star - Alexandria, VA 703-765-1751 (1:109/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SID BALCOM Number: 904 To: DANNY DANIEL Date: 05/14/94 9:04p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message of <May 12 10:14>, Danny Daniel (1:19/166) writes: DD>>I have read in this echo of several having their ku band receivers fail. DD>>I know one sysop who is on his third one. What I want to know is if the DD>>c-band receivers are failing also. If you are running a c-band let me DD>>know. Also has anyone done any comparisons on pros or cons between using DD>>c or the ku. DD>>I am waiting on a c-band to be delivered now but delivery has been DD>>pushed back another week. I hope to be on the bird next week. DD>> Thanks DD The wait is VERY frustrating! I know! I'm suspecting that the receivers are the same for both C-Band and Ku-Band. But, what I know about satellite stuff could be put in a thimble. My Ku-band set-up has been running since April 19th. The only problem was operator head-space. I urge EVERYone to write down the switch settings on the bottom of the receiver. I carried mine out to the dish and bumped several of the switches, and of course couldn't receive anything until Boyd straightened me out. Write down those settings that are working for you! ++ Sid ++ --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#2) * Origin: The Catalytic Star - Alexandria, VA 703-765-1751 (1:109/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 905 To: CURTIS COLEY Date: 05/15/94 2:52a Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CC> Just out of curiousity, I was wondering if you could help me out CC> with a few questions. I am getting ready to set up a BBS on a CC> Novell 3.12 Network, and am ordering PC next week. Could you CC> please recommend any software, mailtosser, or whatever that would CC> ease my transition into this. I am an absolute novice when it CC> comes to getting my mail in this manner. I will be running CC> 10 nodes under DesqView and or OS/2. Thanks in advance.. Well, I was already running FrontDoor & GEcho. Neither complained when we went to Novell. If I tell you any more, I'll have to make it up as I go. ;) Because I'm certainly no expert. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 906 To: LORI SMITH Date: 05/13/94 12:42p Subj: Re: Link Test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to Jack Williams <05-04-94 23:27> Lori Smith wrote: LS> Caught your message here and I am interested in the software. LS> If ya would pass the info on, i'll be sure and FREQ it from LS> you. Thanks alot ... Hello, Lori..... The software I have written was not written as shareware, so I will have to convert it, if enough people want to use it. Right now, it is working flawlessly and saving me much time and headache. I will keep you apprised of happenings regarding it. Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 907 To: ROY TIMBERMAN Date: 05/14/94 7:41p Subj: Re: International Genealogy A Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to Jack Williams <05-13-94 16:30> Roy Timberman wrote: RT> But would like to carry the echomail areas RT> using FidoNet technology. Hello, Roy. We are completely Fido-compatible.... of course, since we are a genealogy-only network, we can't use Fido numbers in transfering our IGA_Net<tm> mail.... we do, HOWEVER, use Fido numbers to transfer non-net-specific echoes (e.g., AUG-GEN, GENEALOGY.GER, ITALIANO.GEN, I&UK, etc., etc.) In IGA_Net<tm> we have just over a dozen echomail conferences which mail transfers via our registered 440: zone number. Happy to have you participate with us..... Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICHAEL ANDREWS Number: 908 To: ALL Date: 05/15/94 3:35p Subj: OS/2 and Lans Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No I'm looking for a Lan setup to run under OS/2 and a straight dos session on a seperate machine. Without spending megabucks, any suggestions? ... Line noise provided by New York Telephone! --- RA 2.01 Pro/AllFix+/FD+ * Origin: The Barracks Rat BBS ][ * ZyXEL 19.2 * Pine City, Ny (1:260/801) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 909 To: ALL Date: 05/15/94 9:43p Subj: INBOUND BAD ECHOMAIL AREAS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Areafix v1.30, (C) 1988-92 by Greg Dawson & George Peace (1:270/101) Originally Written by Greg Dawson. Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Netmail'... Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Badecho'... Reading 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... 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Creating new area 'GENEALOGY.CDN' from 1:396/1 Rewriting 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... --- Harvey's Robot v4.53 * Origin: Planet Systems (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ED BOSTON Number: 910 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/15/94 11:26a Subj: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Boyd. What is the status of ILink? I have been seeing the packets showing up in the transmission, but I haven't heard anything about it being available yet. --- * QMPro 1.0 41-8163 * All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. --- FidoPCB v1.4 [ff040/x] * Origin: Phantasia BBS - Boise, ID (1:347/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY RILEY Number: 911 To: DANNY DANIEL Date: 05/15/94 8:04a Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Danny Daniel wrote in a message to all: DD> I have read in this echo of several having their ku band DD> receivers fail. I know one sysop who is on his third one. DD> What I want to know is if the c-band receivers are failing DD> also. If you are running a c-band let me know. Also has DD> anyone done any comparisons on pros or cons between using c DD> or the ku. I am waiting on a c-band to be delivered now but I was running a C-Band off my home satellite system until about two weeks ago. The receiver just quit qorking one morning. PC said it was a receiver problem that was common to both kU and C Band. I decided to swap out the C Band running off the house sat dish for a totally separate kU setup. In my opinion, the C Band performed a lot better with very few errors, even during rain storms. The most likely cause for the difference in my case is the fact that I got the 2' kU dish....maybe a 3' would have performed as well as C Band? --- After Hours BBS * Origin: After Hours BBS * Jackson, MS * (1:3632/51) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STEVE OLIVER Number: 912 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/08/94 10:46a Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's\Gigo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Mike, the best BAG program out there is Jasons GIGO. You can pick it up from Planet Connects BBS. We just registered it for use here. IT works great and fast. It converts them to Fido style and then I use Fastecho (also registered recently) to toss them. --- QuickBBS 2.76a Ovr * Origin: Just Another Day In BBS Land. (1:2300/90) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 913 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/15/94 8:59p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No On May 11 16:04 94, Joe Hayes of 1:2290/70 wrote: JH> Are you telling me that the sysop's with zoom's don't like them? JH> I was under the opinion that zooms where "loved by all" <g>.. Of course not. I own one and I know they're not loved by all. But then again, I don't know of any modem that is... . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 914 To: JACK WILLIAMS Date: 05/15/94 9:01p Subj: International Genealogy Association Network Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 12 21:17 94, Jack Williams of 1:274/30 wrote: JW> I extend a cordial invitation to all SYSOPs to take a look at the JW> IGAMAIL.Z## packet (in the \GALAXY subdirectory).... Therein you will JW> find an information packet on IGA_Net<tm>. Thanks Jack. I looked at that file when I first linked into Planet Connect and was interested in the other nets that PC carried. In particular I was interested in the genealogy net because my wife has some Mormons in her family and knew they'd find some of the info/conversations interesting. Just to let you know what my reactions were, I was surprised to find that there was a fee to be in the network. That struck me as very odd and I dropped the idea of joining like a cold fish. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 915 To: ED BOSTON Date: 05/16/94 12:08a Subj: Re: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > Hi Boyd. What is the status of ILink? I have been seeing the packets > showing up in the transmission, but I haven't heard anything about it > being available yet. You will have to get in contact with the Ilink admin on this. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FLOYD DRENNON Number: 916 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/15/94 8:08p Subj: PCSTATS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Boyd, There's been nothing in the PCStats area since last Wednesday. --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: FLOYD'S FOLLY, Deatsville, AL HST-v.terbo, Net375 NEC (1:375/14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: WALLACE SHELDON Number: 917 To: KEN SHORT Date: 05/15/94 11:13p Subj: Need idea's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No KS> testing...ARRRGGHHH... Oh well...Now i KS> need some idea's on what i should do to hook a dos box to my OS/2 bbs KS> machine...IE what is a good package to hook the 2 KS> machines...A way of telling Ken, The best way is to use IBM Lan Server on your BBS machine and IBM DOS Lan requester on the Planet Connect machine with it pointed to the harddisk on the BBS machine. Everything that comes in from PlanetC simply goes to the harddisk on the BBS machine. The server software takes very little CPU time and is just another running process with most of the software already built in to OS/2. It wouldn't take anymore processing power than a Telecom program running all the time through a null modem (probably less). With this setup you virtualy never have to exit from the PTCCMAIN running on the PlanetC DOS machine to process your mail, and can process the mail as soon as it comes in without waiting for the Filebone and other stuff to finish. The DOS machine would need only a very small harddisk and enough heft to run PlanetC and the IBM Lan requestor (10 meg harddisk or less, 386/16 and 2-4 meg of RAM with a good 16550 serial card). You might not even need a harddisk. If you decide to go this way, buy only the Basic IBM Lan Server package (not the advanced) as it has everything you need including DOS Lan Requester. The cheapest way is what the other guy already told you about only if you already have another box with a good size harddisk. i.e. Using a telecom program on both machines and a null modem, but you'll need a lot more harddisk space. So, if you don't already have the harddisk, then it's just as inexpensive to go with the Lan setup as it is to buy a good size harddisk. And, a LOT better setup, and tossing the mail several hours earlier. Works for me, Wally --- Maximus/2 2.01wb * Origin: Channel Austin * (512) 259-3875 * 6.6 Gigabytes (6 lines) (1:382/17) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HERRBACH Number: 918 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/15/94 12:21p Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mike, On May. 13, 1994 at 16:09 , Mike Nyman of 1:140/120.1 wrote: MN> Ya for this much mail all I realy need is a program like XSH MN> that just reads the bag files and fires the titles that apear in MN> a control file out into *.msg format and then trash the rest . Fred will toss them to *.PKT, and will also ignore conferences that are not listed, creating smaller packets also. John {|-) --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: HAL 9000: Dave, put down those Windows disks. Dave. (1:159/950) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 919 To: MAC BRYANT Date: 05/15/94 7:37p Subj: U'NI Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Mac! In a message to Boyd Goodin <05/10/94> Mac Bryant wrote: MB> Hello, Boyd! MB> Have you given any thought to my suggestion of updating LEDGE.QWK so MB> it's not almost 2 days old when we get it via the satellite? Yes here here........good point...... * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 920 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 05/15/94 7:41p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Randy! In a message to Ray Snow <05/12/94> Randy Edwards wrote: RE> On May 10 02:44 94, Ray Snow of 1:105/285 wrote: RE> RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk RE> RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around RE> RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. RE> This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at RE> handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, our RE> and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply tosses the Ri RE> mail into the bit bucket. Mine to, isn't Rime what you get with a sharp frost? NFE BBS nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Number: 921 To: DON BOSMAN Date: 05/15/94 11:51a Subj: Re: Your program Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Sat 14-May-1994 00:52 thus spake Don Bosman unto Jack Williams: >> Now, if we just could get someone to modify the satellite program >> to *stop* it from writing to disk *all* of the stuff coming down DB> Yes, it is simpler for the software to handle it by deletion, but it does DB> muck around with the drive. I wonder if the software could be modified so DB> we could set up a RAM drive as a buffer (two to four meg) and delete the I wonder what would happen if you set up a disk write cache (like Hyperdisk) of about 2 Meg and set up for delayed writes. That might prove interesting. --- GoldED 2.42/D'Bridge 1.58/FastEcho 1.40 * Origin: Charlie's Corner (Fidonet: 1:2201/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL CLARK Number: 922 To: ALL Date: 05/15/94 8:17p Subj: KU Band Data Receiver Deficiencies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * Original To : All, in PCSITES * Original From: Bill Clark, 1:100/602.1 * Original Date: May 15 19:35 I've read with interest the comments regarding problems/failures of the KU Band data receiver and can concur with problems related to heat buildup in the receiver without use of a cooling fan, inexplicable errors in receiving files when weather is not possibly a factor (and no apparent reason to have block errors during receipt, i.e., no bird on LNB, no airplane in the path between the receiver and satellite), etc. However, I am more disturbed by design deficiencies in the Automatic Gain Circuitry of the KU Band data receiver. Here, if signal gets reduced by weather to the point where the receiver alarms, if there is a lightning strike within two to three miles of the data receiver/dish, or something else blocks receipt of the signal from the satellite and the receiver alarms, when the signal is restored, the AGC circuit in the receiver begins to oscillate. The signal strength meter dips to zero and then quickly rises far upscale, only to drop back to zero, then quickly rise, ad infinitum. When the AGC circuit is oscillating, no data gets received, or what data does get received is trashed blocks. The only way to stop oscillation of the AGC circuit with the receiver here is to reduce the "meter sensitivity" control all the way to zero and then slowly turn the control clockwise until the meter is in the range for normal reception. Note that this AGC oscillation can also be triggered here by a complete power loss, or by unplugging the data receiver power supply, waiting until the capacitors in the power supply drain off, and then plugging the power supply back in. I've not mentioned the loss of AC power earlier, since my Planet Connect receiver and computer are run off an uninterruptible power supply capable of totally powering the system for up to one hour or longer with total loss of AC power. I called Planet Systems the first week of May about the AGC circuit oscillation problem in the data receiver and talked to a gentleman in Tech Support named Bruce. I was very concerned as during two days of heavy rain in the St Louis area, the receiver went into oscillation five times. Had I not been present in the area of the receiver and able to "fix" the problem, no data would have been received on those days. Also, a few days after the heavy rainstorms, and with me no more than five feet away from the receiver and within view of the satellite dish 35 feet away, the receiver suddenly alarmed and went into the AGC circuit oscillation condition. Weather conditions at that time were clear, and a quick check of the dish and the sky between the receiver and the satellite revealed no reason why the receiver should have alarmed. Bruce told me the KU band receivers (the IDC receiver) suffer from this defect and the only cure for the problem was what I had already discovered - turning the "meter sensitivity" control all the way down and slowly turning the gain back up. I told Bruce that the design deficiency in the receiver did not bode well for systems which must be left unattended for any length of time, since the AGC circuit oscillation will not stop of its own accord. I myself, am off on vacation in the mid-July timeframe, and unattended operation during that period will be in effect. I asked Bruce about a swapout of the receiver I have, and he indicated a swapout would do no good, as the replacement would likely have the same identical problem. I've not seen this AGC circuit oscillation problem with the KU band data receiver mentioned in PCSITES or PLANET_CONNECT, so am interested in whether the receiver I have is defective and Bruce was "blowing smoke", or if this is a common problem. If the problem is common, then the IDC KU band data receivers suffer from serious design shortcomings, as no quality receiver of any type on loss of signal or power, should go into AGC circuit oscillation when signal or power is restored. Can you imagine how many satellite TV receivers would be sold if they had AGC circuit oscillation problems, or TV receivers, or FM radios, or cellular phones, or, or....? :-) Bill --- Squish v1.10 * Origin: QwikCom Remote * St Charles MO (1:100/602.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AL HEDSTROM Number: 923 To: MARK ADKINS Date: 05/13/94 10:14a Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> this. I've run four nodes on one machine with Desqview but never 6. I was -> told by a few that it won't work, DOS can't seem to handle more than four -> comm sessions at one time. I ran a six-line PCBoard setup w/ DV/X under DR-DOS v.6 on a single 486-33 for about six months. Liked the control of DV/X, especially monitoring all nodes at once without touching the keyboard or mouse! Just carefully map out your IRQ's and addresses. Al Hedstrom === * TSCNET * Silverdale/Seattle (206)692-2388 v32bis * 22 Nodes * PostLink(tm) v1.20 TSCNET (#1607) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: IRVE TOWERS Number: 924 To: ALL Date: 05/13/94 2:57p Subj: Now echoing Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No The Hub bbs in Arlington, Va. is please to be echoing this conference. Irve === * The Hub bbs Arlington, Va. (703) 685-0019 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 THEHUB (#319) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: EARL ALBIN Number: 925 To: MAC BRYANT Date: 05/13/94 9:34a Subj: Trashed files Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MB> Does anyone know why this would occur randomly on about 2 files daily? MB> ALL ] Last File:0000FFFF.MO5 Blocks:00894 Errors:00000 Status: TCH MB> I keep my satellite hard drive defragged. Besides it has some 550meg free. MB> It seems a shame to have to go through another 6 hours of stuff to get that MB> one file. MB> A handle on this would be much appreciated. Thanks. MB> .\\ac Mac, I can't say how much of the FIDO mail gets the TCH, but a few minutes before Noon today (Friday 13th), while waiting for the RIME messages to began, I saw a 0000FFFF.FR? file get trashed. Not sure of the ? number, but it was next to the last one sent as I recall. The RIME then began with our six packets, and one of them got trashed! This has been an ongoing problem, and I have come to expect it. I ring up our Nethub and download the trashed packet over AT&T (prime time!) BTW, real pretty weather...no storms or the like...calm air, and signal on the receiver meter is a solid 8 (3/4 scale). We in RIME have been led to believe that we are the only net having this type of problems. Have the 3' Ku system. Earl === * Valley PC Board - Valley Station, KY (502)937-6143 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 VALLEYPC (#1066) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 926 To: AL HEDSTROM Date: 05/15/94 8:56a Subj: Pc & desqview Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> I ran a six-line PCBoard setup w/ DV/X under DR-DOS v.6 on a single -> 486-33 for about six months. Liked the control of DV/X, especially -> monitoring all nodes at once without touching the keyboard or mouse! -> Just carefully map out your IRQ's and addresses. Thanks for the info Al. How was your speed under this setup? This is going to be for a very simple setup, no file transfers other than a 4000 - 12000 byte dBase III file and only one door on line with two message bases. There will be four people on line at a time, maybe 6 every once in a blue moon. Mark --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 927 To: MIKE LESTER Date: 05/14/94 8:47a Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ML> ML> about the Granite Boulder, i bet it would still be a boulder, even ML> after it took a "hit" and still function as a bolder. b=>} maybe not ... maybe it would become multiple granite boulders ...g... ___ * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 === * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * Med/Sci/Engnr * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: OZZ NIXON Number: 928 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/15/94 8:19p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No In a message to Ozz Nixon <05-11-94 16:04> Joe Hayes wrote: JH> JH> Are you telling me that the sysop's with zoom's don't like them? JH> I was under the opinion that zooms where "loved by all" <g>.. JH> You are joking right? Ozz --- Info System Technology (c) '94 * Origin: Fidonet (tm) & (c) Tom Jennings {via SPoSnB%} (1:18/201) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DARYL TURNER Number: 929 To: ANYONE Date: 05/15/94 10:12p Subj: Anyone receiving files in MSDN file areas? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Since I'm being asked about it locally, I figure I had better ask the 'higher-ups' about this. When we initially set up our Planet Connect system here, we were receiving in MSDN (Macintosh Software Distribution Network), but for the past few months we haven't seen anything. Is there a problem here that we just aren't getting them, or is it higher up? Daryl Files guy around here. --- * Origin: Foozling it all out in Headingley, MB (1:348/701) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM TAYLOR Number: 930 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/15/94 10:13p Subj: Is it me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CW>JL-> I have the same thing happen EVERYTIME I do a F'req. I've tried CW>JL-> with my 16.8 USR Duals and Zyxels....same thing! I've told Boyd about CW>JL-> this twice now, no ideas. CW> Thanks John. Seems some of us have problems, some don't. Can you tell me where I can FREQ the file to change the TVAGENT channels to our local Cable system??? * JTEDIT 1.0 * On a clear disk you can seek forever --- WM v3.01/93-0902 * Origin: Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Cheyenne WY (307-638-8506) (1:310/5.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE NYMAN Number: 931 To: CHUCK WARREN Date: 05/15/94 12:35p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I found that with DV, I had to setup my task like this: > On the first page: > Memory Size (in K): 290 > On the advanced settings: > Maximum Program Memory Size (in K)..: 640 > Maximum Expanded Memory Size (in K): 0 > Runs just fine here in task 4. When I tried giving it > EMS, it > wouldn't run! > Chuck Hi Chuck . I am real confused now. I do not run DV and never looked ar it. Even at 100% of the computers resorces I can not get this thing to run. .....Mike Nyman --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: DreamTime Sysop's Point, Saskatoon SK., Canada (1:140/120.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN MORANO Number: 932 To: ALL Date: 05/16/94 6:22a Subj: pcfu Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No 05-07-94 PCFU199J Fixed a bug in detecting DOS 6.21 (Thanks John Woodstock) 05-15-94 PCFU200B Eliminated DOS version detection errors, this version should run under any version of DOS. Sorry to admit it but this little jewel cost a 2% speed decrease in process time. Fixed the bug that caused the program to crash if the number of files being proccesed was very large. I had a few reports on this one. The problem was being caused by an array overflow, and the fix is just a patch, If you process more then 500 files at a time I won't be able to sort them in time and date order. I will be working on a real fix for this one. --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: * GenSoft Ltd. * 501-761-9600 * (1:391/1180) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID MUENCH Number: 933 To: ALL Date: 05/13/94 10:00p Subj: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No What's the status on getting ILink up and working on PC? David --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: Without me, you're only you. (1:2613/220.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ALEX STUART Number: 934 To: BILL WOLF Date: 05/13/94 1:24p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I've been running GIGO under 6.2, 7.03 for quite sometime, > and haven't had any problems whatsoever with it. I am now MN>I didn't want to alarm you Bill . I am running Lantastics AI MN>as well . I do not know if this is a part of the problem. The MN>thing is any software that I run with DOS4GW must be run in a BW> Yeah, I don't know about running it under Lantastic. I do BW> know I've had good success with running it under Netware BW> Lite.. I'd play around with QEMM, and make sure you enable EMS. BW> That's all the other help I can offer you.. Try BW> netmailing Jason about it. He's as helpful as one can get! FWIW, I'm running GIGO under LANtastic without any problems at all. Works well, does what it should, all's right with the world. -- Alex --- FastEcho/386 1.40a * Origin: Quantum Leap Victoria BC (604)595-4407 [HST/V.32bis] (1:340/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 935 To: FLOYD DRENNON Date: 05/16/94 8:05p Subj: Re: PCSTATS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > There's been nothing in the PCStats area since last Wednesday. Working on it. Is it ok today? ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 936 To: ART MACK Date: 05/16/94 8:09p Subj: Re: U'NI Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > MB> it's not almost 2 days old when we get it via the satellite? > Yes here here........good point...... Well first off I get them each morning around 1:15 am. This is a once a day feed and you will have to get them to update their mail just before the call. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ANTHONY GRILLO Number: 937 To: ROY TIMBERMAN Date: 05/15/94 3:43p Subj: Re: International Genealogy A Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hiya, JW>>1:274/30. You will be issued an IGA_Net<tm> node number by return RT> netmail JW>>and should/could be operating within a day. RT> Do you do Fido style mail using FidoNet node numbers? I don't RT> do other zones... it is a waste of time, unnecessary and has RT> proven to be undependable. But would like to carry the RT> echomail areas using FidoNet technology. I agree, I would also carry it if it used Fido numbers. Anthony Grillo NET 272 NEC --- Via Silver Xpress V3.02 * Origin: Silver Xpress Mail System (1:272/94) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 938 To: ALL Date: 05/16/94 11:38p Subj: INBOUND BAD ECHOMAIL AREAS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Areafix v1.30, (C) 1988-92 by Greg Dawson & George Peace (1:270/101) Originally Written by Greg Dawson. Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Netmail'... Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Badecho'... Reading 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... 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Creating new area 'NEWTFILES' from 1:396/1 Rewriting 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... --- Harvey's Robot v4.53 * Origin: Planet Systems (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HENRY MOORE Number: 939 To: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Date: 05/16/94 9:47p Subj: Re: Your program Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CG>I wonder what would happen if you set up a disk write cache (like Hyperdisk) CG>about 2 Meg and set up for delayed writes. That might prove interesting. I'm currently running a 2 or 3 meg (can't remember right off hand) hyperdisk cache with a 5 second write delay. Makes me feel better to see the little hard drive light blink less often. Haven't noticed any problems. * OLX 2.2 * Participation prolongs the agony --- WM v3.10/92-0423 * Origin: Blackbeard's Tavern 803-294-9657 Greenville,SC (1:3639/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HENRY MOORE Number: 940 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/16/94 9:56p Subj: KU Band Data Receiver Def Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BC>I've not seen this AGC circuit oscillation problem with the KU band data BC>receiver mentioned in PCSITES or PLANET_CONNECT, so am interested in whether BC>the receiver I have is defective and Bruce was "blowing smoke", or if this i I had the same problem with the first receiver (KU) I had and have only had its replacement running for a couple of days but so far, it's running fine. I'm sure there are plenty of electronic types in this echo and am wondering if the schematic for the receiver can be made available to those that would like a shot at redesigning the agc circuit. I'd love to have a copy (or better yet a complete service manual) if for no other reason than to be able to work on the unit myself. * OLX 2.2 * All hope abandoned, ye who enter the Tavern. --- WM v3.10/92-0423 * Origin: Blackbeard's Tavern 803-294-9657 Greenville,SC (1:3639/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 941 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/17/94 12:31a Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Danny Daniel, Sid Balcom said: SB> I'm suspecting that the receivers are the same for SB>both C-Band and Ku-Band. But, what I know about satellite SB>stuff could be put in a thimble. I believe that you are probably quite correct with the exception of an internal daughterboard....you see, the frequency range sent in to the receiver from the LNB is the same for either C or Ku, but the METHOD used to modulate the signal is different. Sorta like AM vs FM. Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RF TOLLI Number: 942 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/10/94 5:38p Subj: INBOUND BAD ECHOMAIL Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Boyd Goodin to All <=- <More Addresses ad nauseam, deleted> BG> Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'ISDN' BG> Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'SCNET' BG> Address 348/501 not authorized to create area 'SWARE348' BG> Address 268/10 not authorized to create area 'MORESOME' BG> Address 268/10 not authorized to create area 'ISLE' BG> Address 268/10 not authorized to create area 'MORESOME' BG> Address 2300/90 not authorized to create area BG> 'ALT.FOLKLORE.COMPUTERS' Address 373/27 not authorized to create area BG> 'SYS_CONF' Address 238/300 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' BG> Address 2612/10 not authorized to create area 'BIBLE' BG> Address 2612/10 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' Uh, Boyd? With long lists of Addresses like this (and in PCSTATS), they'd be a lot more likely to be checked correctly by the individual receivers if you'd throw the list at a sort routine first. -RFT- ... Running a BBS is like sex; You still have to support your mistakes! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.11 --- FreeMail/Synchronet * Origin: The Blind Hog Saloon - (904) 926-7185 (1:3605/666) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE LESTER Number: 943 To: JEFF WARD Date: 05/16/94 9:38p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Jeff Ward wrote in a message to Danny Daniel: > I have read in this echo of several having their ku band > receivers fail. I know one sysop who is on his third one. What > I want to know is if the c-band receivers are failing also. If > you are running a c-band let me know. Also has anyone done any > comparisons on pros or cons between using c or the ku. JW> Well, I've been on the C-Band system since day one and have JW> had the same receiver since then also. No problems here. As JW> far as pros and cons, that would be difficult for me to make JW> a proper judgement even though I have been in the satellite JW> business for over 10 years. The mail and files coming in is JW> the same and as long as you receive them, it would make no JW> difference. The major difference will be in outside JW> hardware, mainly a C-Band dish versus a Ku dish. That would JW> be personal preference. Later! Just to continue the discussion, i opted for a C band, simply because should i ever get tired of the satellite feed, i could use it for TV reception, and there are more C band transmissions...i bought my unimesh dish locally, a 7 1/2 pole mounted, 20 feet in the sky to get above a local obstruction... i have clear sky to G3....works well, and i get very little trashed files....if any, without logging, i cant be sure... --- timEd-A10c * Origin: (1:170/10011) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NATE CHASE Number: 944 To: RAY SNOW Date: 05/14/94 5:37a Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a Message to BOYD GOODIN on 01-01-94 (00:17) in Conference (458) PlanetConn regarding RE-ZIPPING RAY SNOW wrote... RS> Suggestion: Transmit all mail net packets/files thru TWO full RS> cycles. Then transmit the other "regular" files. Mail integrity RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. Ray, I'll agree with you. All of the rest other than RIME and USENET is useless to me as well. I've been getting ALOT of flack from my users that the mail is missing or days old. They want me to dump PC and go back to my old hub... which I hate to do since I've invested all this time and expense. Hope PC and Bonnie get on the ball before this all backfires on them. Once you get a bad rep it's almost impossible to beat it... I personnaly wish them the best and want to see this thing succed. Nate === * OLX 2.2 * In God We Trust. All others pay cash * Omaha's Own HAWG WILD! BBS, Omaha, NE, (402)493-2737 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HAWGWILD (#5008) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JON ANDERSON Number: 945 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/14/94 8:30a Subj: Re: dongle and os/2 Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > This is intolerable: that there should be knowledge available to some > which PC might be aware of which at the same time is unavailable to other > os/2'ers who've invested in PC equipment, etc , and who cannot run it... BG> BG> I have heard this since the beginning but have yet to see any broken BG>version of our software. BG> BG>...Boyd Thanks for allaying any fears, Boyd ... Would you go so far as to advertise here for any 'code input' from any person(s) who might have managed to solve the OS/2 problem, without recriminations, of course? My dish has sat here unusable for many months... am getting very antsey.... Have heard of a beta solution w/ new dongle... Could ya please assuage my fears a bit?? tnx... jon ___ * MR/2 2.0 NR * Boston Gas BBS * 413-539-9834 * Fido 1:321/325 * Rime: 154 === * Boston Gas * 413-539-9834 * FidoNet:1:321/325 * Med/Sci/Engnr * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GAS (#154) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN PLEGGE Number: 946 To: GUY VANDELL Date: 05/15/94 2:27a Subj: Microcom/Spitfire/PC Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Guy, No, I haven't heard of any problems like that locally. Currently in Frontdoor 2.12, I'm using ~ATH0 and ~ATH1 for on-hook and off-hook respectively. You might try using DTR instead of ATH0; this seems to work on some systems. --John * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: * The PC Net BBS * Radcliff, KY * (1:2450/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN PLEGGE Number: 947 To: BOB WATSON Date: 05/15/94 2:28a Subj: Microcom Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Bob, You can call Microcom at 1-800-822-8224. I received the info on the modem within 2 working days. --John * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: * The PC Net BBS * Radcliff, KY * (1:2450/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LARRY LABRANCHE Number: 948 To: ROY TIMBERMAN Date: 05/16/94 2:42p Subj: Re: International Genealogy A Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On 13 May 94 16:30:11, Roy Timberman said this to Jack Williams. RT> Do you do Fido style mail using FidoNet node numbers? I don't do RT> other zones... it is a waste of time, unnecessary and has proven RT> to be undependable. But would like to carry the echomail areas RT> using FidoNet technology. It is a fido compatible Net, and is very reliable, but it does use zone 440. I belong to several nets, that use their own zone numbers, and it is very needed because some sysops never get into fido. -Larry +-) --- Renegade v1-2 Exp * Origin: Larry's World Eureka, Ca 707-441-4927 (1:125/46) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MURRAY PLETSCH Number: 949 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 05/15/94 5:41p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the > folks at PC handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who > I do mail with, our first and foremost concern is the FidoNet > mail. My system simply tosses the Rime mail into the bit > bucket. > Boyd obviously has his hands full dealing with two groups who > in many ways have different priorities. Sort of makes me glad > I'm not in his shoes... :-) BINGO....it seems to me that 26,000 Fidonet nodes could possibly be a little more of a priority than 1,400 Rime Nodes......:-) Regards....Murray --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Family Research BBS, Nanaimo, BC, CANADA 604-758-8157 (1:351/401) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DENNIS POWERS Number: 950 To: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Date: 05/16/94 11:50p Subj: Your program Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Chuck! 15 May 94, Chuck Gustafson writes to Don Bosman: CG> I wonder what would happen if you set up a disk write cache (like CG> Hyperdisk) of about 2 Meg and set up for delayed writes. That might prove CG> interesting. I am running with Novell Lite's Cache set to 5 seconds delayed write on the Satellite receive system and have no problems (that I didn't cause <G>). The hard drive is only active every 5 - 8 seconds now instead of the continous activity when I was running without the cache. Dennis --- GoldED 2.40 * Origin: The Uncanny - X - Board Wolcott,Ct (203)879-7122 (1:141/1135) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN HRUSOVSZKY Number: 951 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/17/94 1:03a Subj: Re: Inbound Bad Echomail Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BG> Address 238/300 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' ACK! Boyd, HELP! What is this? --jah ... 98% of Constipated People don't give a crap! --- Via Silver Xpress V3.01 --- RBBSMail v18.1 * Origin: The Twilight Zone BBS*Auburndale (715) 652-2758 (1:238/300.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LEE BONNIFIELD Number: 952 To: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Date: 05/17/94 3:18a Subj: disk cache Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CG> I wonder what would happen if you set up a disk write cache (like CG> Hyperdisk) of about 2 Meg and set up for delayed writes. That might CG> prove interesting. I use Norton Utilities Version 7 and liked the result of turning on 1 meg in the Norton cache -- the hard disk light doesn't blink at all for the first several hundred blocks of a file. There's a flurry of activity whenever a file ends. I just watched it swallow a 800+ block PCUSENET without blinking at all until the end. On a 1400+ block file, it went to about block 950 without blinking, then it blinked once every 10-20 blocks until the end. Here's the line in my AUTOEXEC.BAT. C:\NORTUTIL\NCACHE2 /INSTALL /INI=C:\NORTUTIL\NCACHE.INI I think I didn't even do any experimenting; the stock configuration includes delayed writes and it worked fine. --- PPoint 1.80 * Origin: Home of TV Agent (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SID BALCOM Number: 953 To: TIM FIERRO Date: 05/14/94 8:20p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message of <May 13 13:56>, Tim Fierro (1:138/165@fidonet.org) writes: RE> RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk RE> RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around RE> RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. RE> RE> This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at PC RE> handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, our first RE> and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply tosses the Rime RE> mail into the bit bucket. TF>>Let RIME fit in the picture, not all of us bend to let them have TF>>their way. There is plenty of room for them, but not at the TF>>expense of delaying the rest of us. Besides, I like you just use TF>>the K:\NUL/ to send it right on it's way and never touch my TF>>drive. :) I don't see how they can get accurate mail delivery with updated packets during the day. I'm seeing too many variables that keep delivery from being reliable. For some reason, the satellite computer went to gibberish this morning and I lost all of the mail files on the first pass. Second pass brought in all but 4, and I figure to get them on the 3rd pass. Point is, if new mail were inserted for the second pass, and a bird flew by; or there was a rainstorm; or someone walked in front of the dish; or there was a power outage; or.. well, you get the point - wouldn't all of those updates be lost? From what I've seen, so far, I believe that we need 3 full passes. ++ Sid ++ --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#2) * Origin: The Catalytic Star - Alexandria, VA 703-765-1751 (1:109/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SID BALCOM Number: 954 To: DANNY DANIEL Date: 05/14/94 9:04p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message of <May 12 10:14>, Danny Daniel (1:19/166) writes: DD>>I have read in this echo of several having their ku band receivers fail. DD>>I know one sysop who is on his third one. What I want to know is if the DD>>c-band receivers are failing also. If you are running a c-band let me DD>>know. Also has anyone done any comparisons on pros or cons between using DD>>c or the ku. DD>>I am waiting on a c-band to be delivered now but delivery has been DD>>pushed back another week. I hope to be on the bird next week. DD>> Thanks DD The wait is VERY frustrating! I know! I'm suspecting that the receivers are the same for both C-Band and Ku-Band. But, what I know about satellite stuff could be put in a thimble. My Ku-band set-up has been running since April 19th. The only problem was operator head-space. I urge EVERYone to write down the switch settings on the bottom of the receiver. I carried mine out to the dish and bumped several of the switches, and of course couldn't receive anything until Boyd straightened me out. Write down those settings that are working for you! ++ Sid ++ --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#2) * Origin: The Catalytic Star - Alexandria, VA 703-765-1751 (1:109/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 955 To: CURTIS COLEY Date: 05/15/94 2:52a Subj: Link test Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CC> Just out of curiousity, I was wondering if you could help me out CC> with a few questions. I am getting ready to set up a BBS on a CC> Novell 3.12 Network, and am ordering PC next week. Could you CC> please recommend any software, mailtosser, or whatever that would CC> ease my transition into this. I am an absolute novice when it CC> comes to getting my mail in this manner. I will be running CC> 10 nodes under DesqView and or OS/2. Thanks in advance.. Well, I was already running FrontDoor & GEcho. Neither complained when we went to Novell. If I tell you any more, I'll have to make it up as I go. ;) Because I'm certainly no expert. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BILL WOLF Number: 956 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/16/94 7:27p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > In a message of <May 12 10:14>, Danny Daniel (1:19/ > 166) writes: > DD>>I have read in this echo of several having their ku band receivers > fail. > DD>>I know one sysop who is on his third one. What I want to know is if the > > right down the switch > settings on the bottom of the receiver. I carried mine > out to the dish and bumped several of the switches, > and of course couldn't receive anything until Boyd > straightened me out. I thought all data receiver units HAD the little DIP Switch Settings sticker on the underside. Infact I have an extra one that they mailed out with their Christmas Card. :-) But, yes, they do come in handy, as I found that those dip switches don't take much to move! TakeCare! Bill --- * Origin: UTI BBS - Now With USR 28.8 V.FC on (815) 942-4403 (1:2235/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM DUNMYER Number: 957 To: DANNY DANIEL Date: 05/15/94 9:29a Subj: C-BAND RECEIVERS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Danny, My 'C' band setup has been online since late in September, 1993, and seems to be operating flawlessly. Regarding pros and cons 'C' band vs. 'Ku' band, you've no doubt read the main ones: 'C' band is a bit more immune to dropouts due to "frog-strangler" rains. However, 'Ku' band dropouts are NOT all that common in any event; it's nearly 6 of one, half-dozen of the other. It is important with any electronic component to keep it cool. If it feels HOT, it's in need of cooling. Also, it's been my experience and that of many others that a good UPS is worth its weight in gold when it comes to system reliability. Chances are real good that your power isn't nearly as good as you might think it is, and many little problems with modems and your BBS go away after connecting things to a decent UPS. One might help folks who have problems with their PC receiver, too. --- FLAME v1.0/b * Origin: Toledo's TBBS, 14+ gigs, 150,000 files 313-854-6001 (1:234/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 958 To: RANDY EDWARDS Date: 05/16/94 5:44p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No RE> Of course not. I own one and I know they're not loved by all. But RE> then again, I don't know of any modem that is... RE> . RE> Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) RE> FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com Well either way I just ordered a couple to try out. I just put the Zoom cenference on and it looks like there are a lot of problems with them, at least thats what most of the messages are about.. One thing I have noticed right off is FD doesn't have an errorlevel for 28800? Is that going to be a problem? -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOE HAYES Number: 959 To: OZZ NIXON Date: 05/16/94 5:45p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No ON> You are joking right? You tell me! I guess I am going to find out huh? -Joe * SPITFIRE v3.4 --- FreeMail 1.10 alpha-3 * Origin: The Outer-Limits/PC System/2.1gig 11 CD's (618)439-9629 (1:2290/70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TIM FIERRO Number: 960 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/16/94 6:04p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No SB> RE> RS> is my *first* and *foremost* concern. I delete most of the junk SB> RE> RS> files and my reasons for use of your PC services focuses around SB> RE> RS> the RIME mail in super-crucial mode. SB> TF>>Let RIME fit in the picture, not all of us bend to let them have SB> TF>>their way. There is plenty of room for them, but not at the SB> TF>>expense of delaying the rest of us. Besides, I like you just use SB> TF>>the K:\NUL/ to send it right on it's way and never touch my SB> TF>>drive. :) SB> SB> I don't see how they can get accurate mail delivery with updated SB> packets during the day. I'm seeing too many variables that keep SB> delivery from being reliable. If a network wants realtime like this, should PC offer it? My question really is do all of the hubs in RIME currently call their hubs upstream during the daytime and make multiple calls per day? I don't think so, especially for LD lines. Now why change it now that the bird is here? Just send a large packet daily or a few packets chopped up to a good size, but I don't think the time is going to matter. As long as you get the mail via the bird, great! If you want mail that is RIGHT NOW, then don't go to the bird and keep the land line based hookup. The Racer's Edge Network Delivery System * TRENDS! (206) 863-5877/939-7876 --- * RoseReader 2.50* P003065 Entered at [RACER] --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: TRENDS! Node #2 * Sumner, WA * (206) 863-5877 * (1:138/165) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 961 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/17/94 7:29a Subj: KU Band Data Receiver Deficiencies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Bill! Sunday May 15 1994 20:17, Bill Clark wrote to All: BC> BC> I've read with interest the comments regarding problems/failures of the KU BC> Band data receiver and can concur with problems related to heat buildup in BC> the receiver without use of a cooling fan, inexplicable errors in BC> receiving files when weather is not possibly a factor (and no apparent BC> reason to have block errors during receipt, i.e., no bird on LNB, no BC> airplane in the path between the receiver and satellite), etc. However, I BC> am more disturbed by design deficiencies in the Automatic Gain Circuitry BC> of the KU Band data receiver. Here, if signal gets reduced by weather to BC> the point where the receiver alarms, if there is a lightning strike within BC> two to three miles of the data receiver/dish, or something else blocks BC> receipt of the signal from the satellite and the receiver alarms, when the BC> signal is restored, the AGC circuit in the receiver begins to oscillate. BC> The signal strength meter dips to zero and then quickly rises far upscale, BC> only to drop back to zero, then quickly rise, ad infinitum. When the AGC BC> circuit is oscillating, no data gets received, or what data does get BC> received is trashed blocks. The only way to stop oscillation of the AGC BC> circuit with the receiver here is to reduce the "meter sensitivity" BC> control all the way to zero and then slowly turn the control clockwise BC> until the meter is in the range for normal reception. Note that this AGC BC> oscillation can also be triggered here by a complete power loss, or by BC> unplugging the data receiver power supply, waiting until the capacitors in BC> the power supply drain off, and then plugging the power supply back in. BC> I've not mentioned the loss of AC power earlier, since my Planet Connect BC> receiver and computer are run off an uninterruptible power supply capable BC> of totally powering the system for up to one hour or longer with total BC> loss of AC power. To repeat my favorite tech support maxim: "The Quality of the HELP you will receive is directly proportional to the Quality of the Information you provide in your help request/problem report..." Sorry to hear your having problems with the KU-band setup... You did not say what size KU-Dish you have? 2 ft, 3 ft, 4 ft? and your geographical location may be another factor? in the 5 months or so that I've been connected, I have not had those problems, I set my sensitivity between 6 & 7, and so far, several power outages, thunder storms, high winds up to 60 mph, and rain under 1 inch per hour has no significant effect on my setup, it keeps on bringing in the mail to my 386dx40 with a 16550afn Uart, with very few CRC errors.. both power failures and a few times when we had heavy Rain of 3 inches per hour or greater, do cause my receiver to go into Alarm, but as soon as the rain lets up, or the power is restored, my receiver contenues to function, without any adjustments from me... and ever since I lined up my KU-Band dish, I have only had to re-adjust it twice in five months... in my setup, I have a 3 foot KU-Band dish on a Floor Mount with eight Cendar blocks to hold in in place.. located about 50 feet from my computer, but on a 100 foot cable due to the routing of the cable.. I have a UPS for my two Computers, but no room to plug the PC-Receiver into it.. so the Receiver is pluged into a good Surge protector.. as you have probable seen on the evening News, Central TEXAS has had a lot of heavy rain, lightning, hail and tornadic winds in the last few weeks.. BC> about a swapout of the receiver I have, and he indicated a swapout would BC> do no good, as the replacement would likely have the same identical BC> problem. I've not seen this AGC circuit oscillation problem with the KU BC> band data receiver mentioned in PCSITES or PLANET_CONNECT, so am BC> interested in whether the receiver I have is defective and Bruce was BC> "blowing smoke", or if this is a common problem. I'm shure it's possible for different factors to be relivant to the geographica area that you live in? Something else comes to mind.. just a though? where do you live in St Charles, MO?? Near an industrial park, where thers lots of line noise? how Clean and stable is your electrical power feed into your hows, and or circirty in your house or appartment...? is there a Microwave Tower for celular Phone transmtions near you? Regards, George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb InterNet: gvandervort@infomail.com --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 962 To: BOBBY TROTMAN Date: 05/17/94 12:23p Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 15, 1994, at 23:08, Bobby Trotman of 1:369/32@fidonet wrote: BT> What you can do is loop the coax about 5 times at each end, BT> make loops about 8 inches round. To over simplify what this BT> does is to say Lightning can not go in circles. Thanks, now I can easily explain the 30 or 40 feet of cable coiled up in the closet. ;-) Before this I had to explain how I didn't have any connectors on hand when the dish arrived, now I can explain how innovative I was in using the excess to deter lightening strikes. Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 963 To: ED BOSTON Date: 05/17/94 10:43p Subj: Re: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I have been in contact with my ILink feed, who also has Planet Connect, > and he didn't know anything about it. Is the feed now active or is it > still being tested? I am not sure. As I stated please contact the Ilink Admin for information. I have not been told by them if they are all done with thier testing. ....boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FLOYD DRENNON Number: 964 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/17/94 4:29p Subj: PCSTATS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hi Boyd, 16 May 94, 20:05, Boyd Goodin wrote to Floyd Drennon: >> There's been nothing in the PCStats area since last Wednesday. BG> Working on it. Is it ok today? Seems to be, thanks. --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: FLOYD'S FOLLY, Deatsville, AL HST-v.terbo, Net375 NEC (1:375/14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Number: 965 To: LEE BONNIFIELD Date: 05/17/94 2:09p Subj: Re: disk cache Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Tue 17-May-1994 03:18 thus spake Lee Bonnifield unto Chuck Gustafson: CG>> I wonder what would happen if you set up a disk write cache (like LB> I use Norton Utilities Version 7 and liked the result of turning on 1 LB> meg in the Norton cache -- the hard disk light doesn't blink at all Guess maybe I will dump the 286 setup (which works perfectly except for the disk writing all the time) and use a 386. No way to setup the cache on the 286, it only has room of 1 meg of DRAM (an oldie but goodie). --- GoldED 2.42/D'Bridge 1.58/FastEcho 1.40 * Origin: Charlie's Corner (Fidonet: 1:2201/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Number: 966 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/17/94 2:13p Subj: Re: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On Sat 14-May-1994 20:20 thus spake Sid Balcom unto Tim Fierro: SB> from being reliable. For some reason, the satellite computer went to SB> gibberish this morning and I lost all of the mail files on the first pass. SB> Second pass brought in all but 4, and I figure to get them on the 3rd Happened here too. Just walked into the room and saw what was going on. Dropped out of the program, reloaded it and everything was OK. Picked up the missed packets during the next feed. Hmmmmm????? --- GoldED 2.42/D'Bridge 1.58/FastEcho 1.40 * Origin: Charlie's Corner (Fidonet: 1:2201/200) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE HANNAH Number: 967 To: JAMES JOHNSON Date: 05/16/94 5:44p Subj: Re: Pc & The Far East Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting James Johnson to All <=- JJ> I heard a rumor that Planet Connect is working on getting JJ> connectivity with the Far East. I am the NEC for South Korea and the JJ> chance for getting relatively cheap echos into country is something I JJ> cannot let slip by! Has anyone heard this rumor and know if it has any JJ> basis in fact? Thanks much in advance! Hi James. I hope you don't mind me bugging you here. I've been trying to connect with Dong De Cheon city in S. Korea for months, and we can never get a decent connect. Do you call North America often? If so do you have any info that may assist? ... "Let's win this one and go home." - George A. Custer --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Prophecy BBS [ITCNet NB Hub] (506)652-7292 (1:255/7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 968 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/18/94 1:10a Subj: KU Band Data Receiver Deficiencies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to All, Bill Clark said: BC>if signal gets reduced by weather to the point where the BC>receiver alarms, if there is a lightning strike within two to BC>three miles of the data receiver/dish, or something else BC>blocks receipt of the signal from the satellite and the BC>receiver alarms, when the signal is restored, the AGC circuit BC>in the receiver begins to oscillate. The signal strength BC>meter dips to zero and then quickly rises far upscale, only BC>to drop back to zero, then quickly rise, ad infinitum. When BC>the AGC circuit is oscillating, no data gets received, or BC>what data does get received is trashed blocks. The only way Mine has been on line since mid October and it has never done that. Yours _must_ be defective. And, yes, mine is Ku. Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 969 To: DARYL TURNER Date: 05/17/94 9:18p Subj: Anyone receiving files in MSDN file areas? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Daryl! In a message to Anyone <05/15/94> Daryl Turner wrote: DT> Since I'm being asked about it locally, I figure I had better ask the DT> 'higher-ups' about this. DT> When we initially set up our Planet Connect system here, we were DT> receiving in MSDN (Macintosh Software Distribution Network), but for DT> the past few months we haven't seen anything. Is there a problem here DT> that we just aren't getting them, or is it higher up? I was wondering the same here, I checked my setup and it seems OK but I havent seen one MAC file yet. I would like to know whats going on. Art * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ART MACK Number: 970 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/17/94 9:23p Subj: Re: U'NI Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Boyd! In a message to Art Mack <05/16/94> Boyd Goodin wrote: BG> > MB> it's not almost 2 days old when we get it via the satellite? BG> BG> > Yes here here........good point...... BG> BG> Well first off I get them each morning around 1:15 am. This is a once BG> feed and you will have to get them to update their mail just before the c Thanks for the feedback Boyd, they changed hubs on me without letting me know! * WCE 1.5/2087 * NFE Multiline 25 Gigs nfe.com 1:201/70 317-447-9653 --- WM v3.10/92-0555 * Origin: NFE BBS Lafayette IN, 317-447-9653 nfe.com (1:201/70.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CHUCK WARREN Number: 971 To: MIKE NYMAN Date: 05/17/94 7:02a Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No MN->Hi Chuck . I am real confused now. I do not run DV and never looked ar it. MN->at 100% of the computers resorces I can not get this thing to run. Are you using EMM386 or something. If so, try adding the NOEMS switch, and if you're using NOEMS, then remove it. Chuck --- WM v3.10/91-0206 * Origin: Code Plus BBS ■ 14.4k & Satellite! ■ 912-953-1053 (1:3611/15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PAUL CORMIER Number: 972 To: ED BOSTON Date: 05/17/94 10:19a Subj: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No EB>Hi Boyd. What is the status of ILink? I have been seeing the packets EB>showing up in the transmission, but I haven't heard anything about it Do you know which compression method they use? I wanted to sample a packet to see if it's worth keeping or not. .Paul * OLX 2.1 TD * Press any key to continue or any other key to quit --- WM v3.11/92-0414 * Origin: -≡ CompuBBS ≡- Edmundston,NB - (506) 735-3831 - (1:255/20.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: PAUL CORMIER Number: 973 To: BILL WOLF Date: 05/17/94 6:16p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> the underside. Infact I have an extra one that they mailed out with -> Christmas Card. :-) You got a Christmas card!! Lucky you!! :) -> But, yes, they do come in handy, as I found that those dip switches d -> much to move! Yes, and the sticker is also handy when you have to align your dish once and a while, you know exactly which switch to move... .Paul --- WM v3.11/92-0414 * Origin: -≡ CompuBBS ≡- Edmundston,NB - (506) 735-3831 - (1:255/20.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GLENN VERMETTE Number: 974 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/17/94 11:18p Subj: Re: KU Band Data Receiver Deficiencies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No *** Quoting Bill Clark to All *** BC> I've not seen this AGC circuit oscillation problem with the KU BC> band data receiver mentioned in PCSITES or PLANET_CONNECT, so am BC> interested in whether the receiver I have is defective and Bruce BC> was "blowing smoke", or if this is a common problem. If the Hi Bill, I have experience the exact same problem you describe, but only once, and it was when I un[lugged the reciever to move it to another part of the house. When I plugged it in, it began to oscillate as you describe. I thought it might be broke, but once I pulled the plug, waited for a few seconds and plugged it back in, it worked fine. I have not had the ability to see if this does it when the receiver goes into alarm, because it has only happened twice (both during heavy snowfalls) and with the receiver being in my bedroom, I simply unplugged it to stop the noise so I could go back to sleep.....but I see your concern. The only other "problem" I can say about the Ku receivers is that when you plug them in (after being powered down) it sometimes takes up to 15 seconds for the alarm to stop and for the siganl to get locked in....this has sent my blood pressure up more than once, wondering if the receiver was ever going to lock on, but it has. Guess I'm just a little parinoid because this is my second receiver...the first one only worked for about 2 minutes and then something blew, leaving me with the ipression that they are all very, very fragile, which may not be the case. Anyway, good to hear your story....glad to hear mine is acting "normal" so to speak. Glenn --- * Origin: The Smell Of Bacon II - Shawnigan Lake, BC CANADA (1:340/1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVE PETRUCCI Number: 975 To: STEVE OLIVER Date: 05/17/94 12:02a Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's\Gigo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No >Mike, the best BAG program out there is Jasons GIGO. You can pick it up >from Planet Connects BBS. We just registered it for use here. IT works >great and fast. It converts them to Fido style and then I use Fastecho >(also registered recently) to toss them. Steve, How have you handled the FastEcho 900+ echo limit? Dave P. --- SLMAIL v3.5C (#1079) * Origin: The Rocket Shop BBS -=|Dover,DE|=- 302-674-4839 (1:2600/161) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARK ADKINS Number: 976 To: TIM FIERRO Date: 05/17/94 6:06a Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> Besides, I like you just use the K:\NUL/ to send it right on it's way -> and never touch my drive. :) Better look at your drive again. Check you !!!ST!!!.!!! file while RIME is coming down then tell us all that it never touches your drive. --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BONNIE ANTHONY Number: 977 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/16/94 11:36a Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BG Question. What makes RIME any more special than FIDO, or ROSENET, or BGUNINET, or INTELECT? Your Admin wanted them to be added during Nothing makes RIME "more special" Boyd. I hope that all networks get the best service they can possible get in the most timely manner they can get it in. I am pretty sure that is what everyone wants. Every network has its own "flavor" and we at RIME just want to keep our "flavor," just as I am sure other networks wish to keep their "flavor." Asking for dependable, reliable, timely service is not asking for anything special, is it? BGthe day. We did not (and still dont) have the uplink program BGsetup for adding files on the fly. We do not uplink from here. Is this something that you are going to improve in the future? It is my understanding that there are files that you already "add on the fly" several times a day, so there must be some mechanism in place to do that with those other files, no? BGis hard to tell you "Your files will be going over at 8 am and BGat 8 pm for any new files sent in during the day." Files were BGadded at 8 pm on the 11th and only went over the sat at 1:30 am BGon the 12th. Did you get them? Not everyone (in rime) that uses why not? why can't folks know within some time span, of say 30 mintues to an hour, when specific mail files will be sent? It is pretty standard from day to day isn't it? Also, it is my understanding that some files circulate for long periods of time, i.e. some files are not removed on a daily basis. What are the constraints that prevent you from allowing a mail packet, regardless of when it was added, to circulate for 24 hours before it is removed? Or even 48 hours? Can the receiving software recognize whether a file has been received and not receive it again? Making the distribution of mail files "intelligently" handled by the software would help all networks, no? Nothing special there right? BGour system is receiving 24 hours a day. Has your admin taken BGthis into concideration? Has your admin told you all what we yes, we have taken it into consideration. In fact, it was something that is important to our network and has been from the start. If the files would come down in some organized fashion, within limits, folks could have their systems "listening" at the correct times. No? That might appeal to all folks on all networks, no? BGHas your admin told you how we bent over backwards to make BGchanges for them and then they go and make the files available BGthru FTP on the internet? There goes your security. We are I didn't realize that you were all that knowledgeable about how RIME was using the Internet and whether the files are secure or not. Your information, even if it is based on something someone told you, is inaccurate. The files going over the Internet are more secure than those coming over the satellite; they are not going in the manner you may have imagined they were. In addition and talking about security, I understand, from reading Tom Tcimipidis's message in here that the security on the donegal has been violated and a gentleman from FIDO, who is not a member of RIME stated in this conference: "This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at PC handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, our first and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply tosses the Rime mail into the bit bucket." I wonder how he has access to the RIME mail to toss it out? Could you help me out here and explain to me how he has it in the first place or was that simply an idle comment? Is there security then or not? In addition, you actually developed the security for ILink, so it was not something you did, uniquely, just for us. BGdoing our best here to make everything work for everybody. We We also are doing our best to work within the limits imposed. BGhave problems and we are working on fixing them. By doing BGthings to suite RIME we have to be very carefully that we dont BGscrew things up for everone else. I appreciate your ideas and BGwill follow up on them. We would not want you to "suite <sic> RIME" and mess things up for others. I simply don't know where you got that idea. Not from anything I said I hope. However, we also would not want you to do things for others and mess us up either. I would hope you would always consider each and every network as "special", unique and important and you would be striving to satisfy each and everyone of them as much as you possibly could. We all want to work together to make this cost effective for the sysops and to enhance their BBSs with the bottom line being user satisfaction. To do that most effectively, we have to know what the limits of the system is and you have to know what we want from the system and we have to strike some grounds that works for both ends. === * The Running Board *Bethesda, Md* 301-229-5623/5342 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 RUNNINGA (#2) : RelayNet(tm) --- DB 1.52-OS/2/001251 * Origin: Blue Lake Systems * Oregon * RIME <=> P_Connect Gate (1:105/285) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SEBASTIAN ACOSTA Number: 978 To: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Date: 05/18/94 7:41p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On 17 May 94 02:13pm, Chuck Gustafson wrote to Sid Balcom: CG> On Sat 14-May-1994 20:20 thus spake Sid Balcom unto Tim Fierro: SB>> from being reliable. For some reason, the satellite computer went to SB>> gibberish this morning and I lost all of the mail files on the first CG> pass. SB>> Second pass brought in all but 4, and I figure to get them on the 3rd CG> Happened here too. Just walked into the room and saw what was going on. CG> Dropped out of the program, reloaded it and everything was OK. Picked CG> up the missed packets during the next feed. Hmmmmm????? So I wasn't the only one huh? I don't recall this ever happening before, I have a Ku receiver is that what you have? Maybe that new software will take care of this. When is it coming Johnny? Internet: sacosta@gate.net ... Ever wonder why Oprah spelled backwards is Harpo? --- GEcho 1.02+/RA2.01+ * Origin: Metro Data Group VFC 378-2571,8809 Miami, Fl (1:135/94) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN MORANO Number: 979 To: ALL Date: 05/16/94 6:22a Subj: pcfu Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No 05-07-94 PCFU199J Fixed a bug in detecting DOS 6.21 (Thanks John Woodstock) 05-15-94 PCFU200B Eliminated DOS version detection errors, this version should run under any version of DOS. Sorry to admit it but this little jewel cost a 2% speed decrease in process time. Fixed the bug that caused the program to crash if the number of files being proccesed was very large. I had a few reports on this one. The problem was being caused by an array overflow, and the fix is just a patch, If you process more then 500 files at a time I won't be able to sort them in time and date order. I will be working on a real fix for this one. --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: * GenSoft Ltd. * 501-761-9600 * (1:391/1180) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DAVID MUENCH Number: 980 To: ALL Date: 05/13/94 10:00p Subj: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No What's the status on getting ILink up and working on PC? David --- GEcho/386 1.02+ * Origin: Without me, you're only you. (1:2613/220.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ALEX STUART Number: 981 To: BILL WOLF Date: 05/13/94 1:24p Subj: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I've been running GIGO under 6.2, 7.03 for quite sometime, > and haven't had any problems whatsoever with it. I am now MN>I didn't want to alarm you Bill . I am running Lantastics AI MN>as well . I do not know if this is a part of the problem. The MN>thing is any software that I run with DOS4GW must be run in a BW> Yeah, I don't know about running it under Lantastic. I do BW> know I've had good success with running it under Netware BW> Lite.. I'd play around with QEMM, and make sure you enable EMS. BW> That's all the other help I can offer you.. Try BW> netmailing Jason about it. He's as helpful as one can get! FWIW, I'm running GIGO under LANtastic without any problems at all. Works well, does what it should, all's right with the world. -- Alex --- FastEcho/386 1.40a * Origin: Quantum Leap Victoria BC (604)595-4407 [HST/V.32bis] (1:340/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 982 To: FLOYD DRENNON Date: 05/16/94 8:05p Subj: Re: PCSTATS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > There's been nothing in the PCStats area since last Wednesday. Working on it. Is it ok today? ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 983 To: ART MACK Date: 05/16/94 8:09p Subj: Re: U'NI Net Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > MB> it's not almost 2 days old when we get it via the satellite? > Yes here here........good point...... Well first off I get them each morning around 1:15 am. This is a once a day feed and you will have to get them to update their mail just before the call. ...Boyd --- DB 1.58/004770 * Origin: Planet Connect Satellite Uplink. Newport Tn. SATU. (1:3615/50) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ANTHONY GRILLO Number: 984 To: ROY TIMBERMAN Date: 05/15/94 3:43p Subj: Re: International Genealo Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hiya, JW>>1:274/30. You will be issued an IGA_Net<tm> node number by return RT> netmail JW>>and should/could be operating within a day. RT> Do you do Fido style mail using FidoNet node numbers? I don't RT> do other zones... it is a waste of time, unnecessary and has RT> proven to be undependable. But would like to carry the RT> echomail areas using FidoNet technology. I agree, I would also carry it if it used Fido numbers. Anthony Grillo NET 272 NEC --- Via Silver Xpress V3.02 * Origin: Silver Xpress Mail System (1:272/94) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 985 To: ALL Date: 05/16/94 11:38p Subj: INBOUND BAD ECHOMAIL AREA Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Areafix v1.30, (C) 1988-92 by Greg Dawson & George Peace (1:270/101) Originally Written by Greg Dawson. Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Netmail'... Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Badecho'... Reading 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... 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Creating new area 'NEWTFILES' from 1:396/1 Rewriting 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... --- Harvey's Robot v4.53 * Origin: Planet Systems (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HENRY MOORE Number: 986 To: CHUCK GUSTAFSON Date: 05/16/94 9:47p Subj: Re: Your program Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No CG>I wonder what would happen if you set up a disk write cache (like Hyperdisk) CG>about 2 Meg and set up for delayed writes. That might prove interesting. I'm currently running a 2 or 3 meg (can't remember right off hand) hyperdisk cache with a 5 second write delay. Makes me feel better to see the little hard drive light blink less often. Haven't noticed any problems. * OLX 2.2 * Participation prolongs the agony --- WM v3.10/92-0423 * Origin: Blackbeard's Tavern 803-294-9657 Greenville,SC (1:3639/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: HENRY MOORE Number: 987 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/16/94 9:56p Subj: KU Band Data Receiver Def Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BC>I've not seen this AGC circuit oscillation problem with the KU band data BC>receiver mentioned in PCSITES or PLANET_CONNECT, so am interested in whether BC>the receiver I have is defective and Bruce was "blowing smoke", or if this i I had the same problem with the first receiver (KU) I had and have only had its replacement running for a couple of days but so far, it's running fine. I'm sure there are plenty of electronic types in this echo and am wondering if the schematic for the receiver can be made available to those that would like a shot at redesigning the agc circuit. I'd love to have a copy (or better yet a complete service manual) if for no other reason than to be able to work on the unit myself. * OLX 2.2 * All hope abandoned, ye who enter the Tavern. --- WM v3.10/92-0423 * Origin: Blackbeard's Tavern 803-294-9657 Greenville,SC (1:3639/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MICKEY FERGUSON Number: 988 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/17/94 12:31a Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No * In a message originally to Danny Daniel, Sid Balcom said: SB> I'm suspecting that the receivers are the same for SB>both C-Band and Ku-Band. But, what I know about satellite SB>stuff could be put in a thimble. I believe that you are probably quite correct with the exception of an internal daughterboard....you see, the frequency range sent in to the receiver from the LNB is the same for either C or Ku, but the METHOD used to modulate the signal is different. Sorta like AM vs FM. Mickey --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Music City Archives - Genealogy & Ham Radio (1:116/210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOBBY TROTMAN Number: 989 To: NATE CHASE Date: 05/15/94 11:08p Subj: Lightning arrestor Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Nate! 01 May 94 13:06, Nate Chase wrote to All: NC> In a Message to STEVE ADAIR NC> on 04-28-94 (18:00) in Conference (458) PlanetConn NC> regarding SAT COMPUTER SHOW NC> JIM DUNMYER wrote... JD>> The coax cable can act as an antenna and pick up a pretty JD>> good voltage spike, even if the lightning hits only "close JD>> by". This spike can fry your receiver or LNB, or perhaps JD>> other connected equipment. They suggest that you install a JD>> lightning arrestor device in the coax; it can be bought from JD>> the Planet Connect folks or probably any local satellite JD>> dealer. NC> Boyd (et all), NC> Whats the price of your Arrestor and is it guarenteed? What you can do is loop the coax about 5 times at each end, make loops about 8 inches round. To over simplify what this does is to say Lightning can not go in circles. Best wishes, Bobby --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Bits and Pieces BBS (1:369/32) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RF TOLLI Number: 990 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/10/94 5:38p Subj: INBOUND BAD ECHOMAIL Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -=> Quoting Boyd Goodin to All <=- <More Addresses ad nauseam, deleted> BG> Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'ISDN' BG> Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'SCNET' BG> Address 348/501 not authorized to create area 'SWARE348' BG> Address 268/10 not authorized to create area 'MORESOME' BG> Address 268/10 not authorized to create area 'ISLE' BG> Address 268/10 not authorized to create area 'MORESOME' BG> Address 2300/90 not authorized to create area BG> 'ALT.FOLKLORE.COMPUTERS' Address 373/27 not authorized to create area BG> 'SYS_CONF' Address 238/300 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' BG> Address 2612/10 not authorized to create area 'BIBLE' BG> Address 2612/10 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' Uh, Boyd? With long lists of Addresses like this (and in PCSTATS), they'd be a lot more likely to be checked correctly by the individual receivers if you'd throw the list at a sort routine first. -RFT- ... Running a BBS is like sex; You still have to support your mistakes! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.11 --- FreeMail/Synchronet * Origin: The Blind Hog Saloon - (904) 926-7185 (1:3605/666) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MIKE LESTER Number: 991 To: JEFF WARD Date: 05/16/94 9:38p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Jeff Ward wrote in a message to Danny Daniel: > I have read in this echo of several having their ku band > receivers fail. I know one sysop who is on his third one. What > I want to know is if the c-band receivers are failing also. If > you are running a c-band let me know. Also has anyone done any > comparisons on pros or cons between using c or the ku. JW> Well, I've been on the C-Band system since day one and have JW> had the same receiver since then also. No problems here. As JW> far as pros and cons, that would be difficult for me to make JW> a proper judgement even though I have been in the satellite JW> business for over 10 years. The mail and files coming in is JW> the same and as long as you receive them, it would make no JW> difference. The major difference will be in outside JW> hardware, mainly a C-Band dish versus a Ku dish. That would JW> be personal preference. Later! Just to continue the discussion, i opted for a C band, simply because should i ever get tired of the satellite feed, i could use it for TV reception, and there are more C band transmissions...i bought my unimesh dish locally, a 7 1/2 pole mounted, 20 feet in the sky to get above a local obstruction... i have clear sky to G3....works well, and i get very little trashed files....if any, without logging, i cant be sure... --- timEd-A10c * Origin: (1:170/10011) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SEBASTIAN ACOSTA Number: 992 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/18/94 10:29p Subj: Dupes! Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Boyd, take a look at the path line of this message: Bobby Trotman wrote in a message to Nate Chase: BT> Best wishes, BT> Bobby BT> --- GEcho 1.02+ BT> * Origin: Bits and Pieces BBS (1:369/32) BT> @PATH: 275/34 1 3615/50 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I am bringing this up because *I* feed net 369. Someone at 275/34 is importing old mail back to you and possibly removing seen-by lines. Take care, Sebastian --- GEcho 1.02+/RA2.01+ * Origin: Metro Data Group BBS Miami Fl, 305-378-2571 VFC (1:135/94) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ED BOSTON Number: 993 To: BOYD GOODIN Date: 05/17/94 3:52p Subj: Re: ILink Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BG> You will have to get in contact with the Ilink admin on this. I have been in contact with my ILink feed, who also has Planet Connect, and he didn't know anything about it. Is the feed now active or is it still being tested? --- * QMPro 1.0 41-8163 * All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. --- FidoPCB v1.4 [ff040/x] * Origin: Phantasia BBS - Boise, ID (1:347/25) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 994 To: ALL Date: 05/17/94 10:00p Subj: INBOUND BAD ECHOMAIL AREAS Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Areafix v1.30, (C) 1988-92 by Greg Dawson & George Peace (1:270/101) Originally Written by Greg Dawson. Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Netmail'... Searching messages in directory 'D:\Bridge\Badecho'... Reading 'C:\Rbbs\Areas.Bbs'... Address 2215/1 not authorized to create area 'CRIMP' Address 0/0 not authorized to create area 'PGRMR' Address 324/288 not authorized to create area 'NESYSOP' Address 2621/15 not authorized to create area 'AIDS.FILES' Address 229/2 not authorized to create area 'OS2WPS' Address 147/20 not authorized to create area 'METRO_BUYER' Address 229/15 not authorized to create area 'BIBLE' Address 351/444 not authorized to create area 'LOC.BUYSELL' Address 351/444 not authorized to create area 'SPORT-FISHING.WEST' Address 351/444 not authorized to create area 'VI_4SALE' Address 2621/15 not authorized to create area 'SCI.MED.AIDS' Address 2621/15 not authorized to create area 'BIONET.MOLBIO.HIV' Address 348/501 not authorized to create area 'SWARE348' Address 348/501 not authorized to create area 'BBSNEWS' Address 109/1 not authorized to create area 'EC13' Address 109/1 not authorized to create area 'REGION13' Address 109/1 not authorized to create area 'EC13' Address 275/1 not authorized to create area 'VIRGINIA_BBS' Address 275/1 not authorized to create area 'TW_MACINTOSH' Address 275/1 not authorized to create area 'VIRGINIA_BBS' Address 151/157 not authorized to create area 'BACKBONE' Address 151/157 not authorized to create area 'LAUGH' Address 151/157 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' Address 151/157 not authorized to create area 'BACKBONE' Address 151/157 not authorized to create area 'LAUGH' Address 151/157 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' Address 326/409 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' Address 2607/15 not authorized to create area 'REGION13' Address 270/611 not authorized to create area 'STORY_CHAT' Address 213/213 not authorized to create area 'BIBLE' Address 373/27 not authorized to create area 'SYS_CONF' Address 323/150 not authorized to create area 'NUT-HOUSE' Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'GENREPLY' Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'SCNET' Address 151/1002 not authorized to create area 'SC_SYSOP' Address 264/100 not authorized to create area 'BOOKMARK' Address 300/15 not authorized to create area 'MCAFEE' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'R19COORD' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'R19_CHAT' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'R19COORD' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'R19_CHAT' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'R19COORD' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'BIBLE' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'HOBBIES' Address 398/2 not authorized to create area 'BIBLE' Address 3615/51 not authorized to create area 'A_CELEBNUDE' Address 3615/51 not authorized to create area 'A_MODERATOR' Address 104/1 not authorized to create area 'SCANNER' Address 104/1 not authorized to create area 'EF_HUB' Address 104/1 not authorized to create area 'SCANNER' Address 3807/104 not authorized to create area '3807STAT' --- Harvey's Robot v4.53 * Origin: Planet Systems (1:3615/50.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GEORGE VANDERVORT Number: 995 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/17/94 9:07p Subj: C-Band Receivers Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No Hello Sid! Saturday May 14 1994 21:04, Sid Balcom wrote to Danny Daniel: SB> SB> The wait is VERY frustrating! I know! SB> SB> I'm suspecting that the receivers are the same for both C-Band and SB> Ku-Band. But, what I know about satellite stuff could be put in a thimble. SB> SB> My Ku-band set-up has been running since April 19th. The only SB> problem was operator head-space. SB> SB> I urge EVERYone to write down the switch settings on the bottom of SB> the receiver. I carried mine out to the dish and bumped several of the SB> switches, and of course couldn't receive anything until Boyd straightened SB> me out. SB> Write down those settings that are working for you! SB> SB> ++ Sid ++ That's good advise.. as luck would have it.... both my KU-Band Receiver and the Box the receiver came in, have a sticker on them that has all the Correct Dip-switch setting listed on it. Regards, George Vandervort ++ QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Gamma-4)/Binkley 2.59wb InterNet: gvandervort@infomail.com --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#7) * Origin: Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> - 14.4k DS-HST v32bis (FidoNet 1:382/8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JIM DUNMYER Number: 996 To: AL HEDSTROM Date: 05/17/94 5:05p Subj: PC & DESQVIEW Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > I ran a six-line PCBoard setup w/ DV/X under DR-DOS v.6 on a single > 486-33 for about six months. Liked the control of DV/X, especially Might I ask why you stopped doing this? (you kinda imply that you no longer operate in this fashion) --- FLAME v1.0/b * Origin: Toledo's TBBS, 14+ gigs, 150,000 files 313-854-6001 (1:234/2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MARTIN BELCKE Number: 997 To: MURRAY PLETSCH Date: 05/17/94 11:24p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No -> BINGO....it seems to me that 26,000 Fidonet nodes could possibly be a -> more of a priority than 1,400 Rime Nodes......:-) Only if all 26,000 Fidonet nodes feed directly from PC, or if all 1400 RIME nodes feed direcctly from PC, etc.... What about the several million people involved with Internet and the Usenet Newsgroups? Using your logic, they should be the first priority..... "You can please all of the people some of the times and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the time." A. Lincoln --Martin-- --- GOMail v1.2 [BETA] [92-0105] * Origin: Hackers World BBS 16.5 Gig - 24 lines (1:232/10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 998 To: BILL CLARK Date: 05/18/94 8:33a Subj: KU Band Data Receiver Deficiencies Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 15 20:17 94, Bill Clark of 1:100/602.1 wrote: BC> I've not seen this AGC circuit oscillation problem with the KU band BC> data receiver mentioned in PCSITES or PLANET_CONNECT, so am interested BC> in whether the receiver I have is defective and Bruce was "blowing BC> smoke", or if this is a common problem. I've never heard of that one. I've been runnng the KU-band IDC receiver for about a month (it runs 24 hours a day) and haven't had any problems. The only time it makes any noise is if I turn it off -- when plugged back in it'll squeal for a couple of seconds until it calms down and goes back to work. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 999 To: DARYL TURNER Date: 05/18/94 8:36a Subj: Anyone receiving files in MSDN file areas? Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 15 22:12 94, Daryl Turner of 1:348/701 wrote: DT> When we initially set up our Planet Connect system here, we were DT> receiving in MSDN (Macintosh Software Distribution Network), but for DT> the past few months we haven't seen anything. Is there a problem here DT> that we just aren't getting them, or is it higher up? I haven't gotten a single file in them since getting PC; so I've been wondering the exact same thing (and so have my Mac users, who are starting to get restless :-). . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 1000 To: JOHN MORANO Date: 05/18/94 8:38a Subj: pcfu Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 16 06:22 94, John Morano of 1:391/1180 wrote: JM> 05-15-94 PCFU200B Eliminated DOS version detection errors, this JM> version should run under any version of DOS. Sorry to admit it but this JM> little jewel cost a 2% speed decrease in process time. Ahh, what's 2%!? :-) Kudos John; your utility is a god-send. I don't know how I could get along without it. Will this version be sent out over the bird or should we fetch it land-line from you (he asks hoping the former:-)? . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 1001 To: JON ANDERSON Date: 05/18/94 8:40a Subj: Re: dongle and os/2 Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 14 08:30 94, Jon Anderson of 1:105/285 wrote: JA> Thanks for allaying any fears, Boyd ... Would you go so far as to JA> advertise here for any 'code input' from any person(s) who might have JA> managed to solve the OS/2 problem, without recriminations, of course? Gee, I sure hope we can get things running under OS/2. I know that with Linux soon to be released over the bird, I'd *love* to run PC on this machine so I can use my now-running-PC machine to play with Linux! Does anyone know if the beta-test dongles work under OS/2 2.11? . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 1002 To: MURRAY PLETSCH Date: 05/18/94 8:43a Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 15 17:41 94, Murray Pletsch of 1:351/401@fidonet.org wrote: MP> BINGO....it seems to me that 26,000 Fidonet nodes could possibly be a MP> little more of a priority than 1,400 Rime Nodes......:-) I was going to add that but was trying to be tactful. <SEG:-> . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 1003 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/18/94 5:03p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No On May 16 17:44 94, Joe Hayes of 1:2290/70 wrote: JH> I just put the Zoom cenference on and it looks like there are a lot of JH> problems with them, at least thats what most of the messages are JH> about.. One thing I have noticed right off is FD doesn't have an JH> errorlevel for 28800? Is that going to be a problem? No, you can tell the Zoom to report back the modem-to-modem speed, or else you can have it report back your locked port speed (e.g. 38400 or 57600 or whatever). It's flexible as far as what it reports when it connects. About the Zoom modem echo, from what I've seen there a lot of the users don't have a clue about modems -- period. Basic things like setup strings give some people in the echo fits. It's nothing like the caliber of users in, say, the HST echo. I'd say that 70% of the people complaining there just don't have a clue as how to set up a high speed modem and so have "operator" problems; about 20% are victims of disinformation (such as people falsely reporting that the Zoom supports Caller ID (it doesn't yet) or that people need to swap their ROMs out for the ROM version that is only used in external modems, etc.). I'd guess about 5% of the people in the echos with problems are simply complaining about not being able to get a full 28.8k connect on real dirty phone lines, leaving 5% or less with "real" problems. <trying to get back on topic:-> But since the ZOOM echo is on Planet Connect, I'll see you there. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- Msgedsq/2 2.2e * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 1004 To: SID BALCOM Date: 05/18/94 6:34p Subj: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No On May 14, 1994, at 20:20, Sid Balcom of 1:275/34@Fidonet.org wrote: SB> I don't see how they can get accurate mail delivery with SB> updated packets during the day. I'm seeing too many variables SB> From what I've seen, so far, I believe that we need 3 full SB> passes. Now, here I go again. I'm gonna ASS-U-ME that if Boyd and PC adds mail to the upload list during the day that they are gonna keep track of it somehow and deliver it at least 3 times, even if it carries over into the next days mail. This is the only way that real time mail is gonna work. Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GARY CRAIN Number: 1005 To: JOE HAYES Date: 05/18/94 6:38p Subj: Re: Is It Me???? Refer: NONE Read: NO Private: No On May 16, 1994, at 17:44, Joe Hayes of 1:2290/70 wrote: JH> Well either way I just ordered a couple to try out. JH> I just put the Zoom cenference on and it looks like there are a They're 28.8 modems and they don't work out of the box like a 2400. :) Once you get them setup you're gonna be very pleased. I've been running one for a month now and couldn't be happier with a modem. Now the phone lines are another deal. ;-) JH> One thing I have noticed right off is FD doesn't have an JH> errorlevel for 28800? Is that going to be a problem? You're gonna have to upgrade to FD 2.12 to get the 28.8 connects to work correctly. Or you could just go ahead and get a really nice mailer, Intermail. Gary --- Msgedsq 2.2e * Origin: Rendezvous!! 28800/V.FC Bastrop, Tx [512-303-1324] (1:382/92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JACK WILLIAMS Number: 1006 To: JOHN HERRBACH Date: 05/17/94 8:15a Subj: Re: Tossers for .BAG's Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No In a message to Mike Nyman <05-15-94 12:21> John Herrbach wrote: JH> Fred will toss them to *.PKT, and will also ignore conferences that Please tell me the name of the program which will convert .BAG files to .PKT files....and where I may obtain it..... Regards, Jack --- GEcho 1.02+ * Origin: Jack's Emporium Genealogy! (703)373-8215 (1:274/30) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RANDY EDWARDS Number: 1007 To: BONNIE ANTHONY Date: 05/18/94 9:36p Subj: Showing your ignorance Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No BA> In addition and talking about security, I understand, from reading Tom BA> Tcimipidis's message in here that the security on the donegal has been BA> violated and a gentleman from FIDO, who is not a member of RIME stated BA> in this conference: BA> "This is interesting. I'll be curious to see how Boyd and the folks at BA> PC handle this. For myself, and, logically, people who I do mail with, BA> our first and foremost concern is the FidoNet mail. My system simply BA> tosses the Rime mail into the bit bucket." Well, you don't understand, do you? Try reading what is written instead of reading your conspiracy theories into what is there in text. I'll ignore the fact that you're talking about me in the third person when I'm right here in the echo "with you," but I can't really ignore your reading words into what I said. If you were more familiar with the way the Planet Connect software works, all files are saved to disk before being deleted; In computerese, something that's deleted has been "thrown into the bit bucket." Hence, "my system simply tosses the Rime mail into the bit bucket." I have not broken the security of the Planet Connect software -- and I do not like your implying that I did! You can rest assured that if I ever did break the Planet Connect software the last damn thing I'd want from it would be the files from a two-bit dictatorial mail network like Rime. . Randy BBS +1-802-626-4103 (V.FC) FidoNet 1:325/806 1:325/805 InterNet edwards@sol.wsyd.com --- * Origin: Socialism OnLine! * 802-626-4103 * Sheffield, Vermont (1:325/806) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BOYD GOODIN Number: 1008 To: BONNIE ANTHONY Date: 05/19/94 1:46a Subj: Re: Re-zipping Refer: NONE Read: [N/A] Private: No > am sure other networks wish to keep their "flavor." Asking for > dependable, reliable, timely service is not asking for anything special, > is it? I understand that, but you must also understand that there were networks on here way before Rime came on line. That is were my alliance lies. Ask some of the fido guys/gals in here what would happen if I sent a fidonet mail bundle over at 8 pm in the evening. It is hard to tell someone that your new mail will be going over the satellite at 8 pm when you dont know how much data you have to send over the satellite. One day we can have as low as 40 megs going and the next day as high as 60. > Is this something that you are going to improve in the future? It is my > understanding that there are files that you already "add on the fly" > several times a day, so there must be some mechanism in place to do that > with those other files, no? These are the weather files which are produced at the uplink and copied over the network to the outbound at certain times of the day. Since these files are always the same name and extention it is quite simple to do. When you have a file that has different names everyday then that is quite harder to do, as then you do not have anything constant to work on. > why not? why can't folks know within some time span, of say 30 mintues > to an hour, when specific mail files will be sent? It is pretty standard Because there is no constant in the amount of data we send each day. > recognize whether a file has been received and not receive it again? > Making the distribution of mail files "intelligently" handled by the > software would help all networks, no? Nothing special there right? Like it was nothing special to added the encryption for the rime files right? Also there are a couple of good utilities that were written by a few of our users that handle the file dupes. > yes, we have taken it into consideration. In fact, it was something that > is important to our network and has been from the start. If the files Well then when a set of files only went out at 1:30 am how come the next day I got calls from Rime users asking why it was this way. When I told them they would have to leave there system on 24 hours a day just to get Rime mail they were quite upset. Did you take into concideration those out there that use thier dish for both data and tv? > would come down in some organized fashion, within limits, folks could > have their systems "listening" at the correct times. No? That might > appeal to all folks on all networks, no? If we had 48 megs going over every day, day in, day out, then it would be no problem. We could say "Well Rime will go over at 8:45 am and 8:45 pm." Since we move about 6 megs and hour you can judge it. But what if one day it is 35 megs and the next 56? Hard to put a time frame now on it. > I didn't realize that you were all that knowledgeable about how RIME was > using the Internet and whether the files are secure or not. Well I know a bit about Internet and how it functions. > Your information, even if it is based on something someone told you, is > inaccurate. The files going over the Internet are more secure than those > coming over the satellite; they are not going in the manner you may have > imagined they were. Do tell! Please Bonnie, you are not talking to someone who knows nothing about the internet. > I wonder how he has access to the RIME mail to toss it out? Could you > help me out here and explain to me how he has it in the first place or > was that simply an idle comment? Is there security then or not? I suggest that you do not quote any of the boys in here if you do not have any understanding of the terms or sayings that are used on here. I believe the gentleman that you quoted has replied to you about this. Also on the DONGLE. I have heard rumours since day one that the LOCK has beeen broken. I have yet to see a broken copy. You know, rumours are a great conversational piece. > In addition, you actually developed the security for ILink, so it was not > something you did, uniquely, just for us. I think you should take one step back and refresh your memory real good. We were not even out of beta when you were contacted to allow us to send Rime over the satellite. We got back from One-bbs-con and there was a message on the answering machine from you stating that RIME can be sent but changes to Rime's software had to be developed first. We said ok. Ilink was not in the picture as of yet. Your memory getting better? Good. We also talked about a secure means and we started working on encryption which led to the 02/16 release of the software. Just to set the record straight, Ilink is now going over the satellite but are not using our encryption format. There have thier own type and goes over the satellite in the clear. > We also are doing our best to work within the limits imposed. Satellite delivery will never be like the landbase system. > We would not want you to "suite <sic> RIME" and mess things up for > others. I simply don't know where you got that idea. Not from anything > I said I hope. Remember the phone conversation we had when I told you how the system works? Remember how upset you got when I told you that things are setup for a once a day drop-off to the satellite? Remember how upset I got when you told me that Joe said that it could be added at anytime to the cycle? I got quite upset because I know that Joe would never say that to anyone. So Joe said we will try to add it after each cycle. And that is what we are doing. So we did do something to "suite <sic> RIME". We were lucky that it did not cause and major problems. > However, we also would not want you to do things for others and mess us > up either. I would hope you would always consider each and every network > as "special", un