Hi Everyone,
I've been e-mailing a bit with digital man, and thought I would open up the conversation to the group. The BBS bug has bitten me once more, and so I'm starting a carefully-considered process of setting up my own system. Before I do, though, I want to create the right anchorage: the Operating System. I'm going to opt for a Windows machine, but I'm on the fence between Windows 32-Bit (which I understand will make a lot of things trivial, given some of the out-of-box support for the 16-bit DOS Doors) and other flavors of Windows.
What is your favorite / recommended Operating System for setting up a brand new Synchronet BBS? If you were to start from scratch today, and build the most scalable canvas upon which to paint your BBS dreams, what system specifications would you aim for?
you should run windows 10 or windows 7 32bit. but, we have almost no users, so beware.
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: MRO to Kaelon on Mon May 02 2022 10:07 am
you should run windows 10 or windows 7 32bit. but, we have almost no users, so beware.
Thanks. But, what do you mean by "beware"? As in, likely to not get much traffic? I'm under no delusions that BBS'ing today is a super niche, even if it is undergoing a brief renaissance. That said, I did visit "20 for Beers," "CJ's Place," and a few other systems this weekend, and I will say a dozen or so callers a day makes them for pretty active places. I'll likely set up a system mostly for message bases and files and joining networks like DOVE-Net, FidoNet, and the like.
Or did you mean that we don't have very many Windows 10 or Windows 7 32-bit SysOps?
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there's no users
Hi Everyone,
I've been e-mailing a bit with digital man, and thought I would open up the conversation to the group. The BBS bug has bitten me once more, and so I'm starting a carefully-considered process of setting up my own system. Before I do, though, I want to create the right anchorage: the Operating System. I'm going to opt for a Windows machine, but I'm on the fence between Windows 32-Bit (which I understand will make a lot of things trivial, given some of the out-of-box support for the 16-bit DOS Doors) and other flavors of Windows.
What is your favorite / recommended Operating System for setting up a brand new Synchronet BBS? If you were to start from scratch today, and build the most scalable canvas upon which to paint your BBS dreams, what system specifications would you aim for?
I've been e-mailing a bit with digital man, and thought I would open up the conversation to the group. The BBS bug has bitten me once more, and so I'm starting a carefully-considered process of setting up my own system. Before I do, though, I want to create the right anchorage: the Operating System. I'm going to opt for a Windows machine, but I'm on the fence between Windows 32-Bit (which I understand will make a lot of things trivial, given some of the out-of-box support for the 16-bit DOS Doors) and other flavors of Windows.
Whatever you choose, it's easy to move Synchronet between computers running different OSes, so it's not a big deal/decision.
I have one computer running the 64bit version using the fix, but I still
opt to run my BBS on the 32bit version. Whatever you use, just have fun with it, and make it your own.
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: MRO to Kaelon on Mon May 02 2022 11:01 am
there's no users
I'm not sure about that. I've dialed into a few BBS'es and have seen dozens of users checking into them daily. Some, like "20 for Beers," have half a dozen users logged in at the same time, actively playing games and contributing. _____
I'm going to opt for a Windows machine, but I'm on the fence between Windows 32-Bit (which I understand will make a lot of things trivial, given some of the out-of-box support for the 16-bit DOS Doors) and other flavors of Windows.
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: Digital Man to Kaelon on Mon May 02 2022 11:15 am
Whatever you choose, it's easy to move Synchronet between computers running different OSes, so it's not a big deal/decision.
Thanks, Digital Man. I didn't realize it, but now thinking back to my days SysOp'ing a WWIV BBS, I guess it's just moving the entire directory structure from one device to the other, right?
Windows obfuscates and hides so many configuration files these days, that I have to affirmatively look for programs that are run "portably" so that I know that I can move them. Is Synchronet BBS built this way?
There is a 3rd party 16-bit DOS VDM out there that'll let you run 16-bit DOS apps, but I haven't tried it yet.
those are sysops
those are sysops
Is that a problem? Given the niche art that is BBS'ing in the age of the Internet, I'd expect every user to be running their own system, too. _____
Hi Everyone,
I've been e-mailing a bit with digital man, and thought I would open up the conversation to the group. The BBS bug has bitten me once more, and so I'm starting a carefully-considered process of setting up my own system. Before I do, though, I want to create the right anchorage: the Operating System. I'm going to opt for a Windows machine, but I'm on the fence between Windows 32-Bit (which I understand will make a lot of things trivial, given some of the out-of-box support for the 16-bit DOS Doors) and other flavors of Windows.
What is your favorite / recommended Operating System for setting up a brand new Synchronet BBS? If you were to start from scratch today, and build the most scalable canvas upon which to paint your BBS dreams, what system specifications would you aim for?
Thanks for your thoughts!
given some of the out-of-box support for the 16-bit DOS Doors) and other flavors of Windows.
A couple of years ago, I'd say stick to 32-bit. Now, Synchronet has 32-bit archivers by default, I think. As for doors, many are written in Javascript and run inside of the BBS.
There is a 3rd party 16-bit DOS VDM out there that'll let you run 16-bit DOS apps, but I haven't tried it yet.
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: MRO to Kaelon on Mon May 02 2022 04:11 pm
those are sysops
Is that a problem? Given the niche art that is BBS'ing in the age of the Internet, I'd expect every user to be running their own system, too.
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: Kaelon to MRO on Mon May 02 2022 06:15 pm
those are sysops
Is that a problem? Given the niche art that is BBS'ing in the age of the Internet, I'd expect every user to be running their own system, too. _____
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced all are sysops.
Nightfox wrote to Kaelon <=-
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: Kaelon to MRO on Mon May 02 2022 06:15 pm
those are sysops
Is that a problem? Given the niche art that is BBS'ing in the age of the Internet, I'd expect every user to be running their own system, too. _____
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced
all are sysops.
What is your favorite / recommended Operating System for setting up a
brand new Synchronet BBS? If you were to start from scratch today, and
build the most scalable canvas upon which to paint your BBS dreams,
what system specifications would you aim for?
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced all are sysops.
are you sure? have you checked lately?
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon May 02 2022 09:34 pm
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced all are sysops.
are you sure? have you checked lately?
It sounds like you're picking a fight, MRO.
So what if users are or aren't
SysOps themselves? BBS'ing is a hobby, a passion-project, a labor of love.
For that reason, if/when I set up a BBS, I would want to contribute something unique that makes people want to call and log in frequently. That will take time, passion, and commitment. And I want to learn more about it.
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced all
are sysops.
are you sure? have you checked lately?
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon May 02 2022 09:34 pm
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced all
are sysops.
are you sure? have you checked lately?
Some of them occasionally send me emails saying things like they just found out BBSes still exist etc. and they say they want to thank me for running mine, etc..
whatever dude. i hate reading what you write.
Digital Man wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I'm use it (NTVDMx64, a 2021 version) with great success. The one exception is TW2002 which has some weird numeric output issue under NTVDMx64. --
Nightfox wrote to Kaelon <=-
My BBS gets users, and while some are sysops, I'm not convinced all are sysops.
Kaelon wrote to MRO <=-
whatever dude. i hate reading what you write.
I don't get the hostility; not sure what I did to offend you, but
don't worry, I won't interact with you further.
Jas Hud wrote to Gamgee <=-
no you don't.
you don't get many users at all. i just checked out your bbs a
few weeks ago. you have arelor and that other guy. that's about
it for your users.
Recommend you ignore "MRO". He's the resident troll/asshole, and is a complete moron to boot. Doesn't even have the balls to use his real
name anywhere. Doesn't even run a BBS.
Re: Rec'd Operating System for SBBS 3.19c+
By: MRO to Kaelon on Tue May 03 2022 11:02 am
> whatever dude. i hate reading what you write.
I don't get the hostility; not sure what I did to offend you, but don't worry, I won't interact with you further.
Enjoy your sandbox.
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I don't get the hostility; not sure what I did to offend you, but don't worry, I won't interact with you further.
Enjoy your sandbox.
It's not you.
Some of them occasionally send me emails saying things like they just found out BBSes still exist etc. and they say
they want to thank me for running mine, etc..
| Sysop: | Weed Hopper |
|---|---|
| Location: | Clearwater, FL |
| Users: | 14 |
| Nodes: | 6 (0 / 6) |
| Uptime: | 232:15:06 |
| Calls: | 55 |
| Calls today: | 1 |
| Files: | 50,127 |
| D/L today: |
35 files (4,430K bytes) |
| Messages: | 275,422 |