Hi,

A little note to say I've today moved TKG over from binkd to FidoBlitz - so far
so good! Connections to all my links are working. A major improvement over my old binkd setup is that I can now make outbound connections.

binkd on the Amiga has done okay for me over the years but would crash very regularly, on top of being unable to successfully poll out.

Running on a real Amiga 1200 with '060.

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On 18 Apr 2026, Neil Williams said the following...

Hi,

A little note to say I've today moved TKG over from binkd to FidoBlitz - so far so good! Connections to all my links are working. A major improvement over my old binkd setup is that I can now make outbound connections.

binkd on the Amiga has done okay for me over the years but would crash very regularly, on top of being unable to successfully poll out.

Running on a real Amiga 1200 with '060.

I've been running Fidoblitz for well over a month now on a emulated system. It has run flawlessly for me! Not using AmibinkD before but using the Linux version and an elaborate copy from folder to folder script this program just does the job! It does it well!!


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Hello Neil,

On April 18 '26 you wrote to All:

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Hi,

A little note to say I've today moved TKG over from binkd to FidoBlitz - so far so good! Connections to all my links are working. A major improvement over my old binkd setup is that I can now make outbound connections.

binkd on the Amiga has done okay for me over the years but would crash very regularly, on top of being unable to successfully poll out.

Running on a real Amiga 1200 with '060.

--

Hi. Yes, it works quite well. Now that you've uploaded version 0.17 to
aminet. We'll have to put it to use. Keep updating it, even if it works
perfectly.

Meanwhile, by uninstalling ixemul from binkd, I'm fixing some problems. It
now correctly reads hexadecimal configuration files, and a few more that I haven't mentioned.

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Hi Tanausu,

On 2026-04-19 15:53:09, you wrote to Neil Williams:

I'm fixing some problems. It now correctly reads hexadecimal
configuration files,

What is a "hexadecimal configuration file"? ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred,

On 2026-04-19 15:53:09, you wrote to Neil Williams:

I'm fixing some problems. It now correctly reads hexadecimal configuration files,

What is a "hexadecimal configuration file"? ;-)

Ah, sorry :D


I was referring to the domain, the hexadecimal numbers, if you entered
a letter, the configuration wouldn't load. It gave an error.
I still need to test it a bit more.

This

# Format: domain <domain name> [</path/to/outbound>] [<default zone>]
# or: domain <aliasname> alias-for <domainname>
domain amiganet work:fido/outbound 27
domain tqwnet work:fido/outbound 539
domain fsxnet work:fido/outbound 15
domain nixnet work:fido/outbound 56
domain micronet work:fido/outbound 26a
domain hobbynet work:fido/outbound 3ba
domain cnet work:fido/outbound 40
domain pinet work:fido/outbound 13a
domain retronet work:fido/outbound 50
domain agoranet work:fido/outbound 2e
domain sfnet work:fido/outbound 2a
domain araknet work:fido/outbound 10


The other part is this:
I've already removed that awful ixemul, but now I have to debug the code. It compiles fine now without errors, but there are a lot of warnings.

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/img/noixemul.png

I've used code from my own project to make progress, but there's still a lot
to do.

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Hi Neil,

On Saturday April 18 2026, Neil Williams said to All:

A little note to say I've today moved TKG over from binkd to FidoBlitz
- so far so good! Connections to all my links are working. A major improvement over my old binkd setup is that I can now make outbound connections.

I hope inbound are also working?

binkd on the Amiga has done okay for me over the years but would crash very regularly, on top of being unable to successfully poll out.

I would have to reboot my system every week, and it's only a end node.

Mine has been doing mail runs and processing mail every 40 minutes,
unless the hub crashes through more mail in the meantime.

Running on a real Amiga 1200 with '060.

How fast does it run?


-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


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Hello Tanausu,

On Sunday April 19 2026, Tanausu M. said to Neil Williams:

Hi. Yes, it works quite well. Now that you've uploaded version 0.17 to aminet. We'll have to put it to use. Keep updating it, even if it
works perfectly.

Neil didn't write fidoblitz. I did...

It will keep on getting updates, when I see a bug or reports of bugs come
in. But sofar it's been pretty stable and working well on the machines it's been used on.


-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


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On 20 Apr 2026, Stephen Walsh said the following...

It will keep on getting updates, when I see a bug or reports of bugs come in. But sofar it's been pretty stable and working well on the machines it's been used on.

I can attest to it working fine! I have been running it for over a month now in
emulation, it has not crashed once! No more scripts to copy files from the Linux side with BinkD to the Amiga side to toss. The files come in they get tossed! No more waiting for a cron event to toss the files.. This has been perfect for me...


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Hi Stephen,
In a message dated 20 Apr 26 you wrote to Neil Williams :

A little note to say I've today moved TKG over from binkd to FidoBlitz

I hope inbound are also working?

Indeed yes, so far flawlessly working. I noted that above as I never got outbound to work in binkd.

Running on a real Amiga 1200 with '060.

How fast does it run?

Plenty fast enough on the CPU - I don't think binkd / Fidoblitz stresses the CPU. The issue with the A1200 is the IDE interface - it's glaringly obvious how
slow the HD makes everything when it's side-by-side with an A4000/060 with a SCSI HD.

The A1200 runs the HD at 2-3MB/s while the A4000 runs at 40MB/s.

I'm on the lookout for a Blizzard SCSI module for the Blizzard 1260, but as a temporary measure until then I've ordered a Fast-IDE module from AmigaKit. This
is supposed to improve performance to ~7MB/s.

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Hi Neil,

On Friday April 24 2026, Neil Williams said to Stephen Walsh:

Running on a real Amiga 1200 with '060.

How fast does it run?

Plenty fast enough on the CPU - I don't think binkd / Fidoblitz
stresses the CPU. The issue with the A1200 is the IDE interface - it's

I made sure early on that fidoblitz gave up cpu time...

I'm on the lookout for a Blizzard SCSI module for the Blizzard 1260,
but as a temporary measure until then I've ordered a Fast-IDE module
from AmigaKit. This is supposed to improve performance to ~7MB/s.

You'll still be limited by the ide on the a1200, as it still has to go back though that. All your realling adding is buffering to hide some of the
issues.

If the cpu on the blizzard is socketed, then going with a TF1260 would be a better way to go, as it's got ide on the accelerator card.




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Hello Stephen,

On April 20 '26 you wrote to me:

On Sunday April 19 2026, Tanausu M. said to Neil Williams:

Hi. Yes, it works quite well. Now that you've uploaded version 0.17 to aminet. We'll have to put it to use. Keep updating it, even if
it works perfectly.

Neil didn't write fidoblitz. I did...

It will keep on getting updates, when I see a bug or reports of bugs
come in. But sofar it's been pretty stable and working well on the machines it's been used on.

Sorry :P
I was a little confused.

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On Sunday April 26 2026, Stephen Walsh said to Neil Williams:

I'm on the lookout for a Blizzard SCSI module for the Blizzard 1260,
but as a temporary measure until then I've ordered a Fast-IDE module
from AmigaKit. This is supposed to improve performance to ~7MB/s.

You'll still be limited by the ide on the a1200, as it still has to go back though that. All your realling adding is buffering to hide some of the issues.

The FastIDE has a controller onboard that increases speeds to PIO4 -- so it does increase speeds from 2 to about 7MB/s. However that still is CPU bound - no DMA still.

However, it has not arrived yet. AmigaKit still show the order as 'in build' after over a month and are not responding to my emails.

So I did manage to pick up a Blizzard SCSI interface, and with the appropriate sacrifices made have got a new-old-stock 73GB 80pin SCSI disk attached to the machine. This runs at 8MB/s (FastSCSI-2) - but does so with DMA so there is virtually no impact on the CPU. Really nice. I've nearly got the A1200 where I wanted it 25 years ago!

If the cpu on the blizzard is socketed, then going with a TF1260 would
be a better way to go, as it's got ide on the accelerator card.

I'm considering some of the new hardware but I do trust the phase5 kit. It's the pricing of the old kit that will stop me eventually and force me to try some of the new stuff - if my CS-PPC ever fails then it's *not* being replaced with another CS-PPC at the current market prices...


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Hello Neil,

On Sunday May 24 2026, Neil Williams said to Stephen Walsh:

The FastIDE has a controller onboard that increases speeds to PIO4 --
so it does increase speeds from 2 to about 7MB/s. However that still is CPU bound - no DMA still.

I have one of there controllers, but it still is limited to the MB's ide.

However, it has not arrived yet. AmigaKit still show the order as 'in build' after over a month and are not responding to my emails.

That is typical of AmigaKIt. They are known for being slow, making excuses
and not responding to emails. I prefer amigasore.eu out of spain.

So I did manage to pick up a Blizzard SCSI interface, and with the

They are very rare now. There was recently one of Ebay AU, but it had a
stupid price!

If the cpu on the blizzard is socketed, then going with a TF1260 would
be a better way to go, as it's got ide on the accelerator card.

I'm considering some of the new hardware but I do trust the phase5 kit. It's the pricing of the old kit that will stop me eventually and force
me to try some of the new stuff - if my CS-PPC ever fails then it's
*not* being replaced with another CS-PPC at the current market
prices...

The only option really is the new stuff.

Btw: If you haven't upgraded fidoblitz to 0.19, I recomend that you do.


-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


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