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  • BBS Promotion

    From Ed Koon@1:2320/100 to All on Tue Feb 7 19:10:00 2017
    Hey Y'all..

    Just a one time post to hopefully bring more bbs callers to our hobby.

    Doc's Place BBS has been online since 1991 and was one of the first internet bbses when dial up bbses were going offline.

    http://www.was-ist-fido.de/doks/fnews/fido1733.txt

    A post similar to this one back in 2000 revived a dead board, and I'm hoping
    to attract new callers.

    We offer the complete Fidonet backbone. Access Doc's Place BBS by the web at bbs.docsplace.org or via Telnet on port 26.

    We also offer QWK via web browser. Just set your web qwk areas and download
    the generated packet. Uploading your rep packet works the same way.

    Check us out when ya get a chance.. :)

    Don't Shoot.. I'm only the messenger!!
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    # Origin: Fido Since 1991 BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)
  • From tim richardson@1:2320/100 to ED KOON on Wed Apr 26 21:25:21 2017
    I signed on but can't get the message pointers to advance. I download a qwk packet and get the same messages over and over with no message pointer advancement.

    Something wrong?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A32 (Windows)
    # Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)
  • From ED KOON@1:2320/100 to TIM RICHARDSON on Thu Apr 27 13:20:34 2017
    On Apr 26, 2017 09:30pm, TIM RICHARDSON wrote to ED KOON:

    I signed on but can't get the message pointers to advance. I download a
    qwk packet and get the same messages over and over with no message
    pointer advancement. Something wrong?

    Hi Tim, not that i am aware of. Guess nobody else is experiencing the problem or i would have heard something.

    Did you telnet in or use our web interface? Probably will have to reselect
    your conferences and the last read pointers. I did renumber the conferences some time back.

    ... Web Message Online or QWK With Our HTTP Interface!
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    # Origin: Fido Since 1991 BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)
  • From tim richardson@1:2320/100 to ED KOON on Fri Apr 28 23:26:50 2017
    I telneted in. Weird problem. Can't download packets from `mystic'
    boards anymore as their software changed and it weirds out the packet
    messages.
    I have to read and reply online.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A32 (Windows)
    # Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)
  • From ED KOON@1:2320/100 to TIM RICHARDSON on Sun Apr 30 08:26:56 2017
    On Apr 28, 2017 11:31pm, TIM RICHARDSON wrote to ED KOON:

    I telneted in. Weird problem. Can't download packets from `mystic'
    boards anymore as their software changed and it weirds out the packet messages.

    I have to read and reply online.

    Will check it out after Church by telnetting in and download a packet. If it's mucked up nobody else has reported it yet.

    ... Web Message Online or QWK With Our HTTP Interface!
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    # Origin: Fido Since 1991 BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)
  • From TIM RICHARDSON@1:2320/100 to ED KOON on Sun Apr 30 17:15:00 2017
    On 04-30-17, ED KOON said to TIM RICHARDSON:

    On Apr 28, 2017 11:31pm, TIM RICHARDSON wrote to ED KOON:

    I telneted in. Weird problem. Can't download packets from `mystic'
    boards anymore as their software changed and it weirds out the packet messages.

    I have to read and reply online.

    Will check it out after Church by telnetting in and download a packet. If EK>it's mucked up nobody else has reported it yet.


    I just grabbed a packet and it seems fine.


    I'm going to try a few other bbs's where the packets have been grabled
    as well.


    Recently I couldn't make windows 10 do any of the things it's supposed to
    do with ease; like run flightsim X, or delete programs that no longer worked. the `un-install wizard' wouldn't even come up.


    Last week windows 10 decided to upgrade itself which took almost two hours. It `completed' the upgrade for about 40 minutes the next morning.


    Just for interest I tried to delete flightsim x and after several minutes, it deleted. I got another program to delete as well.


    Just now I signed onto your board and grabbed a qwk packet. It opened and
    seems fine. So I have to think windows 10 (one of the worst versions of
    windows I've ever used) straightened itself out with the latest upgrade.

    I'll know better when I try a couple of the Mystic boards I get packets from that have been grunged as well lately.


    Thanks Ed.




    ---
    *Durango b301 #PE*
    # Origin: Fido Since 1991 BBS.DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)
  • From Ben Ritchey@1:2320/100 to Tim Richardson on Sun Apr 30 21:00:54 2017
    * An ongoing debate between TIM RICHARDSON and ED KOON rages on ...

    I telneted in. Weird problem. Can't download packets from `mystic'
    boards anymore as their software changed and it weirds out the
    packet messages.

    I'll know better when I try a couple of the Mystic boards I get
    packets from that have been grunged as well lately.

    I went back to the old Mystic I was running so QWK should work as before!


    .- Keep the faith, --------------------------------------------------.
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    ... On Marks & Spencer bread pudding: Product will be hot after heating.
    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC v1.1.5-b20170303 ... via Mystic BBS!
    # Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68)
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)