• Re: SyncTERM website...

    From Bf2k+@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Fri Dec 15 06:20:28 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Thu Dec 14 2023 07:04 pm

    I've had some regulars too (and sometimes they come and go), and at least some of them, I'm pretty sure aren't sysops of other BBSes.

    I have around 12 regulars... maybe half of them are other sysops.

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  • From Dan Clough@1:135/115 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 07:50:42 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: MRO to Gamgee on Fri Dec 15 2023 07:07 am

    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Gamgee to paulie420 on Thu Dec 14 2023 02:28 pm

    MRO wrote "we" dont' have users, when he should have written "I" don't have users. That's because he has a crap board not even accessible to the public, and doesn't really know how to actually run a good one. He also doesn't understand words like "market" and "engage".

    yeah you dont know shit about me, you havent ran a system as long as i do,

    I know enough about you. Although I had a long break from running a system, I'll wager I was running a system before you were, for several years. The Fidonet nodelist archives will prove that if you care to look.

    He can't seem to realize that although it isn't like it was 25 years
    ago, there are still BBSs that get callers.

    no you cant seem to realize that if you are standing outside and some dew drops from a leaf, it doesn't mean it's raining.

    LOL! You just proved my point, right there. Here, I'll try to explain it so you can understand. I'm typing very slowly here... Your attempt at a metaphor was not too bad, actually, and I take it to mean that although the number of callers/users has decreased dramatically (the dew drops vs rain), they are still callers. Today. Not 25 years ago. Thanks! Game, set, match.

    I have a few users too, some that call every single day. Rock on.

    yeah rock on with your pathetic self. and your 5 years.

    Yep, 5 years presently, and some years back in the 90's (see above). At least my board is publicly accessible, and actually gets new and regular callers. Why are you hiding yours? Because it's completely stock and boring? <CHORTLE>
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Fri Dec 15 07:56:00 2023
    Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Gamgee to paulie420 on Thu Dec 14 2023 02:28 pm

    there are still BBSs that get callers.

    I have a few users too, some that call every single day. Rock on.

    I've had some regulars too (and sometimes they come and go), and
    at least some of them, I'm pretty sure aren't sysops of other
    BBSes.

    Yes, that's good. I'm very sure many of my users are not sysops,
    although some are.

    MRO is somewhat detached from reality. ;-)



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  • From j0HNNY a1PHA@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 06:14:00 2023
    you should just tell them to use htmlterm because then they dont need
    to dick around with a client.

    Yeah, HTML/wss definitely the path of least resistance for new folks.
    Easiest way to get them in.

    I guess BBSing will continue to be a niche thing, and there is definitely
    less activity than when I returned a while back. It seems to spike every
    now and then, but it's always pretty low. I'm grateful for the people who
    *are* here, and stick around :)

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Dan Clough on Fri Dec 15 09:32:26 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Dan Clough to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 07:50 am

    Why are you hiding yours? Because it's completely stock and boring? <CHORTLE>

    i'm not hiding anything.
    don't know what you are talking about.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Fri Dec 15 09:33:26 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Fri Dec 15 2023 07:56 am


    Yes, that's good. I'm very sure many of my users are not sysops,
    although some are.

    MRO is somewhat detached from reality. ;-)


    still dont know what you have against me. you have always gone out of your
    way to take shots at me even though most of the time you were on my
    twatlist.

    think i'll add you back if you don't improve your entertainment value.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to j0HNNY a1PHA on Fri Dec 15 09:34:18 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: j0HNNY a1PHA to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 06:14 am

    you should just tell them to use htmlterm because then they dont need
    to dick around with a client.

    Yeah, HTML/wss definitely the path of least resistance for new folks. Easiest way to get them in.

    I guess BBSing will continue to be a niche thing, and there is definitely less activity than when I returned a while back. It seems to spike every
    now and then, but it's always pretty low. I'm grateful for the people who *are* here, and stick around :)


    i really thought stuff like flashterm and rick parrish's work would have blown the lid off of bbsing and make it popular but that time i was wrong.
    maybe it was too late at that point.
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 20:37:00 2023
    MRO wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Dan Clough to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 07:50 am

    Why are you hiding yours? Because it's completely stock and boring? <CHORTLE>

    i'm not hiding anything.
    don't know what you are talking about.

    You playing dumb is..... comical.

    As I said previously (and you snipped), your "BBS" is not publicly
    accessible. That's what you're hiding, doofus.



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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 20:41:00 2023
    MRO wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Fri Dec 15 2023 07:56 am

    Yes, that's good. I'm very sure many of my users are not sysops,
    although some are.

    MRO is somewhat detached from reality. ;-)

    still dont know what you have against me.

    I don't like blowhards or bullshitters. You're both.

    you have always gone out of your way to take shots at me

    I've done nothing that you have not done.

    think i'll add you back if you don't improve your entertainment
    value.

    Whatever blows your dress up. Knock yourself out.


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  • From paulie420@1:103/705 to j0HNNY a1PHA on Fri Dec 15 21:24:00 2023
    ? I went away in 97 until 2017 - adulting, and all.
    But 90-97 was a fun time..

    Similar time-frames, my friend! I consider my "active" years to be 1992-1996. Retruned around 2018. It's a different time now, but still a blast.

    :P MRO is just the local arsehole - always has been...



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  • From paulie420@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 21:25:00 2023
    yeah you dont know shit about me, you havent ran a system as long as i
    do, and your information is entirely wrong. Like every word you said
    about my bbs and me is incorrect. furthermore, i run multiple bbses
    which you still can't wrap your empty head around.

    Such a big...



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  • From paulie420@1:103/705 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 21:26:00 2023
    Similar time-frames, my friend! I consider my "active" years to be 1992-1996.

    like around the mid 90s there was a lot of activity that a lot of people call 'the third wave'

    we also had a rush of activity in the early 2000's but it wasn't as big
    as the third wave.

    I really dig the way you've been able to attract/educate a whole new cr of folks to BBSing with your outreach, welcome and patient explanations

    dude you really have no idea how much money i've spent out of pocket on promoting bbsing and just staying up until 3am when i wake up at 6am helping people. i did that for a very long time.

    My favorite thing is when people return to BBSing, while they often express surprise it still exists, they are so glad it does.

    when they come back they check it out but those people go away and don't come back. i tried to bring back people from the huge bbses and they
    have moved on. people prefer social media.

    I agree -- the syncterm site could use a little modernization, and
    it's a geat program. I'll also point more tech-savvy folks to IcyTerm, MagiTerm and Netrunner (I know you do, too)!


    i either use mtelnet or syncterm. i've used netrunner and magiterm but they have a few things that rub me the wrong way.

    you should just tell them to use htmlterm because then they dont need to dick around with a client.

    You forgot to tell them how much of a loser newbie they are - cmon, MRO, get on top of yer game.



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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to paulie420 on Sat Dec 16 01:21:02 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: paulie420 to j0HNNY a1PHA on Fri Dec 15 2023 21:24:00

    :P MRO is just the local arsehole - always has been...

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Sat Dec 16 05:14:26 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Gamgee to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 08:37 pm

    MRO wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Dan Clough to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 07:50 am

    Why are you hiding yours? Because it's completely stock and boring? <CHORTLE>

    i'm not hiding anything.
    don't know what you are talking about.

    You playing dumb is..... comical.

    what the fuck are you talking about?
    both my bbses are public.

    are you talking about bbses.info?
    bbses.info was just a back end for the services i ran.
    it had the files from bbstorrents and ads for the bbses from bbsbanner

    you really dont know shit.

    As I said previously (and you snipped), your "BBS" is not publicly accessible. That's what you're hiding, doofus.

    i have 2 public bbses. if you're talking about bbses.info there's not
    much there. it's defunct aside from me using it for msg nets.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Sat Dec 16 05:16:00 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Gamgee to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 08:41 pm

    still dont know what you have against me.

    I don't like blowhards or bullshitters. You're both.

    your wife blew hard on all your navy buddies.

    i'm not a bullshitter. i always tell the truth.

    you have always gone out of your way to take shots at me

    I've done nothing that you have not done.


    i don't even know who the fuck you are, and you've just always been a 'me too' guy attacking me when i'm arguing with someone else.

    you can't fight your own battles.

    think i'll add you back if you don't improve your entertainment
    value.

    Whatever blows your dress up. Knock yourself out.


    yeah i gave you another chance but you're stupid and boring as usual.
    i'll block you after sending this post out.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to paulie420 on Sat Dec 16 05:16:56 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: paulie420 to j0HNNY a1PHA on Fri Dec 15 2023 09:24 pm

    blast.

    :P MRO is just the local arsehole - always has been...



    you're another guy that has not been around long enough to say anything
    about anything. and you don't know me. you are also another guy i took out of my block list but you're going back.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to paulie420 on Sat Dec 16 05:17:38 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: paulie420 to MRO on Fri Dec 15 2023 09:26 pm


    you should just tell them to use htmlterm because then they dont need to dick around with a client.

    You forgot to tell them how much of a loser newbie they are - cmon, MRO, get on top of yer game.


    fuck off , idiot.
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to nelgin on Sat Dec 16 05:17:58 2023
    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: nelgin to paulie420 on Sat Dec 16 2023 01:21 am

    Re: Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: paulie420 to j0HNNY a1PHA on Fri Dec 15 2023 21:24:00

    :P MRO is just the local arsehole - always has been...

    I wouldn't know, he's been in my shitlist for a long time. Never see any posts.

    from that time i proved you wrong. :D
    too much for your little ego to handle.

    but does everyone here see what i mean?

    I say we don't have users (which is a fact) and these delusional people
    take it personally and attack me. happens every time.

    it's not like it's their fault that bbses have had a slow slump for the last couple of years, but they take it personally.

    Mob mentality and delusions up the ass.

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  • From paulie420@1:103/705 to MRO on Sat Dec 16 09:58:00 2023
    you're another guy that has not been around long enough to say anything about anything. and you don't know me. you are also another guy i took out of my block list but you're going back.

    Shhhhhhhh



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  • From paulie420@1:103/705 to MRO on Sat Dec 16 09:59:00 2023
    but does everyone here see what i mean?

    I say we don't have users (which is a fact) and these delusional people take it personally and attack me. happens every time.

    And I just disagree - some of us, who have been pushing and marketing our bbSes - like we did in the 90s - do have unique users. I reply to dozens a week welcoming them and explaining bbSes to them - and a few stick around!

    But again - I'm sure you don't have users.



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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to MRO on Sat Dec 16 09:39:00 2023
    I actually have a few. The majority are older than I am, though.

    yeah i have a few too. i dont really consider that normal capacity.
    a few years back we got hit with a big slump and it hasn't bounced back.

    Yeah, far far from capacity. I seemed to get a little bump during COVID,
    but that has not held up.

    there's a lot of people in denial about that or just don't have a good enough rspective because they haven't been around a long time.

    There are a few boards that do get a lot of traffic, although not full
    capacity and maybe mostly other sysops. Maybe they are more l33t than most
    of us. :D More power to them, though. Whatever is working for them, I wouldn't discourage.


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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Sat Dec 16 17:41:54 2023
    Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sat Dec 16 2023 09:39 am


    There are a few boards that do get a lot of traffic, although not full capacity and maybe mostly other sysops. Maybe they are more l33t than most of us. :D More power to them, though. Whatever is working for them, I wouldn't discourage.


    i will say the asian bbses are still going strong.
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  • From paulie420@1:103/705 to MRO on Sat Dec 16 17:29:00 2023
    There are a few boards that do get a lot of traffic, although not full capacity and maybe mostly other sysops. Maybe they are more l33t than of us. :D More power to them, though. Whatever is working for them, wouldn't discourage.

    i will say the asian bbses are still going strong.

    I've tried many times to get an account on PTT2/3, but they require you to be a citizen and use 2factor auth - even with a translation software, I couldn't get in...

    They used to have 300,000 ACTIVE users and have remained online this entire time with what I think we'd consider heavy usage even through today.

    I wish I could get in... there was a great article a decade ago that displayed many of their art over the years - a PETSCII/ANSi style that was really impressive.

    Felt like a corporate BBS, even bigger, with mods and co-sysops helping with the community.



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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to MRO on Sun Dec 17 10:57:00 2023
    There are a few boards that do get a lot of traffic, although not full
    capacity and maybe mostly other sysops. Maybe they are more l33t than most >> of us. :D More power to them, though. Whatever is working for them, I
    wouldn't discourage.

    i will say the asian bbses are still going strong.

    Yeah, in the past few years there was discussion of one in Taiwan that is
    very active, and about the software that powers it. I was curious so I
    tried to check it out but it is very much all in Chinese. ;)

    Back in the day, a network I was on (GT Power) had several nodes in Taiwan,
    but they also mostly participated amongst themselves. The only time you
    really realized they were around was when some of the users would post in
    the equivalent of the FIDO Asia Link echo.


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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Mon Dec 18 08:15:38 2023
    Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sun Dec 17 2023 10:57 am

    There are a few boards that do get a lot of traffic, although not full
    capacity and maybe mostly other sysops. Maybe they are more l33t than most >> of us. :D More power to them, though. Whatever is working for them, I
    wouldn't discourage.

    i will say the asian bbses are still going strong.

    Yeah, in the past few years there was discussion of one in Taiwan that is very active, and about the software that powers it. I was curious so I tried to check it out but it is very much all in Chinese. ;)

    Back in the day, a network I was on (GT Power) had several nodes in Taiwan, but they also mostly participated amongst themselves. The only time you really realized they were around was when some of the users would post in the equivalent of the FIDO Asia Link echo.



    I used to just poke around on one of the popular ones but dude put in a kind of capcha thing. I think you have to visit a website and enter the code. i can't remember, it was a few years ago. Also i could barely make out what they were saying. I can make out some norwegian and german but taiwanese is beyond my abilities.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to j0HNNY a1PHA on Sun Dec 17 07:45:00 2023
    j0HNNY a1PHA wrote to paulie420 <=-

    Similar time-frames, my friend! I consider my "active" years to be 1992-1996. Retruned around 2018. It's a different time now, but still a blast.

    Those were good times for BBSing. I called BBSes starting in 1987,
    started my own in 1991, and during that period remember the BBS being
    busy almost full-time until I got a BlueWave offline message reader door
    in 1993 or so. Windows 95 came out and we were all in denial, but could
    see the number of callers drop.

    I went mail-only in 2001 and at that point my BBS had something like
    74,000 calls in 10 years.



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  • From Nopants@1:103/705 to MRO on Mon Dec 18 15:36:00 2023
    Re: SyncTERM website...
    By: MRO to echicken on Thu Dec 14 2023 02:09 am

    Yeah, his website makes my eyes bleed. maybe that's why i never update.
    it needs a marquee and under construction gif.

    https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel

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