I think I explained it clearly in the Readme file.

Yep it is.

I don't understand why you're messing around with virtualized modems and emulator stuff when Fido mail is predominately exchanged via. BinkD which i integrated nicely with the mailer. Not many systems exchange mail via. dial anymore.

Actually im not using Dbridge for all intended purposes.
Its simply acting as a Bridge does a few cool things at the same time.
One: scheduler is awesome way better then Iniquity
Two: modem can be initialized every five minutes Iniquity will do it once in a unknown while.
Three: keeps Iniquity closed until its needed.
and lastly looks way cooler then Iniquity's WFC screen ;)

Also: KatGuard is an awesome feature.
Also: Log is great
Also: Customized the colors to Iniquity theame.
& FLIPPING DOS STARFIELD SIMULATION SCREENSAVER!!

This is the only way to run a bare metal dos 5.0 board.

-lux
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 6 Jul 21 21:59, Jesse C---- said the following to Nick Andre:

I don't understand why you're messing around with virtualized modems and emulator stuff when Fido mail is predominately exchanged via. BinkD which i integrated nicely with the mailer. Not many systems exchange mail via. dial anymore.

Actually im not using Dbridge for all intended purposes.
Its simply acting as a Bridge does a few cool things at the same time.

Just a few cool things? 8-)

This is the only way to run a bare metal dos 5.0 board.

What specs? Why the desire to go bare metal... other than you're a masochist?

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Just a few cool things? 8-)

OK it ROCKS!

What specs? Why the desire to go bare metal... other than you're a masochis

running on an Ebay IBM PS/1 486-40 MB with 8megs ram (included in auction)
has a 512M SSD CF ISA Card and a 3com 509? guess thats right.
The riser card came from Russia (thought that was cool).
Got the case from ebay too its a PS/Value case (so I can use a normal floppy)

I wanted bare metal... um.. oh because Dbridge!

Also: STARFIELD SIMULATION SCREEN SAVER!!
Also: pretty sure the 486-40 would have a tough time with windows. 3.0 might work but thats not even a real multitasker.

The original plan was to use a PS/2 model 30 (286-10) on OS/2 but yeah im not that much into pain. Plus screw that Dallas Clock Chip & the price would tripple.

https://imgur.com/gallery/eOACVHb
https://imgur.com/a/SmLbeT4

(some images of the project)
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 6 Jul 21 23:30, Jesse C---- said the following to Nick Andre:

running on an Ebay IBM PS/1 486-40 MB with 8megs ram (included in auction) has a 512M SSD CF ISA Card and a 3com 509? guess thats right.
The riser card came from Russia (thought that was cool).
Got the case from ebay too its a PS/Value case (so I can use a normal flopp

I can't remember if you wrote back if you were able to load a lot of that DOS stuff into high-memory or EMS... as in, allocate some EMS pages with EMM386
and SET DBOVREMS=Y.

Also: pretty sure the 486-40 would have a tough time with windows. 3.0 mig work but thats not even a real multitasker.

Windows 3.1 or 3.11 for Workgroups (I forget)... should be better than 3.0.

Windows NT 3.5 or 4.0 should run in 8 megs of memory...

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

& FLIPPING DOS STARFIELD SIMULATION SCREENSAVER!!

Cool uh ... :-)

This is the only way to run a bare metal dos 5.0 board.

It is.

I switched to D'Bridge from Binkley in ... pffttt ... 1988 I think and it was love at first sight. Dropped Binkley instantly with all due respect to Hartman and Periello, both were here at my place and are cool guys.

I was laughed at many times, especially by the JoHo-groupies. They are gone. So is JoHo. He came back a short time as an independant node but Frontdoor didn't materialize as IP-capable, D'Bridge did.

As said before, it's being maintained by someone who's very approachable and is a nice guy, even if his wording sometimes is direct ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Jun 14 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

& FLIPPING DOS STARFIELD SIMULATION SCREENSAVER!!

Cool uh ... :-)

YES

love at first sight. Dropped Binkley instantly with all due respect to Hart and Periello, both were here at my place and are cool guys.

Understood I could be hosting this thing from a Win10/32 machine using Synchronet as usual and its no disrespect to Rob Swindel or anything but this is just WAY cooler. In fact I use Synchronet to power my RG board over at the VPS and swear up and down by it.

As said before, it's being maintained by someone who's very approachable an is a nice guy, even if his wording sometimes is direct ...

Well Nick has been helpful in configuring this thing. Has also helped in the past with setting up stuff over at the RG board. Still needs to finish helping with the Fido setup :D but that stuff is still on there likely mostly configured just a matter of revisiting it after years and years.
can't blame him thats just one of those InternetRex deals.
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Am releasing another update shortly.

Well if you get around to it don't forget to maybe have an option to ignore that Carrier Detect until the modem has time to Init.

or some sort of external utility to init the modem then exit prior to
loading up DB as sending the signal direct to the comport doesn't work
without the FOSSIL magic.


Cheers
-lux
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 7 Jul 21 13:43, Jesse C---- said the following to Nick Andre:

@MSGID: 1:229/426 EB0476E6
@REPLY: 1:229/426 1800F0E1
@TZUTC: -0500

Am releasing another update shortly.

Well if you get around to it don't forget to maybe have an option to ignore that Carrier Detect until the modem has time to Init.

Fixed. See the release notes.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 7 Jul 21 13:36, Jesse C---- said the following to Ward Dossche:

Well Nick has been helpful in configuring this thing. Has also helped in th past with setting up stuff over at the RG board. Still needs to finish help with the Fido setup :D but that stuff is still on there likely mostly configured just a matter of revisiting it after years and years.
can't blame him thats just one of those InternetRex deals.

Let me know when you're ready for a node number.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

I was laughed at many times, especially by the JoHo-groupies. They are gone. So is JoHo. He came back a short time as an independant node but Frontdoor didn't materialize as IP-capable, D'Bridge did.

As said before, it's being maintained by someone who's very approachable and is a nice guy, even if his wording sometimes is direct ...

I started with Binkley on an Atari STe (no HDD everything was loaded on RAM drive from a floppy) and a 2400bps w/o MNP Hyundai modem.
After almost a year of mocking from the other Fido members I strayed and purchased a 386DX/40 with 200Mb HDD. Needless to say that the HDD was faster the the RAM drive. I used FD Multiline paid version (smuggled some Deutsch Marks in envelope to someone in Austria if I recall correctly).


Now I think we all owe Nick a case of Belgian beers...:)

Next time in Europe Nick give us a heads up
--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: VM/SP (2:410/9)

I started with Binkley on an Atari STe (no HDD everything was loaded on
RAM drive from a floppy) and a 2400bps w/o MNP Hyundai modem.

What? No accoustic coupler? ??

I still have mine ...

\%/@rd
--- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

Well if you get around to it don't forget to maybe have an option to ignore that Carrier Detect until the modem has time to Init.

Fixed. See the release notes.

Hmm, maybe the question should be is there any feature that doesn't
already exist or is added before its even asked?

Hats off to the Author!
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Now I think we all owe Nick a case of Belgian beers...:)

Agreed
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

What? No accoustic coupler? ??

Dude im gonna poll, ill be on originate mode set yours to answer.
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Hmm, maybe the question should be is there any feature that doesn't
already exist or is added before its even asked?

It is still a workaround to get the coffee-machine started in the morning ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

Now I think we all owe Nick a case of Belgian beers...:)

Agreed

Well, I can help with the drinking ... geographically well placed for that ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

What? No accoustic coupler? ??

Dude im gonna poll, ill be on originate mode set yours to answer.

The network doesn't support it here anymore. PSTN-modems are a thing of the past here...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

Ditto :)

Aaron/DW
Dark Systems BBS

Now I think we all owe Nick a case of Belgian beers...:)

Agreed

Well, I can help with the drinking ... geographically well placed for
that ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed

--- D'Bridge 4
* Origin: Dark Systems BBS (1:229/428)

The network doesn't support it here anymore. PSTN-modems are a thing of th past here...

Sad.
Maybe we can transfer packets with my laser pen using morse code.

... Took an hour to bury the cat. The silly thing kept movin'
--- Renegade v1.25/DOS
* Origin: The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.rgbbs.info (1:129/305)

Ditto :)

Now I think we all owe Nick a case of Belgian beers...:)

Agreed

Well, I can help with the drinking ... geographically well placed for that ...

Belgian beer? In the kingdom of Canuckia?
--- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

On 10 Jul 21 10:20:20, Ward Dossche said the following to Jesse C----:

Dude im gonna poll, ill be on originate mode set yours to answer.

The network doesn't support it here anymore. PSTN-modems are a thing of the past here...

I have a silly caller from outside Toronto that calls here every day using a dialup modem on an old Thinkpad laptop.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 10 Jul 21 02:24, Jesse C---- said the following to Nick Andre:

Hmm, maybe the question should be is there any feature that doesn't already exist or is added before its even asked?

Shhhhh... it will spoil the surprise for the "port D'B to Linux" crowd.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 09 Jul 21 11:32:47, Petros Argyrakis said the following to Ward Dossche:

I started with Binkley on an Atari STe (no HDD everything was loaded on RAM drive from a floppy) and a 2400bps w/o MNP Hyundai modem.

The Tandy 1000 was my first "real DOS" computer... DOS 3.3 on floppy with no hard drive until I spent an entire summer working chores to afford the 20 megabyte ESDI upgrade.

Nick
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Hmm, maybe the question should be is there any feature that doesn't already exist or is added before its even asked?

Shhhhh... it will spoil the surprise for the "port D'B to Linux" crowd.

That sounds like a ton of work.

Somehow im picturing a menu option under utilites again "port D'B to Linux"
and when you hit it it asks you are you sure? you hit yes and it reboots your crappy windows box into linux and compiles DB in then after exporting all
your windows settings and somehow implementing them back onto linux perfectly has a final note that then drops you to /home/usr/db4l and reports ok done hit DB to run DB.

Eureka!

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 11 Jul 21 14:24, Jesse C---- said the following to Nick Andre:

Shhhhh... it will spoil the surprise for the "port D'B to Linux" crowd.

That sounds like a ton of work.

Its been started but its the database code that is holding everything up and will likely require a serious rewrite to make it work on Linux. That code controls the Queue, the nodelist compiler and part of the scheduler.

Nick

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Its been started but its the database code that is holding everything up an will likely require a serious rewrite to make it work on Linux. That code controls the Queue, the nodelist compiler and part of the scheduler.

Well if you need any help with anything simple enough let me know.
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

On 12 Jul 21 02:04, Jesse C---- said the following to Nick Andre:

Its been started but its the database code that is holding everything up an will likely require a serious rewrite to make it work on Linux. That code controls the Queue, the nodelist compiler and part of the scheduler.

Well if you need any help with anything simple enough let me know.

TurboPower's B-tree ISAM library needs work...

Nick

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Shhhhh... it will spoil the surprise for the "port D'B to Linux"

crowd.

Now you're teasing us...

Not me ... my D'Bridge membership card is #0001 ...

\%/@rd

--- DB4 - Jul 12 2021
* Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)

Well if you need any help with anything simple enough let me know.

TurboPower's B-tree ISAM library needs work...

Thats the easyest of it huh?
8/
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)

Thats the easyest of it huh?

Actually more like the most challenging. Everything else is gravy compared getting that code working.

Yeah googled what it would take to begin with it and it seems very complex.
--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)