On 6/16/06, Goodwin, Greg P. <GoodwinG@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sounds VERY appealing! A common place for all of us to hang in the weeks before (to get ready) during the month of July, and who knows, maybe a bit afterwards would be a blast.
A bit after would be fine, I don't want to cut anyone off from their files. I was thinking at least another month.
Let me know the telnet location and I'll be there on my Atari 800 in a heartbeat!
That sounds like interest to me. I'll set it up this weekend. Time to start scrounging for disks and downloading NetBSD packages.
Having mail and Lynx would simply rock!
Don't discount links or elinks. I tried them on my Linux server and they are pretty good.
Have you ever considered setting up a Jabber client so people could still IM with Yahoo, AIM, etc?
I knew I was forgetting something. There are several IM clients available. Naim does AIM, ICQ and Lily. There is at one other console based that does multiple services.
That last one is just an idea. Anyway, this idea sounds great.
It's a good idea. Keep them coming. If the software is relatively easy to install and there is disk space I'll install it.
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-----Original Message----- From: retrochallenge-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:retrochallenge-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lorance Stinson Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:20 PM To: retrochallenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [retrochallenge] Re: Proposed rules ...
On 6/12/06, Goodwin, Greg P. <GoodwinG@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 8) Exception to the above rule, if the service is run on a RETRO > COMPUTER, this is not only more than fine, but encouraged. :) (Someone > sets up a telnet BBS for all the racers to access with their retro machines > (hint hint!!) on say an early Amiga or Mac as an example. Even Atari 8-bits > and Commodores could do this.)
OK, I'll bite.
I have a few Macs that can run NetBSD and a DSL line. If anyone is interested I can setup a system for participants. Lynx and Links would make good web browsers, Pine or mutt a good email client, tin/trn/pine/whatever for local news as a kind of BBS, party or irc for a chat system and anything else I can think of or people request. Since I work from home and need some bandwidth for work IRC and Usenet access off the system would not be allowed. This would mainly be intended for people that either already know Unix or could pick it up on their own. I would not have time to teach lots of people Unix from scratch due to work and other commitments. I could setup a simple menu that would make it easier for people new to Unix.
The available Macs are a IIci and Quadras 650, 700 and 800. I can max the ram on the 650 (132 or 136, I forget what it has built in) and the 800 (136M) but I only have 4M sims for the IIci and 700 (36M or 20M respectively). The IIci and 700 seem more in line with the spirit, but the 650 or 800 would perform better.
I did consider AUX for a moment since that would make a very retro setup. Unfortunately AUX is rather old and too many security problems have been discovered since it's release. This would make for too much time and effort trying to setup, maintain and protect the system.
Let me know what you think. If there is interest I will setup a system this weekend. Keep in mind that since I only have a DSL line I could not host email and the network performance would not be that great. On the up side Gmail (I have lots of invites) and other free email services allow POP3 access which I think works in Pine and I know would work with fetchmail. There are also plenty of telnet clients for old Macs, even for the Plus. There is even an ssh client that works on 68k macs called NiftyTelnet SSH.
If this does not sound appealing might I suggest the public access Unix systems Grex (cyberspace.org) which is free but does not allow outbound internet and SDF (sdf.lonestar.org) which charges a dollar or more depending on access levels. The Deathrow OpenVMS cluster (deathrow.vistech.net) which allows some outbound traffic and has a Vax and Alpha node.
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