Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: Clrghouz
From:    Randers(21:3/256)
Date:    Thu Oct 15, 2026 06:58

Hey Deon,

You are doing an amazing job. If any of this retro stuff is going to survive, it needs to interface with new technology, and Clrghouz is a AAA rated way of doing it. Plus you've been so generous with your time for me on my current project and last 2 projects, too. Thanks Deon, you are doing a lot for the scene and vintage tele-communications! :) Keep up the good and valuable work, and congrats on the milestone.


Randers

On 14/10/2026 20:42 deon said...
D> So today, clrghouz passed a valiant milestone (for me), for a
D> project that I started many years ago. The first commit was in Mar
D> 2019. It now services on average a 100 systems daily - not including
D> the few that are trapped in the network block because they are
D> polling it every minute or two and havent realised yet.
D>
D> It's holding a little over 1.3m messages across multiple networks
D> with 150 users (although about 1/3 are no longer about), and it's
D> all running on a Raspberry Pi CM5. I'm constantly surprised that
D> this little board runs clrghouz as well as it does.
D>
D> When I started the project, I had many ideas (still do), and a
D> number of folks (mainly in fidonet) were discouraging my ideas -
D> some still do. A few thought it was a wasted effort, and some
D> laughed at the idea to support new packet formats and exchange
D> methods. One person had a "visceral reaction" and thought it was
D> "techno-dick nonsense". They also called it a Rube Goldenberg
D> contraption which I had a little chuckle at. Hopefully now, I can
D> claim that clrghouz has been run in, field tested by many users, and
D> can handle the workload of our little hobby.
D>
D> Like many who come back to the scene, they have come back with many
D> ideas for this little hobby of ours - and some have implemented
D> their ideas (love reading about new BBSes) and some have about faced
D> because of those discouraging folks. Anybody who reads the
D> detractors, I want to implore you to continue your efforts, if
D> anything for your own curiosity, benefit and/or enjoyment. There are
D> many folks here who will appreciate your efforts above and beyond
D> those that detract it.
D>
D> I hope to see more people bring new ideas and software to this
D> hobby, while maintaining the history that brought us here. And if
D> you need any help or have ideas, I'd be happy to explore them with
D> you.
D>
D>
D> ...δεσ∩
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D>

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