Subj : Lazy Saturday
To   : All
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 10:15:36


I've got an empty house this morning, time to putz around on the BBS. Read a QWK packet, upgraded my binaries to the newest version, removed a dead network from my configs, zip up log files, and set up a new Windows 11 guest VM to host the BBS. I'm currently running in Windows 10 32-bit, but I don't have any dependencies on DOS that I can't run in DOSBOX. No one plays my local games anymore, that was a big part of my DOS footprint.

I found Tiny11, interested in trying it out. I ran the BBS on TinyXP for years, liked the smaller footprint - and I don't need all of the features of Windows 11 on what's essentially a BBS server.

I should bite the bullet and move the BBS to Linux - then I could host it on a smaller VM, on a VPS, or most anywhere. I just don't want to go through the hassle of changing paths everywhere. I have a couple of days coming up with an empty house, that might be a good time to switch.
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