Subj : Re: Amiga Echo Reboot Project
To   : Allen Prunty
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Wed Jun 08 2016 07:04:53

 AP> On Jun 07, 2016 12:13pm, Joacim Melin wrote to Allen Prunty:

 JM>> Let's do this.

 JM>> Questions:

 JM>> 1. Do we need a moderator?

 AP> Per Echopol1 yes all echos need a moderator.  And to keep them in
 AP> full
 AP> distribution rules should be posted every month (also prompts people
 AP> to say
 AP> something)

 JM>> 2. If (1)=yes, why?  Are there any Fidonet rules stipulating that every
 JM>> echo requires a moderator?

 AP> http://www.rxn.com/~net282/echopol1.txt

 AP> You can find this in many different places.


 JM>> I run my BBS on a Amiga 2000 and it's still reasonably stable, offering
 JM>> me tons of joy and entertainment and (sometimes) a bit of a headache.
 JM>> Surely, we can come together as users (or just fans) of the Amiga and
 JM>> keep the discussion civilized?  I'd rather not see this echo turn to
 JM>> FN_SYSOP...

 AP> It shouldn't turn in to FN_SYSOP as long as the FN_SYSOP people
 AP> kindly stay out
 AP> of this and let us work it out on our own.  At first all I was going
 AP> to do was
 AP> the minimum to keep it on the North American Backbone and do the
 AP> monthly echo
 AP> rules to keep a "heartbeat" going in the echo.  There are many echos
 AP> out there
 AP> that the only post that is going through the net is the ONE single
 AP> post that
 AP> contains the rules every month.  I'm pleased to see that it did stir
 AP> things up,
 AP> but surprisingly many that are vocal, with few exceptions, have
 AP> posted anything
 AP> Amiga related in here.

 AP> Although I'm not pleased to see that some who have nothing to do with
 AP> the Amiga
 AP> is posting here.  I also was very good friends with Asha Develder...
 AP> she was a
 AP> very gifted artist and really made magic with her Amiga.

 AP> I would love to turn this echo over to someone who will lead it, and
 AP> drive the
 AP> echo.  ALso would love to see the amgia file distribution return to
 AP> the net as
 AP> well sometimes, but one step at a time.  I have three Amiga Software
 AP> CDs that I
 AP> am going to online soon as well.

 AP> It might shock some, but I've been around a lot longer than you would
 AP> know... I
 AP> was operating a BBS in 1985 on an old Atari 8 bit... and graduated up
 AP> to the PC
 AP> World.  I had an Amiga I used for school... many of the educational
 AP> programs
 AP> were either amiga or apple.  Sometime in the early 1990's I actually
 AP> was once a
 AP> moderator here.  Was so busy we had more than one.

 AP> There are some things I don't want to fade to oblivion... this echo
 AP> being one.
 AP> Many memories were made here... MANY... and I made many friends here
 AP> (hope I
 AP> can count you as one.)

 AP> I think I've got some activity going here it's obviously alive
 AP> again... now if
 AP> you don't mind indulging my cuiosity tell us about your BBS... It's
 AP> machine and
 AP> etc.

It's a Amiga 2000 with a GVP G-Force accelerator with a 40MHz 68030 and a _old_ Quantum SCSI-II drive (120MB), a Golden Gate II-card and a ISA NE-2000 NIC. AmigaOS 3.1 and 12MB RAM.  I run a Swedish BBS system called NiKom (www.nikom.org) which is still in development. It's a command based BBS system (no menus) which makes it really fast to use and IMHO has more focus on discussions rather than ANSI graphics and file leeching.  :) 

It's all connected to the Interwebz via a 600Mbit/s fiber connection in my home with my own IP addresses. 

I also use Amibinkd for transferring the fido messages and that software has caused more headaches than any of my four kids. I've managed to get the last version (9.02 if memory serves) but it still brings down the entire Amiga from time to time and I am yet to find a working replacement for it. There is a "official" Amiga port of Binkd but it lacks some features needed so I can't use it.

Joacim

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