Subj : Re: Introduction ...
To   : Niels Haedecke
From : Avon
Date : Tue Feb 27 2024 12:03:39

On 26 Feb 2024 at 04:37p, Niels Haedecke pondered and said...
 
 NH> Hello, my name is Niels and I'm from germany.

Hi Niels .. and a warm welcome to fsxNet :)

 NH> I run a Raspberry Pi based Linux BBS based on the MBSE BBS software to
 NH> which I occasionally submit bug fixes. I've also recently renewed my
 NH> interest in microelectronics and as a result have built several 8 bit
 NH> machine kits, from several RC2014 kits up to a ZX Spectrum replica and a
 NH> modular C64 replica.

Cool, you will find there's a retro computing echomail area in fsxNet that I can well imagine you will have fun chatting with others about these interests... feel free to discuss in the general echo if you want to also.

 NH> the appropriate board. But as you can see, bulletin board systems are
 NH> fascinating me and I love using them.

You're in good company than :)

 NH> Back in the day, here in germany even local phone calls were rather
 NH> expensive and modems (if they were certified and legal) cost a lot of
 NH> money (the import ones from asia and the US cost only a fraction, but
 NH> using them was a crime).

Interesting... here in NZ we could only use type approved gear that the telecoms companies allowed... there were (and still are) quite large local calling areas, and then nationally it costed more to do a toll call to another part of the country... but calling in the early hours did help save some $$

 NH> So I ended up calling only a few systems, one of them being the "NCC" - a
 NH> bulletin board that ran on a Unix machine and was located in Neuss. I
 NH> remember chatting with people there and downloading shareware tools and
 NH> games like Jazz Jackrabbit and Cmdr. Keen. Oh glorious days ...

I used to gate Usenet news from an early start up ISP where I was living at the time and feed it (with the ISP blessing) to other local BBS.

When I got back into the scene circa 2012 I set up a NNTP server and now do the same thing for fsxNet nodes with the 21;1/10 Games+Usenet HUB.

 NH>     Greetings, Niels Haedecke

Nice to e-meet you and I hope you have fun with your BBSing.

Best, Paul

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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