Subj : Welcome
To   : Michael Mrak
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Apr 22 2021 05:55:22

  Re: Welcome
  By: Michael Mrak to Mike Powell on Wed Apr 21 2021 06:54 pm

 > > Everyone please welcome Michael Mrak and the Silent Chat BBS, a new QWK no
 > > located in Austria!
 > 
 > Thank You, thank You ;-)
 > 
 > After I finished my BBS "Silent Chat" in 1995, I am even more pleased to be
 > able to continue with this exciting hobby again.
 > 
 > The new BBS is no longer running on a MS-DOS machine (back then I used the
 > software Maximus) but on a virtual Linux machine. I have chosen Syncronet as
 > the platform. Seems to be very up to date and is still being developed.
 > 
 > And I am also connected as a Fidonet node under 2:31/124. I think that's oka
 > for the beginning :-)
 > 
 > Let's see how it develops further. I don't want to host files, but some game
 > might be integrated in the next time.
 > 
 > Best regards once again from the heart of Europe :-)
 > 
 > Michael

Welcome!

Just two questions:

* Why a virtual machine?
*Which platform are you using as host?

Cheers!

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