Solar Pi BBS migrated to Mystic reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AX_25 · 2016-08-05 01:48 I know some here logged into/registered/whatever into my BBS previously (Solar Pi - The Only Off-Grid, Solar Powered Pi running Mystic BBS!). As an FYI, the board has been migrated to Mystic. I could never get FTN working with Synchronet, and Mystic has an all-in-one solution available, and great docs to get it working. And, it's so much easier to customize! While Sync is a great BBS platform, the learning curve is, shall we say, steep? I'm a caveman sysadmin, who needs man pages :) Regardless, user accounts are migrated. Please read the sys bulletins (Option S from the main menu) to see current status of the BBS (Mainly validation issues for users due to fidonet membership). The Zork trilogy is available to play as well! Any updates/changes/hate, let me know. Enjoy, and I look forward to seeing you at my BBS often! __________________________________________________________________ _____________ | O | | O | | | _________ __ __________ __ | | | O | / _____/ ____ | | _____ _______\______ \__| | O | | | \_____ \ / _ \| | \__ \\_ __ \| ___/ | | | | O | / ( <_> ) |__/ __ \| | \/| | | | | O | | | /_______ /\____/|____(____ /__| |____| |__| | | | O | \/ \/ | O | | | | | | O | A solar powered, Raspberry Pi, running Mystic BBS... | O | | | An amateur radio project, serving the public since | | | O | June 2016! Now with Dial-In Access! | O | | | | | | O | Carrying: Games: | O | | | * FidoNet * Zork Trilogy | | | O | * DOVE-NET * Black Jack | O | | | * fsxNet * And many more! | | | O | | O | | | Coming Soon: For Amateur Radio Operators: | | | O | * DevNet * DX Cluster | O | | | * WhisperNet * AX25 Node | | | O | | O | | |+------------------------------------------------------------ -------+| | | O | | O | | | Solar Pi BBS, the only known, solar-powered BBS, running Mystic BBS!| | | O | | O | | | Carrying DOVE-NET, fsxNet, FidoNet, and many others soon! With a | | | O | local message area covering activities in Buffalo and WNY. | O | | | | | | O | In operation since June 2016, it's planned to operate as long as | O | | | possible. | | | O | | O | | | Dial-in, telnet access is available as is AX25 access on 145.010MHz.| | | O | | O | | | New members welcomed, and new area-focused message groups will be | | | O | added as requested. | O | | | | | | O | telnet://bbs.solarpi.net | O | | | (716)342-2772 | | | O | | O | |___|_____________________________________________________________ ________|___| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- beigemore · 2016-08-05 04:50 I never cared for Synchronet even back in the day. Mystic is pretty cool, though... Like the ease of Renegade with the power of PCBoard and Oblivion/2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- breakfict · 2016-08-05 14:56 I'm a fan of Mystic; my favorite take on running a BBS is running Mystic on my Pi and forwarding it to my domain (surprisingly easy!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lotsoftuna · 2016-08-05 20:29 Very cool project, grats on the move! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DaiTengu · 2016-08-08 14:28 I took a look at Mystic before I set Synchronet back up. My BBS has been through quite a few incarnations, but Synchronet has been good to me over the years. It's so incredibly customizable and versitile at this point, that I can't ever see moving to something else. I did try my hand at Enigma, but it just doesn't have all the things working you'd expect in a basic BBS yet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AX_25 · 2016-08-08 14:31 > but Synchronet has been good to me over the years. It's so incredibly customizable and versitile at this point, that I can't ever see moving to something else Oh, it is very customizable, and very versatile! For me, it was purely the learning curve required to do the customizations, coupled with some things lacking solid documentation. I can see though, if lots of work went into it, not wanting to switch. I'd be hard-pressed to switch to a new suite at this point myself. One of the errors I see on the part of some of the package maintainers is that while they have a wiki for documentation, editing is locked down, and nobody can contribute. Works great if there's a team of in- house folk to do the documentation, but in small projects like that, I would think more help would be appreciated. Sync is not the only suite that has this problem, however. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DaiTengu · 2016-08-08 14:42 I honestly just set my BBS back up from scratch about a month ago (I'm getting close to the "it's ready, here's The Big Announcement" launch- time). I did seriously take a look at mystic, Enigma, and MBSE before giving up and just moving back to SBBS. I've spent the last 15 years or so telling myself that "I'm going to learn Javascript one day", and this may be the kickin the pants i need to do it. Also, the wiki is editable by anyone with an account on Vertrauen, you just need to log in with your username/pass :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AX_25 · 2016-08-08 15:21 > Also, the wiki is editable by anyone with an account on Vertrauen, you just need to log in with your username/pass :) I need to strike that, then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NCommander · 2016-08-10 02:40 I need to get my ham radio license upgraded to general class so I can play with AX.25 more realistically. I haven't done any ham stuff w/ my tech license in ages ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AX_25 · 2016-08-10 11:11 FWIW, tech is really all you need for AX.25. HF packet is cool- sounding, but 300 baud is painful to use. 1200 baud isn't bad for textual work. In fact, if you want to see what it'd be like to connect at 1200 baud, you can check it on my board via the web interface: http://solarpi.net/slowindex.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JayG7800 · 2016-10-23 20:51 Any chance you can provide me with more info on your AX.25 setup? I'm considering to do the same thing and just found this post. I'm hoping I don't need to re-invent the wheel :) I'm considering either SynchroBBS or Mystic BBS on a Raspberry Pi with either a software/sound card TNC or potentially a physical one, if needed.