Subj : Re: fsxNet HK 7 Feb 25
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Avon
Date : Sat Feb 08 2025 08:31 am

On 07 Feb 2025 at 10:47a, Dumas Walker pondered and said...
 
 DW> > We're sad to report that Ruben Figueroa has died aged 73 on 27 January 2
 DW> > Ruben aka Zazz ran a number of BBS using a mix of software and all under
 DW> > the shared name of Prison Board BBS. He was also providing a HUB service
 DW> > for Wildcat systems wanting to connect to fsxNet. RIP Zazz and thank
 DW> > you for all your contributions to the bbs scene and to fsxNet. :(
 DW> 
 DW> I saw that on another network.  Apparently his systems are still running
 DW> as his BBS ads are still posting on FIDO.  I got a chance to interact
 DW> with him some when he was adding a GT Power BBS to the Prison Board
 DW> family, and I think he helped me with an issue or two on other subjects.
 DW> 
 DW> We've been losing a lot of folks in the wider BBS community lately.

Yes there have been some long standing names I'm aware of that have sadly passed away in recent years... :(

 DW> > A seperate announcement related to NET 5 will be made in the near future
 DW> 
 DW> Is there something special that Wildcat systems require in order to
 DW> connect to an FTN or QWK network?

I'm not a Wildcat user but that was my understanding but I think that those systems can use something like IREX / BinkP protocol also... or so it seems to me now.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz 

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