Hi Good People,

How do I go about getting my own address for fsxnet?

Love it so far! so easy to setup!
can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

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How do I go about getting my own address for fsxnet?

Download the info pack from the fsxnet website, fill out your details and send it to Avon who will work out what net you'll be in and he'll forward it to that NC who will contact you with your node number.

Takes a few days.

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On 4/19/2023 6:11 PM, The Viper wrote to All:

Hi Good People,

How do I go about getting my own address for fsxnet?

Love it so far! so easy to setup!
can anybody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

I run a hobby-related network. See https://hobbynet.hobbyline.com for info.

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On 19 Apr 2023, The Viper said the following...

How do I go about getting my own address for fsxnet?

You can download the infopack here:

https://fsxnet.nz/fsxnet/join

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

I belong to these two:

Micronet: https://www.minftn.net/join.html
tqwNet: https://erb.pw/node-request/

They're not the busiest but do have their ebbs and flows.


Jay

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On 19 Apr 2023, The Viper said the following...

Hi Good People,

How do I go about getting my own address for fsxnet?

Love it so far! so easy to setup!
can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

Well I'm sure Avon will chime in but.. https://fsxnet.nz/

As for other networks. There are a few. If your looking for some unique topics there is sp00knet. If you like mild chat with news articles automatically streamed twqnet. If you want to see all the networks check out 2o4beers BBS Paulie has them all. Then you can see what intrigues you.

|23|04Dr|16|12Claw
|16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
|16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

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On 20 Apr 2023 at 07:27a, claw pondered and said...

Well I'm sure Avon will chime in but.. https://fsxnet.nz/

My chime is a bit late :)

I think I may need to recharge it!

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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On 23 Apr 2023, Avon said the following...

My chime is a bit late :)

I think I may need to recharge it!

Well better late than never. Also pretty sure I was right anyway :D. Have a great week sir. Remember some of the network issues happening this week might be due to the sun storm and satellite precautions they are taking.

|23|04Dr|16|12Claw
|16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
|16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

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On 24 Apr 2023 at 07:29a, claw pondered and said...

Have a great week sir. Remember some of the network issues happening

You too :)

Have a great week sir. Remember some of the network issues happening
this week might be due to the sun storm and satellite precautions they
are taking.

Yep, we've been getting some amazing auroras here over the last few days.

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can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

-h1

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automatically streamed twqnet. If you want to see all the networks
check out 2o4beers BBS Paulie has them all. Then you can see what intrigues you.

Although I love Paulie's board and I primarily write from his board to major FTNs, I don't believe he has all of the major FTNs even if i call major those that are discussed in this thread. Most.. many, but not all.

But I also bet other can be quite dead already so perhaps this is what all is meant here.

-h1

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Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
By: hollowone to The Viper on Wed Apr 26 2023 11:51 am

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

Probably the usual reasons, that there's often a lot of bickering and drama on FidoNet.

Nightfox
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Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
By: hollowone to The Viper on Wed Apr 26 2023 11:51 am

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet :-)
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What is wrong with FIDO?

http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet :-) --

Gotcha :)

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can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet :-) --

I apologize for the pedantry, but the first line says, "I'm not referring to the message network itself".

It's an interesting read, though I'm not sure it answers the question.

I carry FIDOnet on my BBS, but reasons I can think of to not be a huge fan of the network include the amount of terrible bickering, the amount of areas that are devoid of activity, and the lack of any official rule changes since the 1980s.

I'm sure there are more, and, certainly, your page makes good points that are at least sometimes more true of FIDOnet than other nets.

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Nightfox wrote to hollowone <=-

Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
By: hollowone to The Viper on Wed Apr 26 2023 11:51 am

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

Probably the usual reasons, that there's often a lot of bickering and drama on FidoNet.

And, there's not a lot of talking about anything that's not about
Fidonet on Fidonet.



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Digital Man wrote to hollowone <=-

http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet

Ok, I'll bite - what's *not* in the wiki? :)



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On 27 Apr 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Ok, I'll bite - what's *not* in the wiki? :)

That'd probably be a shorter list. You name even appears on this page of the wiki:

http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sbbsecho


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Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
By: Adept to Digital Man on Thu Apr 27 2023 12:24 pm

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet :-) --

I apologize for the pedantry, but the first line says, "I'm not referring to the message network itself".

It's an interesting read, though I'm not sure it answers the question.

I carry FIDOnet on my BBS, but reasons I can think of to not be a huge fan of the network include the amount of terrible bickering, the amount of areas that are devoid of activity, and the lack of any official rule changes since the 1980s.

I'm sure there are more, and, certainly, your page makes good points that are at least sometimes more true of FIDOnet than other nets.

I knew what you meant (what you were asking was about FidoNet proper, not FTN). I just thought it was funny that I had a fairly recent blog post with almost that exact same question. Sorry about that.
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Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Thu Apr 27 2023 06:49 am

http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet

Ok, I'll bite - what's *not* in the wiki? :)

A lot of text from the old Synchronet sysop manual and user manuals... still. http://synchro.net/docs/sysop.html
http://synchro.net/docs/user.html

Of course, a lot of that text is obsolete now too (and thus shouldn't be migrated to the wiki, verbatim).

Andre has done a lot of this migration, but there's always more to do: http://wiki.synchro.net/config:index
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Hi Hollowone,

On Wednesday April 26 2023, Hollowone said to The Viper:

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

There are some really old farts that won't let go of the throne!

\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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I knew what you meant (what you were asking was about FidoNet proper,
not FTN). I just thought it was funny that I had a fairly recent blog
post with almost that exact same question. Sorry about that.

Wasn't me that asked, and, yeah, I was doubtlessly being a little too pedantic, because it _was_ pretty neat that you had a post answering the literal question, if not the intended question.

And, again, it's a great read. Thanks for posting it.

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BY: Vorlon(21:1/195.5)

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

There are some really old farts that won't let go of the throne!

More like the 'other' throne. The one outside in the wooden throne room.

<grin>

Mick Manning


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Nightfox wrote to hollowone <=-

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

Probably the usual reasons, that there's often a lot of bickering and drama on FidoNet.

If you stay away from the network sysop and politics echos, it is not too bad. The COOKING echo has a lot of friendly folks in it, so long as you try to vaguely stay on topic (and set a filter for the alter-ego of one Swedish
sysop who sometimes spams the area).

But yeah you probably want to avoid all of the sysop and politics echos.



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What is wrong with FIDO?

There are some really old farts that won't let go of the throne!

Hard nut to crack.

We need old farts to remember where we come from.
Old farts should also realize they are not all boro kings anymore.

-h1

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Hi Mickey,

On Friday April 28 2023, Mickey said to Vorlon:

can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido fan

What is wrong with FIDO?

There are some really old farts that won't let go of the throne!

More like the 'other' throne. The one outside in the wooden throne room.

More like 'glass' though.... #-/



\/orlon
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Stephen

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Hi Hollowone,

On Friday April 28 2023, Hollowone said to Vorlon:

What is wrong with FIDO?

There are some really old farts that won't let go of the throne!

Hard nut to crack.

There's nuts? (8-/

We need old farts to remember where we come from. Old farts should also realize they are not all boro kings anymore.

I'm not a young chicken myself any more, but these guys are even older, but they act like they own the ant hill.

They are just the ones really left after everyone else got sick of the bullsh*t. #-<

\/orlon
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Stephen

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Hi Blue,

On Friday April 28 2023, Blue White said to Nightfox:

too bad. The COOKING echo has a lot of friendly folks in it, so long as

[...]

... "Mmmmmmmm.....bacon..."

Was that tag line chosen at random?

&-:;


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Stephen

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Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
By: Adept to Digital Man on Fri Apr 28 2023 09:35 am

I knew what you meant (what you were asking was about FidoNet proper, not FTN). I just thought it was funny that I had a fairly recent blog post with almost that exact same question. Sorry about that.

Wasn't me that asked, and, yeah, I was doubtlessly being a little too pedantic, because it _was_ pretty neat that you had a post answering the literal question, if not the intended question.

Right, that was hallowone that was asked.

And, again, it's a great read. Thanks for posting it.

Of course. :-)
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Vorlon wrote to Blue White <=-

Hi Blue,

On Friday April 28 2023, Blue White said to Nightfox:

too bad. The COOKING echo has a lot of friendly folks in it, so long as

[...]

... "Mmmmmmmm.....bacon..."

Was that tag line chosen at random?

&-:;

No. :D





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Right, that was hallowone that was asked.

And, again, it's a great read. Thanks for posting it.

Of course. :-)

yep. if this is about provoking good people to be articulative about something, you all can blame me :)

and yes, DM's art was indeed interesting to read.

-h1

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