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fsxNet - [F]un, [S]imple, e[X]perimental Network ==== History of fsxNet ==== fsxNet is a fun, simple and experimental network established in late 2015 This document contains a full rolling log of changes made to fsxNet. It is saved as history.txt and ships as part of the weekly infopack hatched out to all fsxNet nodes. If you spot anything amiss please contact Paul Hayton at 21:1/101 or email at avon@bbs.geek.nz :) == ChangeLog ================================================================ 2017-03-26 Updated Node 1/125 Name change - now Caludron BBS :) 2017-03-20 Added Node 2/117 - The Positronium Repository (USA) is the home of Wildcat Dialup and Mystic Telnet and is run by sysop Ben Ritchey. Ben is based in Lafayette, Louisiana USA and is running his systems using Windows OS. You can connect to Positronium Repository via cmech.dynip.com Removed Node 2/107 Lostfiles Ideas BBS is no more. James advises his Rpi has bit the dust and he has asked to be removed fom the nodelist. Update Node 1/126 Twinkle BBS (USA) has been marked 'Down' for now in the nodelist. As you may have read Pequito is taking some time out and has closed his system for now. We hope to see him return again sooner than later if life circumstances permits. Take care of yourself Pequito! 2017-03-19 Added Node 2/116 - Spooky Electric BBS (ITA). We're up to three nodes now based in Italy and it's welcome to Alec Scandy aka Osman who hails from Lecce and is setting up his Mystic BBS powered by Raspbian. It's early days for Osman but he's learning a lot and having fun with the setup of his system. You can reach him via spookyelectric.duckdns.org 2017-03-13 Created FSX_BBS - BBS software development and support. This echoarea also hosts fsxNet Wiki (wiki.bbs.geek.nz) discussions and support. With the creation of the fsxNet Wiki it seems appropriate to have a public space to discuss ideas for possible new Wiki content, edits to current content, editor requests, questions about what is on the Wiki etc. My hope is that as the content on the Wiki grows, this echo area will support that growth as a place for discussions about it. A reminder that there was an orignal FSX_BBS created as a file echo. It was changed to FSX_SOFT on 2016-09-10 as part of a renaming convention to decern between message base echoarea tags and file base tags file area tags are always four characters long where as message tags are three. e.g. FSX_BBS vs FSX_SOFT Who said you didn't learn anything when you read these updates :) .. and no lamas were harmed in the making of this documentary. Added Node 2/115 - Mystic Rhythms BBS (USA) From the home of SF Net in the 1990's and the Golden Gate Bridge I'd like welcome Rob Cole aka Rushfan to the network. Rob is a talented chap who's been hard at work at extending WWIV for some time now. Mystic Rhythms is powered by WWIV and can be found at mystic.wwivbbs.org - welcome Rushfan :) Added Node 2/113 - PHATstar RetroBOX BBS (CAN) Welcome to new sysop Matthew Smith aka WarmFuzzy who is based in Ontario, Canada. WarmFuzzy is using a Mystic BBS. He's only running SSH via TOR and I think it's a closed system. His address is echo.phatstar.org and the website is phatstar.org This was the first application for fsxNet that I have received via a Usenet Newsgroup (alt.bbs) 2017-03-11 Added Node 2/114 - SciFi Hangout BBS (GBR) Welcome to Bruno Antunes aka Sardaukar who is discovering BBS for the first time and playing with Mystic BBS to do so. Sardaukar is a coder interested in fido technology networks and keen to learning more about such things. His BBS is just getting set up the system address is rift.duckdns.org:2023 and it's running on a RPi. 2017-03-08 Updated Node 1/151 - Solar BBS (USA) has been marked 'Down' in the nodelist and is offline for now. SolarBaby advises this is intended to be a temporary thing. 2017-03-07 Created fsxNet Wiki The goal of the fsxNet Wiki is to support the development of Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). It does so by hosting useful resources and information for both BBS developers and users alike. It's hoped the Wiki will become a useful resource for all people interested in the BBS scene, and offer helpful information and links that will assist them with any questions they might have. The Wiki can be found at wiki.bbs.geek.nz 2017-02-26 Removed Node 2/102 - Phoenyx Rising BBS (USA) - Allen has had problems with his system. We'll allocate a new node number for him if he sorts things and out returns to the network. Added Node 2/102 - Cartel BBS (USA) from the home of gigabit speed broadband it's welcome to Wes Keene who's based in Chattanooga, TN, USA. Wes aka Distorted is setting up a Mystic system running on Linux (Ubuntu 64-bit) You can catch his BBSing via telnet at cartelbbs.keene.co Added Node 1/188 - Exotica BBS (AUS) Apam has set up an Enigma 1/2 BBS he's testing stuff with Nu and requested a full node number it's available on andrew.homeunix.org:2023 2017-02-17 Added Node 2/112 - The Hub BBS (USA) Joining fsxNet and based in Watauga, TX USA it's a warm welcome to David DeWell aka Modchaos. Modchaos is also running Mystic BBS under AMI Linux as his OS of choice. Stop by and say hello at his new system - bbs.bbshub.net Added Node 2/111 - Leisure Time BBS (USA) Welcome to Robert Riddell who joins fsxNet based in New Baden, IL, USA. Robert is running a Mystic BBS system powered by Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and can be reached via bbs.riddells.net:10023 2017-02-14 Added Node 2/110 - iNK tWO BBS (USA) Welcome to Lawrence Manuel aka Smooth who joins us from Covina, CA, USA. Ink Two BBS is running Mystic BBS on a Windows 10 32bit system. You'll find the BBS online at bbs.inktwo.com or on the web at www.inktwo.com 2017-02-06 Added Node 2/102 - Phoenyx Rising BBS (USA) Welcome to Allen Snodgrass who joins us from Tallahassee in FL, USA. Allen is running a 64 bit Mystic system on Windows 10 x64. Welcome to the network Allen it's lovely to have you as part of our community :) 2017-02-04 Added Node 2/109 - ENCOM BBS (USA) - welcome to new sysop Ron Lackey aka Flynn. Flynn is based in Hunstville, Alabama USA and is using a windows Mystic system running on VMware hosting Windows 7. Welcome to fsxNet Flynn. Watch out for Master Control! Removed Node 2/102 - Laser BBS (GBR) - Tony has advised he is closing his two BBS down. All the best Tony! Removed Node 1/188 - Friends BBS (GBR) 2017-01-28 Updated Node 1/123 - The Void BBS (USA) was marked as 'Down' but Mitch aka Terra-X is back - yay! So the node is now active again. Welcome back to the BBS scene Terra-X :) Updated Node 1/186 - Castle Rock BBS (USA) is now using castlerockbbs.com as it's system address for telnet/binkp connects. Added Node 2/108 - UnderZaNet BBS (GBR) A warm welcome to Jan Henkins aka Dotslash. Dotslash is based in Warlingham, England and at one stage used to run a BBS based on Citadel. Dotslash is happy to repurpose an old PRi gathering dust in to a new BBS powered by Mystic and is having fun discovering BBSing in 2017. Welcome back! 2017-01-16 Added Node 2/107 - Lostfiles Ideas BBS (USA) Welcome to James Fish to fsxNet James is based in Plymouth, MA, USA and is running a Mystic BBS powered by Debian. His BBS address is lostfilesideas.ddns.net:6400 Great to have you as a member of the network James :) 2017-01-09 Added Node 2/106 - Back To The Roots BBS (CHE) It's a warm welcome to our first node that's checking in from Geneva, Switzerland. Fabian Lucchi is going back to his BBS roots and setting up a Mystic system running under MacOS. Welcome to the network Fabian! I hope you have a lot of fun with your BBS adventures :) To connect to Fabian's system head to backtotheroots.it-awareness.ch:2332 2017-01-08 Added Node 2/105 - Another F-ing BBS (USA). Welcome to sysop Gary Crunk who hails from Maricopa, Arizona USA. Gary is running a Mystic BBS using Ubuntu MATE on a Raspberry Pi 3. The address to reach his system is anotherbbs.bbsindex.com 2017-01-07 Added Node 2/104 - Gryphus BBS (AUS). Welcome to returning sysop Stephen Arnold. Many years ago he run a BBS using Maximus software called Phoenix. Now he's back after an extended vacation running Mystic on a Raspberry Pi :) Telnet to gryphus.homelinux.org:5632 Comment - These lines contains no useful information at all but I figured I would just write something 'just because'. Still feeling guttered they killed off Han Solo. My wife says "move on Paul" :) Perhaps this is a way of working through the grief! Ha! Kids keep saying to me "Dad, what's 9+10?" Then they say "21" ... and I say, "no it's 19" and they laugh :) I think I will always correct them (insert OCD applause here :)) and they know I will always be be an easy target for them when they trott out that maths question - sigh :) 2017-01-06 Added Node 2/103 - Resistance Pride BBS (USA). Welcome to returning sysop Kevin Sonney aka The Alchemist who is based in Pittsboro NC, USA. Kevin is setting up a Linux powered Mystic BBSing and is back on the BBSing scene after first being active in the 1990's. Welcome back Kevin and welcome to fsxNet :) Telent to resistancepride.sytes.net 2017-01-01 ## Happy New Year - Best wishes for 2017 and your BBSing adventures ahead ## Created - NET 2 - The start of a creating new access points for fsxNet traffic. New nodes to the network will be added to NET 2 which is now served by a new HUB at 21:2/100 Created - HUB 2 - The Tholian HUB has been established at 21:2/100. This new HUB will serve nodes in NET 2. Big thanks to Solaris at Error 404 for establishing this new Mystic powered system :) The HUB can be found at error404bbs.ddns.net:24555 Updated - fsxNet Nodelist I've made some changes to the nodelist that reflect the addition of the new NET and HUB. Instead of creating new 'Regions' I have opted to stick with one for now (Region 21 - was Region 1). I have also revised things and now assigned 'Host' notation to the what are now NET 1 and 2. They fly the 21:1/0 and 21:2/0 AKA's held by each net coordinator. HUB addresseing remains as 21:xx/100 and HUBs send/recieve all traffic with CRASH priority between them as echomail etc. is generated around fsxNet. So HUBs fly at /0 and /100 AKA's for their respective NETs. Also changed is the flag notation used against each node in the nodelist. I have tried to ensure flags used are current and comply with the Fidonet Technical Standards Committee document FTSC-5001. Copies of this document are available from http://www.ftsc.org/docs/ if you are interested :) Further, the epiloge in the nodelist has been paired right back to remove the unwanted and/or non-relevant nodelist flags. A brief nod to the URL mentioned above remains for interested sysops etc. if they want more info. Updated - HISTORY.TXT - notation tweaks. I am working to keep this document as easy to read as I can and due to the new NET (and more to come) I have made minor changes to layout and notation of this file and will do so in the future. You'll see this in new nodes being added, removed etc. Added Node 2/102 - Laser BBS (UK). Tony Comandini has established a second system. This one is runing BBBS under Debian 8. The address is bbs.laserbbs.co.uk:2424 Added Node 2/101 - Ohm BBS (USA). Jon Justvig has opted to set up a Mystic BBS using Linux on a Virtual Box. His system is the first to use the new 2/100 HUB. Jon is operating his new system using the same domain name but on Telnet port 2324. 2016-12-13 Added - Node 196 - Dragon's Lair BBS (AUS) This is a Mystic BBS powered system also run by Stephen. The BBS is based in Ballarat, Victoria. Dragon's Lair runs on Linux Centos 6.x Welcome to fsxNet Stephen it's great to have you as a member. Added - Node 195 - Dragon's Claw HUB (AUS) Greetings to Stephen Walsh who joins fsxNet running a couple of systems. Node 195 is a HUB system he operates out of Melbourne, Victoria. running MBSE it in turn feeds node 196 - his BBS. Added - Node 194 - Johnny Five BBS (NZL). It's really nice to see another New Zealand based BBS appear on the scene. Hello to sysop Jonathan Mundy who is based in Auckland and is running a Mystic system under windows. His telnet address is catsbbs.hopto.org:2323 or you can head to http://catsbbs.yolasite.com/ Welcome Jonathan :) Added - Node 193 - Lunatic Fringe BBS (USA). Welcome to Chad Sharp aka Dribble. Dribble is based in Vancouver, Wa, USA and is running a Mystic BBS system under Windows 7 32bit. Check out his system by visiting fringe.darktech.org Welcome aboard Dribble! Updated - Node 140 - Daves BBS (USA) is now using davesbbs.com as his telnet address. 2016-12-12 Added - Node 140 - Daves BBS (USA). From Marbury, Alabama, USA we welcome returning sysop Dave Smith - Hi Dave :) Dave is setting up a Raspberry Pi powered Mystic BBS and enjoying learning about the joys of retro computing meets 2016 tech :) His system can be reached at bbs.bamageekproductions.com Updated - Node 190 - Amoeba BBS has moved to telnet port 24 the revised address is amoeba.ohbah.com:24 2016-12-11 Added - Node 138 - Electronic Warefare BBS (USA). It's a warm welcome to Nicholas Loch aka Fat Rastus who joins us from Vincennes, IN, USA. Fat Rastus is running a Synchronet based system and is an avid (can I say that? :)) door game player. Check out the BBS at bbs.ewbbs.net or visit the website at http://ewbbs.net - Welcome to fsxNet Nicholas :) Updated - Node 149 - Redmud Castle BBS (USA) is now running on Telnet port 1123 2016-12-08 Removed - Node 5 - Opted to delist this system as it will only ever talk with /10 and does not need it's own node listing. Updated - Node 10 - Now referred to as the Usenet Gateway. Allows fsxNet nodes that want access to a bi-directional FTN<>NNTP gateway for offering Usenet newsgroups on their BBS. I know it's word semantics but I think it's better to get the naming correct for the future. I want to avoid confusion when using words like HUBs etc. 2016-12-07 Added - Node 10 - fsxNet Usenet HUB has been established to service fsxNet nodes that wish to access a bi-directional FTN<>NNTP gateway for offering Usenet newsgroups. It's prede Added - Node 5 - fsxNet Usenet Gateway. This is a private node with a sole function of handling FTN<>NNTP between news.bbs.geek.nz and 21:1/10 Removed - Node 140 Underland BBS (AUS) Apam has ceased using this system and is opting to focus his efforts on his MagickaBBS system at 21:1/125 Removed - Region 2 - Usenet Removed - Node 100 - Usenet HUB Removed - Node 101 - Agency BBS I was experimenting with using region 2 as a means to distribute Usenet newsgroups to nodes that want a bi-directional FTN<>NNTP gateway. Using 21:2/xxx addresses have now been retired in favour of using 21:1/xxx addresses. It makes it easier for all at present to run things this way. 2016-12-06 Added - Node 192 - A 90's Manila BBS (SGP) Welcome to sysop Michael Balcos who joins us from Singapore! He's actually planning on moving to Metro Manila, the Philippines next year and is setting up a Mystic BBS running under Debian 8.0 Jessie for ARM (He's using an OLinuXino A10 Lime). Welcome Michael - it's great to have you with us :) 2016-12-03 Added - Node 191 - Slasho.me BBS (USA) Welcome to Christopher Hall from Pikeville, KY, USA. He's running a Mystic system under Linux and is getting set up as I type. The telnet address for Slasho.me BBS is simply slasho.me :) 2016-11-29 Added - Node 190 - Amoeba BBS (USA) it's a warm welcome to sysop Mike Dee who hails from Phoneix, AZ, USA. Mike is new to BBSing but is enjoying learning about our cool hobby and is in the process of getting setup. He's running a Mystic BBS under Windows XP. Head to amoeba.ohbah.com to say hi :) Added - Node 111 - The ByteXchange BBS (USA). Sysop Chad Adams has setup a Synchronet BBS running under Windows XP and node /111 has been reassigned to this system. The telnet address is bbs.thebytexchange.com while you can check out the web interface by heading to www.thebytexchange.com:81 2016-11-24 Added - Node 189 - KernelError Networks BBS (USA) Welcome to Josepth Werle who joins us from Belleville, IL, USA. Joseph is running a Mystic BBS under Linux Centos 7.2 and is in the process of getting set up. His telnet address is bbs.kernelerror.com Updated - Node 125 - Changed BBS name to Serpent's Shrine BBS at the request of Apam :) 2016-11-22 Added - Node 188 - Friends BBS (UK). Hello to Tony Comandini who is our second system based in London, England. He's setting up with a Linux powered Mystic BBS system running under Debian 8. Great to have you as part of fsxNet Tony :) Updated - Node 122 - Necronomicon BBS has a new telnet address and port nbbs.darktech.org:27 - the nodelist has been updated along with the SYSTEMS.TXT file. Updated - Node 125 - Voodoo_BBS has a new telnet address and port andrew.homeunix.org:2024 also the BinkP mailer for this BBS is on port 24556 - the nodelist has been updated along with the SYSTEMS.TXT file. 2016-11-21 Added - Node 187 - Cosmik Debris BBS (USA) Joining fsxNet from Little Falls NY, USA we're welcoming Andrew Pepper :) Andrew is a returning sysop from the early 90's (like a lot of us!) and has fired up his Rasperry Pi with a Mystic BBS You can find his system via at cosmikdebris.ddns.net:2323 Updated - FSXNET.TXT now contains a new section in the application form for new members to provide their static ipv4 and/or ipv6 addresses (if they have one) when signing up. This will allow their nodes to be whitelisted at the fsxNet HUB and avoid any auto-banning that can take place from time to time as frequent polling (4-5 times in 120 secs) of the HUB may cause. 2016-11-17 Added - Node 186 - Castle Rock BBS (USA) Hello to Dan Richter (Black Panther) who is based in Rio Rancho, NM, USA. Dan is running a Synchronet system and reports he's also using a mix of Internet Rex and BinkP daemon in his set-up. You can visit Dan's set up at castlero.synchro.net Great to have you with us Dan :) Added - Node 185 - Lightning BBS (USA) .. Kiora (that's Maori for hello) to Steve Helferich from Pleasant Grove, UT, USA. Steve is a "a long time Sysop switching to Mystic" and he's run a number of systems including TriBBS, Wildcat 4, VBBS/VADV and Wildcat 5 in the past. Welcome Steve. You can check his system out at lightningbbs.com:2400 2016-11-14 Added - Node 184 - Echo Base BBS (USA) He's back after three years lost in the digital wilderness - welcome to Jeff Jun. Jeff is using a Mystic system running under Windows 7 32 bit and is in the process of getting set up. You can find his system at telnet.echo-base-bbs.com 2016-11-09 Added - Node 183 - Night Owl BBS (USA). Checking in from Capitola, California we welcome to the NET Jon Bennett who is setting up his Mystic system using a Win7 platform. It's a case of returning to BBS again afer a few years for Jon and we're glad to see him back :) Look for his system at nightowlbbs.ddns.net Added - Node 182 - The Colossus (USA). Welcome to Jordan McGilvray based in Provo, Utah who is running a Mystic system under Arch Linux. You can telnet to bbs.excalibursheath.com or check his website at http://www.excalibursheath.com Great to have you with us Jordan :) 2016-11-04 Added - Node 181 - Ninho do Abutre 2 BBS (BRA) It's a warm welcome to another BBS based in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). Welcome to sysop Mauro Veiga who is running a Synchronet system under a Windows XP VM system. The address is abutre.no-ip.org:2323 or visit the website abutre.no-ip.org:8080 Nice to have you with us Mauro! 2016-11-01 Added - Node 180 - Logon BBS (GER) Welcome to Oliver Bachmann who is in the process of setting up his BBS. He's based in Karlsruhe, Germany and is learning about BBS and how to set one up. Look for some posts from him when he gets his system configured. I think the plan is to try setting up Mystic BBS. I've listed him as a private node for now until he has a BinkP server up and running. Removed - Node 111 - Mutiny BBS (NZL) Sadly James has had to pull the plug on his BBS for now due to personal reasons. Perhaps sometime in the future he may return. Goodbye James thanks for being part of the NET. :( 2016-10-30 Added - Node 179 - Cryptogenic Radix BBS (NZL) - This is a Raspberry Pi system Avon is using for Mystic BBS testing. 2016-10-27 Added - Node 178 - Internal Dimension BBS (CAN). From Ontario, Canada it's a warm welcome to Dave Vandermeer aka Night Stalker. Dave has set up with a Mystic system running on the ever so popular Raspberry Pi. Great to have you part of the NET Night Stalker :) Nice to see another system setting up in Canada. Update - Node 110 - The Rusty Mailbox (CAN) has been marked 'Down' for now in the nodellist. It's been some weeks since we have heard from Al and to be honest I (Avon) worry if he's OK / what has happened? He's also MIA on Othernets too. 2016-10-26 Update - Node 102 - Error 404 BBS (USA) has moved to Telnet port 404 (was using port 23) Update - Node 161 - The Search BBS (USA) has moved to Telnet port 34123 (was using port 23) 2016-10-22 Added - Node 177 - Dali's Cat BBS (USA) Welcome to Ismar Hasanbegovic aka Lobo. Based in Chicago Dali's Cat is running on a Windows 10 system using Synchronet BBS. You can telnet in via daliscat.synchro.net or check the website at spitoufs.com - welcome Lobo :) Added - Node 998 - Reserved for a Raspberry Pi demo system Avon is creating. 2016-10-18 Added - Node 176 - Radio Freqs and Geeks BBS (USA) is the BBS of returning sysop Rich Lawerence aka MobbyG. Welcome back to the BBS scene Rich and great to have you as part of fsxNet :) Rich is setting up using Mystic BBS running under Ubuntu He's based in East Greenbush, NY, USA. 2016-10-15 Update - Node 162 - Razors Domain BBS (USA) updated telnet port to use port 31415 2016-10-10 Update - Node 123 - The Void BBS (USA) is down for a week or so due to hardware failure. Terra-X will return :) Added - Node 175 - Capitol City Online (USA) It's a warm welcome to another Mike :) This time we're saying Hi to Mike Powell based in Frankfort, KY, USA. Mike is running GT Power as his BBS software of choice. Welcome to fsxNet Mike :) 2016-10-09 Added - Node 174 - The Zone BBS (USA) Welcome to returning sysop Mike Warnock aka Zarnock. Mike is based in Lorain, Ohio and is setting up a Mystic BBS system running under Windows 10 32bit. His system address is zonebbs.net if you want to telnet in. There is currently no website. Welcome back Mike, nice to have you as a member of fsxNet :) Added - Node 173 - Added Sinclair Retro BBS (ITA) to the Usenet HUB as 21:2/173 and now feeding a variety of retro computing newsgroups to Outsoft. Removed - GOODIP.TXT - I can see how this is going to get out of date quite quickly for systems that are using a dynamic IP address. I think for now I am going to remove the list from the infopack. I think it's a good idea but I need to think through how to best implement it in a way that ensures it's current. I just don't have the time to maintain it manually. 2016-10-03 Added - Node 173 - Sinclair Retro BBS (ITA) Welcome to Simone_Voltolini aka Outsoft to the NET. Great to see another BBS based in Italy joining. Avon is helping to get him set up :) Changed - Node 149 - Redmud Castle BBS (USA) Updated Binkp and Telnet ports for this BBS. Changed - Node 138 - The Cell Block BBS (CAN) Blair has advised his system is down for now. I have marked him as Down in the nodelist. 2016-09-30 Created - GOODIP.TXT - this is a file that contains a list of known IP addresses built from a recent fsxNet nodelist. It was created by sysop Brian Wallace (bcw142) of Mystic Pi BBS. This list is subject to change as the nodelist is updated etc. Your milage may vary. The list may / may not stay in the infopack forever but let's see how we go ;) Changed - NEWS.TXT - this is a news file that carrys info about changes to fsxNet. It is used by the fsxnet MPL script written by Xqtr. The contents of this file are displayed to users who login to a member BBS that run the script. The NEWS.TXT file is updated most weeks before the latest fsxNet infopack is hatched out. 2016-09-27 Changed - Node 149 - Changed name of Redmud System BBS to Redmud Castle BBS in the nodelist at the request of the sysop (David) 2016-09-21 Added - Node 172 - Pattycake Mafia BBS (USA). 20 years ago Petar Smilajkov ran an Elle/Ra VVS but now in 2016 he's back with a Mystic system running under Ubuntu 14.04 64bit and having fun. Welcome Petar it's great to have you in the bbs scene again. You can reach his system via bbs.pattycakemafia.com:2023 2016-09-19 Added - Node 171 - Phaseshift BBS (CAN). Checking in to fsxNet from Vancouver in BC Canada it's a warm welcome to Kevin Pausche aka Grud :) Kevin is new to Mystic and is setting up a system running under a Raspberry Pi. 2016-09-18 Added - Node 170 - Weather Station BBS (USA). This is an additional node for Mark Hofmann who is running a Mystic BBS as well as his HUB and WWIV systems. Added - Node 169 - Sinners Haven BBS (USA). Weclome to Karl Kunc from Dothan, Alabama in the USA. Karl is running a Mystic BBS system under Windows. His BBS telnet address is bbs.sinnershaven.com 2016-09-11 Changed - Node 129 - SpaceSST BBS (CAN) Luc has advised he is back up His node is no longer marked as 'Down' and he'sadly again connected to fsxNet. Welcome back :) 2016-09-10 Renamed - FSX_ART to FSX_ARTS - ANSI Art - Groups, Individuals etc. Renamed - FSX_BBS to FSX_SOFT - BBS Software (Current + Legacy) Two of the file bases have been renamed to accomodate a new standardised naming convention I am applying to fsxNet. All message echoareas will use a FSX_XXX convention while all file bases carried by the NET will use a FSX_XXXX style of tag. The thinking here is to make it simple to spot a file base tag from a echoarea/ message base tags. I also wanted to pull some current FSX_XXX tags off their currently assigned file bases should we end up using them for echoareas in the future. So - if you are carrying one (or both) of the following file areas can you please ammend the EchoTag for each in your BBS setup as follows. FSX_ART to FSX_ARTS FSX_BBS to FSX_SOFT No files will be hatched to these areas until Saturday 17 September (NZST) this gives folks a week (at minimum) to update their tags / settings. Created - FSX_CRY - Cryptographic discussion and experimentation. Public key sharing, encoded messages, testing etc. is welcome here. An area of interest for some members of the NET. This is a place to further this type of discussion and experimentation. Created - NEWS.TXT - this is a news file that will carry info about changes to fsxNet and is intended for future use as part of another project that's underway. Details to come when there is more to share. 2016-09-08 Updated - Node 159 - Change of DNS record to bbs.digitalgatehouse.com 2016-09-06 Added - Node 168 - The Egregore BBS (USA). A big hello and welcome to another sysop setting up with Mystic and using Ubuntu Linux. Luke Galutia (Betzelel) is based in Oklhoma City in the USA. He is just working out how to configure his system and get hooked up to this NET. Please make him welcome and dazzle him also with your BBS helpfulness :) 2016-09-05 Added - Node 167 - SilentShard BBS (NZL) Welcome to returning New Zealand SysOp Nick Trevena (ThatGuy). Nick is setting up a Mystic BBS under Ubuntu Linux and is going to show his son how cool this retro hobby can be :) Welcome back to the BBS scene Nick :) 2016-09-04 Two new echoarea have been added to fsxNet. All nodes have been connected to them by default but feel free to delink if you don't want this traffic. The infopack has been updated with new echoarea details. Created - FSX_MYS - Mystic BBS discussions, support and development. Created - FSX_BOT - The first choice for non-human roBOT output. May contain BBS and NET ads, stats reports, telemetry reports, traces of nuts etc. Set your BOT free in this area :) 2016-09-02 Removed - FSX_NETS - BBS Networks, Infopacks, Nodelists file base. Renamed - FSX_NODE - Weekly Nodelists (fsxNet, etc.) Renamed - FSX_INFO - Weekly Infopacks (fsxNet, etc.) I am starting to cut down and rationalise some of the file areas on the NET. Contents posted to this area will be migrated to FSX_INFO and FSX_NODE so that both of those file bases carry not just fsxNet infopacks and nodelists but also the equivalent files for other NETs. I figure this is a smarter way to use the file bases. And I really want to support other NETs. The added upside of this is that if you are using Mystic to import nodelists for a [MergeNodelists] MUTIL activity then you can start to point all of your nodefile=\path\to\nodelist statements to the same file base :) Update - Usenet Newsgroups I'm experimenting with using net 2 as a means to distribute Usenet newsgroups to nodes that want a bi-directional FTN<>NNTP gateway. Using 21:2/xxx addresses may be the way to do this. Have addded some new nodes to help with testing that will start soon. Still a work in progress. Added - Node 110 - Rusty Mailbox BBS Added - Node 122 - Necronomicon BBS Added - Node 165 - Miskatonic BBS Added - Node - 166 - Datanet BBS (AUS) Welcome from Melbourne, Australia to Steve Ellis aka rEApz :) rEApZ is running a Mystic BBS under Debian Linux and is returning to the BBS scene. He was last active in the 90's and is now mucking around (his words) with echomail etc. and having fun. Welcome rEApZ, nice to have you in the NET + bolstering the Australian membership. I think the Aussies have caught up with the Kiwis now :) Changed - Node 129 - SpaceSST BBS (CAN) Luc has advised he has major hardware problems and has no time at present to rebuild his system nor will not invest money in hardware to fix it. So I have marked his system as DOWN for now and made his node inactive. Let's see if he returns or not? 2016-08-24 Revised - file_id.diz I am having some issues processing infopack hatching when I include the ASCII artwork kindly donated by RiPuk. Until I nail down the niggles I've reverted to the older file_id.diz for ASCII but have included the .ans version also should systems choose to use it. Added - Node 165 - Miskatonic BBS (ITA). As I write this Italy has just been hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake. I was deeply worried for our newest member - Antonio Capone who is the first from that amazing country to join the NET. I'm glad to report he's OK. Phew. Antonio is based in Grosseto and using a Mystic BBS system on a Raspberry Pi. He's very keen on retro stuff and we're very happy to have him as part of the community - welcome :) 2016-08-21 Added - Node 164 - Beyond Systems BBS (SWE). Based in Gavle we welcome Mattias Larsson to fsxNet :) Mattias is running a Mystic BBS powered by Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and is the third node to join that is based in Sweden. Added - Node 163 - Dreamland BBS (USA) from North Hollywood it's a warm welcome to Tony Master aka Dream Master. DM runs DoreNet and is a Mystic BBS user from way back. He's also a MPL programmer who has created a number of cool mods etc. Welcome DM, nice to have you with us - watch out for the mod requests coming your way :) Changed - Node 140 - HappyLand BBS is no more, replaced by Underland BBS Andrew sadly had a HDD crash and lost his system so this is a new replacement BBS using the same node number. 2016-08-20 Updated - file_id.diz The fsxnet.zip infopack has been updated to include new ANSI and ASCII artwork for the file_id.diz description file that ships inside the pack. The artwork has been kindly donated by RiPuk of force9 BBS in London and slightly modfifed by Avon since. Thanks RiPuk for the artwork :) 2016-08-14 Added - Node 162 - Razor's Domain BBS (USA) - He's back.. Hi and welcome to Kevin Nunn who ran many versions of his BBS back in the 90's. Now time poor (like us all ) he's giving Mystic a crack to avoid messing with Allfix + FastEcho + BinkD etc Welcome back Kevin - feel free to ask lots of questions :) Added - Node 161 - The Search BBS (USA) - Hello and welcome to Karl Harris who joins the NET with a Mystic system set up and running using a Raspberry Pi. Have fun Karl and thanks for taking the time to join fsxNet :) 2016-08-13 Added - Node 160 - SLiME CiTY BBS (SWE)- Welcome to David Jacoby aka m00p who is running a Mystic system under Windows. David is based in Ahus in Sweden. Great to have you with us m00p :) Added - Node 159 - The GateHouse BBS (CAN) - Welcome to John Riley who is setting up a Mystic system using a Raspberry Pi and is based in Ontario, Canada. Great to have you as part of the NET John - welcome :) 2016-08-11 Added - Node 158 - Starlight BBS (NLD) - Welcome to Lars van Dijk who is setting up a Mystic system running under Linux. 2016-08-10 Added - Node 157 - Shadowscope BBS (USA) - Welcome to Richard Miles from Temple, Georgia, USA. Running a Mystic system and just getting set up in a move from Synchronet. Created - systems.txt This is a BBS list that was the brainchild of Solaris of Error404 BBS. It's curated by him and updated as time permits. It lists systems that carry fsxNet and is based on recent nodelists. You will find this file in the infopack. Thanks Solaris 2016-08-09 Added - Node 156 - Oxford Mills Remote BBS (CAN) - A warm welcome to Mike/Mick Manning who joins fsxNet from Campbellford in Canada. That's six members based in Canada now. Created - FSX_NETS - BBS Networks, Infopacks, Nodelists This file base is to support other BBS Networks and aims to carry their latest infomation packs etc. I wonder who will spot this change first? :) 2016-08-07 Removed - FSX_MYS - The Mystic BBS discussions and support echo area has been retired for now as the author (g00r00) has announced he is taking a break for several months. Rather than have an echoarea with lower levels of traffic we have migrated all posts back in to the FSX_GEN echoarea for now. Added - Node 155 - Gerlach BBS (SVK) - Welcome to Dominik Madarasz who is based in Zvolen, Slovakia. It's great to have you as as a member of fsxNet :) Added - Node 154 - Stepping Stone BBS (USA) - Greetings to Jon Justvig of Wichita, KS. it's nice to have you with us Jon :) 2016-08-01 Added - Node 153 - Solar Pi BBS (USA) - Welcome aboard to Corey Reichle who hails from Buffalo, NY USA. Running a Raspberry Pi and just getting in to Mystic BBSing. 2016-07-31 Added - Node 152 - 2nd Choice Core (NZ) - Mystic system run by Sysop Ian Seagers 2016-07-30 Created - FSX_MYS - A new echoarea with a focus on Mystic BBS discussions and support. 2016-07-23 Added - Node 151 - Solar BBS (USA) - Welcome to Dave Holtzman :) 2016-07-19 Added - Node 150 - Southend BBS (Denmark) - Welcome to returning sysop Lars Wiberg who is based in the city of Frederikshavn :) Created - history.txt This is a new file that ships within the fsxNet infopack. This contains a full record of the changelog. Only the most recent 10 changelog records will remain within the nodelist to help keep nodelist file size down. Created - FSXNET1.ANS Added to the infopack. This is ANSI art that can be used to promote fsxNet. It's been kindly donated by David Stephens aka RiPuk - thanks 2016-07-18 Added - Node 149 - reDMud System BBS (USA) - Big hellow and welcome to David Snyder :) 2016-07-11 Added - Node 148 - International LiveWire BBS (USA) - Welcome to Allen Prunty 2016-07-10 Added - Node 147 - MPrah BBS (USA) - Welcome to Michael Prah who joins the NET :) 2016-07-09 Created - File Base - FSX_ART - ANSI Art - Groups, Individuals etc. 2016-07-03 Added - Node 126 - Twinke BBS (USA) - Christopher is back but as a private node. Good to see you return Pequito :) Added - Node 146 - Saturn’s Orbit BBS (BRA) - Welcome to Flavio Bessa who is the first node to connect to fsxNet from South America and is based in a city about to host the summer Olympics Added - Node 145 - Mystic Pi BBS (USA) - Welcome Brian Wallace it's great to have you with us :) 2016-07-02 Created - File Base - FSX_DOOR - BBS Doors, Games etc. 2016-06-30 Added - Node 144 - Aloryn Avalon BBS (USA) - Welcome to Joshua Cain who is setting up his first Mystic system :) Added - Node 143 - Bridge BBS (AUS) - Tony Langdon has a new Mystic system now running fulltime. Down - Node 126 - Twinkle BBS - Christopher is offline for a time but will hopefully return when he's able to. 2016-06-24 Added - Node 142 - SmokyThing BBS (USA) - Welcome to Shannon Kuchler :) Added - Region 2 - Usenet Added - Node 100 - Usenet HUB Added - Node 101 - Agency BBS I'm experimenting with using region 2 as a means to distribute Usenet newsgroups to nodes that want a bi-directional FTN<>NNTP gateway. Using 21:2/xxx addresses may be the way to do this. It's a WIP. 2016-06-23 Removed - File Base - FSX_MGKA - Magicka BBS Software, Utils etc. Created - File Base - FSX_BBS - BBS Software MagickaBBS is not under active development, so have removed this file base and merged files from FSX_MGKA in to FSX_BBS this base will carry BBS software other than Mystic BBS Added - Node 141 - Pie33 BBS (NLD) - Welcome to Moises Aranas our first node that is based in the Netherlands :) 2016-06-19 Added - Node 140 - HappyLand BBS (AUS) - Gidday to Andrew Pamment setting up an Enigma 1/2 BBS 2016-06-11 Added - Node 139 - Satellite of Madness BBS (USA) - Hi to Matthew Blocker 2016-06-09 Added - Node 138 - The Cell Block BBS (CAN) - Gidday to Blair Lovell Added - Node 137 - Nitemare Cafe BBS (USA) - Welcome to Rod Barnhart 2016-06-07 Added - Node 136 - force9 BBS (GBR) - Welcome to David Stephens our first node that is based in the UK :) 2016-05-25 Added - Node 134 - Mystic Prison Board (USA) - Welcome to Ruben Figueroa Added - Node 135 - Return to The Lair of the Wolverine (USA) welcome to Kevin 'Patch" Taylor 2016-05-22 Added - Node 133 - Parity BBS (Canada) - Welcome to Ian McLaughlin 2016-05-15 Removed - 'Advertisment' housekeeping entry as it's been a non-event thus far. "* Please limit the frequency of advertising messages for BBS and Othernets that you post to FSX_GEN to 2-3 times a month. Members are interested to hear about other BBS and/or Othernets - just not every second day :) " >> Further history to be added as time permits << 2015-11-11 Updated - fsxNet now using Zone 21 due to a clash with another Othernet :) Added - Node 102 - Error 404 BBS (USA) - Welcome Todd Zieman 2015-11-08 Added - Node 101 - Agency BBS (NZ) Added - Node 100 - fsxNet HUB (NZ) - fsxNet is born using Zone 18 ====================================================================================