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some progress announcements and i will now use this thread going forward to post progression...

last night i was successful in integrating fidonet into a worldgroup 3.20 base install using the tools i created.

with that said...

it doesn't mean its ready for all sysops to run fidonet via their ...

banjaxster wrote:
> can you tell me how to make the worldgrup client
> i have worldgroup 3.20

from offline utils.... run WGSMKWGM

banjaxster wrote:
> I lost my wg server machine and had to move my bbs to a new machine
> I like to use cs mode for sysop uses
> can someone tell me the name of the cs file?
> i have access my hard drive from the old server just dont know the name of
> the cs mode file

mine is WG320CLI.EXE ...

i am currently testing a new deployment of 64 bit integers in the Tele-Arena 5.6 port.
this will eliminate the 2.1 billion exp limitation and allow up to 9.2 quadrillion.
why i know this seems a bit much i have internally limited the numbers to 9.9 billion.
for those playing the original still and ...

iunderwood wrote:
> That worked.
>
> Also found an archive of MajorTCP 1.78. Thankfully, I still have my codes
> for this one, too.
>
> The ICO that’s part of the free bundle has issues.
>
> Thanks again!

i have all the originals if ya ever wanna upgrade. major tcp 1.0 all the way to 3.xx (3.xx ...

iunderwood wrote:
> Did anyone acquire the proper IP for the HVS modules, particularly the
> auto-validator and the newsroom?
>
> If so, would that entity have the ability to generate a legitimate key for
> me?

not sure. i wrote my own few years back when i was doing email validations
but it ...

iunderwood wrote:
> Is it possible to generate the 6.25 installation disk set? If I recall
> correctly, at least one of them was tied to the BBS number, as well as the
> requisite user pack that would be used for additional upgrades to the
> license count.
>
> The reason I am asking is that I'm ...

Rhetro wrote:
> Hello!
> Noob here.
>
> So. I'm just jumping into this after....oh, about 40 years or so.
>
> I just got a new alarm system that doesn't use my landline anymore.
>
> Question:
>
> I have an old Atari 800 with an 830 modem. I would LOVE to jump into this
> retro-computer thing ...

Duckula wrote:
> How's this progressing Daniel?

been spending the time browsing through old bbs softwares like spitfire, vbbs, renegade, alot of older
smaller packages; i have the mjrfido addon, ofc its dated but trying to understand what it was doing.

most the old bbs software just used the same ...

synexo wrote:
> Thank you very much Daniel, much appreciated, downloading from your board.

anytime... i got thousands of files, just not all online in a single place.. working on a master repo other bbs's can link to