HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: DTB108@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Starlink and Connect USA help
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:20:41 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

This has probably been asked and discussed here many times, but i probably
have missed it. I was wondering if anyone knows how to link into 'Starlink'
or 'Connect USA' via an internet address or a telnet access. Any help would
be very appreciated. Thanks in advance
-Dan DTB108@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Organization: Johannes Kepler University Linz - Computing Center
Date: Monday, 27 Jul 1992 13:13:07 CDT
From: <K317370@ALIJKU11.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: DeMuT BBS...

Has anybody had any experience with the DeMuT BBS? From what i
can gather, it was designed in Vienna, and is quite poular amongst
the kulture/underground scene here in Europe. Can anyone give
me some pointers, I am trying to help set the stuff up for a local
group..

Thanks

Tim
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: bjpocock@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Beastor the Mad)
Subject: Multi-Line BBS's
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 00:17:27 GMT

	Ok... I'm running RA 1.11, and I was wondering about multi-line bbs's.  I want to put 4 lines with the same phonenumber.  I know this is possible, but
I can't find a person who knows how to do it.  Any information would be helpful.
From: psycho@whitebase.ukp.com (Psycho dude)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Kermit vs. Zmodem
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 07:24:07 EDT
Organization: UKP Systems, Middletown, NJ

Which is faster and why do UNIX computers use Kermit?
What is the difference.
L8r
/s'
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
Subject: <request> Internet access...Tulsa, Oklahoma
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:23:02 GMT

Subject says it all...
Planning to move to Tulsa in December...need local access.
Email responses welcome.
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               /America Online: Gargoth
From: pfrazie@andy.bgsu.edu (Paul M. Frazier)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: RA and newsgroups
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:24:41 GMT
Organization: Chez Paul BBS

In article <1992Jul29.162039.10487@uvm.edu> cblaise@moose.uvm.edu.UUCP (Chris Blaise) writes:
>From article <Bs5q9J.L15@andy.bgsu.edu>, by pfrazie@andy.bgsu.edu (Paul M. Frazier):
>> 
>> I am trying to set up a BBS using RA and pulling in usenet newsgroups.  A
>> friend of mine says he can set me up in Opus to do this, but the software 
>> he has (UFGATE?) creates *.MSG format messages.  Is there a way to import 
>> these messages into RA?  Is there a better piece of software to use to 
>> import and export newsgroup messages using RA?  
>>  
>> Any other advice is welcome!
>> 
>> (Not that I dislike Opus that much, I just like RA a lot more.)
>
>	Paul, look for Fredgate at zeus.ieee.org.  You'll find two programs
>that look like FRED19 or FRED18 - get them both.  One has that full 
>documentation in it, the other has the latest version of FredGate.  Fredgate
>creates the .PKT format that most scan/tossers use directly...
> 
> TTYL
> Chris
>



Thanks, Chris.  I've got the files and am looking them over now.

Ciao,
     Paul
From: psycho@whitebase.ukp.com (Psycho dude)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Problem with ftp site
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 07:25:21 EDT
Organization: UKP Systems, Middletown, NJ

v120qldp@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (PATRICK FERREL) writes:

> Hello.  I am looking into various software packages to try.  I tried to get
> Maximus from <wuarchive.wustl.edu>.  There were four files of various sizes a
> with the .zip extension.  But, when I tried to use PkUnzip v. 1.10, I couldn'
> get it to unzip.  It said that "the archive is probably not a .ZIP archive."
> 
> Does anyone know why, or what is wrong?  Does anyone out there have the lates
> version of Maximus in their transfer section?  If so, please let me know your
> number. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Patrick A. Ferrel - Scholar. Helpless romantic. Modem geek.  | Disaster Area
> v120qldp@ubvms.buffalo.edu | WWIVnet 42@7652 | IceNET 1@7659 | (716)683-6657


Well, it was probably compressed with PKzip v1.93a or the hacked PKzip 
v2.01...  or the other hack release of PKzip v1.20 or PKzip v1.01 or PKzip 
v1.02.
L8r
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: jsaker@cwis.unomaha.edu (James R. Saker Jr.)
Subject: Re: Also looking for free Unix bbs software
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:47:41 GMT

pizzi@nervous.com (Riccardo Pizzi) writes:

>UnixBBS 1.03b is available on nic.funet.fi (/pub/unix/386ix/svr4/comm/ubbs)
>but this is an Intel-only release.

Is anyone aware of available BSD4.3 BBS source available (or SVR4 source
easily ported over). I'm particularly interested in something which would
operated well under 386BSD 0.1 with c-news, sendmail, etc.


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.  Network Costing Analyst			Business/MIS Major	   .
.  Telenational Communications			Univ. Nebraska at Omaha	   .
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin)
Subject: Re: Need help using FSCED with Dell's SVR4.
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX System (416-249-5366) 24hrs.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:16:46 GMT

In article <1992Jul20.140216.7507@nervous.com> pizzi@nervous.com (Riccardo Pizzi)  writes:
>In article <1992Jul19.220716.25328@r-node.gts.org> marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
>
>>	On a different vein, I've tried using fsced but changed to
>>another editor because it wouldn't 'add' the old mail/article to
>>be edited...is it supposed to?  Like in a followup?
>
>Sure it does... it includes the old text with quote sign '>' in front (it also
>has an attribution line). This works both for news followups and for email
>replies.
>
	Does it allow editting of the previous message too??  Hmmmm...
maybe I should try it out again and see what happens...maybe I over
looked something :(

Marc
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voice: 249-4230     | shell/feed accounts available   1800+ newsgroups
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs,news.admin
From: marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin)
Subject: Re: Announcing the new name for UnixBBS!
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX System (416-249-5366) 24hrs.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:18:44 GMT

In article <1992Jul20.140612.7593@nervous.com> pizzi@nervous.com (Riccardo Pizzi) writes:
>After receiving so much mail with suggestion for a new name for UnixBBS
>I want to thank you all for your support.
>I've picked a suggestion I liked a lot, this is from Grant DeLorean
>(I was not able to contact you so I want you to know you had a GREAT idea!).
>
>Want to see it? Press SPACE BAR now... :-)
>
>The new name is:
>
>>>> UniBoard <<<
>
>I already changed everything in the code.
>I think this group name should be changed too :-)
>
>Comments on the new name are appreciated (I will not mind on changing it,
>but I am curious anyway).
>
	Does anyone know how to change a group name?  I would prefer
to not make a new group on top of this one, if possible.

Marc
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Rory Toma)
Subject: Also looking for free Unix bbs software
Organization: Not bloody likely around here!
Distribution: alt.bbs.unixbbs
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:51:52 GMT

I am also looking for free bbs software to run on a Sun. Where can I ftp
this UnixBBS/Uniboard software from?

Thanks
--
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Opinionated and tunnel-visioned? Darn right. But then, my employer really
doesn't know what I'm talking about anyway...
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: squevill@yo_dud.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Stephane Quevillon)
Subject: UnixBBS for Sun
Keywords: sun bbs
Reply-To: squevill@qe.bell.ca
Organization: OD, Bell Canada
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:47:30 GMT

Hi there, anyone can tell me to get UnixBBS for a Sun (SunOS 4.1.1) ?

Thanks.
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
From: pizzi@nervous.com (Riccardo Pizzi)
Subject: Re: Also looking for free Unix bbs software
Reply-To: pizzi@nervous.com (Riccardo Pizzi) 
Organization: The Nervous XTC Public Access Unix System, Rimini, ITALY
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 14:48:40 GMT

In article <TOMA.92Jul27005152@db.TC.Cornell.EDU> toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Rory Toma) writes:

>I am also looking for free bbs software to run on a Sun. Where can I ftp
>this UnixBBS/Uniboard software from?

UnixBBS 1.03b is available on nic.funet.fi (/pub/unix/386ix/svr4/comm/ubbs)
but this is an Intel-only release.
UniBoard 1.10 will be available as soon as it will be released on the same
ftp site, in Intel format first and for Sun Sparc sometime later... watch this
group for announcements.
Also UnixBBS/UniBoard is NOT free (it is *really* cheap however).

Rick
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 30 Jul 1992 01:41:46 CDT
From: A.D. <U55052@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: BBS'S IN Chicago

Could someone please E-mail me a list of bbs's in the Chicago area.
Preferably 312 but 708 is OK also. Thanks in advance.

Alex -->U55052@UICVM.UIC.EDU
From: cleveland.Freenet.E!cc192@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: TRADEWARS 2002 v1.03
Date: 23 Jul 92 04:25:00 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant


They are definately on Fidonet.
Version 1.03 is the latest.
They have three lines now 832-2888 is the new number.
-- 
>From Lawrence KS, Home of the Jayhawks and,
Quantrill's Raid BBS 913-843-2115
From: johnd@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com (John Decatur)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: RBBS?
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:02:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Concurrent - Oceanport NJ

Could anyone tell me if theres an email/news interface 
for RBBS 17.3 b ? 

Thanks much in advance.... johnd 

flames and abuse >/dev/null 8-)
From: jwaleke@tcedge.mi.org (Jim Waleke)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: SYSOP BUSTED FOR PORNO IN OHIO!
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:58:06 GMT
Organization: EXCELSIOR! Tech Support BBS (313) 77-AMIGA
X-BBS-Software: EXCELSIOR! v0.95r

The thing is.  The Government doesn't think you are old enough to make your 
own decision at 15/16.  That's what counts with the XXX laws, not how you or 
the SysOp feels.
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: ibe@world.std.com (ira b ekhaus)
Subject:  access to internet (email mostly) in  minden LA (318) ?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:14:05 GMT

hello,

I'd like to maintain an email correspondence with someone
in  Minden, Lousiana (area code 318).
I'm told that  Compuserve can  only be reached with a toll call,
so I'm looking for another  path to  the internet.
If there is nothing local, does anyone know of bbs's that provide
tie lines to enable toll calls to be local ?

thanks,
ira
From: bforob@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (WBFO 88.7 FM -- Rob Rothkopf)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Doorways (DOORWAY), etc.
Keywords: QModem, Doorway
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:15:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I'm looking for a DOORWAY to a DOS shell; I've used a program called DOORWAY 
that is distributed with QModem and it works very well.  Its only drawback is 
that it takes 58K (appx) of memory away from other programs (and I'm not sure 
how much the author wants to register it).

Could you recommend any particular Doorway program that will work just as well 
(or better) with less overhead?

Thanx!
--Rob
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: jerryg@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Gaiser)
Subject: Re: Is there a FIDO beginners guide?
Organization: Supercomputer Systems Division, Intel Corp.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:45:19 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.024506.1299@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver) writes:
>
>> I'm not sure when you tried last, but I haven't been able to 
>> connect via ftp to m2xenix for quite some time. All I ever get 
>> is "Service not available, remote server has closed connection".
>
>Hmmm ... interesting ... I was in there heavily over the weekend (yep ...
>as of last night it was still there) ... hang on a sec ...
>
> ... just tried there again (check the time/date on this post) and it's up
>and running ... hmmm ...

Hmmm, indeed. I just tried it again and I still get the same message. Guess I'm
going to have to do some investigating.
-- 
Jerry Gaiser
         Usenet: jerryg@ssd.intel.com
        Fidonet: 1:105/380
           PBBS: n7pwf@n7pwf.or.usa.na
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (tim clinkenpeel)
Subject: Re: where to ftp msdos BBS software? 
Reply-To: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:00:08 GMT

pauls@icecreambar.css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
>If you even think of using WWIV, get the last issue of 2600 to find out  
>how to protect yourself from some evil loopholes

could you please elaborate as to what '2600' is?
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From: notable.com!daven@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: terminal control codes
Date: 22 Jul 92 04:09:00 GMT
Organization: Notable Technologies, Inc.
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant


In article <1992Jul21.040543.16615@wybbs.mi.org> (alt.bbs,comp.terminals), 
kennii@wybbs.mi.org writes:
| [shuford@cs.utk.edu] "Richard Shuford" writes:
| > [kennii@wybbs.mi.org] "Kenn Booth II" writes:
| > >
| > > Could someone send or post a complete list of the ANSI codes?
| > 
| > Until the next Great Disk Space Crunch, a file containing a summary of
| > the control codes of the ANSI standard [ ... ]
| > is available for anonymous FTP from the host CS.UTK.EDU  (128.169.201.1).
| 
| Well, ok, but I cannot FTP. I'm on a UUCP site,
| not a TCP/IP site, so I say again, could someone
| SEND or POST a list of the ANSI escape sequences?
| 
| (I do appreciate the pointers, however...)

I've mailed you the file Richard Shufford mentioned.

Cheers!

--Dave

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Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: Erik.Paulson@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Erik Paulson)
Subject: TAGBBS
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 18:19:48 GMT

Hi, I was wondering where I can find tag bbs utilities for FTP... I am
particulaly interested in a better dos shell, and a two way chat like
WWIV. if you have one, could you please mail me at
paulsne@pandora.uwec.edu thanks.


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From: v120qldp@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (PATRICK FERREL)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: BBS Summary
Date: 28 Jul 92 02:53:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <DRoioB17w164w@whitebase.ukp.com>, psycho@whitebase.ukp.com (Psycho dude) writes... 
> 
>Well, I've run WWIV before and you can't access any of the SysOpcommands 
>without shelling and running the editor program.

Wrongo!  //LOG gives you the daily log.  //YLOG gives you yesterday's log. 
//UEDIT gives you the user editor.  //BOARDEDIT gives the message base editor. 
//MAILR allows you to read the mail, etc, etc, etc.

>and there is no SysOp menu which makes everything kinda difficult.  

WRONG AGAIN!  Just type, /? and you get the SysOp/CoSysOp Menu.

As they say, READ THE FU*KING MANUAL!!

>I prefer Tgard because I liked the functions from WWIV, but a SysOp menu was 
>really helpful and I liked Tgard's menus.

The only difference is that Telecrap uses ANSI in its menus.  If you want fancy
ANSI menus with WWIV, just make your own and slap it into MENUSANS.MSG, and 
there you go.  All the commands are the same.

Patrick A. Ferrel - Scholar. Helpless romantic. Modem geek.  | Disaster Area
v120qldp@ubvms.buffalo.edu | WWIVnet 42@7652 | IceNET 1@7659 | (716)683-6657
From: tim.meade%theweb@meaddata.com (Tim Meade) 
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: UUPCB SITE SURVEY - PCBOA
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:12:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Web BBS 1-513-436-9011 6 Lines 1200 News groups 50,000 files!
Reply-To: tim.meade%theweb@meaddata.com (Tim Meade) 

to:mide@batpad.lgb.ca.us

Greetings Mike from THEWEB PCBoard BBS!

I am running UUPCB on a 6 node system

513-436-9036 is the first line in the chain.

I have free acces with extended access for $45.

I carry a full newsfeed of about 1700 news groups.

50,000 files online with over 9,000 adult files.

All speed supported. All 386 computers.

Let me know if you need more.. Also Major RIME hub with 300 confrences
there....

                        ..TIm
                                                        
Xref: sparky alt.bbs.waffle:4687 comp.bbs.waffle:1437
From: rop@hacktic.nl (Rop Gonggrijp)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.waffle,comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Trouble with CRON
Date: 25 Jul 92 03:15:44 GMT
Organization: Hack-Tic Magazine

I seem to be having a problem with the waffle CRON:

Some jobs don;t get executed, but the system logs them as

            some time and date <con> call whatever

Where whatever is a batch-file I wish to run. Sometimes it says

            some time and date <com1> call whatever

And then it worked. What makes the <com> or <com1> difference, and how can
I make all the CRON jobs 'go to' com1?

All help appreciated.


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Xref: sparky alt.bbs.waffle:4688 comp.bbs.waffle:1481
From: Pat Cain <patrick@sideways.welly.gen.nz>
Newsgroups: alt.bbs.waffle,comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Trouble with CRON
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:12:54 GMT
Reply-To: Pat Cain <cain_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>
Organization: SillyNews, Sideways bulletin board, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

rop@hacktic.nl (Rop Gonggrijp) in <P6JFoB1w165w@hacktic.nl> writes:
> I seem to be having a problem with the waffle CRON:
> Some jobs don;t get executed.

Not sure if this would be the cause of the problem, but if you're
calling batch files in the schedule file then you should have
"call batchfile", for example:

 5  1 * * * e:\waffle\bin\stats
10  1 * * * call pollwcc
20  1 * * * call dobond
 0 19 * * * copy e:\waffle\text\peak.msg e:\waffle\text\files
30 23 * * * call pollcave

If you don't have "call" when calling batch files then jobs will be
dropped if more than one job gets delayed by a user online or whatever.

This is due to the way DOS does batch files .. in the above example, if
a user was online from 1:00 to 1:25 then "e:\waffle\bin\stats", "call
pollwcc", and "call dobond" would be put one after another in
waffle/bin/cron.bat:
  e:\waffle\bin\stats
  call pollwcc
  call dobond

 then Waffle would exit and run it then return.


But, if I had just "e:\waffle\bin\stats", "pollwcc", and "dobond" then
Waffle would create a batchfile cron.bat:
  e:\waffle\bin\stats
  pollwcc
  dobond

When DOS runs that it runs e:\waffle\bin\stats okay since it's a DOS
executable.  But because pollwcc doesn't have a CALL before it, it runs
it then when it's finished it exits back to the run.bat batch file, and
DOBOND never gets run.  This is possibly what is happening to you --
check your schedule file and see if there are CALLs before every batch
file, if not them put some in..
From: kr@jet.uk (Kenneth Reed)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Is there a FIDO beginners guide?
Date: 21 Jul 92 09:31:29 GMT
Organization: Joint European Torus

Sorry if this is not quite the group to ask but this is the closest
that our site lets in.

Does anyone know if there are any files anywhere that would be of use
to Fido neophytes, for example explaining echomail, netmail, points,
etc.?

The sort of level I'm thinking of is someone moving from BBS calling
to becoming a point or node and, perhaps, starting a BBS.

Many thanks

Ken
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver)
Subject: Re: Problem with ftp site
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 14:49:17 GMT


I've not had trouble getting PkZip 1.10 to work on the wuarchive files ...
at least, not any I've d/l'ed ...

 ... however, I have come across a strange thing I must do on my local
node before I d/l to my PC.  I'm running from a VMS site, and after I get
a file, I need torun it through a .COM file (VMS script) we call PCFIX ...
which (to the best of my understanding) does a bit of byte shifting on the
file.  If I don't PCFIX the file _before_ I d/l it to my PC, the resulting
archive is garbled (pkzip can read the zip directory, but claims CRC
errors on every file I try to unpack ... and even PKZIPFIX won't resurrect
the problem).

If you're interested, I'll e-mail you a copy of the PCFIX.COM file
(assuming you're running into the net from a VMS machine ... if you're on
a unix machine, I'm afraid all my typing above is moot, I'm not sure what
to do then :)

-Scotty

Newsgroups: alt.bbs