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Not sure whether to be proud of the stuff I’ve built or ashamed of how far from my original idea of a Waffle clone I’ve arrived at:
It’s just not Waffle
Pyffle v0.2 announced!
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Pyffle v0.2 announced!
Guys, I’ve just got a release of Pyffle v0.2 (OK the version numbers are
arbitrary and don’t show up everywhere in the code etc) as a
VMware appliance as well as an OVA for you VirtualBox users..
Just download it, boot it up and follow the (relatively) simple instructions
on the web page (which will be updated once the files are up there*).
Highlights of this version:
- Preconfigured Taylor UUCP setup ready to connect to UUHECNET.
- OVA version for VirtualBox users.
-sampsa
* Due to my insanely slow connection here in Lebanon, it might be up to
48 hours before the new files show up on the site. Will keep you posted
as and when this is done.
Pyffle BBS v0.01 released today
[Reposted from comp.bbs.waffle]
Pyffle BBS – Waffle for the New American Century
Pyffle was created as a tribute to the coolest BBS software ever in existence, Waffle.
Unfortunately the only version floating around nowadays is a binary-only copy of version 1.65 for DOS from 1993 or so (which I do run on B4BBS, http://sampsa.com/b4bbs, through DOSBOX, with UUCP and everything) as the Unix sources have gone missing – this prompted the creation of Pyffle, the Python re-implementation of Waffle for Unix.
You can test drive it by telnetting to hq.pyffle.com
I’ve also built a ready-to-run VMWare VM for running Pyffle without all the annoying hassle of setting up Postgres and stuff yourself.
See http://www.uuhec.net/pyffle-bbs/pyffle-turnkey-vmware-appliance/ for details on downloading and setting the VM up.
Sampsa
New feature at Pyffle HQ: The CP/M-O-Tron
A funky new feature for you 8-bit retrofans has been added to Pyffle HQ: CP/M-O-Tron.
Basically, you get a customised Altair Z80 instance running CP/M 2.2 and MP/M (yes, MP/M!).
Just log in to hq.pyffle.com (register an account if you haven’t one) and type CPM at the main prompt.
Pyffle GUI – 1994 called, and wanted it’s fat clients back!
Yes, so I decided to kill some time and learn QT programming in Python and knocked out a graphical front-end to Pyffle (the least user-friendly BBS software ever, so there’s irony there too).
Here’s some screenshots..
Login screen:
Login screen
Main window:
Main window
Message area / mail inbox:
Message area
Message composition:
Message entry
Chat interface:
Chat window
Private messages:
Private messages..
Pyffle: Feedback, and it’s GOOD
Well, someone on comp.bbs.waffle saw my shameless plug and had a look, and liked what they saw:
From: minding To: system Subj: hurrah! [....] Too cool! DECADES ago now, I happenstanced upon a neato Waffle v1.64 board called China Cat Sunflower, I felt, and still do, that it made computers worthwhile again. Now I find Pyffle! You can imagine my general elation! I'm so grateful to have found a WAFFLE system! Hurrah! [....]
Pyffle: Waffle reborn
(crossposted from comp.bbs.waffle)
Chaps,
In a fit of madness I decided to write a Waffle BBS clone in Python, which is now sufficiently far along that I’ve decided to announce its existence to anyone who might still be reading this newsgroup 
If you happen to be interested, telnet to hq.pyffle.com for the test board, more details can be found at www.pyffle.com
sampsa
Playing with ReGIS and SIXEL graphics…
I managed to get PATHWORKS running on a Windows NT 4.0 VM last night and noticed that it came with Excursion, a rather good X server for Win32.
Anyway, I used that to log into RHESUS, launched a DECterm and ran gnuplot with ReGIS as output. The results are quite nifty I’m sure you’ll agree:
Here’s another one with ReGIS and SIXEL (DEC-specific bitmap format graphics), still in DECterm:
News service somewhat live
As announced earlier, I was in the process of setting up a news service on B4GATE.
I am now satisfied that it works and am more than happy to set up feeds to members.
The current list of newsgroups is as follows:
uuhec.admin General UUHECNET admin issues uuhec.hardware Discussion re: retro hardware uuhec.uucp General discussion about UUCP uuhec.dec Discussion about DEC hardware uuhec.vms OpenVMS forum uuhec.unix UNIX/Linux etc forum uuhec.waffle Waffle BBS discussion uuhec.random Random banter uuhec.decnet DECNET networking forum uuhec.hecnet Forum for members of the hobbyist DECNET, HECnet uuhec.mac Macintosh (OS X) discussion uuhec.mac.classic Classic Mac (System 1-9) uuhec.8bit General 8-bit retrocomputing forum uuhec.8bit.cbm Commodore 8-bit retrocomputing forum uuhec.8bit.cpm CP/M and 8080/Z80 retrocomputing forum uuhec.8bit.apple Apple I/II/III retrocomputing forum uuhec.test Test area for people setting up systems
Chat service launched
Guys,
I’ve enabled Google Talk for the UUHEC.NET domain, I suggest I set up accounts for all of us, it’s a nice little service, based on Jabber, so you can use any client you wish (i.e. it’s not limited to Google Talk). Personally I’m using Adium, being a Mac user.
Please drop me a note if you want an account, I’ll then set this up for you.
If you already have a Jabber/Google Talk account, I can be reached at admin (at) uuhec.net
Sampsa