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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
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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: 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
News service to launch soon
Guys,
I’ve managed to get a provisional news over UUCP setup configured on B4GATE, and will be taking this live very soon.
Initially we will only offer UUHECNET internal groups, at the moment I am suggesting the following topics:
- uuhec.admin General admin issues, eventually gated to and from this mailing list
- 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.test Test area for people setting up systems
I am open to suggestions about more topics, drop me a message if you want a feed set up.
Sampsa
And we’re off…
As of about 2100 BST last night, we have officially launched ourselves as UUHEC.NET.
Here’s a copy of the announcement on the HECnet mailing list that kicked the whole thing off:
From: Sampsa Laine To: hecnet Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:52:10 +0100 Subject: Announcement: We've rolled out a retro UUCP network, UUHEC.net
Whilst not strictly HECnet related, I figured as this audience is likely to be full of people who enjoy tinkering with various bits of retro tech stuff and so I thought I'd let you know that we've rolled out a small UUCP "network" between myself, Steve and Fred. It runs over TCP links between our sites, mainly running Taylor UUCP, however one of my hosts runs a 1992 bit of BBS software called Waffle 1.65. Let me know if anyone wants to join in, it's a giggle, really*. I'll even route real internet mail for interested parties** - we have registered the UUHEC.net domain for this purpose. Sampsa * Seriously, check out the crazy Waffle BBS software by logging into CHIMPY as the user B4BBS and then log on as WAFFLE at B4BBS. It's default messages keep cracking me up, random Zippy the Pinhead quotes all over the place. ** Within reason.