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   Message 288 of 718   
   Joseph Cronin to Bob   
   Re: Get a NNTP IHAVE feed for your BBS!   
   17 Feb 05 06:39:00   
   
   From: joe.cronin@nospamm.ccsnet.com   
      
   Nope sorry...   
      
      
   "Bob"  wrote in message   
   news:t3u7119o48fasip1fqu4qe78j1r82cb2pt@4ax.com...   
   > Joe,   
   >   
   >    Do you have the Linux version of MBBS?   
   >   
   >    Bob   
   >   
   > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:15:55 -0500, "Joseph Cronin"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Yea I still run a WG BBS. I also have a lot of old Linux ver on cd. I   
   could   
   > >get your the image files if you want.   
   > >   
   > >Joe   
   > >   
   > >"brad"  wrote in message   
   > >news:1115r0p5s9crq9a@corp.supernews.com...   
   > >>   
   > >> "Joseph Cronin"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:c813d$4212a917$45a45295$3511@allthenewsgroups.com...   
   > >> > I rember you... did you connect to my DMA server?   
   > >> >   
   > >> > Joe   
   > >> >   
   > >> >   
   > >>   
   > >> yeah..probably..i forget the name was it paradox? i connected to a   
   couple   
   > >at   
   > >> that time they were offered...   
   > >> do you still have a wg system up....?   
   > >>   
   > >> yeah...main problem here is no help..i have a bunch of stuff that would   
   > >> really liven up someones www site in   
   > >> this area of the woods (southern minnesota, mankato)..but   
   alas...everyone   
   > >> just wants dull www page front ends   
   > >> on there web server platforms and leased lines out here..   
   > >>   
   > >> i've said this before ...but have no time i prob need to start some   
   kinda   
   > >> retro computer club (apple //, c64..that era)   
   > >> or/combo bbs related group to get this beast revived..but have no   
   > >time...for   
   > >> the junk i have around here computer wise...   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> by the way...anyone out there know anything about real ancient linux   
   > >> stuff....i need linux ver 1.2 i think it was compiled   
   > >> and ready to run....i want to experiment with my worldgroup for linux   
   > >(sorry   
   > >> guys can't hand it out gcom and the rest know i   
   > >> have it and it has my reg number on it..so unless you can get perm from   
   > >them   
   > >> in writing i can't release it...i've had 2 developers   
   > >> try and never heard a thing....so i don't think it is happening..even   
   > >though   
   > >> officially wg for linux is abandonware..or so it was stated   
   > >> back in the day when they dumped it......go figure...   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> anyway anyone know about this kinda stuff...let me know...i don't   
   program   
   > >> and making kernals confuses me..but the   
   > >> wg for linux stuff is soo.....old it won't work with any thing but a   
   > >kernal   
   > >> built with the 1.2 version...or i suppose if someone   
   > >> had such on a bare hd that might get me to try it...with it   
   installed..ie   
   > >> idiot proof i know nothing of linux and my linux guru   
   > >> friend had no luck with any package above 1.2 even old 3.0 stuff....if   
   i   
   > >> remeber right they changed the name of the copy or install   
   > >> comand ..the executable program file just thought we were daft..when we   
   > >did   
   > >> the standard linux execute command...or so we think   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> hard to play with stuff and see if it works if you can't get an o/s for   
   it   
   > >>   
   > >> also...of course....i can't copy (nor read) the linux floppy disks that   
   > >came   
   > >> with it for sun, linux, bsd etc...this is for the 1.01   
   > >> upgrade from wg 1.00 linux....to 1.01 .....now that i prob could pass   
   > >> out...but alas unless someone knows of a copy pkg that can copy   
   > >> this disk on a ms dos machine to another floppy i can't do that   
   > >> either....(of course i suppose it could be possible they are   
   > >> blank..but they seem to be the standard....ok....you have wg installed   
   now   
   > >> put in floppy for 1.01 patch type of thing when   
   > >> you install the system...assuming i could install the   
   > >system...arrgh....and   
   > >> viola your version is 1.01 kinda thing...knowing wg   
   > >> other errors then pop up..and off you continue on the contived install   
   > >> process.....   
   > >>   
   > >> anyway having all this worldgroup stuff ...is like having a 1939   
   > >> porche....really neat ...but no garage to put it in....sigh   
   > >>   
   > >> brad   
   > >> former sysop lost-gonzo.com   
   > >> mrbrad AT ll.net   
   > >>   
   > >> (of course anyone here is welcome to move to mankato, minnesota where i   
   > >> think the temp now is around 18 degree F.....)   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
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