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  • Re: An original essay on Humour & Life

    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to George Pope on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 10:44:27
    Btw your text had some chars that did not convert properly in
    Aftershock.

    What is Aftershock -- I notice a lot of chars don't make it through Fido, in general.

    Aftershock is an app to run Fido on an Android.

    It is currently maintained.

    You can reach the author, Anatoly Vdovichev, at 2:292/854.180 ...

    There's a support-echo AFTERSHOCK for it which originates from this node and is distributed to:

    1:229/426
    2:221/1
    2:292/140
    2:292/8125
    2:301/1
    2:225/364
    2:410/9
    4:80/1

    ... and from there leads its own life, pretty good distribution and usage.

    \%/@rd

    --- DB4 - 20230201
    * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)
  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to WARD DOSSCHE on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 07:38:00
    There's a support-echo AFTERSHOCK for it which originates from this node and i
    distributed to:

    1:229/426

    I will pick it up here, too.

    Mike

    * SLMR 2.1a * Final scores: Deep Space 9, Babylon 5, Earth 2.
    --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
    * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Mike Powell on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 15:02:10
    I will pick it up here, too.

    Aftershock is a very interesting product, certainly for point-operators, even on smartphone. I've used and still have it active on a tablet (which I haven't looked at since 2019)...

    \%/@rd

    --- DB4 - 20230201
    * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)
  • From George Pope@1:153/757 to Terry Roati on Monday, September 30, 2024 12:29:22
    You can use Newstap on a iPhone and connect to any BBS that supports NNTP & fidonet.
    The lite version is free.

    Ok, I got the Newstap Lite app installed, but my ISP has recently canceled their provision of an NNTP server. Do you know of any free ones available that I can connect to in Newstap, please?

    I found a list of free NNTP servers, but I can't seem to connect to any of them. Newstap keeps saying "cannot connect"; I've no idea if it's me screwing up how I p[ut the server name in the app, or other settings. . .

    ok, back to the funnies. . .

    Q: What do you call a group of network engineers? A: An outage

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Terry Roati@3:712/1321 to George Pope on Sunday, March 09, 2025 09:01:32
    Hi George,

    Sorry, I only just saw this message.

    I run my own NNTP server (tfb-bbs.org) but I can't connect to it using Newstap any longer. It used to work ok but can't get to work any longer.

    Terry


    On Sep 30, 2024 12:36pm, George Pope wrote to Terry Roati:

    You can use Newstap on a iPhone and connect to any BBS that supports NNTP
    &
    fidonet.
    The lite version is free.

    Ok, I got the Newstap Lite app installed, but my ISP has recently
    canceled their provision of an NNTP server. Do you know of any free
    ones available that I can connect to in Newstap, please?

    I found a list of free NNTP servers, but I can't seem to connect to any
    of them. Newstap keeps saying "cannot connect"; I've no idea if it's
    me screwing up how I p[ut the server name in the app, or other
    settings. . .

    ok, back to the funnies. . .

    Q: What do you call a group of network engineers? A: An outage

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
    SEEN-BY: 712/1321

    ... Platinum Xpress & Wildcat!..... Nice!!!!
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: The File Bank BBS! https://tfb-bbs.org (3:712/1321)
  • From George Pope@1:153/757 to Terry Roati on Monday, March 10, 2025 06:16:02
    Hi George,
    Sorry, I only just saw this message.
    I run my own NNTP server (tfb-bbs.org) but I can't connect to it using Newstap
    any longer. It used to work ok but can't get to work any longer.

    The Filebank BBS, eh?

    How do I connect via telnet client? (I use SyncTERM)

    Weird -- Google(via Chrome) just warned me about using COPY on Google(dot com)

    hmm. . a house divided?

    NM telnet,I see you have it all listed on a login screen. .. nice!

    So welcome me to Australia! *LOL*

    I've been in New Zealand (virtually) a lot, & via a book series I'm currently reading, that takes place in late 19th century South Island, when the Brits are just attempting to take the islands back as a profitable colony of her royal highness Queen Victoria. The Maori aren't so inclined to let it happen, though, & know a few tricks the recosats never learned. (like being QUIET when you attack, & f your Queensbury Rules & such, like if your throat needs slitting, it's happening, even if it's before 09h00 & you're dead asleep, dreaming of smoked kippers & eggs.

    ok, ok, on with the jokes/puns:

    Q: What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A: A pouch potato.

    IĈm roo-tinely happy when IĈm in Australia.

    "Trump is not my president!
    (so you support Biden?)
    "I live in Sydney, Australia."

    Cheers, mate!

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)