Well.. there *is* a certain cool factor accessing echomail in a portable and literally mobile way. btw, I took someone else's observation of bottom posting yeah, this is easier. :D

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Well Sir, After reading Your mention of Bottom Posting I guess I will go back to that since ithe [Quote] button on the BBS shows the quoted text and it is easier for This Old Lazy Bugger to begin typing below the quote instead of scrolling to the top of it to start my Reply.
Thanks August.
Ed
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August Abolins wrote to Mortar M. <=-

Well.. there *is* a certain cool factor accessing echomail in a
portable and literally mobile way. btw, I took someone else's
observation of bottom posting yeah, this is easier. :D

During last winter's storms, I went through an extended period at my
house without power. realitycheckBBS was running in Windows 10 on a
laptop, so I brought the whole thing with me to a Starbucks, logged into
their wifi, crashed my uplinks, then crashed all of my downlinks.

It doesn't get more mobile than taking the whole BBS with you. :)



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Well.. there *is* a certain cool factor accessing echomail in a
portable and literally mobile way.

During last winter's storms, I went through an extended period at my
house without power. realitycheckBBS was running in Windows 10 on a laptop, so I brought the whole thing with me to a Starbucks, logged into their wifi, crashed my uplinks, then crashed all of my downlinks.

How far did you have to drive to do that?

It doesn't get more mobile than taking the whole BBS with you. :)

Indeed!

Someone posted about a BBS project operating entirely on a phone. Not sure how practical that is.

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August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

During last winter's storms, I went through an extended period at my
house without power. realitycheckBBS was running in Windows 10 on a laptop, so I brought the whole thing with me to a Starbucks, logged into their wifi, crashed my uplinks, then crashed all of my downlinks.

How far did you have to drive to do that?

Memory fades - actually once I went to a local starbucks a couple of
miles away, the other time I went into my office 20 miles away. Took
the opportunity to copy all of my media to OneDrive as well, since it
was during the lockdown and I had 2 600/600 internet circuits sitting
idle.

Someone posted about a BBS project operating entirely on a phone. Not sure how practical that is.

If there was a cloudflare daemon for Android, maybe - don't think phone
IPs are accessible from the outside.




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Hello Kurt!

Someone posted about a BBS project operating entirely on
a phone. Not sure how practical that is.

If there was a cloudflare daemon for Android, maybe -
don't think phone IPs are accessible from the outside.

I am unsuccessful in trying to find the posts about the
project. But I think the idea was to run the phone as the
server. And as long as the phone is always powered (such as
always charging) then it always accessible to visitors.

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Re: t vs b posting
By: Ed Vance to August Abolins on Fri Nov 22 2024 11:25:03

Well Sir, After reading Your mention of Bottom Posting I guess I will go back to that...

Power to the Bottom Posters! :)
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Re: bbs chat the mobile way..
By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Sat Nov 23 2024 19:16:43

Someone posted about a BBS project operating entirely on a phone. Not sure how practical that is.

You can kiss your battery goodbye.
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Hello Mortar M.!

Someone posted about a BBS project operating entirely on a phone. Not
sure how practical that is.

You can kiss your battery goodbye.

Perfectly doable if the phone is charging at the same time.

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Re: t vs b posting
By: Ed Vance to August Abolins on Fri Nov 22 2024 11:25:03

Power to the Bottom Posters! :)
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OOPS!, I am top posting again.

Whatever.....
Ed
P.S. I thought I was until I looked before Saving my post.
P.P.S.
It is easier for me to tap the virtual keyboard while clogged in by holding the phone horizontally. But I can't see the whole message.
Vertically shows less text and I hafta scroll to read all that's written. Keyboard is real tiny in the vertical position.
DUH
Ed
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On 24 Nov 2024, August Abolins said the following...

I am unsuccessful in trying to find the posts about the
project. But I think the idea was to run the phone as the
server. And as long as the phone is always powered (such as
always charging) then it always accessible to visitors.

Wouldn't it be similar to Aftershock ?

... Electricity is really just organized lightning.

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Hello Flavio!

Wouldn't it be similar to Aftershock ?

No. This was a complete BBS project operating on a smartphone.

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On Wednesday November 27 2024, August Abolins said the following...

Hello Flavio!

Wouldn't it be similar to Aftershock ?

No. This was a complete BBS project operating on a smartphone.

I remember this as well, I believe it was a version of Mystic for the Pi that was running on an Android phone.


Jay

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On 27 Nov. 2024 21:47, you wrote..

I remember this as well, I believe it was a version of Mystic for the Pi that was running on an Android phone.

There was a website describing the project. I can't find it anymore. Not sure in which echo/network it was mentioned.


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I remember this as well, I believe it was a version of Mystic for the Pi
that was running on an Android phone.

There was a website describing the project. I can't find it anymore. Not sure in which echo/network it was mentioned.

But not to be confused with BBS-on-a-Stick.

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On 28 Nov 2024, August Abolins said the following...

I remember this as well, I believe it was a version of Mystic for the that was running on an Android phone.

There was a website describing the project. I can't find it anymore. Not sure in which echo/network it was mentioned.

It looks like it was MeaTLoTioN who was describing it in FSX_GEN (MSGID: 21:1/158 dd37718d) back in November of 2020.

He got Mystic running on a OnePlus 6T, calling it "phOnE In mY pOckEt BBS" or "PIMP BBS" for short.


Jay

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Hello Jay!

It looks like it was MeaTLoTioN who was describing it in FSX_GEN (MSGID: 21:1/158 dd37718d) back in November of 2020.

He got Mystic running on a OnePlus 6T, calling it "phOnE In mY pOckEt
BBS" or "PIMP BBS" for short.

Thanks for looking that up. I havent' retained my FSX_GEN
messages for that long.

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On 27 Nov 2024, August Abolins said the following...

No. This was a complete BBS project operating on a smartphone.

I see. Interesting.

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On 28 Nov 2024, August Abolins said the following...

But not to be confused with BBS-on-a-Stick.

???

... What was the best thing before sliced bread?

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But not to be confused with BBS-on-a-Stick.

???

See https://8bitboyz.com/download/bbs-on-a-stick-v2-0


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