Text 14459, 55 rader
Skriven 2010-06-27 15:08:10 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
  Kommentar till text 14454 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38)
Ärende: well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
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Maurice Kinal wrote to Robert Bashe on Thursday June 24 2010 at 14:46:

MK> Again thank you for the kind offer. At the moment binkd isn't
MK> required here and I have serious doubts it ever will.

So how do you interface with fido - thought transfer? The only other way is
either a direct connection (which may or may not be free in the States, but
wouldn't allow you to have an international point without paying for the calls)
or on a website that allows you to write as well as read. On the other hand, if
you can interface a website, why not take the additional comfort of a regular
point system?

- Although I seem to remember that point systems were never very popular in the
States, where people apparently preferred using OLRs and getting their messages
from a mailbox system like maximus. From a European point of view an
uncomfortable way of doing things, but tastes vary.

MK> On a personal note I've done fine without it these last couple of
MK> years and given the latest criticism of my behavior in Fido,
MK> especially this echo, my input is undesirable to at least Fido sysops.

News to me, but if you say so... still, I've given and taken flak for the past
17 years in fido and - with some exceptions - have never taken it too
seriously.

MK> It doesn't surprise me why they lack users. Does it surprise you?  ;-)

If you insist on a direct connection (ISDN or analog), it doesn't surprise me
that you have problems finding a link. Those are dying out fast on this side of
the ocean and possibly in the States as well. I gave up my mailbox years ago,
after I hadn't received even a single call for over a year.

I still have a couple of pooints who use analog or ISDN, but most prefer BinkD
nowadays, since it's no problem to set up if you have an Internet link.

MK> My Fido sysop days are all in the past and I am content to leave them
MK> there.

Your choice. I hate to see any sysop call it a day, but there are a lot on this
side of the ocean who have also gotten tired and disinterested as they (and
fido) age. That, by the way, is the usual reason for quitting, regardless of
what reasons are aired in public. After a while, people just get tired and want
to move on.

MK> My user days are almost there. The count down is in the single digits.
MK> :-)

Try some other echos. This isn't the only one around. FIDONEWS is fairly
active, and there are some North Americans around there. Nothing really
technical, just a bull session.

Cheers, Bob

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