From: Fastjack@yabbs
To: washbord@yabbs
Subject: re: Diku/Circle MUDs
Date: Mon Apr  4 11:54:02 1994

In message Diku/Circle MUDs, washbord said:
> Is anyone familiar with the operation of MUDs?I mean how portable is say, 
> DIKU MUD?   Can I just throw it on to a Linux system and have it work for 
> dial-up users?  
> 
I know of a couple LP MUDs that are running under Linux okay..

> Fastjack, are you setting up a dial-up service too?  
Er, not along the lines of what you have in mind.  I appreciate hearing from 
anyone who wants to say something along these lines..

> You might want to try this Linux board at 408-773-0768.  I got the 
Hmmmm.  Thanks.
> software for it but it seems kind of massive.  I'm working on creating a a 
> decent PC/Unix board to run under Linux.  So far, it is going
>  quite  smoothly.   THe only snag is the transfers.  Right now, I'm 
> letting users read the files off of a text file then using rz/sz to send 
I'm not sure exactly how you are working this.  Do you mean 
downloading the messages or any text files?  rz/sz works pretty well once 
it's configured, but their are some places where it is not approproate.
> them.  Feels real sloppy!.  I'd like to get some info on RipTerm.  Got any 
> sources? 

Haven't seen RipTerm for Unix.  There should be something out 
there..
If you have access to Usenet, ask around.  If it's there, you should get a 
response...

Fastjack