Hello Maurice!

Wednesday February 22 2006 01:40, you wrote to me:

 MK> Hey Sean!

 MK> Feb 21 22:26 06, Sean Rima wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 SR>> I recently changed my setup from HPT to Fastecho/Alfix, I had a
 SR>> reg key for allfix and you can get free reg for fastecho. My CCTV
 SR>> PC has given up the ghost so I had to stick a 2 cam card into the
 SR>> main PC and add another HD as well :)

 MK> Sounds okay for a node but I am looking for something more sane for
 MK> points and users.  Since BBS sysops don't care about their users - if
 MK> they even have any these days - then I am taking it upon myself to
 MK> create something that works, and is lean and mean for my latest
 MK> minimized ttylinux I am running on this box.  I managed to liberate
 MK> myself from requiring a faked out zmodem transfer so now it is a
 MK> simple matter of eliminating the tosser (hpt), and the editor (msged).
 MK> I plan to use a customized microperl to convert back and forth between
 MK> text and FTN style pkt's for the uplink.

 MK> I picked up this message that I am responding to with a bash scripted
 MK> ftp client and am now working on a microperl script that can be added
 MK> to the system so that it can easily be ported.  Just working on a
 MK> replacement for the perl %ENV hash for microperl and will take it from
 MK> there.  Instead I have a system call to /usr/bin/env and am using that
 MK> instead.  This way I save well over 30M and can keep the rootfs so
 MK> that it will fit onto one floppy.  There is no way that the normal
 MK> Fido stuff, no matter what platform or programs, will ever fit onto
 MK> one floppy along with the entire root file system.  This does and
 MK> will.

 MK> I am evil.  :-)

I currently really have no downlinks but FE and allfix are excellent for it

Sean

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