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  • Re: All bbs's now exist..

    From Immortal@VERT/LIGHT to Dan Clough on Wed Mar 20 17:55:00 2019
    On 19 Mar 2019, Dan Clough said the following...

    Well, to me at least, AWS, Linode, and similar are commercial
    hosting. The cost for such is likely a lot more than the
    electrical use at home. Reliability isn't really an issue,
    assuming reasonably modern hardware is being used. Anyway, just wondering why some prefer to use that hosting method rather than
    just doing it at home. Thanks for the input!

    I run mine on a $10 a month dedicated server. I like it because its very reliable, I've had many issues with my kids turning the computers off, playing on them and unplugging cables etc. I lost a VM once after a power loss and it got corrupted. I can have multiple static IP addresses with no filtering and native IPv6 which I can't get at my home as of yet. Plus I find it fun and it has been a learning experience to get everything up and running remotely.

    Immortal

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Immortal on Wed Mar 20 17:43:47 2019
    Re: Re: All bbs's now exist..
    By: Immortal to Dan Clough on Wed Mar 20 2019 05:55 pm

    I run mine on a $10 a month dedicated server. I like it because its very reliable, I've had many issues with my kids turning the computers off, playing on them and unplugging cables etc. I lost a VM once after a power

    That can be frustrating. But that's when you teach them you can't just go around turning stuff off or unplugging cables. :)

    Nightfox

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  • From Dan Clough@VERT/PALANT to Immortal on Thu Mar 21 07:49:00 2019
    Immortal wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Well, to me at least, AWS, Linode, and similar are commercial
    hosting. The cost for such is likely a lot more than the
    electrical use at home. Reliability isn't really an issue,
    assuming reasonably modern hardware is being used. Anyway, just
    wondering why some prefer to use that hosting method rather than
    just doing it at home. Thanks for the input!

    I run mine on a $10 a month dedicated server. I like it because
    its very reliable, I've had many issues with my kids turning the
    computers off, playing on them and unplugging cables etc. I lost
    a VM once after a power loss and it got corrupted. I can have
    multiple static IP addresses with no filtering and native IPv6
    which I can't get at my home as of yet. Plus I find it fun and
    it has been a learning experience to get everything up and
    running remotely.

    All good reasons! The last sentence especially. :) Thanks.



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  • From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to VK3JED on Sat Mar 23 09:51:00 2019
    Today, the priorities are different. Back in the 80s or 90s, making it work was a main one, and if cost was a factor, being able to do something productive
    while your BBS was running on the same PC meant using DV, OS/2 or Windows. OS/2 quickly gained a reputation as a great OS for a BBS.
    I run my bbs on a ryzen 7 1700. I only turn it off if the weather is excessively hot such as 38C or thunderstorms.

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  • From Dan Clough@VERT/PALANT to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Mar 25 08:05:00 2019
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Digital Man <=-

    Digital Man wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    I think some computers (but not all) responded to Ctrl/Alt/- and
    Ctrl/Alt/+ .

    Oh, that does ring a bell!

    I'd forgotten that, too - sort of a distorted low beep/high beep
    from the PC speaker, too.

    Haha, yep!



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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to MATTHEW MUNSON on Mon Mar 25 09:46:00 2019
    On 03-23-19 09:51, MATTHEW MUNSON wrote to VK3JED <=-

    I run my bbs on a ryzen 7 1700. I only turn it off if the weather is excessively hot such as 38C or thunderstorms.

    Electricity is a significant cost issue here, so I run 2 of my BBSs on a Banana Pi, and the third on an old netbook.


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  • From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to VK3JED on Mon Mar 25 11:30:00 2019
    On 3/25/2019 9:46 AM, VK3JED wrote to MATTHEW MUNSON:
    I run my bbs on a ryzen 7 1700. I only turn it off if the weather is excessively hot such as 38C or thunderstorms.

    Electricity is a significant cost issue here, so I run 2 of my BBSs on a
    Banana
    Pi, and the third on an old netbook.
    I know Australia loves the crap that California will likely do soon, 100% renewable energy.

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to MATTHEW MUNSON on Wed Mar 27 08:45:00 2019
    On 03-25-19 11:30, MATTHEW MUNSON wrote to VK3JED <=-

    I know Australia loves the crap that California will likely do soon,
    100% renewable energy.

    It's a big topic of debate here, politically speaking, but a lot of people are in favour of renewable energy, and storage options are many here, especially pumped hydro, which doesn't need any fancy technology, just electric pumps, hydro turbines and somewhere to store water.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Vk3jed on Tue Mar 26 22:23:20 2019
    Re: Re: All bbs's now exist..
    By: Vk3jed to MATTHEW MUNSON on Wed Mar 27 2019 08:45 am

    On 03-25-19 11:30, MATTHEW MUNSON wrote to VK3JED <=-

    I know Australia loves the crap that California will likely do soon, 100% renewable energy.

    It's a big topic of debate here, politically speaking, but a lot of people are in favour of renewable energy, and storage options are many here, especially pumped hydro, which doesn't need any fancy technology, just electric pumps, hydro turbines and somewhere to store water.



    100% renewable energy doesnt really work for everybody.
    it sure as hell wont work for california.

    with solar it really depends on your location. google maps used to have a feature to tell you how much sun your house gets and if it would be benefitial.
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