amiexpress or fame bbs - Page 4

Methanoid · 28 February 2006, 22:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by zACK!

Everytime I logon, i get the message

MSGBASE ERROR!! PLEASE NOTIFY ZACK

What can be wrong ???

Might be Msgbase problem ???

zACK! · 02 March 2006, 08:02

damned, why didn't i thought of that !!!! hehehhehhe...

Well, my knowledge of /X vanished the last 10 years, I read the doc file, but nothing in it that explains the error....

How can you set up a msgbase, I've got a msgbase.info icon, but no tooltypes are in it ???

Methanoid · 02 March 2006, 08:52

Sorry my backup is actually of a /X 2.xx clone called SigmaExpress.. so no tooltypes used.. I hated /X 3.xx and 4.xx .... text configs rule!

Methanoid · 02 March 2006, 15:09

Crimson, Chaeo etc.. did any of U get a working BBS up? Which s/w and was it under WinUAE... I am unable to work out what happened to my backup as I believe some Purebit flags didnt get set and hence why it wont work....

zACK! · 10 March 2006, 14:14

/X works fine now...

I got a question about telnet...

I'm using Amigaforever + tcp..

I installed amitcp + added the internal_unit.info in my /nodex/serial

He says: awaiting connect 0 baud using telnetd.device

but what do i need to type in my explorer to connect to the telnet port ???

zACK! · 10 March 2006, 19:37

It worked ..... BUT... all of a sudden I get a software failure. Everytime I boot /X with telnetd.device on node0/serial ...

And I didn't change anything, except restarting WINUAE....

????

CRiMSON! · 11 March 2006, 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methanoid

Crimson, Chaeo etc.. did any of U get a working BBS up? Which s/w and was it under WinUAE... I am unable to work out what happened to my backup as I believe some Purebit flags didnt get set and hence why it wont work....

It runs fine under winUAE; I've setted up 3 telnet nodes & 1 local and I remotely checked it out..
I have first installed /X 3.0 and then upgraded it with a 4.xx version; most doors & utils ran smootly except the filechecking ; it seemed to crash winuae a couple times..

Example of the conference door running:

Ray Norrish · 12 March 2006, 00:30

too lazy to check now, but I was annoyed that winuae didn`t recognize the execute bit on script.. may have been fixed since I last checked though...

zACK! · 12 March 2006, 22:08

YYYESSS!!! FINALLY i've got it running with telnet...

I forgot to put TELNETD in the tooltype nodeX.info

What is your URL crimson ??????????????
love to join your board!!!!!!!!!

zACK! · 18 March 2006, 13:09

I've got conference flags, you can disable/enable a mailscan with logon.

But when i set the flags On , the mail won't be checked.

Anyone knows what can be wrong?

Methanoid · 29 March 2006, 22:47

Ok need some help here...

1) Telnet. To install it expects something like AmiTCP installed but AFAIK you dont NEED any TCP stack cos the BSDSocket layer will directly connect you to the PC's net connections. OK that sounds fine so HOW do I install Telnet then?

2) Is there a good PC text editor that supports Amiga files. Much as I loved CygnusEd on Amiga after 15 years I am finding I forget all the shortcuts and its irritating the hell out of me!!!

For some unknown reason the sample SigmaX bbs works fine but my backup doesn't!! Think its the config but I can sort that one myself I think.... Some telnet help would be cool!

paranoid · 10 January 2008, 18:07

I used to love setting up BBSs and with the very awesome posting of a couple BBSs' (files only) backups, I thought I'd try and set up AmiExpress using those archives. (Getting it accessed via telnet might prove especially difficult, though, as I'm sharing a network so no promises, but I'll try..)

However, it seems the AmiExpress 4.0 in tosec that I have is missing the two executables acp and express. Both are just text files that say something like "acp file goes here". I also have an old 3.x in tosec that does have them, but I was hoping for the latest (and trying hit or miss, merging them doesn't work well), especially with the mention of telnet support (of a sort) in /X 4.x.

Anyone have a working 4.x they can put in the Zone? (the tosec 4.0 I have that is incomplete is named "AmiExpress Professional v4.0 (1994)(Lightspeed Technologies)[KS2.04][HD]". It is also the same as found on the http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ site.

(In reading this thread someone found a 4.x in a different archive, but that ftp site is not in English and needs a password of some kind..)

I did find that FAME is freeware now and on scene.org but I was hoping to set up /X as it seemed to be used more for scene boards (actually, I never even heard of FAME until very recently.. All the boards I called were AmiExpress, except a couple local C-Nets, but those weren't real scene boards..)

cosmicfrog · 10 January 2008, 21:04

think I`ve found AmiExpress 4.3 don`t know much about BBS`s so if you get it
workin post some destucitions on how to acess plz

amix43.lha Zoned 4 you

paranoid · 10 January 2008, 21:52

Thanks! At a quick look it seems that's got cracked acp and express binaries (and the Hydra protocol, I guess). It also looks like it is missing the rest of the install, so it probably needs 4.0 installed first and these executables put in its place.

As for posting directions, the 4.0 has a .guide which explains far better than I can. Basically, though, AmiExpress is set up by editing the tooltypes of a TON of icons. But all that would be clearer once you install. Get 4.0 (I can up it if you need it) run the installer, and read the .guide.. That'll make things a lot clearer than anything I can type until you have.

cosmicfrog · 10 January 2008, 23:42

just found guide for it, will read when get time, though not realy want to set up my own bbs

paranoid · 11 January 2008, 05:47

It's one of the more complicated things to get going. A lot to customize and setup. I used to find it a lot more fun than this time around, truth be told, and you kind of need to really want to do it. I've been setting up FAME lately and it's a pain, but probably easier than AmiExpress if you're still interested.

Maybe a better solution is to know you could set up AmiExpress if you really wanted to, installing the tosec 4.0 and copying over the cracked exes you provided.

don27dog · 23 January 2008, 01:11

I am looking for /X as well if anyone could help out.

Josh · 23 January 2008, 05:55

Ami/eXpress is alreday (since two days) in the zone

Cheers Josh

paranoid · 26 January 2008, 20:48

I think that's not 4.3 but 4.12 -- but it works and really has the executables (as opposed to the 4.0 in TOSEC that is missing the executables) so it's a very good find.

cosmicfrog · 27 January 2008, 19:22

its amazing what you find on cd`s that some on gives you and are over 10 years old. hehehheheh

12 March 2006, 22:08	#69
zACK! [-aRiD^wEEd!-] Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Age: 49 Posts: 19	YYYESSS!!! FINALLY i've got it running with telnet... I forgot to put TELNETD in the tooltype nodeX.info What is your URL crimson ?????????????? love to join your board!!!!!!!!! Last edited by zACK!; 13 March 2006 at 14:48.

18 March 2006, 13:09	#70
zACK! [-aRiD^wEEd!-] Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Age: 49 Posts: 19	I've got conference flags, you can disable/enable a mailscan with logon. But when i set the flags On , the mail won't be checked. Anyone knows what can be wrong? Last edited by zACK!; 20 March 2006 at 00:25.

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02 March 2006, 08:02	#62
zACK! [-aRiD^wEEd!-] Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Age: 49 Posts: 19	damned, why didn't i thought of that !!!! hehehhehhe... Well, my knowledge of /X vanished the last 10 years, I read the doc file, but nothing in it that explains the error.... How can you set up a msgbase, I've got a msgbase.info icon, but no tooltypes are in it ???

02 March 2006, 08:52	#63
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Sorry my backup is actually of a /X 2.xx clone called SigmaExpress.. so no tooltypes used.. I hated /X 3.xx and 4.xx .... text configs rule!

02 March 2006, 15:09	#64
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Crimson, Chaeo etc.. did any of U get a working BBS up? Which s/w and was it under WinUAE... I am unable to work out what happened to my backup as I believe some Purebit flags didnt get set and hence why it wont work....

10 March 2006, 14:14	#65
zACK! [-aRiD^wEEd!-] Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Age: 49 Posts: 19	/X works fine now... I got a question about telnet... I'm using Amigaforever + tcp.. I installed amitcp + added the internal_unit.info in my /nodex/serial He says: awaiting connect 0 baud using telnetd.device but what do i need to type in my explorer to connect to the telnet port ???

10 March 2006, 19:37	#66
zACK! [-aRiD^wEEd!-] Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Netherlands Age: 49 Posts: 19	It worked ..... BUT... all of a sudden I get a software failure. Everytime I boot /X with telnetd.device on node0/serial ... And I didn't change anything, except restarting WINUAE.... ????

12 March 2006, 00:30	#68
Ray Norrish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 322	too lazy to check now, but I was annoyed that winuae didn`t recognize the execute bit on script.. may have been fixed since I last checked though...

29 March 2006, 22:47	#71
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	Ok need some help here... 1) Telnet. To install it expects something like AmiTCP installed but AFAIK you dont NEED any TCP stack cos the BSDSocket layer will directly connect you to the PC's net connections. OK that sounds fine so HOW do I install Telnet then? 2) Is there a good PC text editor that supports Amiga files. Much as I loved CygnusEd on Amiga after 15 years I am finding I forget all the shortcuts and its irritating the hell out of me!!! For some unknown reason the sample SigmaX bbs works fine but my backup doesn't!! Think its the config but I can sort that one myself I think.... Some telnet help would be cool!

10 January 2008, 18:07	#72
paranoid Phone Zen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banned Age: 52 Posts: 234	I used to love setting up BBSs and with the very awesome posting of a couple BBSs' (files only) backups, I thought I'd try and set up AmiExpress using those archives. (Getting it accessed via telnet might prove especially difficult, though, as I'm sharing a network so no promises, but I'll try..) However, it seems the AmiExpress 4.0 in tosec that I have is missing the two executables acp and express. Both are just text files that say something like "acp file goes here". I also have an old 3.x in tosec that does have them, but I was hoping for the latest (and trying hit or miss, merging them doesn't work well), especially with the mention of telnet support (of a sort) in /X 4.x. Anyone have a working 4.x they can put in the Zone? (the tosec 4.0 I have that is incomplete is named "AmiExpress Professional v4.0 (1994)(Lightspeed Technologies)[KS2.04][HD]". It is also the same as found on the http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ site. (In reading this thread someone found a 4.x in a different archive, but that ftp site is not in English and needs a password of some kind..) I did find that FAME is freeware now and on scene.org but I was hoping to set up /X as it seemed to be used more for scene boards (actually, I never even heard of FAME until very recently.. All the boards I called were AmiExpress, except a couple local C-Nets, but those weren't real scene boards..)

10 January 2008, 21:04	#73
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	think I`ve found AmiExpress 4.3 don`t know much about BBS`s so if you get it workin post some destucitions on how to acess plz amix43.lha Zoned 4 you

10 January 2008, 21:52	#74
paranoid Phone Zen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banned Age: 52 Posts: 234	Thanks! At a quick look it seems that's got cracked acp and express binaries (and the Hydra protocol, I guess). It also looks like it is missing the rest of the install, so it probably needs 4.0 installed first and these executables put in its place. As for posting directions, the 4.0 has a .guide which explains far better than I can. Basically, though, AmiExpress is set up by editing the tooltypes of a TON of icons. But all that would be clearer once you install. Get 4.0 (I can up it if you need it) run the installer, and read the .guide.. That'll make things a lot clearer than anything I can type until you have.

10 January 2008, 23:42	#75
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	just found guide for it, will read when get time, though not realy want to set up my own bbs

11 January 2008, 05:47	#76
paranoid Phone Zen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banned Age: 52 Posts: 234	It's one of the more complicated things to get going. A lot to customize and setup. I used to find it a lot more fun than this time around, truth be told, and you kind of need to really want to do it. I've been setting up FAME lately and it's a pain, but probably easier than AmiExpress if you're still interested. Maybe a better solution is to know you could set up AmiExpress if you really wanted to, installing the tosec 4.0 and copying over the cracked exes you provided.

23 January 2008, 01:11	#77
don27dog Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UZi SUiCiDE! Posts: 80	I am looking for /X as well if anyone could help out.

23 January 2008, 05:55	#78
Josh Lord of Amiga-Manuals Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kassel / Germany Age: 53 Posts: 552	Ami/eXpress is alreday (since two days) in the zone Cheers Josh

26 January 2008, 20:48	#79
paranoid Phone Zen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Banned Age: 52 Posts: 234	I think that's not 4.3 but 4.12 -- but it works and really has the executables (as opposed to the 4.0 in TOSEC that is missing the executables) so it's a very good find.

27 January 2008, 19:22	#80
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	its amazing what you find on cd`s that some on gives you and are over 10 years old. hehehheheh

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