Re: Solar Bee
By: Ben Longden to All on Sun Dec 11 2022 05:33 pm

Ben,
That seems like a very cool project. I am working with a group to set up multiple bbs server nodes that will contain data on everything from first aid to agriculture instruction.

I was wondering, are you using synchronet software on the Pi? If so, what did you need to do to adapt it to ARM?

We considered a PI as a board option for our nodes since we have seen them work with some HAM radio packet data transmission. (we hope to make these nodes radio accessable via a net.

Best of luck with the cool project, I thank you in advance for any insight you are willing to share.

-Limawhiskey

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Ben Longden to All on Sun Dec 11 2022 05:33 pm

Hooked up my raspberry pi BBS powered by an off grid solar panel and 300Wh LiFePo4 battery in my garden near Edinburgh, Scotland. Mostly just to see how it's done.

Not actually open yet as it's literally 6 hours old and I only just got it hooked up to DOVE-Net (I think).

Nice to meet you all!

That's pretty cool. I didn't know that Synchronet ran on Raspberry Pi! How's it running?

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Limawhiskey to Ben Longden on Mon Dec 12 2022 11:46 am

I was wondering, are you using synchronet software on the Pi? If so, what did you need to do to adapt it to ARM?

https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install
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Re: Solar Bee
By: Digital Man to Limawhiskey on Sun Dec 11 2022 07:28 pm

I was wondering, are you using synchronet software on the Pi? If so, what
did you need to do to adapt it to ARM?

https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install

Exactly this. I have it running on a raspberry pi 2b. It's old but synchronet seems to
run on it just fine. The only thing I have enabled for now is telnet. I don't have a
huge amount of storage on the pi but I don't suppose that's too much of an issue as as
far as I can tell, people don't tend to use BBS software for files too much any more!

That being said, I am also in the process of building an Amiga 1200 (original motherboard but lots of mods to bring it up to a usable machine in 2022!) so I might
start hosting some files on here. At the moment it's just stock Synchronet so no real
reason to open it up to the big bad internet. Yet!

Ben.

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Ben Longden to Digital Man on Mon Dec 12 2022 02:52 pm

https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install

Exactly this. I have it running on a raspberry pi 2b. It's old but
That being said, I am also in the process of building an Amiga 1200 (original motherboard but lots of mods to bring it up to a usable machine in 2022!) so I might

Ben and Rob,

Thank you both for your help! It is nice to have a hand from the folks who have been doing this longer than I have lived. Ben, that Amiga 1200 project sounds like an intresting venture. Please let me know how that and your Solar Bee project work out.


- Limawhiskey
"Capacitor Cowboy"

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Ben Longden to Digital Man on Mon Dec 12 2022 02:52 pm

Exactly this. I have it running on a raspberry pi 2b. It's old but synchronet seems to
run on it just fine. The only thing I have enabled for now is telnet. I don't have a

I ran Synchro and Mystic side-by-side for a while just to see if I could, and the 2B didn't scream _too_ much

Old, but still a very capable setup

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Limawhiskey to Ben Longden on Mon Dec 12 2022 11:46 am

We considered a PI as a board option
for our nodes since we have seen the
work with some HAM radio packet data
transmission. (we hope to make these

I'd love to know what software you use
to get them answering on packet. Is
there anywhere that I can see the
progress of that project?

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Ben Longden to All on Sun Dec 11 2022 17:33:30

Hooked up my raspberry pi BBS powered by an off grid solar panel and 300Wh L >
Not actually open yet as it's literally 6 hours old and I only just got it h >
Nice to meet you all!

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hello Ben , I am in glasgow and run a BBS called night Owl, you can check into it now using latest version of SyncTerm. it's a Viewdata board like Prestel wasin it's heyday and runs on a BBCmaster, via a Pi modem.

cheers
Brian

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Re: Solar Bee
By: Brianm to Ben Longden on Wed Jan 22 2025 10:06 pm

Howdy Brian,

hello Ben , I am in glasgow and run a BBS called night Owl, you can check into it now using latest version of SyncTerm. it's a Viewdata board like Prestel wasin it's heyday and runs on a BBCmaster, via a Pi modem.

Its awesome there is another videotex service online :)

I'd forgotten that I logged in, but when I reloaded Syncterm (been talking with Deuce who has fixed up some Prestel rendering), I saw it in there in my phone book.

Syncterm should now be the term emulator for Prestel/Videotex BBSes - he's got the emulating working perfectly. I'll now need to add more frames to my BBS now that its easier to get to it... :)


...δεσ∩

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Re: Solar Bee
By: deon to Brianm on Thu Jan 23 2025 12:16:47

Re: Solar Bee
By: Brianm to Ben Longden on Wed Jan 22 2025 10:06 pm

Howdy Brian,

hello Ben , I am in glasgow and run a BBS called night Owl, you can check > > into it now using latest version of SyncTerm. it's a Viewdata board like
Prestel wasin it's heyday and runs on a BBCmaster, via a Pi modem.

Its awesome there is another videotex service online :)

I'd forgotten that I logged in, but when I reloaded Syncterm (been talking w >
Syncterm should now be the term emulator for Prestel/Videotex BBSes - he's g >

...δεσ∩

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Hi Deon , sorry late reply on this .. I am not so familiar with the larger networks. Yes SyncTerm is fantastic. I am yet to use it but it is great we haveit. I still need to sort out a download for the Pi. But I am afraid I will makea pigs ear of it. Will do eventually hopefully. Need to check into AnsiTex
again. Has anything changed over there recently?

Brian

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