> Nick wrote (2021-02-07): > > NA> On 07 Feb 21 18:31:57, Oli said the following to Nick Andre: > > O>> Which part of it? Which PKT formats are used by your system? Please > O>> point to the FTSs that describe these formats. > > NA> As per FTS-0001.016. Application B section 1 - Message storage. Section > NA> - Schedules and events, specifically ZMH as I have a dialup modem line. > > NA> Application C - Presentation Layer section 1. Compatible packed message > > NA> Application D - Session layer. All sections. All specification supporte > NA> here. > > NA> Application F - Network layer. All sections. Everything supported here. > > NA> Application G - Data Link Layer. All sections. Everything accepted here > > NA> Several more FTS's supported here not to mention EMSI which was invente > NA> by both Joaquim Homrighausen and the original D'Bridge author. But I > NA> added the frosting on the cake by directly integrating with the BinkD > NA> protocol specs so this system really is both a "true" hybrid dialup and > NA> Internet system. > > NA> That was done with the help of Ward Dossche... the guy whom I was told > NA> horror stories about and was called every name in the book, but has > NA> always been very nice to trade banter with. The guy who helped in July > NA> 2018 when I inherited a total mess from my ZC predecessor. You know, th > NA> one you cozy up with in Fidogazette. I rewrote that mess in two nights > NA> make it "work". You know, to produce correct nodelists on time. But sur > NA> lets talk about FTS-0001... > > NA> So you may connect here using BinkD or make an international dialup mod > NA> call to Toronto Canada and connect as low as 300 baud to an IBM 7855 an > NA> initiate a minimal Xmodem or Telink session if you wanted to. Maybe you > NA> prefer Yoohoo handshaking? Or try your hand at some WaZOO or Bark hacke > > NA> I still receive the occasional dialup BBS call but for the sake of this > NA> discussion the last "serious" downlink I had that did Fido via. dialup > NA> was a non-profit BBS geared towards disabled/handicapped chatter that w > NA> running Wildcat and ViaMail on a 386 PC polling here at 2400 baud sever > NA> times a day. That was probably... uhhhh I'm guessing only 5 or 6 years > NA> ago and for some reason Telink worked better than EMSI but to be fair > NA> that was being done over a VOIP setup at the time. > > NA> Now the troll says what? > > After starting with an answer for the first question, which transformed into > raving about various ZCs in various ways, your mail suddenly stops here. > > Are you intentionally avoiding the other questions? > Or do you have a short attention span and cannot resist the immediate urge t > babble about the cool dude you think you are and how others suck? > > Did you understand the questions from the previous mails? >
We have some serious weather here just now and he may be caught in it.
