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I think that may be the version I ran years ago. I am going to have to go and grab that from you in order to preserve it, just in case the Martians decide to come and abduct you one of these days. :) I think I found PA years ago in one of those .edu archive sites. I think I may have even...

Well, considering that there are only six externals that even work with 3.5.11, if some individual with a lot of initiative were to make a half a dozen or more python-based externals which work with 3.5.11, I think that would be a fair trade-off. We've already got Leech as a python external...

Thanks for the tip regarding the Telnet BBS Guide. I believe I was actually listed on there nine years ago. Actually, I already did send another message to Rick, as per my previous message. In this day and age, I think it is crazy to run anything on port 23. There are just way too many botnets...

Well, it has now been nine days since I submitted a request for my ftelnet to be activated, but so far, nothing. So, I just went to their website and sent them another message. Byte Knight, how long did it take before your board was activated? I already have the javascript embedded in a page on...

Folks, I have a warning for adventurous Hermes II SysOps, however many of you are still out there. Yes, I know that we are a dying -- or already dead? -- breed. As you will know, most old Hermes II externals broke when Michael Alyn Miller released Hermes II 3.5.11 years ago. I mean, many dozens...

Well, I don't know about that, cloverskull, but if anyone here knows python -- I imagine a ton of you -- why not just start writing some new python-based externals for Hermes II? In fact, when Michael first released Hermes II 3.5.11 with his new External Development System, even though I am not...

Thanks Mr. Byte. You are very bright, and I think your web page BBS is out of sight! :P :) Your web embed looks so much nicer than what I remember from years ago. At the very least, the BBS window is now bigger. I am definitely going to implement that. I just need to decide where to put it...

Hmmm .... I wonder if it might have anything to do with the fact that right now I am in the middle of creating a 100 GB disk image, which I will then convert into a sparsebundle. SheepShaver just informed me that it is out of disk space. Creating a large disk image is very CPU intensive, so...

Well, Michael wrote back to me a few hours ago, and I now know how to change Hermes' port number so that all the bots aren't banging the door on port 23. He was also very impressed with my Armageddon BBS website, and the fact that I not only included piles of information, but that I also gave it...

BTW, do you know if it is possible to force Hermes II to use a different port other than 23? Using that well-known port is just bad news!

Well, I don't feel bad about using a cracked version of Black Jack Pro, because I did pay for it in the past. But as I said, I just don't like having stuff on my board that is registered in other people's names. I think it looks really tacky. :) Actually, when I ran my BBS years ago, I did have...

Years ago, I actually had registered versions of a number of Hermes externals, and I held on to the registration codes for quite a few years. But, eventually I trashed them, because I figured I was done with BBSing. Dummy me! You know a guy who can do what? Regarding connecting to the BBS from...

For those of you who may not be aware of it, and who are using a recent version of macOS, to my great surprise, I very recently discovered that over the years since I last set up my Hermes II BBS in 2015, Apple has apparently improved the ability of the Terminal to display PC-ANSI graphics, such...

To be clear here, Mr. Skull, are you suggesting that you are willing to pay a bounty to convince Michael to immerse himself once again into the nostalgic world of Hermes II BBSing? Or are you interested in paying a bounty to have someone’s head removed from their shoulders for some reason? 😆😀🤣...

Byte Knight, can you please post a list of all the externals you have tried which have failed to work in 3.5.11? I want to see if I might possibly have some here which you don’t have. Now that I have removed all of the python-related externals, there is a very small possibility that Imight have...

Byte, let's wait and see when and how he responds to me. I know he is quite busy and is tied up in a lot of different projects.

So it sounds like you went through the external gauntlet just like I did the other day. Well, I have some kind of good news .... although I can't say to what degree yet. As some of you know, I have been exchanging a few emails with Michael Alyn Miller over the past few weeks. I informed him of...

Ha! Well how about that! I removed all of the python externals as you suggested. I don't plan on implementing Fidonet anyway. Is it even still around? Anyway, all six of the externals worked! Now it makes me wonder how many of the dozens of others I tried the other day might possibly work. I...

Well, this is very interesting. After reading your above comments, I in fact reinstalled the externals that you mentioned. And, just as occurred last time, two things happened: 1. The error log spit out an error message for all of them, stating that they were too old for my version of Hermes...

Byte Knight, can you please clarify that you are running those five, plus the python version of Leech, on 3.5.11, and NOT on 3.5.10b3? I tried so many externals yesterday that both my brain and eyes were fried and I was exhausted from doing it. And there were a few dozen more that I hadn't even...