AP> On Jun 07, 2016 12:13pm, Joacim Melin wrote to Allen Prunty:   
      
    JM>> Let's do this.   
      
    JM>> Questions:   
      
    JM>> 1. Do we need a moderator?   
      
    AP> Per Echopol1 yes all echos need a moderator.  And to keep them in   
    AP> full   
    AP> distribution rules should be posted every month (also prompts people   
    AP> to say   
    AP> something)   
      
    JM>> 2. If (1)=yes, why?  Are there any Fidonet rules stipulating that every   
    JM>> echo requires a moderator?   
      
    AP> http://www.rxn.com/~net282/echopol1.txt   
      
    AP> You can find this in many different places.   
      
      
    JM>> I run my BBS on a Amiga 2000 and it's still reasonably stable, offering   
    JM>> me tons of joy and entertainment and (sometimes) a bit of a headache.   
    JM>> Surely, we can come together as users (or just fans) of the Amiga and   
    JM>> keep the discussion civilized?  I'd rather not see this echo turn to   
    JM>> FN_SYSOP...   
      
    AP> It shouldn't turn in to FN_SYSOP as long as the FN_SYSOP people   
    AP> kindly stay out   
    AP> of this and let us work it out on our own.  At first all I was going   
    AP> to do was   
    AP> the minimum to keep it on the North American Backbone and do the   
    AP> monthly echo   
    AP> rules to keep a "heartbeat" going in the echo.  There are many echos   
    AP> out there   
    AP> that the only post that is going through the net is the ONE single   
    AP> post that   
    AP> contains the rules every month.  I'm pleased to see that it did stir   
    AP> things up,   
    AP> but surprisingly many that are vocal, with few exceptions, have   
    AP> posted anything   
    AP> Amiga related in here.   
      
    AP> Although I'm not pleased to see that some who have nothing to do with   
    AP> the Amiga   
    AP> is posting here.  I also was very good friends with Asha Develder...   
    AP> she was a   
    AP> very gifted artist and really made magic with her Amiga.   
      
    AP> I would love to turn this echo over to someone who will lead it, and   
    AP> drive the   
    AP> echo.  ALso would love to see the amgia file distribution return to   
    AP> the net as   
    AP> well sometimes, but one step at a time.  I have three Amiga Software   
    AP> CDs that I   
    AP> am going to online soon as well.   
      
    AP> It might shock some, but I've been around a lot longer than you would   
    AP> know... I   
    AP> was operating a BBS in 1985 on an old Atari 8 bit... and graduated up   
    AP> to the PC   
    AP> World.  I had an Amiga I used for school... many of the educational   
    AP> programs   
    AP> were either amiga or apple.  Sometime in the early 1990's I actually   
    AP> was once a   
    AP> moderator here.  Was so busy we had more than one.   
      
    AP> There are some things I don't want to fade to oblivion... this echo   
    AP> being one.   
    AP> Many memories were made here... MANY... and I made many friends here   
    AP> (hope I   
    AP> can count you as one.)   
      
    AP> I think I've got some activity going here it's obviously alive   
    AP> again... now if   
    AP> you don't mind indulging my cuiosity tell us about your BBS... It's   
    AP> machine and   
    AP> etc.   
      
   It's a Amiga 2000 with a GVP G-Force accelerator with a 40MHz 68030 and a   
   _old_ Quantum SCSI-II drive (120MB), a Golden Gate II-card and a ISA NE-2000   
   NIC. AmigaOS 3.1 and 12MB RAM.  I run a Swedish BBS system called NiKom   
   (www.nikom.org) which is still in development. It's a command based BBS system   
   (no menus) which makes it really fast to use and IMHO has more focus on   
   discussions rather than ANSI graphics and file leeching.  :)    
      
   It's all connected to the Interwebz via a 600Mbit/s fiber connection in my   
   home with my own IP addresses.    
      
   I also use Amibinkd for transferring the fido messages and that software has   
   caused more headaches than any of my four kids. I've managed to get the last   
   version (9.02 if memory serves) but it still brings down the entire Amiga from   
   time to time and I am yet to find a working replacement for it. There is a   
   "official" Amiga port of Binkd but it lacks some features needed so I can't   
   use it.   
      
   Joacim   
      
   --- NiKom v2.1.1   
    * Origin: Delta City BBS (deltacity.se, +46-8-6058800) (2:203/242.0)