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   Message 796 of 2,243   
   Wilfred van Velzen to Neil Williams   
   Re: Amiganet   
   03 Oct 04 12:47:26   
   
   Hi,   
      
   On 02 Oct 04 21:41, Neil Williams wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "Re: Amiganet":   
      
    WVV>> Consider it done. ;)   
      
    NW> Woo :)   
      
    NW> Er, want to post a test message in SYSOP_AMY or somewhere? So I know this   
    NW> thing is on?   
      
   I just did. I intended to do so yesterday, but forgot about it... Hmm, I'm   
   getting old I suppose. ;-)   
      
    WVV>> (I just had to toggle some settings to reactivate you in my   
    WVV>> configuration)   
      
    NW> I just had to:   
      
    NW> * get new HDs   
    NW> * spend several days restoring the old BBS HD   
    NW> * decide the old A1200 is no longer suitable after 11 years in the job   
    NW> * repair my A4000D   
    NW> * buy a CS-PPC   
    NW> * spend several days debugging the machine and getting it all running   
    NW> * rewrite my configs now that I have no points or downlinks   
      
   Wow, the dedication! ;)   
      
   You must be really hooked on this thing!? ;-)   
      
    NW> and then..   
      
    NW> * toggle a setting to say AmigaNet is back online   
      
    NW> :)   
      
   That was the easy part.   
      
    WVV>> You probably have to send me an updated region list though. I don't   
    WVV>> think the one from 2002 I'm using is totally up to date. ;)   
      
    NW> Just a guess for the moment, but I imagine it goes something like this:   
      
    NW> -- cut here --   
    NW> just me   
    NW> -- cut here --   
      
   That would be the new list, yes...   
      
    NW> But I'll make sure it gets sorted properly.   
      
   Looking forward to it. ;)   
      
    NW>>> TKG is back, and back to stay. It's just had an extended downtime,   
    NW>>> that's all... and it's not disappearing ever again.   
      
    WVV>> Optimist! ;-)   
      
    NW> Being without the BBS and Fido felt like loosing a limb.   
      
    NW> But I suppose there should be a disclaimer...   
      
    NW> "This BBS will run forever.   
      
    NW> DISCLAIMER: may not continue to run in the event of the end of the world,   
    NW> or the sysop going insane (more so than normal), or in the event of a   
    NW> giant spider attack."   
      
   ... What about an alien attack? ;-)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
      
    * Origin: Amiga Offline BBS Lisse (2:280/464)   

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