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 Message 796 of 2,231 
 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.


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