Hello Maurice!   
      
   Wednesday February 22 2006 01:40, you wrote to me:   
      
    MK> Hey Sean!   
      
    MK> Feb 21 22:26 06, Sean Rima wrote to Maurice Kinal:   
      
    SR>> I recently changed my setup from HPT to Fastecho/Alfix, I had a   
    SR>> reg key for allfix and you can get free reg for fastecho. My CCTV   
    SR>> PC has given up the ghost so I had to stick a 2 cam card into the   
    SR>> main PC and add another HD as well :)   
      
    MK> Sounds okay for a node but I am looking for something more sane for   
    MK> points and users.  Since BBS sysops don't care about their users - if   
    MK> they even have any these days - then I am taking it upon myself to   
    MK> create something that works, and is lean and mean for my latest   
    MK> minimized ttylinux I am running on this box.  I managed to liberate   
    MK> myself from requiring a faked out zmodem transfer so now it is a   
    MK> simple matter of eliminating the tosser (hpt), and the editor (msged).   
    MK> I plan to use a customized microperl to convert back and forth between   
    MK> text and FTN style pkt's for the uplink.   
      
    MK> I picked up this message that I am responding to with a bash scripted   
    MK> ftp client and am now working on a microperl script that can be added   
    MK> to the system so that it can easily be ported.  Just working on a   
    MK> replacement for the perl %ENV hash for microperl and will take it from   
    MK> there.  Instead I have a system call to /usr/bin/env and am using that   
    MK> instead.  This way I save well over 30M and can keep the rootfs so   
    MK> that it will fit onto one floppy.  There is no way that the normal   
    MK> Fido stuff, no matter what platform or programs, will ever fit onto   
    MK> one floppy along with the entire root file system.  This does and   
    MK> will.   
      
    MK> I am evil.  :-)   
      
   I currently really have no downlinks but FE and allfix are excellent for it   
      
   Sean   
      
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