K4JTT wrote to All <=-
After spending 14 hours yesterday I finally moved the BBS from a very
old Windows 7 Computer over to a new System. Purchased a new i7, 64 gig RAM with a 2 TB M2 SSD. Then Installed VMware ESxi 6.7 on it ...
Install a clean copy of Windows 10, 32 bit. Installed a clean copy of Mystic and then just copied over everything from /Mystic directory.
After spending 14 hours yesterday I finally moved the BBS from a very old Windows 7 Computer over to
it ... Install a clean copy of Windows 10, 32 bit. Installed a clean copy of Mystic and then just
copied over everything from /Mystic directory.
Whew, what a chore.
I bet Microsoft is wondering who's running all of those copies of 32-bit Windows 10! I was running
my BBS bare metal on a system with 8GB of RAM and not using anything above 4GB, then decided to run
Unc0nnected wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get
to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles
Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience.
The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not
if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles
I bet Microsoft is wondering who's running all of those copies of
32-bit Windows 10! I was running my BBS bare metal on a system with 8GB
Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experie for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but no if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with the bells and whistles
Well now, this does sound link a serious challenge. I have a very old
x486 DX2 66 on DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 ... OK, I am board this
weekend, time to go to the garage, break out this POS and see if it
fires up. going to attempt to install Mystic x32 on this puppy to see
what blows up! <grin>
Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get to run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experience for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience. The idea of building a retro machine to run a BBS is appealing but not if it results in a slow board as I'd want to run a modern board with all the bells and whistles
Triple-digit Celerons seem to be a safe bet. I ran a Shoutcast station
and Synchronet on a Celeron 533 mhz for years, upgraded to a 1.1 ghz
Celeron and never ran into any issues on either of them.
With the right OS, they can run well in a virtual environment. I ran
the BBS in a single CPU VM with a gig of RAM using TinyXP for several
years.
Your message got me thinking of just how old of a machine could I get run Mystic or Enigma, modded out, without it slowing down the experie for the users at all while still offering a fully loaded experience.Well now, this does sound link a serious challenge. I have a very old
x486 DX2 66 on DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 ... OK, I am board this
weekend, time to go to the garage, break out this POS and see if it
fires up. going to attempt to install Mystic x32 on this puppy to see
what blows up! <grin>
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