SOMEONE TRIPPED OVER THE PLUG Wed Feb 17 20:43:58 GMT 2010 We had a power outage that outlasted the UPS last night... normal service (or lack thereof) has been resumed. ~admin +++ RETROPEDIA Thu Feb 4 19:48:11 GMT 2010 Papa's set up an experimental wiki powered by UseModWiki... head over to http://retro-net.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl and give it a go. ~admin +++ PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW RC3BGL Wed Feb 3 21:23:37 GMT 2010 Thanks to our erstwhile CTO papa, the RetroNET Creative Computing Classic BASIC Game Library is now open for business. Check out this collection of classics from the dawn of the personal computing era in the "Fun & Games" submenu. Note: some telnet programs have issues with bas (or vice versa) so if you have trouble use "^J" instead of "Enter/Return". ~admin +++ RETROCHALLENGE HUNT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Sat Jan 30 21:05:11 GMT 2010 The 2010 RetroChalleneg Winter Warm-up hunt final starts in less that 1 hour. The match is open to anyone and will last exactly 1 hour (you can drop in and out if you wish). If you don't have a RetroNET account you can still enter the Hunt. Telnet to telnet://retro-net.org and log in with user "hunt" and password "rc2010". The winner will be the player with the best [kills - deaths] score at the end of the match. Happy Hunting! ~admin +++ USERNAME CONVERSION Thu Jan 21 10:11:09 GMT 2010 As of now, all RetroNET usernames have been converted to lowercase. This has been done to avoid problems with local mail delivery and possibly other nefarious reasons which you are better off not knowing about. This change will only impact a few users and shouldn't present any insurmountable problems... in the event that things are not as they should be, please contact admin@retro-net.org ~admin +++ NEW HUNT RULES Thu Jan 14 22:59:17 GMT 2010 In view of wgoodf's shameless cheating during last weekend's hunt match we've changed the way the game is scored. Instead of hunt's own overly complex and easily gamed scoring we're now reverting to a simple kills minus deaths kinda deal. Thanks to papa for whipping up a script to save me from having to do the math myself. ~admin +++ CHAT ROOM OPEN Thu Jan 14 22:50:46 GMT 2010 I've spent a gruelling afternoon hacking up a very simple chatroom for RetroNET... for now it's under UTILITIES --> RAT CHAT ~admin +++ HUNT! Sun Dec 13 23:13:58 GMT 2009 Saturday Hunts are back on... join in the 2D ascii carnage every Saturday at 10pm UTC. ~admin +++ TEST Fri Dec 11 23:32:50 GMT 2009 another test ~admin +++ TEST Fri Dec 11 23:08:05 GMT 2009 Just a test. ~admin +++ RETROCHALLENGE WINTER WARM-UP 2010 Wed Dec 9 19:44:55 GMT 2009 Attention all retrocomputing enthusiasts! The RetroChallenge "Winter Warm-up" 2010 is officially slated to run from January 1st to 31st, 2010. RetroChallenge is a fairly informal "contest" whose sole aim is to encourage owners of obsolete systems to do something (anything) with them. Projects are self-assigned and can include just about anything, from programming to hardware hacks; restorations; multimedia... whatever floats your boat. RetroChallenge is open to rosy-cheeked noobs and hoary old wizards alike. Swing by http://retrochallenge.net for all the details, or visit the RetroBBS at telnet://bbs.retrochallenge.net ~admin +++ BASIC back on the menu Sun Nov 22 04:25:18 GMT 2009 I've officially given up trying to get Blassic to run on RetroNET, so we're now using Bywater BASIC... seems to work okay, let me know if you find otherwise (and I'll be sure to do nothing about it). ~admin +++ RETRONET OUTAGE CAUSED BY GAVO Fri Oct 9 21:16:02 GMT 2009 Should I give him the boot? Cast your vote at www.bangavo.com ~admin +++ CAVE IS DOWN Sat Sep 19 23:20:10 GMT 2009 Presumably gavo's responsible... normal service will be resumed as soon as poss. ~admin +++ SMTP FTW! Wed Sep 16 18:38:07 GMT 2009 It looks like outgoing mail is once again a reality... for the record, I'd like to mention that our erstwhile CTO gavo really had a minor role -- in fact, for all intents and purposes, he was no help at all. Pine users may have to change the SMTP server in their config. Easy enough... from the main menu hit "S" for setup and the "C" for config... scroll down to the outgoing server (SMTP) entry and make sure it's blank. Then hit "E" to exit and save the configuration. If you have any probs, email me or post on the Scrawl Wall. ~admin +++ WORLD HUNT CHAMPIONSHIP! Sat Aug 22 21:13:16 GMT 2009 The World Hunt Championship match will take place on Saturday August 29th from 22:00 - 23:00 UTC. Contest is open to all. Winner will receive a photo of a very nice trophy! ~admin +++ TEMPORARY LOSS OF SERVICE NOT RELATED TO TWITTER OUTAGE Mon Aug 10 04:42:58 GMT 2009 It would appear that RetroNET suffered a coordinated attack from wgoodf (just buggering about) and gavo (looking at it funny) over the weekend. Predictably, it fell down... membership fees will be refunded to anyone adversely affected. ~admin +++ RETRONET BACK ON-LINE Mon Aug 3 20:44:00 GMT 2009 Over the weekend we had some severe wind and thunderstorm activity that caused a power outage that lasted longer than the UPS... so it goes. ~admin +++ HUNT! HUNT! HUNT! Fri Jul 31 23:49:08 GMT 2009 By special request I've scheduled a HUNT for Saturday Aug 1st @ 10pm UTC. Apparently arfink feels the urge to commit slaughter on a massive scale. ~admin +++ HUNT RESULTS - ROUND 4 (FINAL) Sat Jul 25 23:34:34 GMT 2009 luddite 2.77 5 points wgoodf 0.69 3 points urbancamo 0.13 1 point wolfie 0.00 TOURNAMENT FINAL SCORES: luddite 14 ***WINNER*** #1 !!!!!!!! gavo 13 not the winner wgoodf 7 3rd the dirty donkey equant 1 urbancamo 1 ~admin +++ HUNT RESULTS - ROUND 3 Sat Jul 18 23:02:19 GMT 2009 gavo 1.30 luddite 0.90 equant 0.80 wgoodf 0.29 wolfie 0.23 Paleoferrosaurus0.00 ~admin +++ HUNT TOURNAMENT RESULTS - ROUND 1 Sat Jul 4 23:23:21 GMT 2009 It was a tight race for first, but luddite prevailed over gavo by a nose. Wgoodf managed a goose-egg but still gets a point for third place. luddite 0.89 5 points gavo 0.75 3 points wgoodf 0.00 1 point ~admin +++ THE HUNT IS ON! Fri Jul 3 20:28:42 GMT 2009 The official RetroChallenge 2009 Hunt tournament gets underway at 22:00 UTC, July 4, 2009. In a nut shell, Hunt is a 2D ASCII maze game where the goal is to kill as many of the other players as possible. More info can be found on the RetroNET homepage. We'll be playing at this time every Saturday during the RetroChallenge and the overall winner will be awarded some sort of crappy prize. And for those too lazy, uncommitted or sensibly cautious to have a RetroNET account, you can still get in the game by telnetting to retro-net.org with username 'hunt' and password 'rc2009'. When prompted for a team choose 'none' and when you're asked which game to join, it doesn't matter -- both choices lead to the same mess. KILL! KILL! KILL! ~admin +++ FIGGY IS GO! Tue Jun 30 23:17:40 GMT 2009 I've added a figlet generator named "Figgy" to the MCP. You can access it from the Files menu (because I didn't know where else to put it). As with all things RetroNET, use it at your own risk! ~admin +++ RETRONET GOPHER HOLE NOW WORLD FAMOUS!!! Tue Jun 23 19:24:25 GMT 2009 I'm happy to report that the RetroNET Gopher Hole is now listed on Floodgap - gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/new Surely now world+dog will be beating a path to our door! Erm... anyway, maybe RetroNET users should think about cleaning up their holes at this point. ~admin +++ MAIL FAIL Sun Jun 21 22:36:03 GMT 2009 The big plan for sorting out the email situation was a complete fiasco. We are still without outgoing mail service. ~admin +++ MAIL SYSTEM UPGRADE SCHEDULED Fri Jun 12 05:37:18 GMT 2009 We'll be taking a stab at fixing the bolloxed email setup on the weekend of June 20, 2009. Please ensure than any important emails are archived locally to avoid possible injury or loss of income. RetroNET will NOT be held accountable for any loss or damages resulting directly or indirectly from any action taken or not taken on our part or on the part of agents acting on our authority. Have a nice day. ~admin +++ OUTGOING MAIL DISABLED Fri Jun 12 05:05:15 GMT 2009 Due to changes in how our ISP authentcates outgoing mail, RetroNET finds itself bereft of said service. Rest assured that very little effort is being made to rectify the situation and we are currently expecting a resolution within the current geological epoch. We would like to humbly apologise for any inconvenience to our users but, quite frankly, that would be insincere. ~admin +++ THAT DIDN'T WORK Fri Jun 12 05:03:39 GMT 2009 Only tweeted... this is attempt #2 ~admin +++