Hello Ed!

** On Saturday 16.08.25 - 16:04, you wrote to Jcurtis:

Some years later I got a disk to try out Compuserve for a
half hour at no cost. I looked aound Compuserve and didn't
think it was worth paying for.

I used TapCIS:

"CompuServe's automated program to grab messages was called
TapCIS. It allowed users to manage their email accounts and
forum memberships more efficiently by enabling offline work and
automating the process of sending and receiving messages."

I tried to limited dialup to about 3 times a week at most.
Still.. my monthly bill seemed large. I don't remember my
total average online time.


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I used TapCIS:

"CompuServe's automated program to grab messages was called
TapCIS. It allowed users to manage their email accounts and
forum memberships more efficiently by enabling offline work and
automating the process of sending and receiving messages."

I used CompuServe for years. I still remember the ID number and
password. I'm not sure if they're still around or not.

I tried to limited dialup to about 3 times a week at most.
Still.. my monthly bill seemed large. I don't remember my
total average online time.

Mine was a lot...but that was back under dial-up internet, as
it were. I used a Radio Shack MC-10 micro color computer, with
a 300 baud modem, and a TV set for a monitor. I downloaded quite
a few pieces of software...including 2 for the TRS-80 Model 100
laptop, for "the world's smallest BBS", and I ran that from
December 1990 through April 1992.

The two forums I remember being in were AVSIG (Aviation Special
Interest Group), and one on Trains, where the moderator noted
"Everything on a flanged wheel".

Daryl

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Re: Re: ANSI art
By: Daryl Stout to Dumas Walker on Tue Sep 02 2025 05:30 pm

by Cory Wright of The Rising Connection (TRC), and I had used his DoorWorks utility to track door usage. Since I'm back with Synchronet, I've tried workarounds to find a door usage utility that I can use, but so far, none have worked.

What kind of door tracking are you looking for? A little while ago, I made something that looks at your Synchronet logs and puts together door usage stats, and I made a web page that shows the door usage stats graphically using a JS chart library.

An example of the page on my BBS:

http://digitaldistortionbbs.com/digdist-pages/DoorStats.xjs

If you want to download it and set it up on your BBS, this is a link:

http://digdist.synchro.net/files/BBS/SYNCUTIL/DoorSWeb.zip

Nightfox

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What kind of door tracking are you looking for? A little while
ago, I made something that looks at your Synchronet logs and
puts together door usage stats, and I made a web page that
shows the door usage stats graphically using a JS chart
library.

An example of the page on my BBS:

http://digitaldistortionbbs.com/digdist-pages/DoorStats.xjs

If you want to download it and set it up on your BBS, this is a
link:

http://digdist.synchro.net/files/BBS/SYNCUTIL/DoorSWeb.zip

I'll take a look at that.

I'm also trying to locate these utilities:

1) The CAPTCHA utility by LordBlackfair

2) The updated SynCWx utility

3) The Solar Data Utility

All of these are for Synchronet.

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to Ogg <=-

I used CompuServe for years. I still remember the ID number and password. I'm not sure if they're still around or not.

I was 75300,1375@compuserve.com, don't know why I still remember that.


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Re: Re: Door usage tracking
By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Wed Sep 03 2025 06:28 pm

2) The updated SynCWx utility

That one is from KenDB3. It looks like there's a Github page for it:

https://github.com/KenDB3/syncWXremix

Nightfox

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2) The updated SynCWx utility

That one is from KenDB3. It looks like there's a Github page
for it:

https://github.com/KenDB3/syncWXremix

I went to the github pages, and I never saw a download link.
I'll have to look again.

I'm also looking for that Solar-Data one (alco-solar), and
the updated CAPTCHA one from Lord Blackfair.

Daryl

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I was 75300,1375@compuserve.com, don't know why I still
remember that.

I was 72716,2110@compuserve.com -- I don't know why I still
remember that.

No telling how much money I spent on that. :P

Are they even still in existence??

Daryl

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Re: Re: Door usage tracking
By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Fri Sep 05 2025 02:34 pm

https://github.com/KenDB3/syncWXremix

I went to the github pages, and I never saw a download link. I'll have to look again.

It's the green button that says "Code" with the down arrow - Click that, and a menu should appear - you should be able to download it with the "Download ZIP" option.

Nightfox

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It's the green button that says "Code" with the down arrow -
Click that, and a menu should appear - you should be able to
download it with the "Download ZIP" option.

Yeah, I found that, but I ran into some issues.

1) The SyncWx deal REQUIRES an API from WeatherUnderground, but
they will ONLY make them available to folks who have home weather
stations. So, that leaves me out in the cold (no pun intended). I
do have an API with OpenWeather that I use with the Amateur Radio
D-Rats setup, but that won't work with this one. I used the program
before, and really liked it...but I could not find my former
WUnderground API key.

2) I did get the Solar-Data one working...it's useful for me when
the topic turns to propagation on my ham radio traffic nets.

3) The CAPTCHA deal I saw from Lord Blackfair looked like the
original one, but not the one where it changed with every wrong
attempt. I basically made a bunch of batchfiles and SRC deals
that I compiled to BIN files, with different codes in each one,
then set up the Task Scheduler to change the data every 5 minutes
around the clock. The work on that wasn't hard, but it was tedious.

4) I'm going to set up the Word Of The Day and the Bitcoin Exchange
one later today. I was busy with other BBS and ham radio stuff
yesterday, and I've learned the hard way NOT to work on the computer
while one is fatigued.

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to Nightfox <=-

1) The SyncWx deal REQUIRES an API from WeatherUnderground, but
they will ONLY make them available to folks who have home weather stations. So, that leaves me out in the cold (no pun intended). I
do have an API with OpenWeather that I use with the Amateur Radio
D-Rats setup, but that won't work with this one. I used the program before, and really liked it...but I could not find my former
WUnderground API key.

The best weather door out there now is called "AI-WX". It's available
from the author's BBS at: firesidebbs.com:23231 in the "Lonewolf
Software" file area.

It does use an API that is free to get. It is *FAR* superior to any
weather door you've ever used before, I promise.



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Re: Re: Door usage tracking
By: Daryl Stout to Nightfox on Mon Sep 08 2025 10:06 am

1) The SyncWx deal REQUIRES an API from WeatherUnderground, but they will ONLY make them available to folks who have home weather stations. So, that leaves me out in the cold (no pun intended). I do have an API with

I was able to set up SyncWx and didn't need a home weather station.. Though currently when I run it, it's getting a JSON.parse error - maybe the data it's downloading is invalid. I'll have to look into that.

Nightfox

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I was able to set up SyncWx and didn't need a home weather
station.. Though currently when I run it, it's getting a
JSON.parse error - maybe the data it's downloading is invalid.
I'll have to look into that.

That is the same error I'm getting. I thought it was not having
the JSON port opened in my router, but that's not it. I'm also
getting similar errors with the Bitcoin data door, and the Word
Of The Day door.

Daryl

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The best weather door out there now is called "AI-WX". It's
available from the author's BBS at: firesidebbs.com:23231 in
the "Lonewolf Software" file area.

It does use an API that is free to get. It is *FAR* superior
to any weather door you've ever used before, I promise.

OK, I'll take a look for that...thanks.

Being in a combination of Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley, I need
to keep up on the weather.

I downloaded it, and I see it's shareware...but it'll be next
month before I can register it.

Daryl

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