X-Received: by 2002:ac8:2a8f:: with SMTP id b15mr13397898qta.33.1607790985618; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:36:25 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:aca:5e03:: with SMTP id s3mr13301079oib.125.1607790985303; Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:36:25 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.uzoreto.com!tr3.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:36:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.177.235.148; posting-account=6Bwl5woAAABbu3ws56eMUyzKzmU-kTF4 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.177.235.148 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Waffle still in use today? From: Peter Hoffman Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:36:25 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lines: 23 Xref: csiph.com comp.bbs.waffle:11 On Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 1:48:38 PM UTC-4, Martin Burmester wrote: > Hi,=20 >=20 > is there still anybody out there using the original Waffle? Can it stil= =20 > be used, or are there Y2K or other issues that make it impractical?=20 >=20 > Cheers,=20 > Martin Wow, here I am in December of 2020, looking to get an instance of Waffle BB= S running again! I'm using VirtualBox 6.1.16-140961 and FreeDOS 1.2 on Wind= ows 10 in this effort, which has just started this morning.=20 If that turns out, I hope to use NetFoss RC 1.24 to get UUCP-over-TCP/IP wo= rking. I don't know what it is about Waffle but it just felt so comfortable, with = just the right amount of quirkiness to make operating a site feel like bein= g part of a secret club. Good times! I wish the source code could still be bought... =E2=80=94 Peter.