Hello Sean!

Answering a msg of <Friday April 15 2022>, from you to All:


Did you take a look at mbse-1.odt ?
It is in the docs directory of the sources along with the mbse-1.pdf file.
It was created using LibreOffice but can be read from MS Word I understand. (LibreOffice is a O/S product that is free to get and use and works in a similar way to MS Office and Word).


As I did the convert process a few years back with only light changes, speeling
errors and other sillies fixed up.

I also started with one or more tables at least for the FAQ's but run out of time so left the rest 'as is'.

The other issue is that as manual the entire document needs a rehash as it is impossible to use when setting up a mbse system for the first time.

At the moment I am setting up a new system on a Pi to process the elist software as an independent system and that box will only make use of :

Echos : ELIST, ECHOLIST and Netmail in the name of elistmaint (at 2:25/21)

Files:
ECHOLIST (the elist monthly archive)
Z2DAILY for a up to date copy of the nodelist and yes it could be Z1DAILY
but the Z2 one is more up to date on a daily basis.

Possibly NODELISZ but made inactive anyway as the DAILY does the same job and is updated daily.

Mbse using AKA 2:25/21 with its uplink as 2:250/1 (or possibly 1:3634/12 but made inactive) - I need to speak to Mark Lewis on this if needed as live).
As it is 250/1 is a master Hub for Filegate and passes on echo's and files to/from all Mark and/or the other FileGate Star Hub systems.


The idea is that a small box will hold the elist system along with the source programs that make up the elist (and backbone) system so in the event when I get ill or die etc some one younger can take this role overbut just paying for P&P and a contribution to wards to cost of the Pi (and HDD and metal casing
and (laptop type Power adaptor).

All that would be required to get it operation is :
1. If not acting as headless - wireless keyboard and mouse (Logitech Kbd - K360
and mouse - M325):
2. Twin power lead with a sideways 8 connector for country of operation.
3. HDMI cable to connect to a monitor device which as as input HDMI.
4. Lan cable to conenct to router or a hub/switch.
The Pi can use Wireless connection for networking but cable likely to be
faster.
5. Change to Pi to support router network as currently set to 192.168.1.254 for
router and internal address as 192.168.1.75
6. Arrange for new Net address is required but can use initially 2:25/21 with
a change of IBN url.
7. Change mbse to use that address.
8. Change mbse to use another uplink address.

That it.



Vincent

--- Mageia Linux v8 X64/Mbse v1.0.8/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)

Hello Vincent,

16 Apr 22 14:13, you wrote to me:

The idea is that a small box will hold the elist system along with the source programs that make up the elist (and backbone) system so in the event when I get ill or die etc some one younger can take this role overbut just paying for P&P and a contribution to wards to cost of the
Pi (and HDD and metal casing and (laptop type Power adaptor).

It's a good idea. Nice to have a business continuity plan, if you will.

Something I want to say publicly: my documentation project is not to dimishish all of the work you did on the MBSE documentation. I am just rewriting it using LaTeX so that way anyone who has to work on it in the future will be able to have an easier time than dealing with HTML. I was willing to learn LaTeX/TeX to do this not only for this projecct, but for my own Cheepware doors which I have released as open source.

Let me tell you, I stepped into a deep puddle with this project. <G> It's a LOT more more than I expected but I am wanting to do this because, like you said, the current MBSE documentation is damn near worthless right now from its age and unreadability.

-- Sean

... Forty isn't considered old if you're a tree.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Outpost BBS (MBSE BBS Dev Team) (1:18/200)

Hello Sean!

Saturday April 16 2022 11:58, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent,

Let me tell you, I stepped into a deep puddle with this project. <G>
It's a LOT more more than I expected but I am wanting to do this
because, like you said, the current MBSE documentation is damn near worthless right now from its age and unreadability.

I have to use texlive with gnucobol project as that is what the manual was written and I do not like it one bit.

So good luck with it, I will not be doing any changes to a texi based manual. One is more than enough.

Did not lick playing with html as well so I converted it into LibreOffice OFT and could with a click of a mouse do the same for .doc or .docx - I just do not
have word on my Linux system but LibreOffice work on all platforms and I
prefer using a WYSIWYG processor.

Vincent

--- Mageia Linux v8 X64/Mbse v1.0.8/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
* Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)