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    From Flavio Bessa@4:801/189 to All on Fri Jul 29 22:57:17 2016
    Hello,

    I am considering to use Renegade as the software for a BBS I'll create to attend some friends that
    are crazy about retrocomputing and are asking me to access a BBS using phone lines. ;)

    I have visited the Renegade website but I still do not understand which version
    to pick.



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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Flavio Bessa on Sat Jul 30 15:25:47 2016
    On 29 Jul 16 22:57:17, Flavio Bessa said the following to All:

    I am considering to use Renegade as the software for a BBS I'll create to attend some friends that
    are crazy about retrocomputing and are asking me to access a BBS using phon lines. ;)

    I have visited the Renegade website but I still do not understand which version to pick.

    I don't maintain the official site, but I am one of the last remaining Renegade systems in the world.

    I would strongly suggest you start with 05-11, then upgrade to 98-101D then upgrade to Y2KA2. The reason is because the menu sets from 05-11 are what most people will be familiar with. If you just started with a new install of anything past 05-11, you will get menu sets nobody is familiar with.

    The problem with Renegade is that anything past Y2kA2 (the "1.x" series) is full of features that I feel start to drift away from what Renegade was all about. Things like lightbars and stuff resembling Searchlight. If someone wants to run Searchlight, they can run that. Not to mention anything past Y2KA2 has new menu sets and breaks compatibility with 3rd-party software due to internal database structure changes.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: www.darkrealms.ca (1:229/426)
  • From Flavio Bessa@4:801/189 to Nick Andre on Thu Aug 4 12:21:47 2016
    Nick Andre wrote to Flavio Bessa <=-

    I don't maintain the official site, but I am one of the last remaining Renegade systems in the world.

    I would strongly suggest you start with 05-11, then upgrade to 98-101D then upgrade to Y2KA2. The reason is because the menu sets from 05-11
    are what most people will be familiar with. If you just started with a
    new install of anything past 05-11, you will get menu sets nobody is familiar with.

    The problem with Renegade is that anything past Y2kA2 (the "1.x"
    series) is full of features that I feel start to drift away from what Renegade was all about. Things like lightbars and stuff resembling Searchlight. If someone wants to run Searchlight, they can run that.
    Not to mention anything past Y2KA2 has new menu sets and breaks compatibility with 3rd-party software due to internal database
    structure changes.

    Thanks Nick. The idea here is to build a system with
    dial-up access only, so I'll start with 05-11 and slowly
    advance into the other versions.

    Many thanks for your insights. I believe this endeavour is
    going to shake up this echo a little bit. :)



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    .-----________________--_ ________.--'-`--.____ Hugs from Flavio Bessa \____==================_) \_'===================' Syzo of Saturn's Orbit
    - -|__|-.______|=====/ `---' Netmail 4:801/189.1
    Live long ` ∙._ _ _ _~~~~~| fcbessa@gmail.com
    and prosper... `-.__________,' Always UnionNET Addicted!


    ... "Cadê o meu ENGOV???" - Dkg

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    * Origin: Brain Storm BBS * http://www.bsbbs.com.br * Recife,BR (4:801/189)
  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Flavio Bessa on Thu Aug 4 13:58:00 2016
    On 04 Aug 16 12:21:47, Flavio Bessa said the following to Nick Andre:

    Thanks Nick. The idea here is to build a system with
    dial-up access only, so I'll start with 05-11 and slowly
    advance into the other versions.

    No problem. Make sure you do backups between upgrades...

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: www.darkrealms.ca (1:229/426)