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    From Brianm to All on Fri May 29 21:55:34 2026

    All, but especially for BobW ...what's going on with BeeBS ..saw the *. note about an SD card break ...but that was in April.. surely Ed had some sort of bacckup ? Whats the story?

    cheers
    Brian
  • From Bob Worm to Brianm on Fri May 29 22:08:58 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Brianm to All on Fri May 29 2026 21:55:34

    Hi, Brian.

    All, but especially for BobW ...what's going on with BeeBS ..saw the *. note about an SD card break ...but that was in April.. surely Ed had some sort of bacckup ? Whats the story?

    Last I heard (not that long ago) he still didn't have a replacement card for it. I imagine real life is probably getting in the way, since the weather has improved and he works outdoors?

    It's funny - I haven't opened the messages section for probably over a month. I did it this evening and, lo and behold, your message asking for me was posted just today :)

    Hope you're keeping well, Brian? I must dial into your board but I fear there will be 50 million messages unread when I do! If only I had a decent Viewdata terminal on the Acorn... or the laptop for that matter.

    BobW
  • From Keyop to Bob Worm on Fri May 29 22:45:52 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Brianm on Fri May 29 2026 22:08:58

    Hope you're keeping well, Brian? I must dial into your board but I fear there will be 50 million messages unread when I do! If only I had a decent Viewdata terminal on the Acorn... or the laptop for that
    matter.

    Apple, Windows or Linux laptop? If so, Syncterm is great for viewdata :)
  • From Bob Worm to Keyop on Sat May 30 22:22:59 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Keyop to Bob Worm on Fri May 29 2026 22:45:52

    Hi, Keyop.

    Apple, Windows or Linux laptop? If so, Syncterm is great for viewdata :)

    I do have Syncterm but it is completely unusable as it crashes after a few seconds. I'm sure there's newer versions of it out but I'm not on a particularly recent MacOS so I'm reticent to report the issues to the Syncterm devs.

    BobW
  • From Keyop to Bob Worm on Sun May 31 00:10:36 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Keyop on Sat May 30 2026 22:22:59

    I do have Syncterm but it is completely unusable as it crashes after a few seconds. I'm sure there's newer versions of it out but I'm not on a particularly recent MacOS so I'm reticent to report the issues
    to
    the Syncterm devs.

    What version are you using?

    K
  • From Bob Worm to Keyop on Sun May 31 10:35:27 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Keyop to Bob Worm on Sun May 31 2026 00:10:36

    Hi, Keyop.

    What version are you using?

    SyncTERM 1.6 SDL on MacOS Sonoma

    BobW
  • From Bob Worm to Keyop on Mon Jun 1 12:58:26 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Keyop on Sun May 31 2026 10:35:27

    Hi, Keyop.

    What version are you using?
    SyncTERM 1.6 SDL on MacOS Sonoma

    Heh, what do you know? The new 1.9 release candidate works fine (so far, for the one connection I've tried it on). I logged into Night Owl and found I was 360 or so messages behind current :\

    BobW
  • From Keyop to Bob Worm on Thu Jun 4 23:21:22 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Keyop on Sun May 31 2026 10:35:27

    SyncTERM 1.6 SDL on MacOS Sonoma

    Have you tried a later version? Current release is 1.8

    K
  • From Keyop to Bob Worm on Thu Jun 4 23:22:06 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Keyop on Mon Jun 01 2026 12:58:26

    Heh, what do you know? The new 1.9 release candidate works fine (so far, for the one connection I've tried it on). I logged into Night Owl and found I was 360 or so messages behind current :\

    Im still running 1.8 on my PC - I dont usually run the rc versions :)
  • From Bob Worm to Keyop on Sun Jun 7 21:00:06 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Keyop to Bob Worm on Thu Jun 04 2026 23:22:06

    Hey, K.

    Im still running 1.8 on my PC - I dont usually run the rc versions :)

    I decided that 1.6 was so broken (on my laptop) that I'd just go as far away from that version as I could. No complaints yet (though I'm on the Acorn this evening).

    BobW
  • From Keyop to Bob Worm on Tue Jun 9 18:04:03 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Keyop on Sun Jun 07 2026 21:00:06

    I decided that 1.6 was so broken (on my laptop) that I'd just go as far away from that version as I could. No complaints yet (though I'm on the Acorn this evening).

    That reminds me, I've bought a couple of electrons - I need to get them online at some point.

    K
  • From Bob Worm to Keyop on Tue Jun 9 21:18:49 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Keyop to Bob Worm on Tue Jun 09 2026 18:04:03

    Hey, K.

    That reminds me, I've bought a couple of electrons - I need to get them online at some point.

    "a couple of electrons", he casually drops into conversation!

    Are they any good? I feel like I'd prefer the form factor over the Beeb but the lack of teletext mode would probably make it mildly useless.

    BobW
  • From Keyop to Bob Worm on Wed Jun 10 20:37:40 2026
    Re: BeeBS
    By: Bob Worm to Keyop on Tue Jun 09 2026 21:18:49

    Are they any good? I feel like I'd prefer the form factor over the Beeb but the lack of teletext mode would probably make it mildly useless.

    I've not had them long.... I definately miss mode 7 but every other aspsect apart from the lack of ports without expansion cards, feels like a beeb.