Does anyone have the Unix version of Waffle BBS?
Does anyone have the Unix version of Waffle BBS?
I can't find it anywhere. All the anon ftp sites it shows listed at
aren't around anymore. Here's a nice directory w/a load of files for the
github clone
https://github.com/pyffle/Pyffle-BBS
Avon wrote to fang-castro <=-
At one stage I was running Waffle for DOS but always wanted to run the unix version, as you know it's hard to find or gone for good :(
On 08 Oct 2021 at 07:28p, fang-castro pondered and said...
I can't find it anywhere. All the anon ftp sites it shows listed at aren't around anymore. Here's a nice directory w/a load of files for
Thanks, do you know the filename(s) for the unix version.
So did I! I had it set up as part of a uucp bridge that used something called FRED (?) to bridge the files from waffle BBSes into ftn packets.
I was tryin to atleast find the names in some of my searches, that would definitely help. I'll try again... Waffle looks like fun. You probably found the usenet posts like I did, lots to look thru =)
I'm a past Waffle sysop/user .. I liked it back in the day :)
i'll probably keep searching because it's kind of fun running across all this old stuff and i have a fresh pot of coffee
github clone
https://github.com/pyffle/Pyffle-BBS
Yep have seen this, and thanks! :)
At one stage I was running Waffle for DOS but always wanted to run the unix version, as you know it's hard to find or gone for good :(
Hey, its prolly no help but... I did a search for anything to do with Waffle BBS @ 2o. I have the following files in case any might be helpful:
Avon wrote to fang-castro <=-
At one stage I was running Waffle for DOS but always wanted to run the unix version, as you know it's hard to find or gone for good :(
Does anyone have the Unix version of Waffle BBS?
Does anyone have the Unix version of Waffle BBS?
Are you still looking? I have a copy of waffleunix.tgz (1.64). I've not been able to compile it, the code is very old (14 Apr 1992) and needs migrating to a modern Unix. I have thought the best approach would be to do a series of ports to newer and newer versions of Unix until it's current.
The file is 230 KB, if you'd like a copy. Let me know!
By the way, I am running an instance of MS-DOS WAFFLE 1.65 on DOSBox 0.74-3 at telnet://mutiny86.asuscomm.com:1957/
It is not very stable and locks up periodically but I restart it.
I've not run WAFFLE since the mid-1990s when I was uunet!melanie!peter
and I've not done much to this instance as it's only been online for a
few days. --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
Re: Waffle
By: Avon to All on Sat Oct 09 2021 02:49 pm
Does anyone have the Unix version of Waffle BBS?
Are you still looking? I have a copy of waffleunix.tgz (1.64). I've not been able to compile it, the code is very old (14 Apr 1992) and needs migrating to a modern Unix.
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The file is 230 KB, if you'd like a copy. Let me know!
Yes please thank you.
My email is avon@bbs.nz
Are you still looking? I have a copy of waffleunix.tgz (1.64). I've not been able to compile it, the code is very old (14 Apr 1992) and needs migrating to a modern Unix.
Cool! I'm also interested ...
Since there may be a general interest, I have shared the file at
https://mega.nz/file/DUsSyDSD#_AcMtUm7Y4fIH4zW_0D-MVegeApxCpIEeQFhaskpa-0
I have not been able to get it to compile (not that I've spent much time on it) and I suspect it will take some effort. My plan has been to start with a BSD from back then because I think it will compile there. Then I would step-wise port it to more and more modern BSDs until it has caught up to today. At that point, it might not be hard to port it to Linux (assuming that's where most people are who would be interested).
On the other hand, it might be easiest to port to an old version of
Linux and then move forward in time from there.
-- Gordon.
Thanks a ton, Gordon. I've grabbed it quite easily and added to 2o for archiving.. and I'm gonna dig it at some point in the near future.
I think compiling might be above my pay grade, but I do wanna take a peek. I can compile basic things, but I bet yer right that it will take a few or more version steps - with modification - to get it going.
Thanks, much, for the link.
I have emailed it. It's coming from my instance of Synchronet, which I only recently installed. I have no experience with Synchronet and my
last BBS activity was ~25 years ago so there's plenty of opportunity for something to have gone wrong. If you don't receive it, please let me
know and I'll do what it takes to get it to you.
Re: Waffle
By: Oli to Gdclark on Wed Dec 22 2021 10:45 am
Are you still looking? I have a copy of waffleunix.tgz (1.64).
I've not been able to compile it, the code is very old (14 Apr
1992) and needs migrating to a modern Unix.
Cool! I'm also interested ...
Since there may be a general interest, I have shared the file at
I have not been able to get it to compile (not that I've spent much time
on it) and I suspect it will take some effort.
My plan has been to start
with a BSD from back then because I think it will compile there.
Then I
would step-wise port it to more and more modern BSDs until it has caught
up to today. At that point, it might not be hard to port it to Linux (assuming that's where most people are who would be interested).
On the other hand, it might be easiest to port to an old version of Linux and then move forward in time from there.
Linux wasn't very common 30 years ago, was it? ;)
You might be able to go in 5 year jumps (the project of upgrading Waffle to current stuff). I did run Waffle back in the day as did Avon when we used our real names ;)
bcw142 wrote to Oli <=-
upgrading Waffle to current stuff). I did run Waffle back in the day as did Avon when we used our real names ;)
On 04 Jan 2022, Oli said the following...
Linux wasn't very common 30 years ago, was it? ;)
Not common, but I started with it before then and had a number of systems running Slackware by 1991 (so 31 years ago). We did have to make and compile our custom kernels and the whole OS back then. That started to go out with 2.0 and mod's and by 2.5 or so you didn't need to compile a
custom kernel each time. I stopped doing so some time in the early
2000's. There are likely plenty of old versions on servers around the
world you could start the project of upgrading to a modern Linux on. You might be able to go in 5 year jumps (the project of upgrading Waffle to current stuff). I did run Waffle back in the day as did Avon when we used our real names ;)
I really don't have much experience with C, how it evolved over the
years and cross-platform development. But I wonder if it might be more work to port Waffle to several older versions instead of jumping
directly to proper ANSI C99 (or whatever works best).
I got Waffle compiling and linking on a modern Unix with
a recent Clang not too long ago.
do you have the .zip?
On 18 Feb 2022 at 06:41p, fang-castro pondered and said...
do you have the .zip?
Nah; I threw it in a git repo. But without whats-his-name's
blessing, I'm not so sure about passing it around. :-(
Just upload it to archive.org, they don't care about blessings (, copyright and privacy laws) ;-P
I don't know which version you have. Is it maybe possible to create a patch and only distribute the diff?
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