Cottonwood BBS update

[Andrew Wiskow]

I now have Cottonwood BBS up and running on a Lt. Kernal hard drive.  Since the Lt. Kernal *is* fully supported by AA BBS (unlike the CMD HD), I was finally able to do away with the multitude of floppy drives that I had the BBS running on previously.  I've also moved the entire BBS setup to a desk in another room.  Here's a photo of the BBS setup now:



Do ya like my "printer stand"?  ;-)

The C128 that the BBS runs on is on the left side of the desk, with its "PC Slave" sitting on the right.  On top of the "hutch" is a 1581 and 1571 disk drive for transferring files to and from floppies, and the Lt. Kernal hard drive that the entire BBS runs on.  Things are running much smoother and faster with this new setup.  The games modules load in from the Lt. Kernal just as fast as they did from a 1750 REU before.  Amazing!  :-)

-Andrew

[hydrophilic]

Love your printer stand!  So the Lt.Kernal is a better hard drive than CMD's?  I need to find out more about those.

If the Lt.Kernal is serving files to your 128, can ask what the PC is doing?

[RobertB]

Do ya like my "printer stand"?  ;-)

Pshaw!  I could make a far taller printer stand with all the 1541's we have.  ;-)  By the way, one day I'll have to see how the Lt. Kernal daughterboard is constructed and how it is attached within your C128.

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Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
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[Andrew Wiskow]

Love your printer stand!  So the Lt.Kernal is a better hard drive than CMD's?  I need to find out more about those.

The one thing that CMD hard drive has an advantage over the Lt. Kernal is the maximum drive size.  CMD HD can access up to 4.3 GB.  Officially, according to the manual, LTK can access up to 140 MB.  Unofficially, it can be "pushed" up to around 1 GB.  If you're going for max size, definately go for a CMD HD.  If you're going for speed, however, the LTK is the way to go.

I can't really say that one is better than the other...  They both have their pluses and minuses.  :-)

If the Lt.Kernal is serving files to your 128, can ask what the PC is doing?

The PC is what gives the C128 its Telnet connection so that people can call in to the BBS.  Check out Leif Bloomquist's Telnet BBS Server page for more information on how this works.

-Andrew

[Andrew Wiskow]

Pshaw!  I could make a far taller printer stand with all the 1541's we have.  ;-)  By the way, one day I'll have to see how the Lt. Kernal daughterboard is constructed and how it is attached within your C128.

I could've made the "printer stand" a bit higher...  But I thought 5 drives high was high enough...  It matches the height of the printer beside it that's connected to my 128D, which you can't see in that photo above...  Here's a photo of the COMPLETE setup...  BBS computer alongside personal computer:



Robert, you're more than welcome to come down and visit any time you like and see the LTK 128 daughterboard in person...  I am planning on taking some detailed photos of the daughterboard, however...  I'll post here again when I've got them ready.  :-)

-Andrew