Talk:WWIVnet

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The original version of this article said that the conversion of the node numbered happened in 1995. I changed that to 1992-5 because I am somewhat sure it happened before 1995. I stopped BBSing in 1995 and the new node numbering system was in use for at least a few years then. But I may not be remembering correctly either. --12.217.175.158 17:30, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WWIVNet node renumbering - from area-code based to zone based.

The conversion of node numbering did not happen in or before 1995. It happened after July 31, 1996, as that is the date when I shut down my WWIVNet linked BBS, Black Dragon Enterprises (#3080; #2380 before 1991 when the telco industry split the 213 area code creating 310). BDE also had an alter ego, The Snark's Abode (#13080) - the only WWIV system that could dynamically reload its main configuration file while running. When I left WWIVNet in 1996, I recall no talk of the zone structure of the form "xzzz" - so it must have occurred after.

- D. Stussy, Los Angeles, CA, USA; former WWIVNet 310-area coordinator (1991-1996). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.106.213.91 (talk) -- 08:00, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Careful there Stussy... Only is a strong word -- you weren't the only person who could mod the source. :-) /Blaxthos (WWIV #24197) 08:09, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes we all had the source but some of us didn't use WWIV or any known bbs package and tossed the packets right on to web pages. fun times. --68.150.40.18 (talk) 19:14, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is untrue, because I personally have archived messages from 1994 which are node numbered $FOO@$BAR - Stussy is simply wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.195.128.195 (talk) 02:57, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I figured out the date for the Node Number change in WWIVnet. It happened some time between 2/93 and 4/93. I did this based on old WWIVnet WWIVNews newsletters at http://www.textfiles.com/bbs/WWIVNEWS/. The change in e-mail addresses in the WWIVnet listed occurs between the 2/93 and 4/93 issues of WWIVNews. Fido's address changed from 1@5252 to 1@2050. David Reiss 10:35, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, not in 1993. That event you refer to was an area code split (512 => 512 & 210), not the renumbering that was based on the group system mentioned on the main page. -D. Stussy 71.106.211.188 (talk) 07:57, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Problem is, we didn't document stuff. So most of this is going to be from memories. Had a lot of fun with WWIVNet. I was node 4651 until the 416/905 split. Don't remember my 905 node number anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.186.72.8 (talk) 01:11, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]