[TUHS] RetroNet… Virtual is cheap.

[William Pechter]

Actually, my virtual machine @Digital Ocean has been $5.25/month.  Can't get static IP on my Fios for that.  Domain registration and DNS via Google Domains is another buck per month...

I run mail, web and DNS for $6.25/month on FreeBSD or Linux with full root control.



-----Original Message-----
From: Cornelius Keck <ckeck at texoma.net>
To: Grant Taylor <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net>, tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org
Sent: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 21:17
Subject: Re: [TUHS] RetroNet…

Do I want to reserve retronet.us? Could host that here, as I have static 
IPs.

Having static IPs hanging of a FIOS line is cheaper and easier than 
dealing with a hoster..


Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:
> On 08/29/2018 12:04 PM, Seth Morabito wrote:
>> Hmm. I hate to bring this up, but I've been using the name RetroNET as
>> well. I've had the domain retronet.net registered for ages, and was
>> about to launch a small pilot project with a handful of 3B2 emulators
>> running SVR3, with the hope for many more interconnected systems.
>
> *gulp*
>
> So /you're/ the person that had the domain name we originally wanted.  ;-)
>
> We actually decided that we liked "Retro Comp(uting) . Net(work)" and
> have registered that name.  There is a wiki(…) and forum(…), but the
> main website isn't up yet.
>
> We are about a week into the discussions.  Please join us in the
> #retronet group on the Synchronet network.  (irc.chivanet.org)
>
>> That said, maybe we could pool our efforts? I'd be happy to share the
>> domain name with this effort, since it's precisely in line with what
>> I'd like to see.
>
> ~sigh~of~relief~
>
> I think we would love to welcome more members into the RetroNet.
>
> As much as anything else, the idea is to build a community of friendly
> folks that want to play / learn / help each other, likely in direct
> relation to retro computing.
>
>
>