This is fantastic news. I'd be more than happy to give you any support
you need to set up a UK mirror site for Circle. People have been asking
for a long time for an overseas mirror site, so I'd love to have you aboard
(and abroad :-)).
Regards,
Jeremy
> Having discussed this with the relevant people at this
end > I am happy to say that if you so wish we will be able to run
> a UK mirror site for CircleMUD.
>
> Included below is the exchanges between myself and Dave Brownlee
> (Mono SysOp and good friend). This basically shows you my ulterior
> motives (if you wantto call it that - ie wanting to see support for
> circle expand and of course NewDawn (seeing as how it's mine and Dio
> (Dave Oldcorn)'s baby (CircleMUD v3 beta patch 7 development with of
> course most of your circle modifications and bug fixes incorporated)
>
> More importantly this email shows that this site is set up to mirror
> a specified site and path.
>
> Tim can be reached via computer technology at:
> e-mail: lostsoul@city.ac.uk (df109@city.ac.uk),
> lostsoul@soi.city.ac.uk (df109@soi.city.ac.uk),
> or lostsoul@mono.org (MIME)
>
> "Blood, sweat and tears, really don't matter.
> Just the things that you do, in this garden"
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:53:38 +0000 (GMT)
> From: david@mono.org
> To: "Una salus victus nullam sperare salutem." <df109@city.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: Monoftp site for CircleMUD
>
> I already have ftp.mono.org setup to mirror any given site nightly
> using anon ftp - is this what would be wanted?
>
> David/abs david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}
>
> System Manager: Southern Studios Ltd, PO Box 59, London N22 1AR.
> System Admin: MHM Internet, 14 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick, London W4 4PH.
> SysOP: Monochrome, Largest UK Internet BBS - 'telnet mono.org'.
>
> On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Una salus victus nullam sperare salutem. wrote:
>
> > I discussed this with dave (stig) about the possibility of setting enigma
> > up as ftp3.circlemud.org (uk mirror site). Dave has no problem with this
> > so basically I'm asking you if you would be happy for this to occur.
> >
> > My reasons for doing this is that for a start there isnt' a uk circle ftp
> > site and hence it would be advantageous for me (and everyone in the uk) if
> > there was one and secondly it would further advertise mono and would quite
> > possibly (hopefully) bring about mono being the uk home for circlemud and
> > hence pulling more people into the negative feedback system that is known
> > and loved by many as "Monochrome"
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> > P.S. Apart from that Dio sends stuff to j.elson on occasion and in both
> > mine and dave(dio)'s opinion he is an ok guy who knows what he's doing
> > when it comes to software engineering
> >
> > Other incentives - wellof course it brings the rest of the CircleMUD world
> > closer to NewDawn's little circle of friends
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Jeremy Elson wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 17:16:05 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: Jeremy Elson <jelson@circlemud.org>
> > > To: circle@cspo.queensu.ca
> > > Cc: jelson@circlemud.org
> > > Subject: CircleMUD update from the author!
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I know everyone has been incredibly patient over the past few months, and
I
> > > appreciate the fact that everyone hung in there while I was overseas. I'
ve
> > > returned to the U.S. now, though, and I'm trying to make up for lost time
> > > by doing a lot of Circle development in order to speed towards the releas
e
> > > of the real, live CircleMUD 3.0. This mail is a status update to let you
> > > know what's happening and where everything stands at the moment.
> > >
> > > First, a word about the various *.circlemud.org machines. Unfortunately
> > > the transition from Hopkins to my new network didn't go quite as smoothly
> > > as I would have liked, due mainly to the slowness of various network
> > > providers at updating their nameservers, so some of the resources on
> > > *.circlemud.org machines may appear to be unavailable for the next 36 to
> > > 48 hours, even though the machines are actually running.
> > >
> > > ftp.circlemud.org is, for the moment, the primary FTP site, and is still
> > > physically at Hopkins. ftp2.circlemud.org is my personal machine and is
> > > in a completely different domain, which should add some redundancy.
> > > I may eventually switch my personal machine over to being ftp and Hopkins
> > > to being ftp2, plus I would like to add an ftp3, 4, 5, etc., if there
> > > are any volunteers to create reliable mirror sites. On a similar note,
> > > you should be happy to know that ftp.circlemud.org is now automatically
> > > mirrored from ftp2.circlemud.org nightly, so all of your favorite
> > > uploads and submissions should now be available on both FTP sites.
> > >
> > > Next topic: documentation. Yes, I know that the documentation is sorely
> > > lacking in Circle, and much of the existing documentation is hopelessly
> > > out of date. Documentation is my next project -- it is, in my opinion,
> > > one of the main things required for a production release, and the lack
> > > of documentation has been a big part of my unwillingness to release the
> > > production (non-beta) Circle before.
> > >
> > > The main focus of my documentation effort is the CircleMUD Documentation
> > > Project, which is a clearinghouse for all CircleMUD related information.
> > > It can be found at http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/circle/cdp. As of
> > > today, I've completed the next (and hopefully final) revision of the
> > > CircleMUD Builder's Manual. The most recent version has an expanded
> > > introductory section that describes more fully the concept of zones and
> > > how to write areas, as well as a detailed procedure for adding zones to
> > > the MUD (a frequently asked question).
> > >
> > > The other manuals which I am currently in the process of writing are:
> > >
> > > -- The CircleMUD Coding Manual. Yes, people have been asking for this
> > > one for as long as I can remember. I never should have put the skeleton
> > > table of contents in the main distribution... The coding manual will
> > > cover frequently asked coding questions such as how to add new spells,
> > > skills, classes, equipment positions, etc.
> > >
> > > -- The CircleMUD Administrator's Guide. This is basically just an update
d
> > > version of the classic 'running.doc', but with more detail describing
> > > which operating systems and hardware are required to run CircleMUD, how t
o
> > > port Circle to other platforms, and other information useful for the firs
t-
> > > time implementor. Also, it'll be changed to fit my new standard format
> > > for CircleMUD documentation (i.e. the same format as the Builder's Manual
).
> > > Also, like all the other manuals, it'll be published in HTML, Postscript,
> > > and ASCII simultaneously instead of just ASCII.
> > >
> > > -- The CircleMUD SYSERR Index. The next patchlevel of Circle (pl12) will
> > > have a number on each SYSERR (i.e., instead of simply SYSERR: xyz, it'll
> > > say SYSERR 014334: xyz). Each numbered SYSERR will then have a detailed
> > > description in the CircleMUD SYSERR Index, complete with a description of
> > > what likely caused the error and how to fix it.
> > >
> > > -- The CircleMUD Utility Manual. A short manual describing how to use al
l
> > > of the various utilities that come with CircleMUD.
> > >
> > > In addition to the manuals above, there will also be some misc. docs on
> > > how to use the act() codes, how to use color, etc.
> > >
> > > Patchlevel 12 will also have a whole pile of bug fixes that have been
> > > sent to me over the past couple of months. I'm trying to keep the
> > > addition of new features down to an absolute bare minimum (if I keep
> > > adding new features, there will never be a final 3.0 release), but I
> > > will be adding a couple of minor features such as saving aliases.
> > > Note, this means (in case you hadn't heard) that there will *NOT* be
> > > an official OLC in the 3.0 release. There are already at least 2
> > > unofficial OLC's that people are using, so I'm going to wait until v3.1
> > > before working on the official OLC. Again, this is simply because adding
> > > a major feature like OLC simply cannot be done while beta-testing -- Circ
le
> > > would be beta forever!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > >
> > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+
> > > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: |
> > > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html |
> > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+
> > >
> >
> >
> > Tim can be reached via computer technology at:
> > e-mail: lostsoul@city.ac.uk (df109@city.ac.uk),
> > lostsoul@soi.city.ac.uk (df109@soi.city.ac.uk),
> > or lostsoul@mono.org (MIME)
> >
> > "Blood, sweat and tears, really don't matter.
> > Just the things that you do, in this garden"
> >
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