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Revision as of 17:33, 12 July 2025

This is a collection of "services" available on CGHMN. It's intended as a bootstrapping point until we get something to help with discovery. Feel free to add your own services!

Chat

AIM

CGHMN connects to Chivanet's AIM service (running RetroAimServer). To use it, you need to sign up via http://chivanet.org/aim/. Once you have a screenname, you can connect from within the network.

IRC

Available on irc.cghmn.retro (no TLS), and bridged onto the regular internet and Discord.

MSN Messenger

TODO (maybe ask to federate with NINA ala ChivaNet?) - CursedSilicon

Email

You can run your own mail server on a .retro domain. If you would prefer not to (or want a backup), there are some open mail services (separate from general "hosting").

CGHMN Public Email Service (ala Hotmail/Yahoo/Gmail)

Webmail: available - Supports Internet Explorer 3 (in theory) as a minimum. IE5 on Win3.11 tested and verified working.

HTTP: http://cghmn-mail.retro

IMAP:: cghmn-mail.retro

POP3: cghmn-mail.retro

(both incoming and outgoing servers use the same address for POP/IMAP/SMTP)

NOTE: SSL is enabled but is not widely tested. Your mileage may vary. If you experience issues, just use insecure/plaintext modes for simplicity

How to sign up: message cursedsilicon on IRC/Discord.

Game servers


User	Hostname	IP	Game(s)	OS	Notes
Loganius	loganius.retro	100.96.9.1	ClassiCube & Halo PC	Windows Server 2003 R2	Must connect by IP for Halo.
CursedSilicon	cursedsilicon.retro	172.23.0.20	Battle.Net	Linux	Just works! Plays Blizzard games up to Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne
CursedSilicon	cursedsilicon.retro	172.23.0.20	Westwood Online	Linux	Just works! Plays Westwood games up to Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge

NOTE: Some services are "patched" at DNS level. Other games (such as Halo) require connecting to a server via IP. Check the notes!

Websites


User	IP/Hostname	OS	Server	Brief Description	Notes
Loganius	loganius.retro	Windows Server 2003 R2	IIS 6.0	Whatever I feel like putting there.	Supports HTTPS.
Loganius	live.loganius.retro	Windows Server 2003 R2 x64	IIS 6.0	My livestream VODs.	Livestreams at [rtsp \| mms]://live.loganius.retro/, or http://live.loganius.retro:81/
CursedSilicon	cursedsilicon.retro	Linux	Nginx	Basically a landing page for new users. Also has an FTP with lots of useful files	Also available at http://cghmn.cursedsilicon.net

Hosting

Theotherhost


OS	Platform	Admin UI requirements	Languages	Databases	Services
Linux	BlueOnyx	IE 5 (tested on Win 2k)	Perl 5.8.8, PHP 5.1.5	MySQL 5.0.95	FTP/Web/SMTP/IMAP/POP/DNS/Mailing lists

How to sign up: message theothertom on IRC.

CGHMN

CGHMN will offer Proxmox based hosting in future. Currently we are limited by hard disk capacity, but small servers can be uploaded and run. Ask CursedSilicon for details.

Other communications

theotherforum

There is a forum at forum.theothertom.retro. This can be used to share projects/sites, as well as for general discussion. Currently, you need an email address to sign up.

TODO: A pastebin

Would be good for sharing logs etc.

TODO: Image host

Somewhere for screenshots etc.

TODO: webring

To help find sites

Search

Oohay

Available on oohay.retro

Must submit pages for indexing

Google Search Appliance

Available on google.retro

Submit domains for indexing to CursedSilicon. Crawling takes about 15 minutes

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 (both incoming and outgoing servers use the same address for POP/IMAP/SMTP)
-'''NOTE: Both should connect as "insecure/plaintext" modes. I'm too lazy to set up SSL encryption yet'''
+'''NOTE: SSL is ''enabled'' but is not widely tested. Your mileage may vary. If you experience issues, just use insecure/plaintext modes for simplicity'''
-How to sign up: @cursedsilicon on IRC/Discord.
+How to sign up: message cursedsilicon on IRC/Discord.
 == Game servers ==