Services people are running
This is a collection of "services" available on CGHMN. It's intended as a bootstrapping point until we get something to help with discovery.
Are you running anything you'd like people to know about? Please add it here, or email PurpleJillybeans and she'll add it for you.
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 with a client.
IRC
| Hostname | Port (non-TLS) | TLS? | Major channels | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| irc.cghmn.retro | 6667 | no | #cghmn, #cghmn-events | Bridged onto the regular internet and Discord |
| irc.loganius.retro | 6667 | yes, at 6697 | #hangout | Must register your nick with NickServ before you can start talking. You'll need working email for this. |
MSN Messenger
TODO (maybe ask to federate with NINA ala ChivaNet?) - CursedSilicon
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 | 100.96.9.6 | 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 |
| Serena | wow.chivanet | 100.96.13.13 | World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (Wrath of the Lich King) | Linux | Message Serena for an account |
| PurpleJillybeans | qw.n8fq.retro | 100.68.39.30 | QuakeWorld 2.30 | OpenBSD 3.0 | Artifact-RJS mod with custom maps. Info at www.n8fq.retro/quakeworld |
| PurpleJillybeans | master.n8fq.retro | 100.68.39.1 | QuakeSpy/GameSpy | Debian Trixie | Must specify manually for QuakeWorld and Quake 2. DNS override in place for Heretic II, Quake 3, and Doom 3. |
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 | http://loganius.retro | Windows Server 2003 R2 | IIS 6.0 | Whatever I feel like putting there. | Supports HTTPS. |
| Loganius | http://askme.retro | Windows Server 2003 R2 | IIS 6.0 | The AskMe Search Engine | |
| CursedSilicon | http://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 |
| ch0ccyra1n | http://start.mac | Raspberry Pi OS Lite | Nginx | Homepage for retro macintosh computers | |
| PurpleJillybeans | http://www.n8fq.retro | OpenBSD 3.0 | Apache 1.3.19 | Public wiki, US/CA weather info, articles, web dev reference, HTML validator, Wikipedia and Stack Exchange mirrors | |
| lily | http://lily.retro | Java Duke fan site | And maybe vierus? | ||
| Harry404 | http://404.retro | OS/2 | IBM Internet Connection Server | ||
| http://ca.cghmn | CGHMN certificate authority | SSL root cert downloads | |||
| talija | http://www.coyote.retro | NetBSD and FreeBSD Ports mailing lists
Icecast coming soon | |||
| GothPanda | http://neato.retro | Debian | Neato! - a web directory | ||
| GothPanda | http://northstar.retro | Debian | Hosting services | Work in progress |
Streaming Media
| User | IP/Hostname | OS | Server | Brief Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/
TV playlist at [rtsp | mms]://live.loganius.retro/tv, or http://live.loganius.retro:81/tv |
| GothPanda | northstar.retro | Icecast | WTST radio | '90s/'00s top 100 | |
| PurpleJillybeans | real.n8fq.retro | OpenBSD 3.0 | RealNetworks Basic Server Plus 5.0 | Streams for RealPlayer 5/G2/7/8 | Channel list |
| Clay | www.clay.retro | Icecast | Channel list |
Gopher
| User | IP/Hostname | OS | Server | Brief Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PurpleJillybeans | gopher.n8fq.retro | OpenBSD 3.0 | UMN gopherd 3.0r5 | Phlog, links (eventually) |
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 Proxmox Hosting
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.
N8FQ.retro Wiki
This is a retro-compatible wiki that's open for anyone to edit with no account needed. Personal pages are welcome! http://wiki.n8fq.retro
Pastebin
http://wastebin.retro thanks Alyx!
Image host
ShaRetro by PurpleJillybeans (work in progress; accounts and galleries coming later)
TODO: webring
To help find sites
Search
Google Search Appliance
Available on google.retro
Submit domains for indexing to CursedSilicon. Crawling takes about 15 minutes
Pandia Search
Available on www.chivanet (no TLD but WWW is required!)
Has both a web and CGHMN version (automatically selected by detecting the domain from which the user visits)
Sites can be added via the Pandia UI
AskMe
Available on askme.retro
Must submit pages for indexing
Time
| User | IP/Domain | Protocols | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PurpleJillybeans | time.n8fq.retro | NTP 4, daytime | DNS overrides for time.windows.com, time.apple.com, and time.nist.gov |
Proposed Services
| User | Domain | Category | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ch0ccyra1n | chat.mac | Chat: IRC (and XMPP) | IRC and XMPP chat for retro macs | Most likely will run on ejabberd and ejabberd-ircd. Will need a web signup page with probably perl scripting |
| ch0ccyra1n | domains.mac | Domain Registrar | Registrar where retro mac enthusiasts can get their own .mac domain | Will write with perl on the backend |
| ch0ccyra1n | mail.mac | Public email and webmail for retro macs | Most likely will use SquirrelMail for webmail | |
| ch0ccyra1n | repos.mac | Software Repositories | Software repository mirrors for TigerBrew and Yellow Dog Linux | Will probably need to recompile all packages from source and re-package them as no surviving mirrors for versions of YDL before version 5 seem to exist. |
| ch0ccyra1n | forums.mac | Other communications | Forum for retro mac enthusiasts | Debating between PHPbb or Simple Machines. Either way I'd write a custom theme to make it aqua just like the other services (besides oldgrounds) |
| ch0ccyra1n | time.mac | Time | NTP server, synced to time.apple.com | |
| ch0ccyra1n | oldgrounds.mac | Other communications | Website for uploading Macromedia Flash (.swf) to play in the browser | Might also add support for uploading videos, that would be converted to work on flash using a custom video player, kinda like how YouTube worked in the early days. Will need to write from scratch. |
| ch0ccyra1n | ch0ccyra1n.mac | Websites | Personal website for ch0ccyra1n | |
| PurpleJillybeans | weather.retro | Websites | Worldwide weather conditions and forecasts | PHP, Open-Meteo or AccuWeather API |