Subj : Re: Golded Linux
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sun Nov 17 2024 13:04:10

-=> Nicholas Boel wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 NB> Here's a little gem I found a long time ago (if you haven't seen it
 NB> already), maybe this simple script would work instead of a full fledged
 NB> ansi-capable viewer?

You can do that or, if you're operating in a GUI, do what I do is set the
fonr for a terminal window to use the Terminus font which helps me.  I run
the BBS headless and work with it vias my personal box.

 NB> Latest golded installed (but not being used at this very second) here
 NB> under Archlinux v.today, also without issues except that I would love
 NB> to see ditching the cp437 stuff, getting rid of translation tables, and
 NB> bringing in the iconv support. Unfortunately, I'm not a good programmer
 NB> so all of that goes right in the suggestion box aka trash bin.

That would be difficult as there's a lot of software still in use that still
uses CP437/CP850 in the BBS world.

 NB> Did you switch back to Linux recently? I could have sworn I saw your
 NB> old BBS software on OS/2 or DOS not too long ago. Or do you run
 NB> multiple instances these days and switch them up on occasion just to
 NB> confuse me?

No, the OS/2 box finally gave up the ghost so early this year, I went back
to running MBSE under Slackware 15.  Does everything I need and is reliable. 
The old OS/2 BBS is backed up and in storage and the OS/2 box has been
recycled.  My current BBS is running on a HPE ProLiant ML110 G6 server now
though I am hoping to move it one of these days to this Dell PowerEdge R710
rack server I have here.

-- Sean

.... I hit my CTRL key but I'm STILL not in control.
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