Subj : My BBS
To   : apam
From : deon
Date : Thu Nov 21 2024 10:17 am

  Re: My BBS
  By: apam to deon on Wed Nov 20 2024 10:05 pm

Howdy,

 >  > Not sure if you recall, but I've had an interest in the 80's/90's
 >  > information service "Viatel" (based on viewdata/videotex), and I wrote a
 >  > Synchronet shell to emulate that environment - both with Mode 7 graphics
 >  > and ANSI.
 >
 > Yes, I do remember that! Do you still have it up?

I do, the "ANSI" version of it is available on port 23 (alterant.bbs.dege.au), and the "ViewData" version is available on port 516.

Syncterm (1.2 RC6)/Icyterm support a viewdata mode - but my viewdata content is poor. I also have a viewdata client on the webpage (same host). I really only have login/register and test pages *999#, and my ANSI side has a little more, but message reading has stalled, and I need to complete an editor for message writing and page authoring.

Every now and again I get motivated to work on it a bit more.

 > I'm not aiming for synchronet javascript compatibility, so porting would
 > likely be very difficult / impossible. I'm just adding functions as I need
 > them.

My shell is mostly javascript, only calling Synchronet methods to pull messages out the message base (frames are stored in message base), and to do authentication with Sync's user database.

I'm actually wanting to move this onto a Pi, but I cant get Sync to compile on aarch64 and I think it needs Rob/Deuce to update spider monkey before it will.

Anyway great to see you about again and tapping away at the keyboard. Actually surprised you have time with a little monster who is probably mobile now? :)


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