Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Networking
Subject: Re: Talisman / WWIVnet
From:    Rushfan #1 @513
To:      apam (11:1/218)@8304.WWIVnet-FTN
Date:    Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:39

a> I've been working on adding native WWIVnet support to Talisman, I have a
a> very basic rough version working I think.

Glad to hear it!


a> I have a couple of questions, All the messages from WWIV have a 0x1A
a> character at the end - I'm not sure of the purpose of this is? I had a

That means the like was soft wrapped. WWIV will end with "\r\n" for all lines,
wrapped or not, then add a \x1 to those wrapped.


a> Another question, on WWIV, the Sender name has #1 @100 prepended to it.
a> Is this just for looks? Or should I be doing it to? I had assumed
a> fromsys
a> and fromuser in the msg packet would be used to identify the user?

It's for looks at this point. #1 is user number and @100 is system.  I don't
think modern wwiv will parse that out for figuring out who or where to reply
to when from{user,sys} exists and is populated.

rushfan
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