Board:   bttfbbs public messages
Subject: How did you make THIS
From:    DCYeahThatsMe
To:      BoraxMan
Date:    Wed Feb 02, 2022 09:11
Tags:    bbs, modem, x/84

On Friday Feb-26, 2021 at 12:30:43 PM UTC, BoraxMan wrote:w
What a blast from the past!  This is epic.  Good work!

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On Saturday Jun-20, 2020 at 04:16:55 AM UTC, Cake wrote:
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On Wednesday Aug-15, 2018 at 09:55:17 AM UTC, HACKER3000 wrote:




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Hi, im HACKER3000.
I know some people in my hackerspace wich argue about a alternative for
Telegramm!
So i thought what about a bbs :)
Also it would be a cool Retro project!

How does this work, and what is it based on?
Most importatnt, can it run on linux?

Anyone with ideas can E-Mail me:
hacker3000@posteo.org

THX, Bye


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hi HACKER3000! there's been a lot of talk lately about alternatives to signal and telegram in my activist and tech circles. i wish i could convince people
to move to telnetting to boards but i'm guessing it would be a hard sell.

one of the issues is needing to access on mobile devices. using telnet and terminal programs is a bit frustrating on a modern smartphone. one of the first things i did when i got my first smartphone, the google g1, was install a bbs-friendly telnet program. it was great and did actually work. i think i also remoted to my home machine and did it that way but it was slow? anyway, *that phone* had a slideout keyboard with a 5th row for function keys. trying to use a program that relies on tons of hotkeys with a touchscreen is a joke. i really miss (the good) slideout keyboards and the ability to use hardkeys. i know you can connect keyboards but it just isn't as convenient.

anyhow, hi to you and all!




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I've thought about the BBS as being a good way to have private groups and chat without a Big Tech company seeing all and threatening to limit your human interactions by censorship.  Not sure about other BBS's, but Mystic can be turned into an invite-only, SSH only private space.

I too find that the telnet nature is a big limitation, as well as the text driven interace.  Some people only know GUI's so not being able to click around would just be too difficult.


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