Subj : Using PETSCII as a base for other SCII?
To   : Nelgin
From : deon
Date : Thu Feb 16 2023 09:19:19

  Re: Using PETSCII as a base for other SCII?
  By: Nelgin to digital man on Wed Feb 15 2023 03:59 am

 > Ok, I don't think AcornSCII is a thing, but I'm wondered if the way you
 > integrated PETSCII could be a basis for supporting BBC Mode 7.

 > How would I go about developing this idea further with the possiblity of
 > including it in sbbs?

I'm not sure if you recall, but I've been doing viewdata/videotex for sometime as well - with Synchronet as the engine. (You can see it in action at https://alterant.bbs.dege.au/2018/12/31/oztex/ or connecting to my BBS on port 516.

I'm not sure there is anything special that SBBS needs to do - its more on the terminal side. The characters are the normal 7 bit chars that the terminal knows what to do with...

https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_term started adding viewdata to his terminal program, and it functionally works ok - for me it renders strange, and it seems he's gone awol :(

You can also use the viewdata emulator with the BBS basic emulaator, and that works well too...


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