Subj : Re: New BBS in the works.
To   : Havok
From : apam
Date : Sun Feb 23 2020 14:04:46


 ap> So I was bored yesterday and started on a new BBS package
 ap> (because that's what I do when I am bored).

 Ha>  I'd give anything to have your skill set and move to redoing the
 Ha> old source  code to Renegade or Virtual Advance 5.0 source code.

I had thought someone was working on renegade?

I had a look at the source for forum but the license was terrible so i
slowly backed away from it :) It's probably better to start from scratch
than redoing something old I think, just because people have no
expectations and there is no legal worries.

Do you have any coding skills? Writing a BBS isn't too hard if you break
it down into smaller pieces. The hardest part is integrating the older
technologies I think like squish or JAM or FTN etc. If you use squish or
JAM then you can use HPT as a tosser and binkd as a mailer and focus on
the BBS.

It would be cool to get more people interested in BBS development, at
one point years ago I started a tutorial, though I don't think anyone
was really interested. I find it fun, though I know it's not for
everyone.

Andrew

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