Subj : Re: Blues Net
To   : Ogg
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Jan 24 2022 19:23:54

 Og> Something like this?
 Og> 
 Og> https://ansiwave.net
 Og> 
 Og> "A modern BBS wrought from a more civilized age
 Og> 
 Og> "On ANSIWAVE BBS you can have threaded discussions and share
 Og> ANSI art and MIDI music from your web browser or terminal.
 Og> 
 Og> "You can even download an archive of the board and browse it
 Og> completely offline.
 Og> 
 Og> "Instead of usernames and passwords, your identity is a signing
 Og> key that you control.
 Og> 
 Og> 

That seems kind of cool, but unless I'm missing something, quite basic.  It goes more for a retro look.

I remember using a pseudo-web style interface for a BBS which was graphical.

What I think is that the BBS can be logged in using another protocol, which sends basic commands which detail what the commands/options are, and the browser renders that in a format suitable for the screen.  So you still get a BBS menu, but its rendered like a webpage (for those not using a telnet/ssh/rlogin based client).  Essentially, you add a layer of abstraction so that instead of the BBS directly sending the 80x25 screen, it just sends the options, data, text, and the "Browser", which could be a BBS client, renders it.  This might appear to be reinventing the web, but its not quite, its just an expanded terminal.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/06 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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