Subj : My BBS
To   : deon
From : Ed Vance
Date : Fri Nov 22 2024 13:15:46


>   Re: My BBS
>   By: Bob Worm to deon on Wed Nov 20 2024 08:43 am

> Howdy,

> Yeah, I think I've noticed Vela025 with what he's doing.

> Our approaches have been different - Sync can operate in ANSI and Petsci
> modes, translating on the fly what is presented to the user - but mostly a
> Syncronet BBS.

> What I've done is (I think anyway) a little different, in that I'm using Sync
> as the engine to a Viewdata experience - so Im not translating any sync
> output to viewdata/mode 7 (and thus everything available via an ANSI
> experience is also available via a petsci experience - and with Vela025's
> work a mode 7 experience), I've recreated a prestel like experience.

> So content is provided by page numbers - and page numbers are accessed with
> an "*" and executed with a "#". Some pages are text, and some are rendered by
> internal methods - like fetch and read mail, etc.

> I've got many parts yet to build out, so yes, Vela025 if any of this sounds
> interesting I'd love to get another interested party to help out.

> ...δεσ∩
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Deon, Your mention of Petsci rang a bell in my head cuz my 1st PC was a C=64.
Before I bought the PC I had a book Radio Shack sold that compared BASIC in
TRS-80, Applesoft and Petsci codes.
Ed
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