Subj : Re: can i talk about my recently aquired amiga?
To   : paulie420
From : hyjinx
Date : Tue Jun 24 2025 20:08:27

 pa> I just uploaded it - https://youtu.be/Y4Y0K6b695s - might take 20 mins or 
 pa> but I bet its up by the time you see this...
 pa> 
 pa> :P

nice1 Paulie!

Having watched him 'complain' about the fact that it 204beers doesn't look quite right on his XT / procomm terminal is yet another reason why I keep my bbs fairly compatible. I always try to make sure that my board doesn't look crappy, but it does at least work 100% on a retro PC. I can't say I've tried it using a real terminal like Procomm but I dare say it should work there too. It definetly works on Michael Brutman's mTelnet.

If you can, I'd recommend you have a 'compatible' version of 204beers, and I appreciate you for enabling UTF8 so that mTelnet works, there are a few other enhancements you can make to your board to make it have a compatible mode. BBSes are retro things, therefore I always think that they should stay retro, for example, big screen 120xwhatever doesn't work with a DOS computer, therefore I don't consider those a true BBS. 20forbeers does rock, and I'm glad that Adrian showed off a really good example of a BBS. Shame it couldn't work 100% for him, but still, it is a great BBS!


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
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