Subj : Re: can i talk about my recently aquired amiga?
To   : paulie420
From : hyjinx
Date : Fri Jul 04 2025 17:01:00

 pa> Its just simply not an option at this point - I've spent days, months and 
 pa> modifying 2o... I always laugh b/c 2oFB isn't the best designed bbS at ALL
 pa> but it is what it is; and I'm lucky that the ppl love it. :P
 pa> 
 pa> 
 pa> I've thought about two options for legacy hardware; one is just having an
 pa> ASCII/light ANSi version of 2oFB - but it wouldn't be all of what the main
 pa> board is. Another idea was to have STOCK BBS softwares all under one 2oFB
 pa> legacy-friendly matrix login; Telegard, Searchlight, CBBS, Obv/2, etc etc 
 pa> with a local FTN so all the message areas were all 'networked' (locally). 

I mean, option one sounds less hassle to me, but if you have the time, do what pleases you the most! Personally, I think there is very little of 2oFB experience I am missing out on right now. A few weird things are being screwy, but mTelnet can handle standard ANSI emulation, animated ANSI, it's just weird totally non-standard stuff that's going to throw it, and anything like that is not why I connect to a BBS anyway! Those things are novelties at best. I have the Internet for all my whiz-bang graphical goodness I figure.

Cheers,
Al


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

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