Subj : Re: BBS Selector
To   : The Leprechaun
From : paulie420
Date : Wed Dec 01 2021 16:19:51

 TL> Hi all -
 TL> 
 TL> I was thinking of delving into the world of BBS aware development and
 TL> wanted  to create a selector that launches right after the telnet
 TL> session is  established.  Basically, instead of having 2 different
 TL> computers running, I  want to try to get my RG and TG systems running on
 TL> one computer and give the  user the chance to choose which one they want
 TL> to go to.
 TL> 
 TL> To that end, what's a good place to start?  Should I look at door
 TL> programming software or something else?

I like these solutions, too - and have seen a few solutions over the years. Gosh, there was one by ACiDiC I think - that supported RG and Iniq/2 under DOS... I downloaded it and had a peek, but... I'm not gonna remember what it was called today. 

With the newer BBS softwares, Mystic & Synchronet mainly, you can design a system that does exactly what you were describing. I can think of 2 or 3 that are currently up and running today... lemme try to post them:

sysopsolaris.ddns.net:2323

wnbbs.duckdns.org :2300

I really like Solaris' because he has all of his systems listed... and then has a nice phonebook, kinda like a terminal directory, with dozens of OTHER BBSes for users to check out... and, he has a file server that he's trying to get spinning up ATM.

Bucko's Wrong Number Matrix, on the other hand, is cool because you can launch in to several different types of BBS software - I know that he runs some in 40 column C=64 mode, but I'm NOT aware if you can use Syncterm and jump around the different resolutions - at any rate, these types of matrixes are awesome - if I ever get more than one BBS cracking off I'd look into this too - but 2o alone seems to keep me stupid busy. :P

Cheers!!



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