[HN Gopher] Wallops: A modern IRC client for classic Mac OS
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Wallops: A modern IRC client for classic Mac OS
Author : todsacerdoti
Score : 87 points
Date : 2024-09-13 01:51 UTC (21 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (jcs.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (jcs.org)
| bitwize wrote:
| I oughta show my wife this. She used ircle back in the day.
| keepamovin wrote:
| It would be cool if this could be plugged into Infinite Mac:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41499239
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| If they could be given network access, and permitted to install
| software, would be so awesome!!! :)
| jdboyd wrote:
| I just love new software for old machines (especially multi-
| tasking systems).
| lampiaio wrote:
| Seeing new software being released for the classic Mac is
| freakin' awesome, please keep up the great work. I just wish
| Macintosh (either 68k or PowerPC) emulators improved a bit more,
| I no longer have a functioning machine and they're not getting
| any cheaper.
| lampreyface wrote:
| MAME's Mac emulation has improved a lot recently. Give it a
| try.
| bjoli wrote:
| Writing software for old systems can sometimes be frustrating,
| but mostly it is SO nice. The target was usually quite simple and
| you don't have to deal with all the extra obstacles and choices
| that are obligatory today when running software on a bazillion
| different systems.
|
| Not even having the option to deal with unicode can be such a
| breath of fresh air.
| szszrk wrote:
| I recall era before UTF8 wide adoptiont to be a mess of many
| other encodings, multiple even in the same language... Not a
| refreshing memory for me.
| koito17 wrote:
| Even today, Japanese text online and elsewhere uses a variety
| of encodings. It's sometimes a frustrating experience.
| Compared to other languages, it is common to see non-Unicode
| encodings. In particular, Shift JIS (actually, the Windows-
| specific variant called Windows-932, which is incompatible
| with JIS X 0213:2004, called "Shift JIS 2004". Old enough
| Unix and Linux servers used EUC-JP, and Mac OS has its own
| encoding).
| bjoli wrote:
| Well, for something like an IRC client it is up for the user
| to set the correct one.
| szszrk wrote:
| :) what is the correct one? It's different for each server,
| or even channel. IRC clients usually supported such custom
| settings. But then there was the matter of the other end of
| your screen - your terminal and maybe screen session I
| which it run.
|
| I used to have an IRC config that was different for each
| server and sometimes channel, then displayed that in one
| shared encoding with other chat apos, then converted that
| on the fly with screen to match encoding of other apps.
|
| Now I just had to make sure to convert encodings and line
| endings of all config files, any text file, or even source
| code and scripts...
|
| Nowadays you just paste emojis in code and it's there, it
| works anyone, including the user. Huge change.
| finaard wrote:
| The correct one is the one that doesn't get you yelled at
| and possibly banned by the rest of the channel.
| bjoli wrote:
| Yes. Today's messaging services require no skills
| whatsoever. Getting yelled at the first time you log in
| establishes pecking order and ensures people weigh their
| words.
|
| Discord doesn't have these kind of safeguards.
| veltas wrote:
| Tried reading the source code on their website and every line of
| source has a scrollbar under it, making it very difficult to
| read. Not sure what caused this, zooming out doesn't help.
| sen wrote:
| This is brilliant. I've been tempted to get my Macintosh SE
| online just for fun and this would be a great use for it.
| Permanent little IRC terminal.
| dented42 wrote:
| I'm serious considering it too...
| pcdoodle wrote:
| Even the icon is well thought out.
| bbarnett wrote:
| The example image is weird though. Where do you type?? I see no
| input field.
|
| (I'm not a mac guy, am I just missing it?)
| cpach wrote:
| Maybe the white bar below the tabs?
| bbarnett wrote:
| Huh. For some reason I thought that was a bottom window
| decoration, I think the button on the far right of it
| confused me, but that must be it.
| duskwuff wrote:
| As a long-time Mac user, that bit of the screenshot
| confused me as well. It looks exactly like a disabled
| horizontal scroll bar would.
| Cyberdog wrote:
| Leave that page open in a tab without moving your mouse over the
| window for a couple minutes for a cute little treat.
| anthk wrote:
| I wonder how JCS didn't write a Gopher client. I know there are
| several, but he might add some nice features such as converting
| most Unicode chars to Mac-Roman or whatever did Mac OS use in the
| 90's.
| mrweasel wrote:
| So now the classic Mac has a nicer IRC client than the latest
| macOS.
| haunter wrote:
| How long does it take to verify the SHA256 sum on an System 6
| Mac?
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