COVID-19 hits the BBS arena... reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-03-30 21:00 While I author a new BBS suite (mailer, tosser and BBS, and many mainstream services), it was brought to my attention \~ someone could release a DOOR that pulled in real-time data for our community, so 3/28/2020 I started coding, 3/29/2020 I released COVID-19 DOOR32.SYS compatible door for 32bit and 64bit operating systems... ​ [Introduction splash screen... \(prompt has been revised\).](https://p review.redd.it/x5z415p0hvp41.png?width=632&format=png&auto=webp&s=f028 cf80f6fa22e9897f27f4d2933a4ee9cd9328) Once your past the splash screen, then the data starts to flow - polling live data from multiple locations around the world... [Interactive Sortable Data \(arrow has been moved to the right\)](http s://preview.redd.it/1nshy96thvp41.png?width=633&format=png&auto=webp&s =01b6163677b473ff742be97f4c40e5c39f33b3d1) Of course, looking at the data by population allows people to see how this is playing out in each country, however, let's sort by Country... [This quickly points out - look at population does not show who it is really hitting!](https://preview.redd.it/x8weou46ivp41.png?width=634&f ormat=png&auto=webp&s=cc1b8e6a6d5ac5186ce416a0b1717c1212b5becd) So, let's look at this from the infected point of view... [Okay... a whole different way to look at the reported cases...](https ://preview.redd.it/8by7vagfivp41.png?width=633&format=png&auto=webp&s= 8e3a562bc5c3d400745fde873146e3d90046753b) Now, let's look at it from the tragic side, deaths... [Those 5 countries have had the worse \(my screenshots are almost a day old\)](https://preview.redd.it/6pvnlyamivp41.png?width=634&format= png&auto=webp&s=0e8696902e57007ff01099b24225b2cdd0a58c9f) Now of course, the BBS scene is world wide, so ... what if your country is not listed? [I pull live data from 28 different countries around the world \(apify .com\)](https://preview.redd.it/o7pcfyiuivp41.png?width=633&format=png &auto=webp&s=d845d7df8dfa6fd55d4089e080b5b34aae2edda3) And this is just version 1.0 of the code (which is open source by the way for those running my Legacy/X BBS software - it just a simple unzip and add to your MNU file). If you want to give it a whirl, it is available on [www.exchangebbs.com](https://www.exchangebbs.com) (Web Terminal called Glitch (work in progress)), or via telnet to [legacyx- bbs.com](https://legacyx-bbs.com) port 23. Remembering there is more than HTTP for up to date information, and of course games and messaging with others around the world... Cheers! Ozz aka SqZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wndrbr3d 路 2020-03-30 22:03 This is really brilliant! Very well done 馃憤 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- travisjd2012 路 2020-03-30 23:00 That is amazing. So good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dalarkwelor 路 2020-03-30 23:30 What language is this written in? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-03-31 00:08 Modern Pascal - tutorial.modernpascal.com, still building my web site (www.modernpascal.com)... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-03-31 00:11 Thank you for the respect!! 馃憤 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Galileo228 路 2020-03-31 01:53 This is awesome. Where did you get the ANSI art made? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ebookit 路 2020-03-31 04:58 What about FreePascal? https://www.freepascal.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nolageek 路 2020-03-31 15:35 Website isn't available. 403 error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-03-31 20:42 Not sure why, I just hit it, working fine. Its on the Azure cloud, so I doubt is is a load issue ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-03-31 20:44 What about it? I wrote a compiler of my own, and script interpreter, it is all compiled by Free Pascal (chicken and egg)... but, I support interpretation... built-in socket server, and thus, whip our a BBS or a DOOR in weeks not years. (some in days, like this one). :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-03-31 20:47 Part of our team, the author for this one is in Israel (Ze'ev Trachtman). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ebookit 路 2020-03-31 23:45 Modern Pascal is not free or open source software. So it makes me hard to trust it. Also it does 16 bit Doors and FreePascal does 32 bit and 64 bit code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-04-02 02:32 It is free! It is closed source, like any other commercial quality compiler. It does not do 16bit.... I support 16bit doors via NetFoss or NetSerial with a DOS Fossil. My core is compiled by FPC, then my code compiles my engine for all of the platforms I support. Please research your facts before making such incorrect statements. You know, you can just ask before posting invalid facts about my product. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-04-02 02:36 I am in the process of testing a new product for all BBS sysops - I am building a door cloud for all of my doors, so they can be used from DOS, OS/2, or anywhere else for that matter. This is also allowing us to offer 20+ doors to all these platforms which I do not support (Amiga, Apple, etc). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ebookit 路 2020-04-03 03:29 Sorry I apologize. I had your product confused for a different one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ozznixon 路 2020-04-05 01:28 Thanks... when it is a new product, any negative makes a major challenge...