Which BBS mods are the best?
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gnu2tux · 2020-09-28 06:41

As you know, I'm still bashing away at this bbs documentary and as
always I'm happy for your help. Right now I'm scripting bits about
mods (add-on functionality). We are very privileged to be awash with
such great mods and a very active ecosystem of developers. However,
I'd appreciate it if you could list the standout mods. What are they,
what do they do, and which bbs can they be found on?
Examples like the excellent Covid-19 tracker from Absinthe BBS, MRC
chat and others to name but a few are examples. They don't have to be
new mods, just ones that are stand-out.

Your comments are, as always, very much appreciated.

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huanchodaoren · 2020-09-29 02:40

There's a news headline module on Piranha - Under the Black Flag
that's pretty great.

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gjhgjh · 2020-09-29 04:45

In the past you could purchase the source code for WWIV BBS. I taught
myself C++ using it's source code and the massive amount of mods the
WWIV BBS community published. Way too many to list here. But my
favorite was a simple spinning cursor while the BBS was doing
something so that the user didn't think that the BBS had locked up or
the line got disconnected.

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gnu2tux · 2020-09-29 07:03

I logged on but couldn't find it, are you sure it's still there?

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phareous · 2020-09-30 20:26

Wwiv is open source now

https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv

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gjhgjh · 2020-09-30 21:04

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I fixed my post.

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huanchodaoren · 2020-09-30 21:35

Not entirely, but I now recall it's referred to as "scrolling
bulletins".

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digitlman · 2020-10-01 03:46

I think mean C though, not C++. But yeah, me too.

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gjhgjh · 2020-10-01 17:50

I seem to remember that v4.22 or right around there was the jump from
C to C++.

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TheeAbyssWalker · 2020-10-04 02:44

Are you looking only for mods from the last few years? Thinking back
to the 90's there were lots of mods which would later become included
features in BBS software.

I like the AMI-X Digi-Clock.

Call the PCBoard version of Black Flag (pcboard.blackflagbbs.com:2627)
and type MODS at the main menu. You will get a bbs mods gallery.

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gnu2tux · 2020-10-04 02:53

I am looking for ones that are currently running on BBS's, so that can
be new or old, but I'd like to be able to show off what a BBS can also
provide other than just mail and files. I'll be screen recording them
for the documentary

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dperry324 · 2020-10-22 22:59

Do games count?