A Peek Of Quantum Link (A BBS that I'm writing) reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-12 15:00 This is a preview of a BBS I'm writing - Quantum Link. Currently it supports user-to-user messaging, with reddit-esque replies. In the very near future, forum-post messaging will be supported as well. Some features not shown: * Deleting messages * Autosaved username/password in client In addition, if you're wondering, the client "windowing/GUI" is all console-based. You use Tab (and shift+tab) to select different components (like buttons/text boxes). The client software doesn't require a window manager of any kind, and is cross compatible with both linux and windows, since it's written with .NET 6. And to reiterate, Quantum Link has not launched yet, this is simply a preview of its software. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nevarro 路 2022-08-12 15:12 Interesting, what inspired you to write the BBS software? Is there a website for it yet? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JustEnoughLinuxOS 路 2022-08-12 15:18 You're recreating [America Online](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link)? 馃榿 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jtrvzx 路 2022-08-12 16:16 This is really cool! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dysanj 路 2022-08-12 16:29 Quantum Link. That brings back memories from my Commodore 64 days... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees 路 2022-08-12 20:12 You might want to consider a different name for it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vga256 路 2022-08-12 21:11 Neat! Nice to see C#/.net used to build console apps. I've previously used the [SadConsole](http://sadconsole.com) library for this very kind of thing. What are you using for the network/comms layer? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 00:43 I implemented it directly on top of tcp, using .NETs standard library ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 00:44 Ah damn, I just searched it up and realized that quantum link was taken by aol back in the 80s. Ngl kinda disappointed because that was a kickass name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 00:45 I thought aol was a search engine. Imo after some googling I鈥檝e learnt a lot about it鈥檚 history, and it鈥檚 a damn shame things like quantum link (the old one) never caught on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 00:46 No website has been created yet. Nor has the code been uploaded to GitHub. I鈥檓 kind of in a busy time at the moment, since school just started for me recently. However I鈥檓 trying to gauge interest in this kind of software before I start hosting a server with the software. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 00:46 Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JustEnoughLinuxOS 路 2022-08-13 00:50 I used qlink on my C64. Fond memories. Good luck with your project! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PaulLee420 路 2022-08-13 00:55 Nice! I support any projects that are bbS related, its nice to see new work here. Thanks for sharing; you don't have to open-source it, we'll still follow along just as intently. :P If you ever get far enough along to release, please let us know. I like to host any and all bbS related things @ 2o. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 04:02 No I will, just a little busy atm. Everything I write is open source, or at least will be in the very near future (probably a few weeks) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pinacolada459 路 2022-08-13 06:58 Goes back even further than that. It was a Commodore 64 specific server for games, chatting and more. https://github.com/ssalevan/qlink ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmxrob 路 2022-08-13 10:48 Ummmm. AOL and Qlink were hugely popular and helped millions get online ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 11:44 I mean never caught on and lasted till thosay. It would be cool if quantum link, the real one, was still around That鈥檚 that o meant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RedditAcctSchfifty5 路 2022-08-13 13:03 AOL never caught on? LMAO 馃ぃ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak 路 2022-08-13 13:47 You guys must not get out much lol... quantum link (reloaded) has been up for some time... ​ https://1200baud.wordpress.com/q-link-reloaded/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmxrob 路 2022-08-13 15:34 . AOL and QLINK (and PC-LINK) caught on like wildfire. They were hugely popular and at one period of time the majority of the people "online" in the US were using one of these services. I mean, great that you are doing this and all, but you really need to understand WHAT came before you instead of making wild assumptions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmxrob 路 2022-08-13 15:35 Just love this new generation that can't be bothered to take 5 second to do a simple Google query for basic research. Meanwhile, back in our day, we'd walk to the library, ask a reference librarian, wait 2 weeks for them to research it and answer the question or find books on the subject for us, check the books out, read them over the course of a month and then maybe, just maybe, have a basic idea of what we were trying to understand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_triple_fault 路 2022-08-13 20:56 No I mean it鈥檚 a shame they don鈥檛 exist today, at least in the form they once did. Maybe I didn鈥檛 articulate myself correctly, but I never meant to imply that it wasn鈥檛 popular or big. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro1337_000 路 2022-08-13 21:04 are you making a CONSOLE version of forum software like phpbb or vbulletin? because that's not the type of bbs we are talking about here in this sub reddit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Frankjc3rd 路 2022-09-04 04:11 I won a key ring from that service, I still have it to this day! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pinacolada459 路 2022-09-04 13:24 That's pretty cool. May we see it? :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Frankjc3rd 路 2022-09-04 13:26 At some random point I will post the picture, either here or on another service and I'll post the link. I have no idea when that will be but I'll try.