Mutiny Community BBS reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Divarin1 · 2022-09-08 17:04 Community is a BBS running on completely custom software I've been working on this year (since February). It is a very unique system unlike any other I've seen. At the heart it is a chat system modeled after IRC (Internet Relay Chat) but with one big exception: Every chat message posted is retained and can be read by users in the future. Because of this conversations can be in real-time or not (asynchronous) and often will go back and forth between these. You can read messages posted months ago and type a response just as easily as you would if you were chatting in real time. Your response will be associated with the message you're responding to so it's very easy for people in the future to follow the conversation thread. Like IRC, users can also create their own channels and even moderate them. It also has a file system that mimics DOS (or Unix/Linux). In this file system is a mirror of the text files archive which Jason Scott put together on his web site (textfiles.com). In addition to the archive users can have their own area where they can type up their own text files. Also multiple users can collaborate on text files. Besides text files users can also create .BAS (basic) files and there is an online Basic development environment / interpreter (also custom developed by me). This allows users to create their own door games or other utilities which they and other users can use. Like text files the Basic programs can also be worked on collaboratively by multiple users. The BBS allows for up to 100 simultaneous users, there’s no time limit, and supports ANSI or CBM colors (or just straight ASCII). It will work with any terminal size (rows & columns) and is actually the only board I’ve seen so far that works in 80-column CBM mode on the Commodore 128 in StrikeTerm or NovaTerm (using VDC output). Although colors are used to make it less bland it doesn’t rely on ANSI cursor positioning or screen clearing so it will work on anything from a teletype to a modern day PC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2022-09-09 00:07 Tried this with Termius and each letter I type repeats. No other connections in my list exhibit this behavior. Looking forward to trying this out! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Divarin1 · 2022-09-09 00:54 Interesting, I haven't tried that app. On Android I've used fTelnet and a couple other users have used Termux. Thanks for the info, I'll look into it. I'm leaving for VCFMW tomorrow though and taking a vacation after that so probably will be a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PaulLee420 · 2022-09-09 01:45 Interesting - I made an account; wish it could have been paulie420, but paulie will do - if I can remember it. :P Will dig deeper when I'm not 2 whiskeys deep. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- count_yorga · 2022-09-09 12:27 Will have to check it out. Love that it's a direct reference to Halt and Catch Fire. Even uses the same exact Mutiny text.