Hi

I've had a few beers this evening. I thought I would share what I've been working on. It's a new BBS system. I was holding off, because, what apam
making another BBS system, how strange and unusual (sarcsam alert).

I've made 3 BBS systems over the past few years, Magicka, Titan and
Ghost. Magicka, while I'm pleased with how far it got, I don't think I'll continue with it. Titan, I found some issues with my message base implementation, and Ghost, was only for windows.

So, I decided to scratch them all and start a new. Trying to use the best
bits from each while making something new.

I've been working on it so far for 3 days, it's got message bases and
door support, but that's all so far.

Unlike magicka, this BBS will support non-ansi connections, so while I'm working on the basic features at present, I plan to add things like ANSI
full screen reader / lister etc.

If you'd like to poke around, the new bbs is located at:

telnet://talismanbbs.com:11892/

I had to reset the userbase today, sorry to those couple of people who
logged in earlier (I told a couple of people earlier).

I'm having a break tonight, it's been a full on 3 days of coding :)

Going forward, I think this will be my main BBS project. Magicka won't go
away, but I doubt I'll continue on it. So if you're using Magicka, feel
free to continue, fork it if you like or whatever.

Have fun,

Andrew


--- Talisman v0.1-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: Talisman BBS - Experimental BBS (21:1/126)

apam wrote to All <=-

So, I decided to scratch them all and start a new. Trying to use the
best bits from each while making something new.

Interesting!

Unlike magicka, this BBS will support non-ansi connections, so while
I'm working on the basic features at present, I plan to add things like ANSI full screen reader / lister etc.

Sounds good.

I'm having a break tonight, it's been a full on 3 days of coding :)

Don't burn out. ;)

Going forward, I think this will be my main BBS project. Magicka won't
go away, but I doubt I'll continue on it. So if you're using Magicka,
feel free to continue, fork it if you like or whatever.

I'll wait a bit for you to get this new one workable. I was going to
switch over to magicka, but never got around to pulling the plug on ezy
and then I lost interest. LOL Working a 48 hour work week again so probably
won't do much for a while.

Shawn

... I couldn't repair the brakes, so I made your horn louder.

--- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F
* Origin: Tiny's BBS - telnet://tinysbbs.com:3023 (21:1/130)

Don't burn out. ;)

Hehe, you know me too well.

I'll wait a bit for you to get this new one workable. I was going to
switch over to magicka, but never got around to pulling the plug on ezy
and then I lost interest. LOL Working a 48 hour work week again so probably
won't do much for a while.

Yeah fair enough. Your ezy bbs works pretty well, so i figure if it ain't
broke :)

It will probably be a bit before I make this one available anyway, I want
to start working on documenting everything as I go as well. I know I've
done a lot in 3 days, but quiet a bit has been mostly reused from my
other projects. Like squish stuff I wrote for ghost, door stuff came from Titan, etc.

While I'm thinking I will eventually make it open source, I'm thinking to
start with I might just keep it for myself and if a couple of others want
to sign up for a "beta" test or whatever limit to that. It would keep the pressure down (self inflicted as usual lol).

Andrew


--- Talisman v0.1-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: Talisman BBS - Experimental BBS (21:1/126)

So, I decided to scratch them all and start a new. Trying to use the best bits from each while making something new.

I'd pay heftily for the ability to observe your process here. If you ever decided to make a video or blog post talking through your design and implementation strategy, I'd pay. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)

Twitch streaming, but for coding? Gotta get apam a green screen & a cool gaming chair! ;)

I'll make a donation at least in part! Apam, you watching? ;)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)

Twitch streaming, but for coding? Gotta get apam a green screen & a

cool

gaming chair! ;)

I'll make a donation at least in part! Apam, you watching? ;)

Haha, no one wants to see that.

Trust me.

Andrew

--- Talisman v0.1-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: Talisman BBS - Experimental BBS (21:1/126)

apam wrote to Tiny <=-

Don't burn out. ;)

Hehe, you know me too well.

Laugh.

Yeah fair enough. Your ezy bbs works pretty well, so i figure if it
ain't broke :)

That's kind of how I feel.

While I'm thinking I will eventually make it open source, I'm thinking
to start with I might just keep it for myself and if a couple of others want to sign up for a "beta" test or whatever limit to that. It would
keep the pressure down (self inflicted as usual lol).

I think that's a good idea. It would keep the pressure down as well as
allow you more breaks if it's only you and a couople other people who
understand it's just a hobby! ;)

Shawn

... In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.

--- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F
* Origin: Tiny's BBS - telnet://tinysbbs.com:3023 (21:1/130)