• New BBS in the works..

    From apam@21:1/125 to All on Sun Nov 11 17:31:27 2018
    Spent this weekend working on a new BBS system for Windows. I plan to run
    this as a second bbs accessible via the fat sandwich, not sure if I'll
    make it accessible via the outside world yet.

    So far I've got new user signups done, last 10 callers and user listings
    done.. doesn't seem like much, but quiet a bit of work.

    Next is message bases, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to use JAM or
    sqlite3 for message storage.

    So differences from Magicka - it's written in C++ rather than C, uses
    JSON instead of INI files, is completely ASCII based so no ANSI codes
    sent by the BBS (Though you could of course put ansi codes in your menus,
    as it wouldn't know the difference). It's not opensource (Yet).

    Well that's what I've been up to :)

    Andrew

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to apam on Mon Nov 12 00:18:36 2018
    On 11/11/18, apam pondered and said...

    Spent this weekend working on a new BBS system for Windows. I plan to run this as a second bbs accessible via the fat sandwich, not sure if I'll make it accessible via the outside world yet.

    Cool, saw some screen shots earlier and thought it looked very nice. well
    done.

    So far I've got new user signups done, last 10 callers and user listings done.. doesn't seem like much, but quiet a bit of work.

    add some magical code so stuff happens when they login on their birthday :)

    Next is message bases, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to use JAM or sqlite3 for message storage.

    what is the advantage of the latter?

    So differences from Magicka - it's written in C++ rather than C, uses
    JSON instead of INI files, is completely ASCII based so no ANSI codes
    sent by the BBS (Though you could of course put ansi codes in your menus, as it wouldn't know the difference). It's not opensource (Yet).

    I like the idea of a ascii only system. reminds me of waffle.

    Well that's what I've been up to :)

    You have been busy. I only mowed lawns and changed batteries in smoke
    detectors today... I think that kinda counts :)

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  • From apam@21:1/125 to Avon on Sun Nov 11 22:55:14 2018
    Cool, saw some screen shots earlier and thought it looked very nice.
    well done.

    Thanks :) I've now got basic sqlite3 message bases !

    add some magical code so stuff happens when they login on their
    birthday :)

    That would be cool, but it would mean I have to ask users their birthday.
    Maybe I should, but make it optional.

    Next is message bases, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to use J sqlite3 for message storage.

    what is the advantage of the latter?

    Not really sure of any advantages / disadvantages. Sqlite is a bit more flexible I suppose I'm not limited by the message base specifications,
    but I've never really felt limited with JAM in magicka.

    I like the idea of a ascii only system. reminds me of waffle.

    I don't really know waffle that well, I remember checking out the clone PyWaffle (or whatever it's called) a long time ago.

    You have been busy. I only mowed lawns and changed batteries in smoke detectors today... I think that kinda counts :)

    Yeah, I hate mowing lawns, so that definitely counts :P

    Andrew

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Avon on Mon Nov 12 00:05:00 2018
    On 11-11-18 19:18, Avon wrote to apam <=-

    I like the idea of a ascii only system. reminds me of waffle.

    Or packet BBSs. :)

    Well that's what I've been up to :)

    You have been busy. I only mowed lawns and changed batteries in smoke detectors today... I think that kinda counts :)

    I spent much of my day tinkering with Magicka. :)


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  • From StackFault@21:1/172 to apam on Sun Nov 11 13:48:27 2018
    Spent this weekend working on a new BBS system for Windows. I plan to run this as a second bbs accessible via the fat sandwich, not sure if I'll make it accessible via the outside world yet.

    Well that's what I've been up to :)

    Well, it looks you are having 48 hours days, can you spare some and send it
    my way. This is a lot of work!

    Cheers!

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  • From Tiny@21:1/130.4 to apam on Sun Nov 11 21:11:14 2018
    Quoting apam to Avon <=-

    Next is message bases, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to use J sqlite3 for message storage.
    what is the advantage of the latter?
    Not really sure of any advantages / disadvantages. Sqlite is a bit
    more flexible I suppose I'm not limited by the message base specifications, but I've never really felt limited with JAM in magicka.

    I say go for sqlite. If you're doing something different ie: ascii only
    etc etc. Why not go all in? Break all the FTN standards and just build
    a system that does what you want it too. Don't worry about doors, or any
    of the other things that MagickaBBS does.

    Basically don't ask for people's advice on that one or you'll end up with
    MagickaBBS. :)

    Shawn

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  • From apam@21:1/125 to Tiny on Mon Nov 12 14:10:20 2018
    I say go for sqlite. If you're doing something different ie: ascii
    only
    etc etc. Why not go all in? Break all the FTN standards and just
    build
    a system that does what you want it too. Don't worry about doors,
    or any
    of the other things that MagickaBBS does.

    Yep I went for sqlite3. Mainly because it's less tedious. Or I was being
    lazy :) I am going to do doors at some stage though as I want to try out
    an idea I had with getting DOS doors working on Windows 64bit by using
    dosbox and a shim I made for magicka. (I actually ported it to windows a
    while back only to discover mystic doesn't do STDIO redirection on
    Windows at all)

    Basically don't ask for people's advice on that one or you'll end
    up with
    MagickaBBS. :)

    Haha yeah, true. I'm not really sure if I'm going to release it or just
    keep it for myself. Just work on it in quiet times. If I released it I'd
    have to support it, and I really don't fancy supporting 2 BBS packages
    LOL.

    Andrew

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