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to: Russell Tiedt
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2003-07-01 01:07:02
subject: BBS under linux

Hello Russell!

30 Jun 03 19:11, you wrote to me:

 BS>> Yeah, fx. scrolling the recent activity, in the manual it says
 BS>> that Ctrl-Pageup / Ctrl-Pagedown should do it, by be is a keycode
 BS>> for Ctrl- isn't set right.

 RT> Yep, features that don't work as they should, not that these hamper
 RT> BinkleyTerm's functionality, but it does detrac from it a bit, also I
 RT> don't like dedicating a comport to the BBS, when using mgetty/mbcico,

Hmm..

 RT> I can allow any number of other programs to access the comport,
 RT> without having to kill anything, if one uses Binkley one has to exit
 RT> it, if one wants to use a terminal program (seyon) to dial out to
 RT> another BBS on that port. using mgetty/mbcico combination, that is not
 RT> needed, same functionality, can be had with getty_ps and ifcico.

Oh yes i see, but i like i can monitor what there is send/recieved from the modem..

 BS>> Well it would be hard, because Qico i a bit rewritten, but fx.
 BS>> nodelist format is the same. Whitch i hates, what's wrong about
 BS>> V7?

 RT> You think it will be difficult to impliment the "control interface"
 RT> used in Qico, or don't you think the "control interface"
will "fit"
 RT> ifcico without a major rework.

Well the control interface is communicating with the deamon thru ip
sockets, whitch might be a bit defficult to implement.

 RT> I like V7 nodelist format myself, use Fastlst to generate a version
 RT> every once in a while. :-)

Me too :)

 BS>>>> As a good feature too, it supports Janus, Hydra and Zmodem..
 BS>>>> And i feel than it's faster than BTXE.

 RT>>> That maybe ...

 BS>> BTXE is suprising one then it DISCONNECT i just do it :) Maybe
 BS>> that whitch feels a long time.. I would be nice with somekind of
 BS>> vmodem thing for BTXE, i tried with modemu, but i didn't work
 BS>> out..

 RT> Hmmm ...

Hmmm, to what?

Regards,
Bo

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