Hey Bo!

Nov 11 15:25 03, Bo Simonsen wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 BS> A networking version? I've actually been fighting with the telnet 
 BS> communication module.. But it's like finde a neal in a heapstack, 
 BS> because I don't know how to do Zmodem transfers over telnet (more 
 BS> precisely, I don't know why it doesn't work).

I haven't bothered with zmodem for over six years now.  I am not aware of a
single machine around these parts that does zmodem so it seemed to me to be
a waste of time to persue.  What is handy are things like binkd to transfer
information between other nodes and points out there in the rest of the
world and hopefully by keeping that door open might eventually interest
someone else around here.

As for Maximus I'd love to put a text based BBS up but have no need for
serial communications or waiting for caller screens.  Since this seems to
be the more critical aspects, along with telnet, for the Windows, DOS and
OS/2 crowds then it seems to me that my concerns can wait until they are
happy.  I already have all that and have for years and years now. 
Personally I'd like to see utilities that will bring the traditional text
based BBS menuing and messaging, an offline utility, based on a more
multiuser (networking) aspects and exploit what already works fine on
Unixie OS's, such as file transfers and the such.  I believe that to be a
better methodology for Linux, *BSD's and the such.

Given that these systems all seem to be using gcc and can already do
networking then most of what I see in the current source is more usable to
the others and probably should get a higher priority if those OS's are a
concern.  I wouldn't worry about porting the source to a Unixie enviroment.
 It probably would be better to split it off and that way it would simplify
obtaining a working Unixie port of Maximus.

That is my slant on it.

 BS> It's allready started? The problem is that I think Wesley ain't 
 BS> interested in the project anymore..

Ah!  Who is then?  If just you and I then maybe we need to discuss what
we'd like to see happen?  I think Bob was talking about two years in the
future so it looks like we have lots of time to plan out a perfect port for
Unixie systems.  I am in no rush and would love to see a well thought out
and useable system rather then a quick hack job just to get something
going.  The rest here are more or less happy with Maximus as is for their
OS of choice so it doesn't appear there is much to sweat.

Again, just my slant on it.

Life is good,
Maurice

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