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    From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to All on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 14:53:54
    Hello,

    I got ahold of the source for Binkleyterm, it compiled and runs good under Ubuntu 20.10. I'm trying to find some help on configuring it though. The Docs that came with the source had help with Windows, OS/2, and DOS. Nothing about Linux.

    Can someone point me to wiki/blog/whatever to help?

    Thanks
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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Charles Stephenson on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:00:56
    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Charles Stephenson to All on Wed Nov 25 2020 02:53 pm

    Can someone point me to wiki/blog/whatever to help?

    I'm not sure if there is a wiki or anything for BinkleyTerm.

    I have the doc archive if that would help. I don't know if there is linux info in there or not.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... Never mind the Titanic - is there any news of the iceberg?
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  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to Alan Ianson on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 15:52:11
    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Alan Ianson to Charles Stephenson on Wed Nov 25 2020 12:00 pm

    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Charles Stephenson to All on Wed Nov 25 2020 02:53 pm

    Can someone point me to wiki/blog/whatever to help?

    I'm not sure if there is a wiki or anything for BinkleyTerm.

    I have the doc archive if that would help. I don't know if there is linux info in there or not.

    Prolly the same Doc archive I have. Thanks though! :)
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: The New Frontier ][ BBS [frontierbbs.net:23] - OH (1:226/17)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Charles Stephenson on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 23:46:32
    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Charles Stephenson to Alan Ianson on Wed Nov 25 2020 03:52 pm

    Prolly the same Doc archive I have. Thanks though! :)

    Probably, sorry I don't have any better info for you.

    MBSE supports modem connections on linux. Inbound calls are answered by the system and passed to a command shell or program by inetd or xinetd. I suspect BinkleyTerm could work the same way.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... Plagiarism prohibited, derive carefully.
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    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)
  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to Alan Ianson on Tuesday, December 01, 2020 01:52:25
    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Alan Ianson to Charles Stephenson on Wed Nov 25 2020 11:46 pm

    Probably, sorry I don't have any better info for you.

    MBSE supports modem connections on linux. Inbound calls are answered by the system and passed to a command shell or program by inetd or xinetd. I suspect BinkleyTerm could work the same way.


    I might skim through the docs just to see. I installed MBSE to test it out. The setup was simple and easy. I don't like the menuing system....
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: The New Frontier ][ BBS [frontierbbs.net:23] - OH (1:226/17)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Charles Stephenson on Monday, November 30, 2020 23:48:32
    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Charles Stephenson to Alan Ianson on Tue Dec 01 2020 01:52 am

    I might skim through the docs just to see. I installed MBSE to test it out. The setup was simple and easy. I don't like the menuing system....

    MBSE looks a lot like RemoteAccess. I think that was the inspiration for the look of mbsetup and the menu system, but that is where the similarity stops.

    MBSE has a very powerful mailer/ticer/tosser, although linked nodes will get upper cased filenames.

    The BBS is thin feature wise but works well.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire.
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2)
  • From Charles Stephenson@1:226/17 to Alan Ianson on Friday, December 04, 2020 10:38:34
    Re: Binkleyterm for Linux
    By: Alan Ianson to Charles Stephenson on Mon Nov 30 2020 11:48 pm

    MBSE looks a lot like RemoteAccess. I think that was the inspiration for the look of mbsetup and the menu system, but that is where the similarity stops.

    A few months ago, when I was looking to setup another BBS, MBSE was a thought. I ran RA/2 back in the day, at 1st glance during the setup I was having flashbacks!

    the 'extras' ARE nice, but very true... BBS side is 'simple' and I didn't see a sysop 'fun' factor

    MBSE has a very powerful mailer/ticer/tosser, although linked nodes will get upper cased filenames.

    MBSE would be a good BBS for a BOSSNODE/HUB to run

    The BBS is thin feature wise but works well.

    yeah, VERY thin! I was gonna play around with it after I fixed my other BBSes, but then it got kinda boring and it would be too much work to do to it what I wanted. Most MBSE BBSes look the same, now I know why
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: The New Frontier ][ BBS [frontierbbs.net:23] - OH (1:226/17)