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    From Tony Toon to All on Monday, November 02, 2020 16:58:26
    All,

    Been toying with MBSE for the past week and looked at it a bit before. It's working out pretty nicely so far, but I did have a few questions:

    Can I use ctrl-codes in prompts? How so? I tried doing one (^UY) and it didn't seem to display what I wanted.

    When I display a plain textfile, is there a directory in which those are found, or do I always need to use the full path?

    Anything I should know about setting up internet email? The same machine is running a mail server with SMTP, IMAP and POP3 working.

    Finally, is there any kind of 40-column, PETSCII, or other vintage computing support? I'd like to make the system as friendly to vintage hardware as possible.

    Thanks!
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Tony Toon on Sunday, November 08, 2020 15:27:02
    Tony Toon wrote to All <=-

    Can I use ctrl-codes in prompts? How so? I tried doing one
    (^UY) and it didn't seem to display what I wanted.

    The CTRL-codes are only interpreted for display files and not the prompts.

    When I display a plain textfile, is there a directory in
    which those are found, or do I always need to use the full
    path?

    MBSE does not have actual support for plain text file display using the .ASC extension right now but it is something we are working on. For now, all display files should have the extension of .ANS and will be displayed properly.

    Anything I should know about setting up internet email? The same
    machine is running a mail server with SMTP, IMAP and POP3 working.

    All you need to know is in the documentation. :) I don't know how many people using MBSE actually use the mail system.

    Finally, is there any kind of 40-column, PETSCII, or other
    vintage computing support? I'd like to make the system as
    friendly to vintage hardware as possible.

    No.

    Later,
    Sean

    ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.52

    --- Maximus/2 3.01
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * bbs.outpostbbs.net:10123 (1:18/200)
  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Tony Toon on Monday, November 09, 2020 22:42:38
    Hello Tony!

    Monday November 02 2020 16:58, you wrote to All:

    Finally, is there any kind of 40-column, PETSCII, or other vintage
    computing support? I'd like to make the system as friendly to vintage hardware as possible.

    It will run on a IBM m/f using the *nix sub system or Linux take your pick.

    There is or was one sysop running under Linux under a MVS variant.

    Vincent

    --- Mageia Linux v7.1 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.17/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)