• Virtual/Docker BBS

    From Andrew Alt@1:261/38 to Maurice Kinal on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 02:10:10
    Maurice Kinal wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

    I haven't checked it out for awhile but last time I did it looked to be heading in that direction. I was toying with the idea of doing
    something similar for a bbs, perhaps a virtual one?

    I participated in a recent discussion on Reddit. Someone asked about running Synchronet BBS in a docker container.

    Another person said ze got Mystic BBS running in a docker with dosemu.

    Also someone brought up making an appimage build of synch bbs. ;)

    https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/zwjyas/dockerized/


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    -Andy


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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Andrew Alt on Thursday, February 23, 2023 10:33:17
    Hey Andrew!

    Someone asked about running Synchronet BBS in a docker container.

    I was thinking more along the line of a standard ansi-type bbs except in my case it would serve up the 'linux' terminal which in my case also happens to have framebuffer graphics available to it. That way it potentially could serve up pdf and the such. I think a stock ttylinux could easily handle something like this although I'd have to work out the graphical output ... also utf-8 will require a bit of jiggery-pokery.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Andrew Alt@1:261/38 to Maurice Kinal on Thursday, February 23, 2023 15:17:26
    Maurice Kinal wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

    Hey Andrew!

    Someone asked about running Synchronet BBS in a docker container.

    I was thinking more along the line of a standard ansi-type bbs except
    in my case it would serve up the 'linux' terminal which in my case also happens to have framebuffer graphics available to it. That way it potentially could serve up pdf and the such. I think a stock ttylinux could easily handle something like this although I'd have to work out
    the graphical output ... also utf-8 will require a bit of
    jiggery-pokery.

    Sounds interesting. Last week I started updating ttylinux (https://github.com/andy5995/ttylinux/pull/1/files) but it's doubtful I'll continue with it on my own.


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    -Andy
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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Andrew Alt on Thursday, February 23, 2023 20:52:11
    Hey Andrew!

    Last week I started updating ttylinux ... but it's doubtful I'll
    continue with it on my own.

    It is far too much of a commitment for this old man. These days I am sticking to playing and helping out where I can. As for lfs, I doubt I could quit at this stage of the game. I got hooked around the same time I first started playing with ttylinux. For me they almost became the same thing.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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  • From Andrew Alt@1:261/38 to Maurice Kinal on Sunday, February 26, 2023 15:12:16
    Maurice Kinal wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

    Hey Andrew!

    Last week I started updating ttylinux ... but it's doubtful I'll
    continue with it on my own.

    It is far too much of a commitment for this old man. These days I am sticking to playing and helping out where I can. As for lfs, I doubt I could quit at this stage of the game. I got hooked around the same
    time I first started playing with ttylinux. For me they almost became
    the same thing.

    It's good to know where you're at. :)


    --
    -Andy
    Website: https://andy5995.github.io


    -+- MultiMail/Linux v0.52-c9c24da

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
    * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Andrew Alt on Monday, February 27, 2023 11:00:39
    Hey Andrew!

    It's good to know where you're at. :)

    I suppose it would be. :-/

    Life is good,
    Maurice

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