I think it might be fun to try to link Worldgroup into my current BBS software, as I run a MBBS (soon to be upgraded to WG3) system as well as thi one, for the old members of The Rock Garden.
I've written some of an NNTP <>> > > > Quarkware gateway, so I could hav the same message bases (including dove.net) on both systems.
I'd like to link teleconference on MBBS/WG with the chat system on Quarkware which is just an IRC server (the BBS provides an IRC client).
I can't find an easy way to do this. There use to be something called WORLDLINK for WG, but it's gone. I've found a couple of WG modules to link systems together... but I don't have a reg code and even if I did it wouldn' really help me... I'd still have to write some sort of code to make Quarkwar talk to it.
Any ideas?
--- IKS wrote --
I have linked my bbs experience with synchronet to majorbbs 6.25. I do h WG3 model running too that I have been toying around with. I am not entire sure if you are set on how to provide your vision of this but feel free to
a peek at what I did over at telnet://bbs.wehack.ne
--- IKS wrote --
I have linked my bbs experience with synchronet to majorbbs 6.25. I do h WG3 model running too that I have been toying around with. I am not entire sure if you are set on how to provide your vision of this but feel free to a peek at what I did over at telnet://bbs.wehack.ne
Cool... I'll check that out. Right now I'm playing with having my BBS software automatically create accounts and connect to MBBS... basically to u it as a MBBS game server. I have that bit more or less working.
I also have (limited) theme support written into this software. I'm toying with the idea of making an MBBS theme so I then don't have to deal with any the rest of MBBS, which I really don't like.
I'm waiting for a logon id for your system. How do you connect to MBBS from Synch? I can't get rlogon to work... so I've basically written code to glue them together via telnet... but it's kind of a pain...
--- CURLY wrote --
mbbs dont have any networking proticols in it, but netware and I forget th others, but no networking. and these are if your version is compiled for i
--- CURLY wrote --
mbbs dont have any networking proticols in it, but netware and I forget th others, but no networking. and these are if your version is compiled for i
The MBBS versions relied on Vircom MajorTCP. Which, of course, you had to buy. For a huge sum.
The "newer" Worldgroup stuff has all that built in... as the world was movin to the Internet, the folks at Galacticom bet on the custom client/server mod (like AOL and Prodigy at the time) and bet wrong.
It didn't really matter though, which way they went, BBSes as a business wer doomed.
It didn't really matter though, which way they went, BBSes as a business were doomed.
Thankfully. I hated the idea of a BBS as a business. It marginalized the small community BBSes and made BBSing a business venture in the minds of some.
there's even a few of them around. i signed up for a new bbs and there was nothing to do there so i never called back. next day i got an email saying that my security has been downgraded and if i want to be a member i have to pay 20/month.
another guy said i was 'defrauding his business' because i didnt enter my address in the new user form. i went on his website and had some laughs.
another guy said i was 'defrauding his business' because i didnt
enter my address in the new user form. i went on his website and had
some laughs.
Sounds like all of those "My BBS is my living room" control freaks. I've had a board ask for a telephone number to validate. In 2013. I was
tempted to get a number from my company's Berlin office to ring to my
cell phone to see if he wanted to call international.
there's even a few of them around. i signed up for a new bbs and there was nothing to do there so i never called back. next day i got an
email saying that my security has been downgraded and if i want to be
a member i have to pay 20/month.
Hilarious! Let's all call it. Where is it?
hah.. That's funny. I'm surprised a BBS sysop would want to personally call a user's phone number these days. I thought that was a bit creepy
even back in the BBS heyday in the early-mid 90s when I first started using BBSes. I never knew why sysops felt the need to do that.
BBS call-back verifier doors I could understand though, in order to try to elimindate duplicate user accounts.
--- POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote --
Thankfully. I hated the idea of a BBS as a business. It marginalized the s community BBSes and made BBSing a business venture in the minds of some
--- MRO wrote --
Re: Worldlink..
it looks like he dropped the rate. it's thekee
he also has this funny shit on the bottom of his webpag
--- MRO wrote --
Re: Worldlink..
it looks like he dropped the rate. it's thekee
he also has this funny shit on the bottom of his webpag
I'm not paying $10 a month to hang out. He does seem to have about 30
users though, and some folks were logged on when I had a look.
We should set up an award for "worst webpage"... if there isn't one
already. We could start with that one.
--- POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote --
Thankfully. I hated the idea of a BBS as a business. It marginalized the s community BBSes and made BBSing a business venture in the minds of some
Yeah. I never played that game. In the before time, my system was always a one line affair, and mainly about messages, not games.
I always have had a weakness for Tradewars, though, even though I'm rubbish.
my church nought a full license for that trade wars server.
and 3 people played it in 1 year.
there is 85.00 we will never get back.
Re: Worldlink...
By: Curly to the doctor on Wed Dec 11 2013 05:32 pm
my church nought a full license for that trade wars server.
and 3 people played it in 1 year.
there is 85.00 we will never get back.
yeah well, you gotta admit, that's a bad idea for a church.
whats the story behind that and how did the guy pitch that idea?
could have been spent better on some paint for the church or wine or somethi
--- MRO wrote --
i'm not sure if there's a module that shows fake users online for that bb software or not. i do notice that some of these majorbbs bbses have a lot people online but doing nothing
--- CURLY wrote --
my church nought a full license for that trade wars server
and 3 people played it in 1 year
there is 85.00 we will never get back
--- MRO wrote --
i'm not sure if there's a module that shows fake users online for that bb software or not. i do notice that some of these majorbbs bbses have a lot people online but doing nothing
I wondered about that as well. Anyone know anything about writing modules f that thing?
i'm not sure if there's a module that shows fake users online for that bbs software or not. i do notice that some of these majorbbs bbses have a lot of people online but doing nothing.
I always have had a weakness for Tradewars, though, even though I'm
rubbish.
yeah well, you gotta admit, that's a bad idea for a church.
whats the story behind that and how did the guy pitch that idea?
could have been spent better on some paint for the church or wine or somethi
this year we bought fruitcake.
that is not to popular either...
to write for the majorbbs or worldgroup you need a few tools and the base source code. and for mbbs you also need pharlap dos extender.
all which is hard to find unless you had it to begin with.
which I do, I have mbbs 6.25 and worldgroup 3.2 all with source and utils.
Re: Worldlink...
By: Mro to the doctor on Wed Dec 11 2013 07:19 pm
i'm not sure if there's a module that shows fake users online for that bbs software or not. i do notice that some of these majorbbs bbses
have a lot of people online but doing nothing.
That's what I need, a BBS user BOT!
Re: Worldlink...
By: Curly to Mro on Thu Dec 12 2013 02:21 am
yeah well, you gotta admit, that's a bad idea for a church.
whats the story behind that and how did the guy pitch that idea?
could have been spent better on some paint for the church or wine or somethi
this year we bought fruitcake.
that is not to popular either...
was it some bad cheap fruitcake? after we talked about fruitcake a few weeks ago, i bought one and ate that whole sucker.
Re: Worldlink...
By: Curly to the doctor on Thu Dec 12 2013 08:43 am
to write for the majorbbs or worldgroup you need a few tools and the base source code. and for mbbs you also need pharlap dos extender.
all which is hard to find unless you had it to begin with.
which I do, I have mbbs 6.25 and worldgroup 3.2 all with source and utils
doesnt questman still have all that on some 'hidden' url on the website?
i downloaded it all a few times, dont know where i put it.
--- CURLY wrote --
to write for the majorbbs or worldgroup you need a few tools and the bas source code. and for mbbs you also need pharlap dos extender
all which is hard to find unless you had it to begin with
which I do, I have mbbs 6.25 and worldgroup 3.2 all with source and utils
--- JASON wrote --
Haha, me too!
Hard Drive Cafe has 2 TWGS servers running. A Public server at telnet://twgs.hdcbbs.com and a private one thats accessible only from the telnet://hdcbbs.co
come play, the universe is only a few days old! :
--- CURLY wrote --
to write for the majorbbs or worldgroup you need a few tools and the bas source code. and for mbbs you also need pharlap dos extender
all which is hard to find unless you had it to begin with
which I do, I have mbbs 6.25 and worldgroup 3.2 all with source and utils
I take it you have to write this stuff in C (not ++)?
I've never written a program in C, ever. I can read it, as I've ported plen of things.
I don't suppose I could get my hands on these tools?
hah.. That's funny. I'm surprised a BBS sysop would want to personally call a user's phone number these days. I thought that was a bit creepy even back in the BBS heyday in the early-mid 90s when I first started using BBSes. I never knew why sysops felt the need to do that.
BBS call-back verifier doors I could understand though, in order to try elimindate duplicate user accounts.
I could barley pay the phone bill as it was. I'm going to use call back verification? I don't think so. ;-0
I could barley pay the phone bill as it was. I'm going to use call back
^^^^^^^^ verification? I don't think so. ;-0
That's why I tended to only call local BBSes.. No extra phone charges that way. :)
That's why I tended to only call local BBSes.. No extra phone
charges that way. :)
So, how much did that lesson cost you? :)
My parents phone bill was $150 the first month I started calling - got burned by intra-LATA toll calls. One BBS was 4 miles away and Zone 3.
That's why I tended to only call local BBSes.. No extra phone
charges that way. :)
So, how much did that lesson cost you? :)
No lesson required - I only called local BBSes, so my BBS usage affect the phone bill.
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