Subj : Re: Packet BBS?
To   : Lars Kellogg-Stedman
From : Avon
Date : Sat Nov 04 2023 08:52 pm

On 02 Nov 2023 at 07:08p, Lars Kellogg-Stedman pondered and said...
 
 LK> Has anyone here tried using any of the current crop of BBS software
 LK> (Synchronet/Mystic/???) as a packet radio BBS? I'm currently trying to
 LK> figure out how much it's possible to strip down mystic to make it work
 LK> at 1200bps (on a good day) w/o any ANSI (or other screen control code)
 LK> support.

I've often wondered/thought about this, no I have not done it but would be 
interested in how you get on. I recall a suggestion was to use something like 
Synchronets SEXPOTS to act as the IP/Telnet gateway to the BBS server and 
perhaps then hook that to AX.25 ?  I may be way off here.

I also think doing work on a BBS theme that is ASCII only menus and stripped 
down to the main things you would want to access over the air (main menu, 
message menu, login, logoff) would be the way to go.

Best, Paul ZL4PH

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz 

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