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  • ANSI Door

    From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to NIGHTFOX on Mon Sep 11 19:47:00 2017
    It seems one of them ran my ANSI viewer door and left, so it seems they're N>doing actual things. So they may be real users.

    I have an ANSI online bulletins viewer. When I ran GT Power software,
    it had an ANSI viewer called "The Smile Door", for the "Make A Kid
    Smile" foundation. It had over 500 proprietary ANSI's...some with
    animation, and some with ANSI music.

    I can't remember if I set it up under Synchronet or not, as I could
    use the "Intercept I/O" to make it work. But, I don't know if the
    display of ANSI's would crash the BBS or not.

    Sadly, many of the ANSI artists are dead and gone.

    Daryl

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  • From KK4QBN@1:103/705 to Daryl Stout on Tue Sep 12 08:35:24 2017
    Re: ANSI Door
    By: Daryl Stout to NIGHTFOX on Mon Sep 11 2017 19:47:00

    I can't remember if I set it up under Synchronet or not, as I could
    use the "Intercept I/O" to make it work. But, I don't know if the
    display of ANSI's would crash the BBS or not.

    I don't see how it could.. anything that would run on a legacy BBS should run on SBBS with no issue..

    There is usually a way to "Jerry Rig" something.

    --

    Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
    KK4QBN BBS

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to KK4QBN on Wed Sep 13 10:08:00 2017
    Tim,

    I can't remember if I set it up under Synchronet or not, as I could
    use the "Intercept I/O" to make it work. But, I don't know if the display of ANSI's would crash the BBS or not.

    I don't see how it could.. anything that would run on a legacy BBS should run K>on SBBS with no issue..

    There is usually a way to "Jerry Rig" something.

    Just like hams, Sysops are experimenters. <G>

    I really have to hand it to digital man for putting in the feature to intercept i/o from the comport to "standard, console, or none" (the
    latter for a regular telnet connection). It allows for the non-fossil
    doors to run under telnet, without having to use a major
    workaround...although with the Today In History programs, I use the
    Doorway module (originally done by Marshall Dudley, now done by Mike
    Ehlert). No other BBS package that I know of, has such a feature...and
    to me, that's what sets Synchronet above all the others. :)

    I might be able to run those with just a batchfile...I'll experiment
    with that later today. The local college campus (of which I'm an
    alumnus) is having their annual fall campus picnic today...barbeque with
    all the trimmings. :P

    Daryl

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