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Posted by Frank Vest on 02/11/06 04:42
http://cstation.synchro.net/telnet/index.html
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Alex wrote:
> Hey Guys --
>
> First let me say I'm not dissing Synchronet or BBSes in general, on the
> contrary my want to do this is to bring to life on the WWW what BBSes
> have enjoyed for years. I'm looking at the individual's hobbiest
> website like BBSes once were, and I think having a way to share
> information between websites now is just as important as sharing
> between BBSes.
>
> My thought is not to reuse the Fidonet or BBS protocols, but to rewrite
> a series of programs to mimick the Fidonet-type communications between
> BBSes but for websites instead. It'd be more then messages though,
> having files, notices/news, blogs, podcasts, etc. It would add
> features of the WWW that were not around even a few years ago. I think
> Fidonet worked so well that carrying over the principles and theories
> of Fidonet yet rewriting it to store data in a more portable way --
> like using XML or similar. It wouldn't be keeping data in the same
> format used by BBSes for years then writing ports to use this data on a
> website, quite the opposite.
>
> Just a thought... Like I said before I'm not a hardcore programmer,
> and I've not touched C++ in many years, but this might be a fun project
> to get kicked off.
>
> Would anyone use it? Not sure - but I'm sure Tom Jennings didn't know
> Fidonet would takeoff either. Granted Fidonet was for a different era
> where it was meant to give folks a way to communicate across grand
> distances with more ease, but it ended up giving BBSes an angle they
> didn't have before. Not unlike Synchronet BBSes joining Dovenet now to
> get great content outta the box.
>
> I already have a few friends who want to help with this, and if nothing
> else it'll give me a chance to start learning more programming skills.
> And heck who knows ---
>
> Sam
>
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