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  • Re: innovations back in the day

    From Charles Pierson@1:106/127 to August Abolins on Wed Jan 13 14:27:08 2021
    On 13 Jan 2021, August Abolins said the following...

    Just before the internet/www browser approach took off, there was a AA>> very interesting BBS solution by Shotgun BBS.

    This approach and RIP turned out to be too little too late for the BBS scene. Sad, as there was a bit of innovation at the time. I never got try any of the graphical BBS interfaces.

    The graphics were much better than the ansi offerings in standard bbses
    at the time. Mouseble too.

    The concept was brilliant, IMHO.

    I remember RIP, and I kind of liked it. Shotgun I don't recall. I don't know for sure that I would say RIP was better, anymore than I'd say ANSI was
    better than C=64 graphics.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: theoasisbbs.ddns.net:1357 (1:106/127)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Jay Harris on Thu Jan 14 01:28:00 2021
    Hello Jay!

    ** On Wednesday 13.01.21 - 18:25, Jay Harris wrote to August Abolins:

    If you want to experience it today:

    ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/comm/riptel.msi

    Download and install RIPtel and call the BBS built into the
    address book (Black Flag) - It's a full RIP BBS, it won't
    even let you call it with an ANSI terminal.

    VERY nice! It's pretty much how I remembered how it worked. It
    provided a very "fast" performance over dialup back then since a
    lot of the graphics and menus were pre-loaded client side.

    No annoying scrolling of the main menus or screens except for
    some of the text info within a frame.

    I'm wondering if rip could be viable on a smartphone. Seems like
    messaging and basic bbs functions would be a good fit for
    devices like that.



    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.48
    * Origin: Got mobile? FUTURE4FIDO = https://tinyurl.com/yx9z6d37 (2:221/1.58)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Charles Pierson on Thu Jan 14 09:37:00 2021
    Hello Charles!

    ** On Thursday 14.01.21 - 07:11, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

    I'm wondering if rip could be viable on a smartphone.
    Seems like messaging and basic bbs functions would be a
    good fit for devices like that.


    I'm pretty sure that it would be possible. The question is
    are there enough BBSes around the utilize RIP to make it
    worth the time and effort?

    The number of bbses does not matter at this time. What matters
    is if the concept can even be implemented. Maybe some existing
    concepts of Rip technology can be utilized and make the
    necessary adjustments for smartphone/tablet detection.

    Building a traditional app from scratch for smartphone/tablet
    devices that serves bbs functions sounds like too much work.
    Utilizing existing open-source such as what Telegram provides
    (where people are encouraged to provide customized clients) is
    the closest one can get to "get something done".

    But maybe Rip can provide the direct connections to specific
    bbses that this hobby seems to be grounded on.


    Theoretically, anything that can be done on a desktop or
    laptop could be be done on a smartphone or Tablet. You
    just have to account for the difference in hardware.

    When I first experienced Rip sessions, it seemed unlike anything
    else out there at the time. The typical scrolling screens of
    most computer interfaces were tedious.
    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.48
    * Origin: Got mobile? FUTURE4FIDO = https://tinyurl.com/yx9z6d37 (2:221/1.58)