Re: A modern BBS

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I found this on Github that looks like a Z80 client.

Rich

Rich Cini

On 8/20/20, 3:00 PM, "bill rowe" <[email protected] on behalf of bill_rowe_ottawa@...> wrote:

Rather than trying to accommodate HTML and a browser.? It might be worthwhile to pursue telnet which is sort of TTY over TCP/IP.? The only hardware interface you need is the kind of ethernet card you use with an Arduino and the code is not that hard(see below).? I have thought about a BBS for the 1802 but never found software that seemed workable - probably much easier to find something for the Z80.

I did a bunch of telnet tries on both the 1802 and Z80 with the code mostly in C. The first link is simplest code.? The second link is to a server running a simple game on a Z80 MC over both telnet and browser.

This is actually the bad Telnet code just ported over to the Z80 - it doesn't use the driver framework - it's single-user with a blocking tgetline. I'm glad I did it though, I learned something about Z88dk/SDCC I/O conventions that will simplify my code. I had been using hand-coded in/out(port,value) routines to do basic Z80 I/O.…

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I activated a third socket and put the olduino on the local network. This turned up a couple of coding errors and some head scratching but it now seems completely functional. The image above shows my windows laptop and macbook running telnet into the olduino (which you can see on the far left). My phone…

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of joshbensadon via groups.io <joshbensadon@...>
Sent: August 20, 2020 7:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [Z80MC] A modern BBS

I think Leif even runs an internet BBS from his home.? He's a good guy, local to me, we used to see each other at the monthly TPUG meetings before covid.

On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 08:18:44 p.m. EDT, Richard Cini <rich.cini@...> wrote:

Found it:

and this one (a fork of one from Jim Brain):

Rich

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Rich Cini

?On 8/18/20, 7:03 PM, "Lee Hart" <[email protected] on behalf of leeahart@...> wrote:

? ? Mark Moulding wrote:
? ? > I just fired up an old copy of Lynx under Win32, and was able to even
? ? > use Google.? It in no way requires a mouse - it uses key strokes to
? ? > select the next/previous "clickable" item (or text field).? I don't know
? ? > how this would map to an ASCII keyboard, instead of using the extra keys
? ? > on a PC keyboard, but I bet it's been handled...
? ? >
? ? > Taking a quick look at the source, it all looks to be in pretty
? ? > plain-Jane C...

? ? Richard Cini wrote:
? ? > There’s a smaller Lynx for DOS called “Links”. I have not tried it
? ? > but I did download the source for it. It also looks like it’s written
? ? > in C.

? ? This is exciting news! There are lots of CP/M C compilers (BDS-C,
? ? Small-C). I had assumed that a CP/M browser for the Z80 was a
? ? near-impossibility. But this is making it sound possible after all.

? ? So, I guess you need something that serves the same function as a modem
? ? (serial-to-phone line converter); but for serial-to-ethernet conversion?
? ? These existed for DOS; but I don't know if they were "WinModem" type
? ? gadgets that depended on DOS drivers to actually make them work.

? ? Lee Hart

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