[Coco] Coco can do more

[phil pt]

Running the old bbs software will not work unless a Rs232 Pack Driver is
written for VCC. I think putting more a effort of writting rs232 pack
support vs re-writting dozens of bbs software or other programs would save
time, less headaches and benefit everyone in the long wrong.  Buffer
overflow as someone said here earler with the rs32 pack can be controlled
by using timmer events in the rs232 pack driver.

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:08 PM Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey <
exile at weylan-yutani.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2020-02-28 at 13:34 -0500, phil pt wrote:
> > The second question is do you really think we are using the maximum
> > potential availability of what the Coco has o really offer today?
>
>
> In my humble opinion - yes, we're using well beyond the potential
> availability - it's a machine that stopped being directly manufactured
> or supported decades ago... yet is capable of doing more right now than
> ever before.
>
> (and yes, I read your provocative question in the spirit I think it was
> intended - a call to action to keep pushing further...)
>
>
> > The research I did I discovered that that it;s possible to still use
> > the
> > Rs232 Pack and the /T2 in the Vcc emulator without re-spending huge
> > amount
> > of time re-writting new code or making large modifications to the
> > existing
> > programs by adding the Rs232 pack to the Vcc.
>
>
> As Picard would say - make it so?
>
>
> >
> > Yes, it should be able to be done by controlling the buffer overflow
> > using
> > timers that is included in most of all the compilers available today.
> > Yes,
> > there is still some Os9 BBS software source code will still run using
> > the
> > Rs232 Pack standards back in 1990's.
>
>
> Even that is possibly patchable...
>
>
> > I for one would like to bring back the older bbs system. How about
> > you?
>
>
> Would love to see that, and its one of the dozens of "when time
> permits" projects on my personal list.
>
> Last year I posted a bit about resurrecting an old copy of Rainboard on
> Remote2 over a BeckerPort and DriveWire as a lark.
>
> That was before I had a CoCo3 which I've been studying like fiend and
> purchasing parts toward building a dedicated BBS on.
>
>
> > Would you rather just keep using your browser to get files and post
> > messages in the mail list or have the options to call and login to a
> > real
> > coco running a real coco bbs system?
>
>
> That too. The more the merrier.
> The existence of the web of today is proof that most people preferred
> that to the BBS.
>
> This is coming from a guy who ran a 64 line dialup/TCPIP BBS in the
> 90's and still runs a tiny BBS on the internet today (not CoCo
> specific).
>
> So - yes.
> And to start off - I know Neil Blanchard's Internal Affairs is up - not
> CoCo specific but at least CoCo3 friendly.
>
> More can always be added.
>
> And they are pretty easy to network for shared message bases on UUCP,
> Fight-O-Net, or even custom InterBBS protocols.
>
> So pick a package:
> * Access Color BBS
> * AllRAMBBS
> * BBS Board Bulletin System
> * C09 BBS
> * CoBBS
> * CEBBS may still exist out there
> * OS9 L2 BBS
> * Rainboard
> * RAMbase
> * RIBBS
> * ShadowBBS
>
> And put it up behind Drivewire, TCPser, or a WifiModem...
>
> Or roll your own with DECB with Remote2 or BASIC09 and NitrOS-9
>
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