• export areas.bbs

    From Pasquale Monti@2:335/370 to All on Wed Sep 23 22:21:56 2020
    Hello All!

    I am looking for a way to export the nameareas on my BBS to areas.bbs format. From what I read there was a program for windows UTILBBS but for ubuntu?

    Thanks

    Pasquale

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  • From Al@1:153/757.2 to Pasquale Monti on Wed Sep 23 13:37:16 2020
    I am looking for a way to export the nameareas on my BBS to areas.bbs format. From what I read there was a program for windows UTILBBS but for ubuntu?

    There was a utility called mbbsutil (i think) that could do this. You may be able to grab an older version of Mystic and get that utility.

    Most of mbbsutil's features are built into mutil now, but not the ability to write out an areas.bbs.

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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Al on Wed Sep 23 18:18:46 2020
    There was a utility called mbbsutil (i think) that could do this. You
    may be able to grab an older version of Mystic and get that utility.

    Most of mbbsutil's features are built into mutil now, but not the
    ability to write out an areas.bbs.

    I didn't realize there wasn't an export in MUTIL until you said that!

    I should probably fix that. I don't really remember the format of AREAS.BBS these days though so I will need to find a refresher. I remember it being pretty (too) simple.

    Its minimal effort to add it to MUTIL so I can whip it up in no time.

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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Rick Smith on Thu Sep 24 06:34:50 2020
    terminal windows in pi? If that didnt make sense, I have larger
    terminal windows (older eyes) and when I fire up mis or local login it

    Sounds like you want to increase the font size if you're goal is to make it easier on the eyes. Increasing the window size and not the font size will
    only make it same/more difficult to read.

    If you're using a terminal from the desktop you'd probably want to go to preferences, select the terminal font, and then increase the "Size" slider.

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  • From Pasquale Monti@2:335/370 to g00r00 on Thu Sep 24 23:51:30 2020
    Hello g00r00!

    23 Set 20 18:18, you wrote to Al:


    I didn't realize there wasn't an export in MUTIL until you said that!

    I should probably fix that. I don't really remember the format of AREAS.BBS these days though so I will need to find a refresher. I remember it being pretty (too) simple.

    Its minimal effort to add it to MUTIL so I can whip it up in no time.

    Thankyou

    Pasquale

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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Pasquale Monti on Fri Sep 25 18:48:54 2020
    I should probably fix that. I don't really remember the format of AREAS.BBS these days though so I will need to find a refresher. I remember it being pretty (too) simple.

    Its minimal effort to add it to MUTIL so I can whip it up in no time.

    Thankyou

    I have added the AREAS.BBS export into MUTIL tonight and updated the A47 prealpha releases for Windows and Linux to include this.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to g00r00 on Fri Sep 25 17:53:45 2020
    Hey g00r00...

    There is an issue you are aware of... so I'm told... When I use SSH I cannot use doors, the system hangs up on me. If I use the Door Party Server I
    connect fine. If I try to use the individual doors they hang... I was told
    you were aware of the problem

    :)
    Great BBS... Thanx

    IB Joe
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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to IB Joe on Sat Sep 26 08:57:08 2020
    There is an issue you are aware of... so I'm told... When I use SSH I cannot use doors, the system hangs up on me. If I use the Door Party Server I connect fine. If I try to use the individual doors they
    hang... I was told you were aware of the problem

    Yes that isn't an issue with Mystic specifically though.

    I don't know what your trying to run but your tear line says Mystic 64-bit, so I can only assume you're trying to run DOOR32 doors over SSH which will not work. You would need to bridge the connection with telnet or use a DOS version of the door in Windows 32-bit and allow Mystic to redirect its FOSSIL communications.

    If you want to run doors well you're best bet for compatibility is to use Windows 32-bit not 64-bit Windows and DOS versions of the doors.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to g00r00 on Sat Sep 26 08:44:56 2020
    On 26 Sep 2020, g00r00 said the following...
    Yes that isn't an issue with Mystic specifically though.

    I don't know what your trying to run but your tear line says Mystic 64-bit, so I can only assume you're trying to run DOOR32 doors over SSH which will not work. You would need to bridge the connection with
    telnet or use a DOS version of the door in Windows 32-bit and allow
    Mystic to redirect its FOSSIL communications.

    If you want to run doors well you're best bet for compatibility is to use Windows 32-bit not 64-bit Windows and DOS versions of the doors.


    To be honest I'm setting up a game server to handle all my needs. I'll judt
    do that... and problem solved!!!

    :)

    IB Joe
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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to IB Joe on Sat Sep 26 15:56:52 2020
    To be honest I'm setting up a game server to handle all my needs. I'll judt do that... and problem solved!!!

    If you mean connecting to someone else's game server then yes thats the easiest way to go! Let someone else do all the hard work! :)

    But if you mean setting up a game server of your own then you'll run into the same types of problems unfortunately. Windows 64-bit just isn't the best platform for running a door-heavy BBS because of its lack of DOS support.

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to g00r00 on Sat Sep 26 20:34:48 2020
    Hello g00r00,

    On Thu Sep 24 2020 06:34:50, g00r00 wrote to Rick Smith:

    terminal windows in pi? If that didnt make sense, I have larger
    terminal windows (older eyes) and when I fire up mis or local
    login it

    Sounds like you want to increase the font size if you're goal is to
    make it easier on the eyes. Increasing the window size and not the
    font size will only make it same/more difficult to read.

    If you're using a terminal from the desktop you'd probably want to go
    to preferences, select the terminal font, and then increase the "Size" slider.

    I'm assuming he's referring to Mystic's terminal server as well as the config. But these have ANSI screens, which are limited to 80x25 unless some XBIN is used. So unless you change the font size to make it bigger, you're still going to have 80x25.

    Maybe they're looking for a 1024x760 style terminal server or config?

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to g00r00 on Sat Sep 26 18:52:29 2020
    On 26 Sep 2020, g00r00 said the following...

    To be honest I'm setting up a game server to handle all my needs. I' judt do that... and problem solved!!!

    If you mean connecting to someone else's game server then yes thats the easiest way to go! Let someone else do all the hard work! :)

    But if you mean setting up a game server of your own then you'll run
    into the same types of problems unfortunately. Windows 64-bit just
    isn't the best platform for running a door-heavy BBS because of its lack of DOS support.


    Doing both... I have a windows 10 32Bit VM running gamesrv on it. I had some 32bit doors working on Mystic /64Bit... Anyway, as long as it's not me...

    Thanx

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
    -=JoesBBS.com=-

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  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202.1 to g00r00 on Wed Sep 23 16:31:18 2020
    Greetings g00r00!

    23 Sep 20 18:18, you wrote to Al about an urgent matter!:

    ability to write out an areas.bbs.

    I didn't realize there wasn't an export in MUTIL until you said that!

    I should probably fix that. I don't really remember the format of AREAS.BBS these days though so I will need to find a refresher. I remember it being pretty (too) simple.

    Its minimal effort to add it to MUTIL so I can whip it up in no time.

    That is great... Could you also whip up a way to allow resizing of terminal windows in pi? If that didnt make sense, I have larger terminal windows (older eyes) and when I fire up mis or local login it only takes up top left quarter of the screen? Ive tried everything I can think of so I thought maybe its something in mystic?


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  • From Chad Adams@1:19/37 to All on Sat Sep 26 02:48:06 2020
    Mutil! Not many people export areas.bbs anymore.

    Sbbs is basically local Id <tab> area tag <tab> uplinks (or downlinks)

    Local-gen-Chat GEN_CHAT 1:1:/1 2:1/1

    Etc.


    On 13:18 23/09 , g00r00 wrote:
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    There was a utility called mbbsutil (i think) that could do this. You
    may be able to grab an older version of Mystic and get that utility.

    Most of mbbsutil's features are built into mutil now, but not the
    ability to write out an areas.bbs.

    I didn't realize there wasn't an export in MUTIL until you said that!

    I should probably fix that. I don't really remember the format of AREAS.BBS >these days though so I will need to find a refresher. I remember it being >pretty (too) simple.

    Its minimal effort to add it to MUTIL so I can whip it up in no time.

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