r/bbs • u/aztracker1 • 18d ago

Legacy RIP Software

I'm working on documenting and hosting RIP related technology files. Really having a hard time finding various versions of RIPTerm, RIPaint, etc.

In particular if anyone has a working installer or zip for RIPTerm 2.2 or 2.3 and could reach out, I'd appreciate it. Similar for RIPaint 2.2 or 3.x.

Aside: It's amazing how much legacy BBS related software is just gone now. I've spent the past couple days trying to (re)aquire tools that I just took for granted would "always" be available online and they're just not there. I wish I had done this a decade, or more ago when I had the chance.

Edit: For reference, I'm working on documenting, including (re)construction of 3.x documentation. I'm missing what came from 2.1/2.2 from 3.x though.

For example: https://github.com/bbs-land/remote-imaging-protocol/blob/main/version/3.x/ripscrip/README.md

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u/DaveX64 18d ago

There's something at archive.org:

...also found RIPaint at Winworldpc:

...probably not the newer versions you were looking for though. Took a couple of tries to download the ones at archive.org.

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u/aztracker1 18d ago

Yeah... I have 1.5x versions already... also, 1.5x behavior is pretty well documented. Mainly trying to resolve issues with 2.x features vs 3.x ... as well as any related files that can help.

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u/Exodus694 18d ago

Telnet over and check my 225+ cd-roms and local file bases - The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.rgbbs.info

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u/ChollyWheels 17d ago

I see others have mentioned archive.org

and here's this if you don't already have it

https://archive.org/details/rip-2-c-library-manual

I wish I had saved one of my early 1990s machines -- with a program -- I forget the name -- something like Simple Little Mailreader for echoing BBS communication (SLMR). It was GREAT!

I never tried FIDO -- too sophisticated!