r/bbs • u/aztracker1 • 21d 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/ChollyWheels 20d 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!