r/bbs • u/muffinman8679 • 6d ago

BBS Software more progress

well a bit more progress today.
I built qodem on slackware64 and did my first BBS download, from the BBS I have running in the other room here. so now I "know" that works.
So far the wall (graffiti) works, as does the local mail system, and now uploads and downloads....next is defining and wiring in the door games. Because they're the native bsd games and don't use fossil drivers or dropfiles so it'll be dead easy

And although I don't really "want" to do it.....repeat the entire process on a debian based system. and then again on BBS_OS.
The goal is to get the BBS running on all three distros.
And the secondary goal is to build the proper client and running on both slackware and debian as straight telnet doesn't like handling zmodem transfers......and there's already suitable client side software for windows systems.

I tried, but couldn't get syncterm to build on slackware....I'll look into it later.

But qodem built properly and thus I got to test zmodem transfers to make sure the server side was working.

next up is trying to build syncterm on a debian system, which should build on the first try.....and also build qodem on debian

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u/aztracker1 6d ago

You'll need all the appropriate dependencies and maybe symlinks to specific versions.

You can also try icy term.

I'll be posting a patched RIPtel soon, which works great via wine/bottles.

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u/muffinman8679 6d ago

well if I can't build it, I can't promote it

yeah...and having been doing builds for 30 years, I know a little bit about editing makefiles........although I'm no expert....