Net Runner is probably the best out there. Has all these protocols an does an incredible job rendering ansi.
Net Runner is probably the best out there. Has all these
protocols an does an incredible job rendering ansi.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems with SyncTerm.
Net Runner is probably the best out there. Has all these protocols an does an incredible job rendering ansi.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems
Net Runner is probably the best out there. Has all these
protocols an does an incredible job rendering ansi.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't
really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't
it's always worked fine for me.
maybe you dont have a new version or there's something wrong with
your os
Net Runner is probably the best out there. Has all these
protocols an does an incredible job rendering ansi.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems with SyncTerm.
it's always worked fine for me.
maybe you dont have a new version or there's something wrong with
your os
Really? Maybe Net Runner just Sucks??
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems with SyncTerm.
I can't get netrunner to even run for me. I love Syncterm, but I'm having issues with Zmodem uploads, so I'm using ZOC at the moment. A little pricy, but a very nice program.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems with SyncTerm.
The full screen modes really rock compared to SyncTerm.
Whats wrong with Syncterm Fullscreen?
Whats wrong with Syncterm Fullscreen?
Nothing, but Netrunner does font smoothing that rocks on a big monitor.
You should reply to the person who actually wrote that rather than me.
it's always worked fine for me.
maybe you dont have a new version or there's something wrong with
your os
Net Runner is probably the best out there. Has all these
protocols an does an incredible job rendering ansi.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't
really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't
it's always worked fine for me.
maybe you dont have a new version or there's something wrong with your os
Really? Maybe Net Runner just Sucks??
Re: Re: Recruit Me to a new B
By: Poindexter Fortran to xkoldfuzionx on Wed Mar 08 2017 08:01 pm
The full screen modes really rock compared to SyncTerm.
Whats wrong with Syncterm Fullscreen? and it freaked me out the other day, I had the volume on my linux computer down a bit, and was playing OOII2 On BBSlink and I thought I kept hearing sounds corresponding to events I was do on the game (in fact I was) I forgot that OOII had sound, and had no idea syncterm supported that.. another + in my book.
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Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
KK4QBN BBS
Whats wrong with Syncterm Fullscreen? and it freaked me out the other
day, I had the volume on my linux computer down a bit, and was playing
OOII2 On BBSlink and I thought I kept hearing sounds corresponding to
events I was do on the game (in fact I was) I forgot that OOII had
sound, and had no idea syncterm supported that.. another + in my book.
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems with SyncTerm.-+-
Re: Re: Recruit Me to a new B
By: xkoldfuzionx to Nightfox on Tue Mar 07 2017 09:42 pm
Really? I have not been to impressed with it. The ansi's don't really show up all the time for me and it crashed on me. I haven't had any problems with SyncTerm.-+-
I agree, I've not too imoressed either with it. I also have had times where it just keeps crashing for no real reason. Syncedit has been nothing but super-stable and problem-free since insallation day.
I like that we have Dovenet but it is too bad that very few boards have anything in that way of an active local board. That used to be the charm of BBSing back in the day.-
I like that we have Dovenet but it is too bad that very few boards have anything in that way of an active local board. That used to be the charm of BBSing back in the day.-
When internet service was more expensive people went towards the local systems because there was less cost and restrictions. With fiber taking over, its more difficult to have a classic bbs phone line anymore. The
Matthew Munson wrote to CHRIS <=-
When internet service was more expensive people went towards the local systems because there was less cost and restrictions. With fiber taking over, its more difficult to have a classic bbs phone line anymore. The house i moved to, stripped the copper line out and now a classic POTS
bbs cant be done.
Maybe the idea is we should use the bbs as an auxiliary tool for groups such as a home owners association or a political club that might want
to organize. There can be private local forums that could be utilized
with the security by obscurity by using WINS or Synchronet.
Mro wrote to Matthew Munson <=-
fiber isnt taking over, the lines were drawn many years ago. some areas might never get fiber due to negotiations between the providers.
fiber isnt taking over, the lines were drawn many years ago. some areas mightIn my neighborhood it did.
never get fiber due to negotiations between the providers.
fiber isnt taking over, the lines were drawn many years ago. someDepends what country you live in. That might be the case in the US. Australia is in the middle of a national infrastructure replacement, and for most of us here, POTS lines will be a thing of history. For me, the option to change looks like it's 2 months away and around 18 months after that, it won't be possible to have a POTS line. With the DSL here being pretty ordinary (3Mbps download on a good day), I'll be switching ASAP.
areas might never get fiber due to negotiations between the
providers.
KK4QBN wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I live about 26 miles from some of the fastest internet speeds in the nation (Chattanooga) but we are stuck with Windstream (Overpriced unreliable) or Charter (priced better for speed, even more unreliable).
It really sucks in a way living in a rural area. I will say that Windstream has been a lot more reliable and much quicker than a lot of customers it serves in North Georgia. so many peoples DSLAMS are so
over taxed and the copper is so old that they only get a 1.X mbit downstream at best. so I will not complain too much.
possible to have a POTS line. With the DSL here being pretty ordinary (3Mbp download on a good day), I'll be switching ASAP.
Re: Re: Recruit Me to a new B
By: Vk3jed to Mro on Mon Mar 27 2017 08:16 am
possible to have a POTS line. With the DSL here being pretty ordinary (3 download on a good day), I'll be switching ASAP.
Wow I guess Im lucky to have 25Mbps down and 12 Mbps up.
serves in North Georgia. so many peoples DSLAMS are so over taxed and the copper is so old that they only get a 1.X mbit downstream at best. so I will not complain too much.
Denn Gray wrote to Vk3jed <=-
possible to have a POTS line. With the DSL here being pretty ordinary (3Mbp download on a good day), I'll be switching ASAP.
Wow I guess Im lucky to have 25Mbps down and 12 Mbps up.
Denn Gray wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Wow I guess Im lucky to have 25Mbps down and 12 Mbps up.
lol I meant to say my Down is 250 Mbps not 25 lol my bad
fiber isnt taking over, the lines were drawn many years ago. some areas mightIn my neighborhood it did.
never get fiber due to negotiations between the providers.
Re: RE: Recruit Me to a new Bs
By: Matthew Munson to MRO on Sun Mar 26 2017 01:53 am
fiber isnt taking over, the lines were drawn many years ago. some area
mightIn my neighborhood it did.
never get fiber due to negotiations between the providers.
well the lines werent drawn there
over, its more difficult to have a classic bbs phone line anymore. TheThat's a sad sign of the times IMO.
house i moved to, stripped the copper line out and now a classic POTS bbs cant be done.
Maybe the idea is we should use the bbs as an auxiliary tool for groups
such as a home owners association or a political club that might want to organize. There can be private local forums that could be utilized with the security by obscurity by using WINS or Synchronet.
fiber isnt taking over, the lines were drawn many years ago. some areas migh never get fiber due to negotiations between the providers.
Maybe the idea is we should use the bbs as an auxiliary tool for groups such as a home owners association or a political club that might want to organize. There can be private local forums that could be utilized with the security by obscurity by using WINS or Synchronet.
Nightfox wrote to Matthew Munson <=-
That would be cool, but I have a hard time picturing people in a club these days using a BBS, other than a computer-related club. People in
a homeowner's association, political group, or whatever these days
might not have the interest or knowhow to use a BBS in that fashion.
On the other hand, a modern online (web-based) forum might serve such a purpose fairly well.
. Give me a BBS any day. :)
That would be cool, but I have a hard time picturing people in a club these days using a BBS, other than a computer-related club. People in a homeowner association, political group, or whatever these days might not have the interest or knowhow to use a BBS in that fashion. On the other hand, a mode online (web-based) forum might serve such a purpose fairly well.
Nightfox
Chris wrote to Nightfox <=-
I agree they would likely be more inclined to use a web forum than a
BBS. That said, my experience from hosting a few web forums is that
even the activity there has been radically reduced because of FB, Twitter, etc. But I think they make a better option overall for these
use cases if you can just get them to use it.
Web forums still suck, I found them a retrograde step in terms of usability, compared to a BBS or even Facebook. At least Facebook has some clever client side scripting that takes some of the drudgery of navigation out of it.
... The nicest thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
â– Synchronet â– Freeway BBS in Bendigo, Australia.
I agree they would likely be more inclined to use a web forum than a BBS. That said, my experience from hosting a few web forums is that even the activity there has been radically reduced because of FB, Twitter, etc. But I think they make a better option overall for these use cases if you can just get them to use it.
Recently I discovered that IMDB decided to get rid of their forum feature because they thought people were using social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc. more often. I was disappointed to find that out, because I sometimes enjoyed discussing movies and TV shows on IMDB. I then discovered that there is a site that someone started up called moviechat.org, to replace the IMDB forums - Which I think is a sign that the IMDB forums were still useful to people.
Deavmi wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Discourse is awesome for a forum.
Nightfox wrote to Chris <=-
I think web forums can often offer a good experience, if they have a focus. Facebook does let you create groups for certain topics, but IMO
the format is not as good for discussions as web forum software such as vBulletin, XenForo, etc.
Recently I discovered that IMDB decided to get rid of their forum
feature because they thought people were using social media like
Facebook, Twitter, etc. more often. I was disappointed to find that
out, because I sometimes enjoyed discussing movies and TV shows on
IMDB. I then discovered that there is a site that someone started up called moviechat.org, to replace the IMDB forums - Which I think is a
sign that the IMDB forums were still useful to people.
There is a reason I use offline mail here in an always online world. :)
Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Some web-based software can be slow, simply due to having to load data from a remote machine. I suppose I tend not to notice or mind it so
much with an online forum, since that's just the nature of it.
However, I don't like web-based versions of software that traditionally runs on a local machine - For instance, Google Docs vs. a document
editor installed on the machine. Google Docs seems too slow for me, compared to editing a document locally. I've also used web-based test case & bug tracking software for work, and I've sometimes wished those
had client software that could be used to edit results to send back to
the server later so that I don't have to deal with server lag.
Web forums still suck, I found them a retrograde step in terms of usability, compared to a BBS or even Facebook. At least Facebook has some clever clien side scripting that takes some of the drudgery of navigation out of it.
... The nicest thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
Recently I discovered that IMDB decided to get rid of their forum feature because they thought people were using social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc. more often. I was disappointed to find that out, because I sometimes enjoyed discussing movies and TV shows on IMDB. I then discovered that ther is a site that someone started up called moviechat.org, to replace the IMDB forums - Which I think is a sign that the IMDB forums were still useful to people.
Nightfox
Chris wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Compared to BBS' and the old text based information services, yeah web forums will never match up.
Facebook on the other hand, I would never want to use that for the
same purpose as a web forum. People use it a ton, but I find it lacking for threaded discussion. It's just not designed to be used like a
forum.
The dependency of course is what software is used for the web forum.
If the platform sucks than yeah, it can be pretty unusable. The one I
use has a framed layout which does a great job of laying out the
threads.
In my world, threading is overrated. I am better able to reconstruct thread
Chris wrote to Vk3jed <=-
In my world, threading is overrated. I am better able to reconstruct thread
It's almost a requirement for me. I just grew up on it and it's real
hard to adjust to anything else. I have used more flat formats and it
does help when quotes are used effectively, but threading feels more natural.
I was a member of The Well recently. I cancelled a month ago after
having been using it (lightly) for a few months. I liked it, but they
use a flat message conferencing system which I had a hard time getting used to.
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