Subj : Possible file upload bug?
To   : Deepthaw
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Sep 15 2023 10:52 am

 Re: Possible file upload bug?
 By: Deepthaw to All on Fri Sep 15 2023 10:11 am

> I was making the rounds uploading a file to "teh scene" today (go look for
> traxtor.zip, it's a neat DOS puzzle game made for a 2023 comp) and over on
> Pharcyde I hopped to the file listing to see if the file_id displayed
> properly and it caused a disconnect.
>
> https://imgur.com/a/2QSfO97
>
> Since I'm no longer a sysop I have no idea where the bug could be - the bbs
> or the software, but thought I'd share it here.

Looks like the sysop needs to update their text.dat file. Some of the text.dat strings were re-used for other purposes in SBBS v3.19 and I see that's at least causing that garbage-looking output, and likely the crash.
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