Subj : Re: In the future..
To : Nick Andre
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Jun 08 2020 12:07 pm
Re: Re: In the future..
By: Nick Andre to Mark Lewis on Mon Jun 08 2020 10:44:30
ML> /me wonders how many will be surprised to find out that there is at
ML> least o[ne] terminal app that supports mouse clicks and BBSes that
ML> react to those click on their hotspots...
NA> I tried implementing the one, back in the 90's. Only a few of my
NA> users ended up using it, but to be fair it was a bit clunky and
NA> tacked-on.
not sure which one you're speaking of... RIPscript was one... there was another i forget but was only used with one BBS and a specific terminal program for that BBS, IIRC... there was also a movement to use NAPLPS which i recall was what Prodigy(?) used... but yeah, a lot was tacked on as an afterthought and the biggest problem was they required special terminal programs for them to work... this was a problem because users just wanted to use their existing terminal program like telix or procomm or similar...
what i speak of above works with any terminal program that recognises CTerm (i think) ANSI mouse sequences... deuce and digital man have been working together to get it into synchronet and syncterm... i've not had a play with any of it yet but it is available on my current system... i need to figure out (again) how to compile the latest syncterm on my system but that's a task for a rainy day for now...
ML> Searchlight and MajorBBS I believe were the only BBS packages that
ML> really got it "right".
i never used or visited any systems running those packages... especially if i had to use a dedicated/specific terminal for them... i was one of those users mentioned above and just didn't get out and about to other BBSes very much if at all...
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