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Wintermute_BBS<p>+++ Another Sysop News +++ Another Sysop News +++</p><p>Aside from (hopefully) working around the recent connectivity issues with RC-BOX BBS, I've also purged the "General" message file and moved all existing messages to a new "Archive" message file. It's read-only but it cotnains all the posts to "General" from july 2022 - january 2025.</p><p>Also, the "Making", "Code &amp; Co." and "Announce" message files have been dropped as they have never been used.</p><p>As always you can find the telnet address of the BBS in the ALT-Text or my profile here on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytesdotspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytesdotspace</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbox</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>+++ Sysop News +++ Sysop News +++</p><p>Over the past few months I have witnessed some strange behavior with RC-BOX BBS (the world's first - and currently only - RC2014 based BBS) where the Wifi modem would loose connection over night and not restore it properly. As a result the BBS was unreachable.</p><p>I'm still trying to figure out what exactly happens but may have found a workaround.</p><p>As always you can find the telnet address of the BBS in the ALT-Text or my profile here on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytesdotspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytesdotspace</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbox</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>Season's Greetings - Ho! Ho! Ho!</p><p>RC-BBS the world's first and (currently) only RC2014 based Bulletin Board System wishes you happy holidays!</p><p>Connection information can be found in the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alt</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Text</span></a> and on my profile page.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbox</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/cpm80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpm80</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/seasonsgreetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seasonsgreetings</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>... an update from the trenches:</p><p>the code snippet which has been loosely resembling <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> core functionality (the one I once wrote in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DXForth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DXForth</span></a>) has seen a few updates recently. </p><p>so now "DX BBS" is able to read and output ASCII text files (it could only read <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forth</span></a> screen blocks before).</p><p>I've also fixed several issues where a connection drop would sometimes allow the next caller to "capture" the previous session.</p><p>Next on the list will be the whole "post-a-message" process: writing an index file entry for each new message and storing the corresponding message text etc.</p><p>long distant future design goals (so far):</p><p>(+) implement DX Forth SIO/2 driver</p><p>(+) implement a stable (disconnect proof) BBS program loop</p><p>(+) stay true to pure ASCII output only, no fancy escape squences or colors - just like RBBS / RCBBS do</p><p>(+) implement text (ASCII) file output</p><p>(-) store BBS configuration in plain ASCII text file</p><p>(-) implement mesage posting procedure</p><p>(-) implement message reading procedure </p><p>(-) implement message maintenance procdure (delete msg.)</p><p>(-) implement user database</p><p>(-) implement user database maintenace procedure (delete / modify user)</p><p>(-) implement simple user ACL / flag system</p><p>(-) implement (x)modem transfers</p><p>I don't have a real roadmap, my motivation may vary and the above is just what I think are the minimum requirements for a classic CP/M based bulletin board system. To give you an impression: it should resemble what <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> does at the moment.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/cpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpm</span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocoding</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forth</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bulletinboardsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bulletinboardsystem</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/funwithforth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funwithforth</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>Yay! 🥳 </p><p>Fixed an annoying bug in my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> which led to heavily fragmented text output when listing message headers.</p><p>this was a PITA for so long and the eventual fix for this was just one line of code .. *doh* </p><p>fix is already out on the "production" system <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> so no more cluttered / fragmented message headers ... 👍</p>
HowToPhil (Phillip R)<p>Connected to RC2014 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TelnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelnetBBS</span></a> with my Brother EP-44 thermal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typwriter</span></a> </p><p>(screenshot from Syncterm for connection info. Other images are the thermal "fax paper" as things printed on my typewriter in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> mode with warts and all)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCBBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>refining the full message scan by adding a "quiet scan" option and a nifty summary.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocoding</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hitechc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hitechc</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbox</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>+++ SYSOP NOTICE +++ SYSOP NOTICE +++ </p><p>RC-BOX BBS has been updated and now includes an optional full message scan during login.</p><p>That way, you can easily scan all subject files (boards) for new messages to you.</p><p>The original RBBS 4.1 implementation did not have that feature, requiring you to manually select each message file. I found that annoying so I changed it.</p><p>As always, you can find the connection information for RC-BOX BBS in my profile.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbox</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> <br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>... working on making <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> a better experience for my users ... let's hope I get to work this new hack out ...</p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>+++ COMMERCIAL BREAK +++</p><p>🎶 "Sometimes you wanna go<br>Where everybody knows your name<br>And they're always glad you came<br>You wanna be where you can see (ah-ah)<br>Our troubles are all the same (ah-ah)<br>You wanna be where everybody knows your name ..." 🎶 </p><p>RC-BOX BBS <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> - the world's first and (currently) only <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> based bulletin board system <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> on this planet. Open 24/7!</p><p>Running CP/M 2.2 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/cpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpm</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> (forked and highly customized <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RBBS</span></a> 4.1), connected to the modern world via a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WiFiModem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFiModem</span></a> and a 9600 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/baud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baud</span></a> serial line.</p><p>RC-BOX BBS - we are looking forward to your visit!</p>
Wintermute_BBS<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@BlackICEBBS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlackICEBBS</span></a></span> vielen Dank für den Beitrag zur <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> 🙂​</p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>+++ SYSOP NOTICE +++ SYSOP NOTICE +++ SYSOP NOTICE</p><p>I've just updated "RC-BOX" BBS (the world's first and - currently - only <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> based bulletin board system) <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> to my latest release, which is also the first release of the software under the new name of RC-BBS <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbbs</span></a> version 1.0 for CP/M</p><p>The new <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ACL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACL</span></a> and user flag features are now in place, and all existing users have been migrated to the new database structure.</p><p>I've also added four new subjects so there are now the following boards:</p><p>&lt; 1&gt;: PERSONAL -&gt; PM / user-to-user messaging</p><p>&lt; 2&gt;: GENERAL -&gt; general discussion and talk</p><p>&lt; 3&gt;: CODE&amp;CO -&gt; talk about your retro coding</p><p>&lt; 4&gt;: MAKING -&gt; talk about retro hardware making</p><p>&lt; 5&gt;: SUPPORT -&gt; BBS support and bug reporting<br> <br>&lt; 6&gt;: ANNOUNCE -&gt; read-only board for public service announcements.</p><p>To connect via <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telnet</span></a> connect to the following address and TCP port:</p><p>telnet://rc2014.ddns.net:2014</p>