Dial up BBS - wow

airship · November 05, 2008, 04:19 AM

I suggest going live with generic menus and improving them incrementally as you go.

For example:

1. Do Stuff
2. Do Different Stuff
3. Do Something Different than 1 & 2
etc...
N. Go Back to Previous Menu

Then people can have the adventure of exploring themselves. Maybe even make it interactive, so if they, for example, choose '3' and that turns out to be the 'Profile' menu, they can go back a level and edit '3' to say '3. Profile'. That way they can all feel empowered!

Honestly, sometimes I don't know what you people would do without me.

Note to Golan: This is a high-content post. Please count as such, since I know you are keeping score. :police:

Blacklord · November 05, 2008, 05:07 AM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on November 05, 2008, 02:09 AM
Quote from: Blacklord on November 04, 2008, 07:22 PM
Well I successfully telneted into the XT tonight, so I only have, oh, half a million more menus to write & it'll be back online

Only half a million?

Yeah - give or take a mil either side

Blacklord · November 05, 2008, 05:08 AM

Quote from: airship on November 05, 2008, 04:19 AM
I suggest going live with generic menus and improving them incrementally as you go.

For example:

1. Do Stuff
2. Do Different Stuff
3. Do Something Different than 1 & 2
etc...
N. Go Back to Previous Menu

Then people can have the adventure of exploring themselves. Maybe even make it interactive, so if they, for example, choose '3' and that turns out to be the 'Profile' menu, they can go back a level and edit '3' to say '3. Profile'. That way they can all feel empowered!

Honestly, sometimes I don't know what you people would do without me.

Note to Golan: This is a high-content post. Please count as such, since I know you are keeping score. :police:

How about totally p**sing people off by changing the look & feel every other day & chaging the software weekly too ? Keep people guessing

airship · November 05, 2008, 05:47 AM

Quote from: Blacklord on November 05, 2008, 05:08 AMHow about totally p**sing people off by changing the look & feel every other day & changing the software weekly, too? Keep people guessing.

Nah, that's what this board is for.

Blacklord · November 05, 2008, 09:37 AM

Quote from: airship on November 05, 2008, 05:47 AM
Quote from: Blacklord on November 05, 2008, 05:08 AMHow about totally p**sing people off by changing the look & feel every other day & changing the software weekly, too? Keep people guessing.
Nah, that's what this board is for.

Fine - next week we'll be using PHPBB, then after that back to PunBB then after that I'll build a flat text file job.........

How's that sound ?

Andrew Wiskow · November 05, 2008, 04:26 PM

Quote from: Blacklord on November 05, 2008, 05:08 AMHow about totally p**sing people off by changing the look & feel every other day & chaging the software weekly too ? Keep people guessing

Nah, if you really wanted to make people upset, then you could jumble the commands... For example, have the command for the message base send people to the file transfer section. The command for the file transfers sends people to online games... And so on...

On second thought... Don't do that.

Blacklord · November 05, 2008, 07:03 PM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on November 05, 2008, 04:26 PM
Quote from: Blacklord on November 05, 2008, 05:08 AMHow about totally p**sing people off by changing the look & feel every other day & chaging the software weekly too ? Keep people guessing

Nah, if you really wanted to make people upset, then you could jumble the commands... For example, have the command for the message base send people to the file transfer section. The command for the file transfers sends people to online games... And so on...

On second thought... Don't do that.

Roll on April 1

Andrew Wiskow · November 06, 2008, 04:49 AM

Quote from: Blacklord on November 05, 2008, 07:03 PMRoll on April 1

Now there's an idea!

Blacklord · November 08, 2008, 01:57 PM

Bloody hell it's not fun finding 20 year old (or older) doors & utilities for this little effort......

Now, I need some willing victims to do external testing for me...... <hint, hint>

Andrew Wiskow · December 20, 2008, 09:53 PM

The next person to sign up for a new account on Borderline BBS will be user #50. In these times, I'd say 50 users on a dial-up BBS in just under a year isn't half bad.

F14DUDE · February 08, 2009, 04:09 PM

How about connecting a cellphone like a Blackberry or a Pocket PC based pda phone onto the C64 and use the service's free nights and weekend mins? I remember connecting my old Blackberry 7120 (later a Motorola Q Global) to my laptop and use the cellphone's internet access for the laptop to access the internet. If there is a device that allow you to connect the C64 through serial to a mini usb plug (which a lot of pda phone uses that kind of jack), perhaps there is a way to get the cellphone to function like a modem? That way, most cellphone service's nights and weekend mins are usually free and won't have to worry about long distance charge. Well, just a thought anyway.

Andrew Wiskow · February 08, 2009, 04:52 PM

F14DUDE, yes, that's a thought... And a good one, too!

There have been a few people who have successfully called in to Borderline BBS using a cell phone modem, so it is possible.

Andrew Wiskow · March 19, 2009, 07:25 AM

I'm happy to announce that Borderline BBS is now running on a CMD hard drive instead of the 1581 and seven 1571s that it's been running on for some time now. This means that the file transfer section is vastly bigger now, with plenty of room for additional files to be added. It also means that I'll probably be saving a bit on my electricity bill.

Check out the "new and improved" Borderline BBS by calling +1(951)242-3593. For more information, visit the Cottonwood/Borderline website (the URL is in my signature, below).

RobertB · March 19, 2009, 03:56 PM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 19, 2009, 07:25 AMI'm happy to announce that Borderline BBS is now running on a CMD hard drive...

Sweet!

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
http://www.notacon.org , http://www.demoparty.us

Andrew Wiskow · March 19, 2009, 04:05 PM

Many, many thanks to Robert for selling me his "spare" CMD HD.

BTW, Robert... That CMD HD-40 still had its original 40MB mechanism in it. I replaced it with an 80MB mechanism that I have. I could install a 4GB mechanism in it if I upgrade the ROM inside of it, but I don't anticipate needing to do that since 80MB really is a TON of space for a Commodore BBS, even if it doesn't sound like much by today's standards.

RobertB · March 19, 2009, 04:22 PM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on March 19, 2009, 04:05 PMThat CMD HD-40 still had its original 40MB mechanism in it.

Ah-ha, I did not know that. After all, it was just a spare.

QuoteI replaced it with an 80MB mechanism that I have. I could install a 4GB mechanism in it if I upgrade the ROM inside of it...

Those 4 gig SCSI mechanisms are much in demand by knowing CMD hard drive owners and by classic Amiga users.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
http://www.notacon.org , http://www.demoparty.us

Andrew Wiskow · March 19, 2009, 05:01 PM

Quote from: RobertB on March 19, 2009, 04:22 PMThose 4 gig SCSI mechanisms are much in demand by knowing CMD hard drive owners and by classic Amiga users.

I have one here that one of the guys gave me at MossyCon3. So I do have one, should the need for it arise.