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    From hustler@77:1/911 to All on Tue Oct 13 13:07:58 2020
    Does anyone do mods for Synchronet? I mean new mods. Not mods from 10 years ago? I see so many nice mods for Mystic and nothing good for Synchronet. I'm talking about mods like todays famous birthdays, Weather, CNN, Fox News or
    even the COVID-19 one. Is Synchronet difficult to write mods for? Back in the day I was always adding mods to my Renegade BBS. When you purchased BBS software that's how they made money. Mods, Door games etc. I miss all that.
    :-(

    HusTler
    Havens BBS
    havens.synchro.net:23 or 2222

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/07 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: d i s t o r t i o n // d1st.org (77:1/911)
  • From ryan@77:1/128 to hustler on Tue Oct 13 22:00:48 2020
    Does anyone do mods for Synchronet? I mean new mods. Not mods from 10 years ago? I see so many nice mods for Mystic and nothing good for Synchronet. I'm talking about mods like todays famous birthdays,
    Weather, CNN, Fox News or even the COVID-19 one. Is Synchronet difficult to write mods for? Back in the day I was always adding mods to my
    Renegade BBS. When you purchased BBS software that's how they made
    money. Mods, Door games etc. I miss all that. :-(

    Why is the subject line capitalized?

    For Synchronet, I think most people just write their own shell in javascript and basically wind up with a custom BBS. Javascript is pretty
    straightforward, super well documented, so I think people end up writing
    their own stuff and applying it to their own board. The mod scene these days seems to focus a lot more on mystic and cnet (for amiga).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)
  • From Fang-Castro@77:77/10 to hustler on Thu Oct 15 01:51:46 2020
    Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: hustler to All on Tue Oct 13 2020 01:07 pm

    Does anyone do mods for Synchronet? I mean new mods. Not mods from 10 years ago? I see so many nice mods for Mystic and nothing good for Synchronet. I'm

    What's wrong with the mods from 10 years ago?
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    � Synchronet � % a SciNet ftn bbs % diskshop.ca/scinet %
    * Origin: CRBBS FTN<>QWK Gateway Site (77:77/10)
  • From hustler@77:1/911 to ryan on Wed Oct 28 11:48:20 2020
    Does anyone do mods for Synchronet? I mean new mods. Not mods from 10

    Why is the subject line capitalized?

    I have no idea. I did have trouble with my BBS but I'm oretty sure it's
    been fixed.

    their own stuff and applying it to their own board. The mod scene these days seems to focus a lot more on mystic and cnet (for amiga).

    Yea I see that. Is there a reason mods are no longer written for
    Synchronet? If people are modding there own boards why wouldn't they want to share with other Synchronet SysOps? As far as I can see echicken is the only one making mods for Synchronet but I could be wrong.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/07 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: d i s t o r t i o n // d1st.org (77:1/911)
  • From hustler@77:1/911 to Fang-Castro on Wed Oct 28 11:56:58 2020
    Does anyone do mods for Synchronet? I mean new mods. Not mods from 10 y ago? I see so many nice mods for Mystic and nothing good for Synchronet

    What's wrong with the mods from 10 years ago?
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    Nothing. I use a few of them. Just looking for something new such as horoscopes or news, or a Covid update. Something new. That's all.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/07 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: d i s t o r t i o n // d1st.org (77:1/911)
  • From ryan@77:1/128 to hustler on Wed Oct 28 15:50:48 2020
    Yea I see that. Is there a reason mods are no longer written for Synchronet? If people are modding there own boards why wouldn't they
    want to share with other Synchronet SysOps? As far as I can see echicken is the only one making mods for Synchronet but I could be wrong.

    I think there's an aspect of Synchronet specifically benefiting from an
    entire custom shell. It's not really plug-and-play moddable like we grew up with in Renegade, Telegard, etc., so it doesn't lend itself as well to that style of modding (IMO). It's one of the reasons I prefer other softwares, but
    I acknowledge custom Synchronet shells are pretty sick.

    Also I think it's the time investment coupled with limited implementation by other sysops. We have so few BBSes nowadays that if someone releases a new Synchronet mod, it's possible a large proportion of Synchronet boards will install the mod, in which case everyone has identical content.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)
  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to ryan on Wed Oct 28 17:06:24 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: ryan to hustler on Wed Oct 28 2020 03:50 pm

    I think there's an aspect of Synchronet specifically benefiting from an entire custom shell. It's not really plug-and-play moddable like we grew up
    with in Renegade, Telegard, etc., so it doesn't lend itself as well to that
    style of modding (IMO). It's one of the reasons I prefer other softwares, but
    I acknowledge custom Synchronet shells are pretty sick.

    Totally agree. I went with Synchronet because it was easy to get all the FTN stuff going. But hell if Mystic isn't sexy like a lady. It's got that "l33t" look I rememeber from back in the day from the old Celerity systems. The real time spell check is really great too, I wish Slyedit used in Synchronet supported that.

    Besides Digital Distortion and Echicken, most of the synchronet bbs I connect to are pretty stock. Any recommendations on ones what are customized?

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  • From ryan@77:1/128 to Bob Roberts on Thu Oct 29 09:52:14 2020
    Besides Digital Distortion and Echicken, most of the synchronet bbs I connect to are pretty stock. Any recommendations on ones what are customized?

    I'm not sure, but I should mention I don't call many boards. I also prefer
    the mystic style boards to the synchronet style boards. Again, this isn't a critique of synchronet, just my two cents :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)
  • From HusTler@77:77/10 to ryan on Thu Oct 29 17:06:20 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: ryan to hustler on Wed Oct 28 2020 03:50 pm

    Yea I see that. Is there a reason mods are no longer written for Synchronet? If people are modding there own boards why wouldn't they

    Also I think it's the time investment coupled with limited implementation by other sysops. We have so few BBSes nowadays that if someone releases a new Synchronet mod, it's possible a large proportion of Synchronet boards will install the mod, in which case everyone has identical content.

    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. There's nobody even selling Mods for Synchronet which I think is strange. ANSI screens are being sold. Why not mods? This is the 90's part of me talking. ;-)

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    � Synchronet � Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: CRBBS FTN<>QWK Gateway Site (77:77/10)
  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to HusTler on Thu Oct 29 17:46:42 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: HusTler to ryan on Thu Oct 29 2020 05:06 pm

    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. There's nobody even selling Mods for Synchronet which I think is
    strange. ANSI screens are being sold. Why not mods? This is the 90's part of me talking. ;-)

    Who's selling ANSI design? I might pay for some lettering work.

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    ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: Halls of Valhalla <> San Francisco <> hovalbbs.com (77:1/200)
  • From ryan@77:1/128 to HusTler on Fri Oct 30 00:16:54 2020
    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. There's nobody even selling Mods for Synchronet which I think is strange. ANSI screens are being sold.
    Why not mods?

    People sold mods? *shrug*

    I think modding is actually a gateway drug into programming for a lot of sysops. I know it was for me :) If you want some mods, my best advice is to figure out how to roll your own!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)
  • From Hatton@77:77/10 to Bob Roberts on Fri Oct 30 08:02:00 2020
    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. There's nobody even selling Mods for
    Synchronet which I think is
    strange. ANSI screens are being sold. Why not mods? This is the 90's part
    of me talking. ;-)

    Who's selling ANSI design? I might pay for some lettering work.

    +1 on that, I've never been good at any kind of graphics!

    Hatton

    ... Direct from the Ministry of Silly Walks
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    � Synchronet � % a SciNet QWK bbs % diskshop.ca/scinet %
    * Origin: CRBBS FTN<>QWK Gateway Site (77:77/10)
  • From Alpha@77:1/127 to Bob Roberts on Fri Oct 30 19:37:42 2020
    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. There's nobody even selling Mod Synchronet which I think is
    strange. ANSI screens are being sold. Why not mods? This is the 90's of me talking. ;-)

    Who's selling ANSI design? I might pay for some lettering work.


    Check out https://www.ansigarden.com, I've picked up a couple pieces from Luciano in the past. He's also open to custom work, it's not cheap, but you know it will be amazing and unique!

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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/20 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Drunken Gamer BBS (77:1/127)
  • From stizzed@77:1/104 to Alpha on Fri Oct 30 16:11:16 2020
    Check out https://www.ansigarden.com, I've picked up a couple pieces from Luciano in the past. He's also open to custom work, it's not cheap, but youknow it will be amazing and unique!

    Lusiano did the artwork for The ROCK III. He is a legend in the ANSI art world and a real pleasure to work with! I highly recommend going to him if you just dont want to take the time or if you want a real custom system from a consummate professional. I'll be working with him on my next project, for sure.

    .\\ichael Batts
    a.k.a. stizzed (because, why not?)
    SysOp, The ROCK BBS III

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/19 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The ROCK III - therockbbs.net - TELNET:10023 (77:1/104)
  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Alpha on Fri Oct 30 13:45:40 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: Alpha to Bob Roberts on Fri Oct 30 2020 07:37 pm

    Check out https://www.ansigarden.com, I've picked up a couple pieces from Luciano in the past. He's also open to custom work, it's not cheap, but you know it will be amazing and unique!

    Wow, these are really cool. Thanks for the tip.

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    * Origin: Halls of Valhalla <> San Francisco <> hovalbbs.com (77:1/200)
  • From Digital Man@77:1/100 to Bob Roberts on Fri Oct 30 13:44:00 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: Bob Roberts to HusTler on Thu Oct 29 2020 05:46 pm

    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: HusTler to ryan on Thu Oct 29 2020 05:06 pm

    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. There's nobody even selling Mods for
    Synchronet which I think is
    strange. ANSI screens are being sold. Why not mods? This is the 90's part
    of me talking. ;-)

    Who's selling ANSI design? I might pay for some lettering work.

    This guy (he's really good):
    http://www.ansigarden.com/request-art/
    --
    digital man

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #23:
    DSL = Digital Subscriber Line
    Norco, CA WX: 85.9�F, 19.0% humidity, 3 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
    � Synchronet � Vertrauen � Home of Synchronet � [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net

    --- Mystic BBS/QWK Gate v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: % disksh0p!bbs % bbs.diskshop.ca % SciNet ftn hq % (77:1/100)
  • From HusTler@77:77/10 to Bob Roberts on Sat Oct 31 06:07:08 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: Bob Roberts to HusTler on Thu Oct 29 2020 05:46 pm

    Who's selling ANSI design? I might pay for some lettering work.

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    Try https://16colo.rs/

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    � Synchronet � Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: CRBBS FTN<>QWK Gateway Site (77:77/10)
  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to hustler on Wed Oct 21 11:37:36 2020
    Does anyone do mods for Synchronet? I mean new mods. Not mods from 10

    You should talk with eChicken, or Vertruramen <lol> and see if those guys can help you achieve what you're trying to do. They know that software better than anyone.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Compufuck | Binghamton, NY | compufuck.xyz:2323 (77:1/142)
  • From Shitty@77:1/142 to ryan on Thu Oct 29 20:09:56 2020
    I'm not sure, but I should mention I don't call many boards. I also
    prefer the mystic style boards to the synchronet style boards. Again,
    this isn't a critique of synchronet, just my two cents :)

    You probably already know this, but just in case: Some Synch boards let you choose a theme. If you choose WWIV, it's very Mystic/Renegadelike. At least on some boards. Some of them probably disable that to force users into the Synch standard theme. (They don't call it theme but something else like menu style
    or something.)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Compufuck | Binghamton, NY | compufuck.xyz:2323 (77:1/142)
  • From Fang-Castro@77:77/10 to Bob Roberts on Sun Nov 22 20:19:14 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: Bob Roberts to ryan on Wed Oct 28 2020 05:06 pm

    Besides Digital Distortion and Echicken, most of the synchronet bbs I connect to are pretty stock. Any recommendations on ones what are customized?

    mine has a little work on it =)

    about to jump in a make li'l mod packs for Synch
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    � Synchronet � % a SciNet ftn bbs % diskshop.ca/scinet %
    * Origin: CRBBS FTN<>QWK Gateway Site (77:77/10)
  • From Fang-Castro@77:77/10 to Bob Roberts on Sun Nov 22 20:20:10 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: Bob Roberts to HusTler on Thu Oct 29 2020 05:46 pm

    Who's selling ANSI design? I might pay for some lettering work.

    roy/sac has a jillion thedraw fonts for you; free
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    � Synchronet � % a SciNet ftn bbs % diskshop.ca/scinet %
    * Origin: CRBBS FTN<>QWK Gateway Site (77:77/10)
  • From Bob Roberts@77:1/200 to Fang-Castro on Sun Nov 22 22:16:08 2020
    Re: Re: MODS FOR SYNCHRONET
    By: Fang-Castro to Bob Roberts on Sun Nov 22 2020 08:19 pm

    mine has a little work on it =)

    about to jump in a make li'l mod packs for Synch

    Oh sweet. I'll check it out. And yes on the mod pack please.

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