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Re: Telix clone

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Post by EvanAnderson » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 3:56 PM UTC

gruturo wrote: post #5

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #3

what is this?

The Telix terminal interface. I spent so, so much time on it in the 80s, discovering BBSes, other people and later exploring the worldwide X25 network. Also, from the page's source code: // UUDDLRLRBA! var kkeys = [], konami = "38,38,40,40,37,39,37,39,66,65"; :)

I am immediately reminded of "0208057040540" and "26245400080177". Those were, indeed, the days.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by tssva » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 3:57 PM UTC

Minicom which is available for most posix systems including Linux and macOS is modeled on Telix.

My personal favorite DOS terminal program was Commo. It was totally customizable using macros. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commo

Re: Telix clone

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Post by EvanAnderson » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC

tssva wrote: post #32

Minicom which is available for most posix systems including Linux and macOS is modeled on Telix. My personal favorite DOS terminal program was Commo. It was totally customizable using macros. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commo

I used the heck out of Minicom when I finally made Linux my "daily driver" back in the early 90s.

When I finally did get dialup Internet service I ended up using "dip"[1] to script the logon to the ISP's terminal server (a Xyplex, if I remember correctly). I remember that the terminal server answered for finger and showed you the usernames of the logged-on users, their logon and idle time, and their serial port numbers. I remember complaining to the ISP when I was getting busy signals dialing into the modem pool and, when I finally did get on, seeing users logged-on two or three times with multi-hour idle times.

[1] http://ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/man/man8/dip.8.html

Re: Telix clone

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Post by EvanAnderson » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:07 PM UTC

icedchai wrote: post #24

I miss the BBS days... sometimes. I used to use JRComm on the Amiga. Before that, it was Apple Access II on an Apple IIc.

A friend of mine hosted a BBS on an Amiga in the early 90s. I was amazed by the machine's multitasking. He could actually use his computer while simultaneously hosting the BBS. (Eventually I think I got DESQview for my PC and could pull off a kinda-sorta approximation.)

The BBS software he ran was Dungeons and Dragons themed, and as I recall it mixed exploring and combat along with the mundane BBS activities-- messages, downloads, etc. I think that your experience points in the game-side ended up translating to BBS-side privileges, too. I should do some searching to see if I can dig up some details. It was unique across the various BBS's I called.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by ccoyle » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

Loved the BBS era. Commo by Fred Brucker was my favorite terminal program. Zmodem for downloads.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by ccoyle » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:09 PM UTC

I loved the BBS era. Commo by Fred Brucker was my modem progam of choice. Hook in Zmodem for downloads and you had a hot setup.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by nsenifty » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:27 PM UTC

Back in India, we had a (somewhat cheap) shell internet plan offered for students. You dial into a phone number that dropped you in a ISP shell from where you could use lynx or email. The problem was that our state-owned phone provider had a "courtesy" beep every 3 minutes to let us know we're being charged another unit, which would cause the modem to hang up.

I remember setting up Telix to record the session, log into my Hotmail, open each email and scroll all the way down all in 3 minutes, and then read the emails from the session log.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by icedchai » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:37 PM UTC

EvanAnderson wrote: post #34

icedchai wrote: post #24

I miss the BBS days... sometimes. I used to use JRComm on the Amiga. Before that, it was Apple Access II on an Apple IIc.

A friend of mine hosted a BBS on an Amiga in the early 90s. I was amazed by the machine's multitasking. He could actually use his computer while simultaneously hosting the BBS. (Eventually I think I got DESQview for my PC and could pull off a kinda-sorta approximation.) The BBS software he ran was Dungeons and Dragons themed, and as I recall it mixed exploring and combat along with the mundane BBS activities-- messag…

Yes, I also ran a BBS from my Amiga! I wrote it myself in C when I was a teen. The Amiga was amazing for the time, and learning about the OS was so much fun. I still play around with emulators now and then to take me back to that time.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by th0ma5 » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:57 PM UTC

I recently found a bunch of Procomm Plus logs where I had typed back and forth with some local friends.

Re: Telix clone

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Post by icedchai » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:59 PM UTC

EvanAnderson wrote: post #33

tssva wrote: post #32

Minicom which is available for most posix systems including Linux and macOS is modeled on Telix. My personal favorite DOS terminal program was Commo. It was totally customizable using macros. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commo

I used the heck out of Minicom when I finally made Linux my "daily driver" back in the early 90s. When I finally did get dialup Internet service I ended up using "dip"[1] to script the logon to the ISP's terminal server (a Xyplex, if I remember correctly). I remember that the terminal server answered for finger and showed you the usernames of the logged-on users, their logon and idle time, and their serial port numbe…

The good old days.. I remember using dip! I helped to build a few ISPs. We used Xylogic Annex terminal servers at one place. The second ISP used USR digital modems (I forget what they were called?) By the time I set up the third one, we'd outsourced all dialup to a third party network.