What's THE READER V4.50? Is it an offline message reader for BBS?

Its actually an ONLINE reader for a hudson/jam/squish message base bbs. Compared to more modern software its probably still a little clunky but compared to the native reading style in RA/SuperBBS/QBBS/ProBoard etc its a positively space age interface that makes skimming and reading through the message base a breeze.

Remarkably easy to install, only had one foible during install which boiled down to fossil emulation. It keeps its own lastread pointers not using the BBS user bases, so depending on how you see it, that can be a good or bad thing. :)

Spec


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)

test from delaware bbs

... "I am" is the shortest sentence in English. Is 'I do' the longest?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: DelawareBBS (21:1/999)

Hello shakey!

On 13 Nov 2024, shakey said the following...

test from delaware bbs

... "I am" is the shortest sentence in English. Is 'I do' the longest?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: DelawareBBS (21:1/999)

Got that one as well! =)

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

thanks

... My tagline could eat your tagline for breakfast

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/28 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflag.acid.org:23 (21:1/112)

thanks

... The shortest distance between two points is under construction

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/28 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflag.acid.org:23 (21:1/112)

On 13 Nov 2024, shakey said the following...

test from delaware bbs

... "I am" is the shortest sentence in English. Is 'I do' the longest?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: DelawareBBS (21:1/999)

Is all looking good from here. Cheers!

Malvinas.

Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas!

... Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)
* Origin: The Vault BBS (21:4/167)

Thanks are you running Mystic ?

... My software never has bugs. It just develops random features...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: DelawareBBS (21:1/999)

ok is this working

... Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (21:2/125)

ok is this working

... Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (21:2/125)

Got you here.
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux
* Origin: Cw Shack Bbs telnet kf4yey.com 2330 (21:2/153)

thanks
I got my node number now i just get my mail to post my BBS it sits in the the in box and i fix the mailin.ini file but still not working

... Hard work never killed anyone but why take a risk?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (21:2/125)

I got my node number now i just get my mail to post my BBS it sits in the the in box and i fix the mailin.ini file but still not working

Sorry about that.
Can't be much help over here. My bbs admin experience is limited to Synchronet. Hope you get it working soon though.
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux
* Origin: Cw Shack Bbs telnet kf4yey.com 2330 (21:2/153)

test are you getting this

... What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Mystic Hobbies BBS mystic-hobbies.com (21:2/125)

test are you getting this

... What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

Got you here!

-Scuz


--- Oblivion/2 v2.40beta2
* Origin: Hexedbbs.com:23999 (21:1/244)

testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

... The only place I want data loss is on my credit card!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/999)

On 13 Dec 2024, calcmandan said the following...

@TZUTC: 0000
@MSGID: 21:1/999 52c63bcf
@TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48
@PID: clrghouz aa55d05c
@DBID: 630345
@PATH: 1/999 100 3/100 110
testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

... The only place I want data loss is on my credit card!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/999)

Got you here.


Jay

... Beef or chicken slides off when you throw it at a wall but fish sticks

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)

Thanks are you running Mystic ?

No. SyncTerm.

Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas!

... Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)
* Origin: The Vault BBS (21:4/167)

On 13 Dec 2024, calcmandan said the following...

testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

Yup its working. Got you in MN

|23|04Dr|16|12Claw |14W0CLW
|16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
|16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Noverdu BBS (21:1/210)

testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

got you here!

-Scuz


--- Oblivion/2 v2.40beta2
* Origin: Hexedbbs.com:23999 (21:1/244)

Hello calcmandan!

On 13 Dec 2024, calcmandan said the following...

testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

... The only place I want data loss is on my credit card!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/999)

Got you here! Welcome! =)

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

Sysop Noverdu BBS Radio@HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
Standard ports for SSH/Telnet WEB@HTTP://noverdu.com:808
Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! Ditch the Unsocial Media

Wow, these are some awful ansi colors.

... Hell hath no fury like the lawyer of a woman scorned

--- Renegade v1.35/DOS
* Origin: The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.rgbbs.info (21:1/144)

Hi Calcmandan

I can see lots of others replying, so yes, everything working.

Hello from Hull in England.

Cheers, Dundarach!!

... Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Dundarach BBS (21:1/193)

calcmandan wrote to All <=-

testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

Works here in Kurten, Texas. Population 281.

===
Grease (Will)
HobbyNet: 954:200/56 FSXnet: 21:2/155
HealthNet: 999:1/6
tqwNet: 1337:3/208





... I predict that today will be remembered until tomorrow!
=== MultiMail/Linux v0.49
--- SBBSecho 3.22-Linux
* Origin: Dark Matter BBS. darkmatt.synchro.net. Kurten, TX (21:2/155)

Sysop Noverdu BBS Radio@HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
Standard ports for SSH/Telnet WEB@HTTP://noverdu.com:808 Global
Chat, Global Messaging and Games! Ditch the Unsocial Media

Wow, these are some awful ansi colors.

In that case, I'm glad I couldn't see them...

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999) (ssh login 'bbs' password 'shsbbs')


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
---
* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (21:2/148)

On 13 Dec 2024 at 02:05a, calcmandan pondered and said...

testing from air & wave bbs.

please work.

... The only place I want data loss is on my credit card!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/999)

It works :)

Hi and well done :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

... The shortest distance between two points is under construction

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

test 1 2 3

d

... Consultant: A person who makes good on a salesman's promises!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/999)

YAY!!

got you here calcmandan!
StingRay

A-Net Online BBSs
aneto.synchro.net
mystic-anet.online

... Chuck Norris can get 8 hours of sleep in 2 hours.
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
* Origin: FSXNET (21:3/189)

On 13 Dec 2024, calcmandan said the following...

test 1 2 3

Looks good! :)

-cr1mson

... I'd love to help you out. Which way did you come in?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/249)

Re: test
By: calcmandan to All on Fri Dec 13 2024 07:22 am

test 1 2 3

Gotcha here.

|15 þ ù ú codefenix ú ù ú ConstructiveChaos BBS ú ú ù þ þ
|08 þ þ ù (https/telnet/ssh)://conchaos.synchro.net ú ù þ
|07

...Fashion: There'll be little change in men's pockets this year.
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Win32
* Origin: -=[conchaos.synchro.net | ConstructiveChaos BBS]=- (21:4/141)

On 31 Jan 2025, Codefenix said the following...

Re: test
By: calcmandan to All on Fri Dec 13 2024 07:22 am

test 1 2 3

Gotcha here.

þ ù ú codefenix ú ù ú ConstructiveChaos BBS ú ú ù þ þ
þ þ ù (https/telnet/ssh)://conchaos.synchro.net ú ù þ

...Fashion: There'll be little change in men's pockets this year.
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Win32
* Origin: -=[conchaos.synchro.net | ConstructiveChaos BBS]=- (21:4/141)

Sweet!!! Thanks a million to cr1mson for fixing me up.

I feel like I have a real bbs now.

... Error, no Keyboard - Press F1 to Continue.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/249)

test from delaware bbs

... "I am" is the shortest sentence in English. Is 'I do' the longest?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: DelawareBBS (21:1/999)

Howdy Shakey! I read you loud and clear. Glad to meet you.
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Madison,NC
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
* Origin: Rick's BBS - telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23 (21:1/242)

test 1 2 3

Finally!?

|02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

... Oxymoron: Race walking

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Lunatics Unleashed (21:3/135)

Sweet!!! Thanks a million to cr1mson for fixing me up.
I feel like I have a real bbs now.

Awesome! Cr1mson is the man!

|02-=|10Cozmo|02=-

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Lunatics Unleashed (21:3/135)

Hello calcmandan!

On 13 Dec 2024, calcmandan said the following...

test 1 2 3

d

... Consultant: A person who makes good on a salesman's promises!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Air & Wave BBS (21:1/999)

Got you here! Welcome!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

gotcha



|07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
|08.........

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

Got you here! Welcome aboard! :D

... [CE] Direct from the Ministry of Silly Walks
--- Ezycom V2.00
* Origin: >> Pool's Open - An Ezycom BBS 21:2/121 80:774/32 (21:2/121)

Oh that test was a month ago, that'll teach me to read the message header
more closely! doy

... [CE] DalekDOS v(overflow): (I)Obey (V)ision impaired (E)xterminate
--- Ezycom V2.00
* Origin: >> Pool's Open - An Ezycom BBS 21:2/121 80:774/32 (21:2/121)

I don't remember if 21:1/999 has access to fsx_tst.. so trying here...

Andrew


--- envy/0.1-c95adda
* Origin: Quinn - Random Things (21:1/999)