Just before the internet/www browser approach took off, there was a
very interesting BBS solution by Shotgun BBS.
This approach and RIP turned out to be too little too late for the BBS scene. Sad, as there was a bit of innovation at the time. I never got to try any of the graphical BBS interfaces.
On 04-05-19 20:36, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
The graphics were much better than the ansi offerings in standard bbses
at the time. Mouseble too.
The concept was brilliant, IMHO.
The concept was brilliant, IMHO.
Yes, if only it had caught on a few years earlier. :)
The graphics were much better than the ansi offerings in
standard bbses at the time. Mouseble too.
The concept was brilliant, IMHO. >
Yes, if only it had caught on a few years earlier. :)
On 04-07-19 11:02, Ward Dossche wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
My mother always used to say "if our cat were a cow the milkman didn't need to stop".
On 04-07-19 19:53, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
The problem was that everything else outside of Shotgun/RIP was moving
too fast forward. Along came the "browser" for internet.
The problem was that everything else outside of Shotgun/RIP was
moving too fast forward. Along came the "browser" for internet.
It would have needed to have caught on before the WWW did. ;)
On 04-08-19 19:54, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Mosaic, Netscape, ShotGun.. all emerged in the mid 90's.
Shotgun had a pretty good chance, but the target audience was just BBS users.
The browser solution with Mosaic, Netscape targetted people who wanted
to explore the web.
Just before the internet/www browser approach took off, there was a AA>> very interesting BBS solution by Shotgun BBS.
This approach and RIP turned out to be too little too late for the BBS scene. Sad, as there was a bit of innovation at the time. I never got try any of the graphical BBS interfaces.
The graphics were much better than the ansi offerings in standard bbses
at the time. Mouseble too.
The concept was brilliant, IMHO.
The graphics were much better than the ansi offerings in standard bbses
at the time. Mouseble too.
The concept was brilliant, IMHO.
If you want to experience it today:
ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/comm/riptel.msi
Download and install RIPtel and call the BBS built into the
address book (Black Flag) - It's a full RIP BBS, it won't
even let you call it with an ANSI terminal.
If you want to experience it today:
ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/comm/riptel.msi
Download and install RIPtel and call the BBS built into the
address book (Black Flag) - It's a full RIP BBS, it won't
even let you call it with an ANSI terminal.
VERY nice! It's pretty much how I remembered how it worked. It provided a very "fast" performance over dialup back then since a
lot of the graphics and menus were pre-loaded client side.
No annoying scrolling of the main menus or screens except for
some of the text info within a frame.
I'm wondering if rip could be viable on a smartphone. Seems like messaging and basic bbs functions would be a good fit for
devices like that.
I'm wondering if rip could be viable on a smartphone.
Seems like messaging and basic bbs functions would be a
good fit for devices like that.
I'm pretty sure that it would be possible. The question is
are there enough BBSes around the utilize RIP to make it
worth the time and effort?
Theoretically, anything that can be done on a desktop or
laptop could be be done on a smartphone or Tablet. You
just have to account for the difference in hardware.
I'm pretty sure that it would be possible. The question is
are there enough BBSes around the utilize RIP to make it
worth the time and effort?
The number of bbses does not matter at this time. What matters
is if the concept can even be implemented. Maybe some existing
concepts of Rip technology can be utilized and make the
necessary adjustments for smartphone/tablet detection.
Building a traditional app from scratch for smartphone/tablet
devices that serves bbs functions sounds like too much work.
Utilizing existing open-source such as what Telegram provides
(where people are encouraged to provide customized clients) is
the closest one can get to "get something done".
But maybe Rip can provide the direct connections to specific
bbses that this hobby seems to be grounded on.
Theoretically, anything that can be done on a desktop or
laptop could be be done on a smartphone or Tablet. You
just have to account for the difference in hardware.
When I first experienced Rip sessions, it seemed unlike anything
else out there at the time. The typical scrolling screens of
most computer interfaces were tedious.
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That's an option. A specialized app to connect to a specific BBS. For a newperson to BBSing, it'd probably be a fair introduction.
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