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    From Björn Felten@2:203/208 to ALL on Wed Aug 5 11:10:56 2026
    Just a short test to see if my BBS is still working.

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Björn Felten on Fri Aug 7 10:52:21 2026
    Hi Björn,

    On 2026-08-05 11:10:56, you wrote to ALL:

    @MSGID: 2:203/208 0017A499
    @PID: TCL Y2K
    @CHRS: IBMPC 2

    No TZUTC kludge. ;-)

    Just a short test to see if my BBS is still working.

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    @PATH: 203/208 0 280/464

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.4.1-B20260520
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Enric Lleal Serra@2:343/107.1 to Bj÷rn Felten on Fri Aug 7 11:54:00 2026
    Hi Bj÷rn,

    Just a short test to see if my BBS is still working.

    Pong!


    A reveure!!
    Enric

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: Pursuit Special - The last of the V8 Interceptors (2:343/107.1)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Björn Felten on Fri Aug 7 13:11:41 2026
    Hello Björn,

    On Wednesday August 05 2026 11:10, you wrote to ALL:

    @MSGID: 2:203/208 0017A499
    @PID: TCL Y2K
    @CHRS: IBMPC 2

    Obsolete CHRS indentifier. Should be CP437 or CP850.

    See FTS-5003.01. Par 5. Obsolete indentifiers.

    http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-5003.001


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: http://www.vlist.org (2:280/5555)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Michiel van der Vlist on Sat Aug 8 08:02:13 2026
    Michiel van der Vlist -> Björn Felten skrev 2026-08-07 13:11:
    MvdV> Obsolete CHRS indentifier. Should be CP437 or CP850.

    BOC. This is 20th-century software. At least it was one of a few from the era, that handled MSGID/REPLYID properly -- a decade before most other systems -- and used it for comment linking.

    As Wilfred pointed out, it also lacks the TZUTC kludge. But at least I managed to hack the software to make it Y2K ready. One of many EXE files I used DEBUG.COM to disassemble in 1999...


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    Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

    // Pericles

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    --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.2; sv-SE; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091121
    * Origin: news://eljaco.se:4119 (2:203/2)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/208 to Enric Lleal Serra on Sat Aug 8 08:14:56 2026
    Testing comments from within. Not used to this editor yet -- it's been a long time since last...

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  • From Enric Lleal Serra@2:343/107.1 to Bj÷rn Felten on Sun Aug 9 08:41:20 2026
    Hi Bj÷rn,

    Testing comments from within. Not used to this editor yet -- it's been a long time since last...

    Keep calm. :-) Magic takes time to flow...

    Which software are you using?


    A reveure!!
    Enric

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: Pursuit Special - The last of the V8 Interceptors (2:343/107.1)
  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Enric Lleal Serra on Sun Aug 9 13:25:51 2026
    Enric Lleal Serra -> Björn Felten skrev 2026-08-09 09:41:
    Which software are you using?

    Default it uses a vi-like clone for editing, but with the ANSI flag on, I get Quicked. A hacked version, where quoting is disabled.

    My TCL was a true kom-BBS (a Swedish speciality) with comment linking even before MSGID -- it used its own TCL flag, years before MSGID -- so no quoting was allowed, since it was not needed.

    There was even an FTSC proposal for the TCL kludge, but I don't know how far it got in the process; the MSGID kludge had a better PR department... ;)

    The entire net 2:202/xxx was entirely for TCL-BBSes...

    --

    Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

    // Pericles

    ..

    --- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.2; sv-SE; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091121
    * Origin: news://eljaco.se:4119 (2:203/2)
  • From Enric Lleal Serra@2:343/107.1 to Bj÷rn Felten on Sun Aug 9 15:43:50 2026
    Hi Bj÷rn,

    Which software are you using?
    My TCL was a true kom-BBS (a Swedish speciality) with comment linking even

    Wow! -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOM_(bulletin_board_system)

    before MSGID -- it used its own TCL flag, years before MSGID -- so no quoting was allowed, since it was not needed.

    It's very curious... And the release date (1978) is very similar to the CBBS release... It's like the BBS virus spread out spontaneously around the globe.


    The entire net 2:202/xxx was entirely for TCL-BBSes...

    Awesome... I confess that I also thought that all BBSing from the primigenious times was limited to IBM PC compatibles, and I only recently realized my mistake.


    A reveure!!
    Enric

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-7
    * Origin: Pursuit Special - The last of the V8 Interceptors (2:343/107.1)