fusion wrote to Ogg <=-

ever found someone in real life that used to call bbses when they were
in their prime? i'd bet a lot of them wouldn't be interested in
connecting to them again.

My BBS was a dial-up ghost town until I moved over to telnet. I tried
convincing some of my old callers to try telnetting in; most did, a
call or two, then stopped.

The overriding sentiment was that there was momentum back then and it
became a part of their routines. Once dial-up went away, the internet
replaced it and it was difficult to get back into it.

CB was just like that really. and for the most part the people i still hear on CB radio are there for the same reason we're here on BBSes now. some sort of "meta" experience where both the purpose of the BBS (communication) and the act of using a BBS are meaningful to us.

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Nightfox wrote to fusion <=-

Also, BBSes tended to have a local user community due to avoiding long-distance phone charges, though that doesn't really happen much anymore with BBSes being on the internet.

True, and having meetups made a huge difference in humanizing the user
on the other end of the line. I recall two users who were scathing
towards each other online, constantly. They met at one of the meetups,
eyed each other for an uncomfortable amount of time, shook hands, and
ended up talking most of the night.


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Re: ANSI art
By: MRO to Retroswim on Tue Jul 15 2025 10:08 pm

Re: ANSI art
By: Retroswim to Lord Raptor on Wed Jul 16 2025 02:42 am

https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools

It has TheDraw font support, and half-block drawing like Moebius, but builds on it with layers+channels ala PhotoShop, SIXEL support, LUA plugins, and more! Highly recommend.

yeah it's not bad. i like how it shows previews of the fonts.
i forgot which ones i made custom.

i'm not so sure i would use all those fancy features.
i still prefer a full screen interface for drawing ansi. not that i draw ansi anymore.

Moebius works well on windows if you want to do some ANSI art in a full screen environment.
Bob,
telnet://ricksbbs/synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080

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Re: ANSI art
By: Bobby Patton to MRO on Wed Nov 12 2025 03:15 pm

i'm not so sure i would use all those fancy features. i still prefer
a full screen interface for drawing ansi. not that i draw ansi
anymore.

Moebius works well on windows if you want to do some ANSI art in a
full screen environment. Bob, telnet://ricksbbs/synchro.net:23

i dont like the interface for moebius.
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