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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: drlong671 to All on Mon Nov 03 2025 05:05 pm

hello all

Hi. :)

Nightfox

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: drlong671 to All on Mon Nov 03 2025 05:05 pm

hello all

Hello from Utah.

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: drlong671 to All on Mon Nov 03 2025 17:05:42

hello all

Yo!

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: drlong671 to All on Mon Nov 03 2025 17:05:42

Hello, is there anybody in there?
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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Dumas Walker to drlong671 on Tue Nov 04 2025 08:10:37

Hello, is there anybody in there?

<nods>

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: drlong671 to All on Mon Nov 03 2025 17:05:42

Hello, is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me.




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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to drlong671 on Mon Nov 03 2025 02:56 pm

h
ey]=$ Nightfox im here and quite talkative looking for someone to help me navigate the oages easier ahah like this message i dont even know how to send it ?
x
q

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Nightfox on Tue Dec 02 2025 06:05 pm

ey]=$ Nightfox im here and quite talkative looking for someone to help me navigate the oages easier ahah like this message i dont even know how to send it ?

It looks like your message did get sent.. But I'm not sure exactly what you're asking - Is this about one of my Synchronet mods? And what is "oages"?

Nightfox

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to Night_Spider on Tue Dec 02 2025 06:31 pm

It looks like your message did get sent.. But I'm not sure exactly what you're asking - Is this about one of my Synchronet mods? And what is "oages"?

Venturing a guess, "pages" was the intended word here.

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to Night_Spider on Tue Dec 02 2025 06:31 pm

i just need someone to help me navigate this ui, so i dont get lost or stuck and then i can use it as i intended, n not get frustrated ahah n im quite new to telnet and bbs so theres alot i think i miss out thats common place for you lot...

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 08:32 am

Yes, I do apologise, that I was not soo up with my grammer as I should be, quite lazy tbh because id become pretty tired and frustrated trying to surf this ui which is new to me even alien... yep apologies, but yeah kinda ended up needing help, ended up speaking to the guru, it was somewhat helpful n somewhat useless so yeah funny it was kinda evasive sometimes anyway yeah i need a guide or afew, and i promise to touch up on my grammer and so forth and so on.
m

Much thanks Night Spider

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 04:02 pm

i just need someone to help me navigate this ui, so i dont get lost or stuck and then i can use it as i intended, n not get frustrated ahah n im quite new to telnet and bbs so theres alot i think i miss out thats common place for you lot...

What UI is "this UI"? I don't know what you're referring to.

Nightfox

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to Night_Spider on Wed Dec 03 2025 04:45 pm

Well by the UI user interface i mean the whole set up layout of the bbs like so i may navigate it fluenty? soes that make sense? like dont wanna drag ya down but if i get stuck on something am I okay to ask for help cuz that guru is just ong, but yeah that it basically.

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 06:20 pm

Well by the UI user interface i mean the whole set up layout of the bbs like so i may navigate it fluenty? soes that make sense? like dont wanna drag ya down but if i get stuck on something am I okay to ask for help cuz that guru is just ong, but yeah that it basically.

Is this your first time using a BBS? A lot of it is a matter of just pressing the keys on your keyboard that correspond with the menu commands to do different things. A Synchronet BBS generally supports single-key commands as well as commands starting with a slash (/), and some Ctrl key combinations. It looks like you're getting the hang of that already, since you're posting messages.

Also, it looks like you're using SlyEdit to write messages? It's generally a good idea to quote the part of the message you're replying to so that it's easier for people to follow the conversation.. With SlyEdit, you can press Ctrl-Q (or type /q on a blank line and press enter) to open the quote window, press enter to select the lines you want to quote (and you can use the up & down arrow keys to scroll through the lines to quote), and then Ctrl-Q again (or ESC) to close the quote window. And it's generally good to leave a blank line between the quoted lines and your new message.

Also, some things can show a help screen of some kind. For instance, in SlyEdit, you can press ESC to bring up a menu (usually it takes a moment after pressing ESC) and select the help option, or as a shortcut, you can press Ctrl-L to show a list of the command keys in SlyEdit.

Nightfox

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to Night_Spider on Wed Dec 03 2025 06:34 pm

Thanks for your advice Night Fox, I'm actually on an iphone haha i had to alter the collumns to fit 80 collumns because i couldnt access slyedit before initially, ahah but yeah im shattered abit so gonna go to bed, hmm yeah im laxing on alot of hardware yes a laptop would be great rn a full keyboard yep, anyhow its that time of night my brain is going i wish ya good night its lije 3am here yep, so not being rude i just stayed up way to late oh yeah was gonna ask if your signature was a bbs or like ya email on her or what?

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Re: last message for tonight
By: Night_Spider to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 07:06 pm

Thanks for your advice Night Fox, I'm actually on an iphone haha i had to alter the collumns to fit 80 collumns because i couldnt access slyedit before initially, ahah but yeah im shattered abit so gonna go to bed, hmm

BBSes are better on a laptop or desktop using a comm program like syncterm or netrunner.

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Codefenix on Wed Dec 03 2025 04:11 pm

Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Codefenix to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 08:32 am

Yes, I do apologise, that I was not soo up with my grammer as I
should be, quite lazy tbh because id become pretty tired and
frustrated trying to surf this ui which is new to me even alien...
yep apologies, but yeah kinda ended up needing help, ended up
speaking to the guru, it was somewhat helpful n somewhat useless
so yeah funny it was kinda evasive sometimes anyway yeah i need a
guide or afew, and i promise to touch up on my grammer and so forth
and so on. m

Much thanks Night Spider

you're going to have a problem on your phone probably.
you can try using https://my.ftelnet.ca/
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Re: last message for tonight
By: Denn to Night_Spider on Wed Dec 03 2025 11:26 pm

oh i realise that a laptop is far better than a iphone lol, its not that i dont have a laptop its just im at one end of a country n my laptops are literally at lands end, i gotta wait a couple weeks to get them sent up to not that it matters but alongside my consoles and other effects ,,, but yeah iphone huh i get it ill struggle with default settings and obviously the ease of use, tho given my nature if i dont out an effort in now ill probably itll be harder when i do have my effects delievered so i figured laptop or not ill try my best ill put an effort in, so im looking to sync my syncronet up like with my email but im under the impression emails on the usual ibternet isnt the same context as emails on bbbs, and im abit confused how to do it as im trying to register on other bbs platform but hitting a wall with mybemail doesnt exist apparently

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Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to Night_Spider on Wed Dec 03 2025 04:45 pm

Well by the UI user interface i mean the whole set up layout of the bbs like so i may navigate it fluenty? soes that make sense? like dont
wanna drag ya down but if i get stuck on something am I okay to ask for help cuz that guru is just ong, but yeah that it basically.

Come on man. You find a BBS UI difficult to navigate?




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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Gamgee to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 08:18 am

Well, Im using my iphone, but i am getting used to it, it was just i was getting stuck on sections and wasnt abke to go back without logging in, and i think isnt yhere meant to games on here but i cant find them

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Gamgee on Thu Dec 04 2025 07:04 am

Well, Im using my iphone, but i am getting used to it, it was just i was getting stuck on sections and wasnt abke to go back without logging in, and i think isnt yhere meant to games on here but i cant find them ____Night_Spider____

Hey Night_Spider, if you are stuck "calling" a BBS with an iphone or an ipad, check out the MuffinTerm app. It is a great ANSI capable terminal for iOS. Be sure to set your user config on each BBS to ANSI for best results. FYI, ANSI is the "graphics" standard that most BBS's support.

Hope this helps,

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Lonewolf to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 10:57 am

well im using Termius, so is this Muffin thing better?

Much Thanks
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Re: last message for tonight
By: Night_Spider to Nightfox on Wed Dec 03 2025 07:06 pm

to late oh yeah was gonna ask if your signature was a bbs or like ya email on here or what?

The BBS you see there is my BBS (which is where I'm posting from). And that's not a signature, that's the origin line. Dove-Net is networked, accessed by a lot of different BBSes, so the origin line is useful so people know which BBS it came from.

Nightfox

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Re: last message for tonight
By: Night_Spider to Denn on Thu Dec 04 2025 05:14 am

oh i realise that a laptop is far better than a iphone lol, its not that i

As I said in a previous message, it's good to quote the part of the message you're replying to so that it's easier to follow the conversation.

If someone replies to me without quoting, sometimes it feels like the message is out of left field, and I'm less likely to reply to it if I can't follow the conversation.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Lonewolf to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 10:57 am

Hey Night_Spider, if you are stuck "calling" a BBS with an iphone or an ipad, check out the MuffinTerm app. It is a great ANSI capable terminal for iOS. Be sure to set your user config on each BBS to ANSI for best results. FYI, ANSI is the "graphics" standard that most BBS's support.

I'm not Night_Spider, but for me, a big factor that I think makes BBSing on a smartphone difficult is the lack of a physical keyboard. I type a lot better on a physical keyboard. Also, hotkeys using Ctrl & things like that are a lot easier on a physical keyboard too.

Nightfox

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Hey Nightfox!

On Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:06:12 -0800, you wrote:

If someone replies to me without quoting, sometimes it feels like the message is out of left field, and I'm less likely to reply to it if I
can't follow the conversation.

I would imagine quoting on an Iphone is probably harder than using the BBS itself. ;)

Regards,
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Re: last message for tonight
By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Dec 04 2025 04:15 pm

If someone replies to me without quoting, sometimes it feels like the
message is out of left field, and I'm less likely to reply to it if I can't
follow the conversation.

I would imagine quoting on an Iphone is probably harder than using the BBS itself. ;)

Maybe, although (at least using SlyEdit) you can type /q and press enter to open the quote window and then select a quote, and press ESC to close the quote window. I doubt that would be much harder than anything else using an iPhone.

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Hey Nightfox!

On Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:11:48 -0800, you wrote:

Maybe, although (at least using SlyEdit) you can type /q and press enter
to open the quote window and then select a quote, and press ESC to close
the quote window. I doubt that would be much harder than anything else using an iPhone.

You should try it once, and let us all know how it looks.

Regards,
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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Night_Spider to Lonewolf on Thu Dec 04 2025 09:20 am

Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Lonewolf to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 10:57 am

well im using Termius, so is this Muffin thing better?

I think it is. MuffinTerm gives you a dialing directory, nice virtual keyboard with arrow keys, Esc key, CTL key etc. Everything to make your BBS experience better if you must use an iPhone or iPad.

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Nightfox to Lonewolf on Thu Dec 04 2025 11:07 am

Hey Night_Spider, if you are stuck "calling" a BBS with an iphone or an
ipad, check out the MuffinTerm app. It is a great ANSI capable terminal

I'm not Night_Spider, but for me, a big factor that I think makes BBSing on a smartphone difficult is the lack of a physical keyboard. I type a lot better on a physical keyboard. Also, hotkeys using Ctrl & things like that are a lot easier on a physical keyboard too.

Well, my opinion is ANYTHING on a smart phone is more difficult because of the tiny fat finger prone virtual keyboard. I'd love it if iPhones came with a Blackberry style full qwerty style physical keyboard.

Lonewolf
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Re: last message for tonight
By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Dec 04 2025 07:30 pm

Maybe, although (at least using SlyEdit) you can type /q and press enter to
open the quote window and then select a quote, and press ESC to close the
quote window. I doubt that would be much harder than anything else using
an iPhone.

You should try it once, and let us all know how it looks.

Well I've used my BBS on my smartphone before, so I'm familiar with it already. It's just a lot smaller, and has the virtual keyboard.. Those are reasons why I prefer not to use a BBS on a smartphone.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Lonewolf to Nightfox on Thu Dec 04 2025 10:08 pm

I'm not Night_Spider, but for me, a big factor that I think makes BBSing
on a smartphone difficult is the lack of a physical keyboard. I type a
lot better on a physical keyboard. Also, hotkeys using Ctrl & things
like that are a lot easier on a physical keyboard too.

Well, my opinion is ANYTHING on a smart phone is more difficult because of the tiny fat finger prone virtual keyboard.

Yes, I do tend to prefer using a physical keyboard for basically everything. :)

Nightfox

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Gamgee to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 08:18:09

Well by the UI user interface i mean the whole set up layout of the bbs like so i may navigate it fluenty? soes that make sense? like dont wanna drag ya down but if i get stuck on something am I okay to ask for help cuz that guru is just ong, but yeah that it basically.

Come on man. You find a BBS UI difficult to navigate?

I have found some rediculously easy UIs very difficult to navigate on a phone. ;)
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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Dumas Walker to Gamgee on Fri Dec 05 2025 09:47 am

Ahhh, yeah, yano, I do kinda feel silly asking for help,
while im not really helping myself, yeah im out of touch with comfortable tech like laptops and screens mice and keyboards and extra windows for
convenience,
money n xmas doesnt help get deliverys in for tech tbf, yeah
if i could go back in time i wouldnt of asked for help, id
of instead been patient and not assumed the system was at fault, cuz yeah with patience i am slowly learning, but often, i have to ask my ai all tge general command prefixs cuz theyre not all listed, seems to me that unless u know the system, then prefixed commands alot of them of predictable by ciding standards or interchangeable depending on preferences of the sysops i guess, but yeah im learning i guess slowly, n i guess aswell sometimes it is nicer to learn mysicly than be handed a guidebook, tho asking for help has been nice cuz i get to see whose is chilled out aswell i guess,

but offtopic, ive asked in other threads, but i wondered where on synchronet im allowed to post for discussion new source codes and architectures, and technically specifications and implementation details for something i want to create?

____Night_Spider____

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Dumas Walker to Gamgee on Fri Dec 05 2025 09:47 am

Come on man. You find a BBS UI difficult to navigate?

I have found some rediculously easy UIs very difficult to navigate on a phone. ;)

He didn't say he was using a phone at first.. But I think the only main difference when using a phone is that the screen is smaller and you're using a virtual keyboard, which makes it a bit more difficult (to read and press the keys), but the general use of the UI is still the same.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Dumas Walker to Gamgee on Fri Dec 05 2025 09:47 am

Ahhh, yeah, yano, I do kinda feel silly asking for help,
while im not really helping myself, yeah im out of touch with
comfortable tech like laptops and screens mice and keyboards and extra windows for convenience,
money n xmas doesnt help get deliverys in for tech tbf, yeah
if i could go back in time i wouldnt of asked for help, id
of instead been patient and not assumed the system was at fault, cuz
yeah with patience i am slowly learning, but often, i have to ask my ai all tge general command prefixs cuz theyre not all listed, seems to me that unless u know the system, then prefixed commands alot of them of predictable by ciding standards or interchangeable depending on preferences of the sysops i guess, but yeah im learning i guess slowly,
n i guess aswell sometimes it is nicer to learn mysicly than be handed
a guidebook, tho asking for help has been nice cuz i get to see whose
is chilled out aswell i guess,

but offtopic, ive asked in other threads, but i wondered where on synchronet im allowed to post for discussion new source codes and architectures, and technically specifications and implementation
details for something i want to create?

I sure hope you write better source code than you do English
"sentences"... To be honest it looks like pointless rambling from a 12
year old.




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Re: Re: is there anyone out there?
By: Lonewolf to Night_Spider on Thu Dec 04 2025 10:03 pm

I think it is. MuffinTerm gives you a dialing directory, nice virtual keyboa

Plus you don't have to go manually setting things for CP437, if you even can.

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Re: last message for tonight
By: Nightfox to Accession on Fri Dec 05 2025 09:00 am

You should try it once, and let us all know how it looks.

Well I've used my BBS on my smartphone before, so I'm familiar with it alrea

I do it all the time ;).. But specifically with BBSes that are awesome to use at non-standard screen sizes, which means I don't HAVE to be at 80x25. I use Termux (Android) and iSH (iPhone) to connect to Level 29 and Mutiny:Community.

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Re: Re: smartphone for ui difficultys
By: Night_Spider to Dumas Walker on Fri Dec 05 2025 12:14 pm

command prefixs cuz theyre not all listed, seems to me that unless u know th

Everything relevant is usually in a help menu/screen of some type. At regular prompts, you can almost always type ? for help. In a message editor, you can almost always type /? for help. On some systems, it might be .? or some CTRL sequency, but it will usually tell you at the top of the screen or before the start of the message area.

You said you were using Termius... did you change the character set to CP437 or did you leave it on UTF-8? If you're just connecting to Synchronet, you might not notice much difference, but some things might look ugly at that setting ;). Muffinterm will solve that for you, like others said. And give you an 80x25 screen.

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