Does #WWIVnet still have its own #BBS email network? If so, are there bidirectional #smtp gateways? What about connectivity with its "nemesis" #fidonet? #retrocomputing

oh wow! i may have a few #wwivnet nodes using my wwiv5lastcall mod. :)

#WWIV #WWIVDEV #BBS #telnet

just finished writing ibbs-extract3, which is part 2 of my wwiv5ibbslastcaller package. xwibbslastcaller.py was part 1.

xwibbslastcaller.py handles posting a rot47 encoded message with basic caller info on logon to a networked sub.

ibbs-extract3 reads data from networked subs of rot47 encoded messages and generates a laston.txt file for each network.

currently works on #WWIVnet and #fsxNet

#HobbyCoding #WWIV #BBS #WWIVDEV #retrocomputing

posted my xwibbslastcaller.py script for #wwiv #bbs. i wonder if it'll pick up on #wwivnet.

hah! #fidonet configs for my #WWIV #BBS broke. it's been running WWIV v5.xx from 2015~, so there have been many new developments since then.

the currently running BBS at https://aliens.ph still uses dosemu to process #fidonet packets, using WWIVToss by Craig Dooley. at the time i set up the bbs, none of the WWIV networking tools had been ported to linux. to join #WWIVnet with linux, the BBS itself could run natively, but you needed dosemu for net32.

#retrocomputing #sysop

i run a #WWIV #BBS using modified/patched sources of the https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv project. my BBS is named Aliens' Alcove/Abode and is part of #WWIVnet, #FidoNet and #fsxNet. it is accessible via the web here http://aliens.ph, via "telnet aliens.ph" or by using a terminal program.

#retrocomputing

you can join #WWIVnet using a WWIV BBS or any FTN capable BBS.

#WWIV #BBS #retrocomputing

i was asked how to join WWIVnet recently but didn't know how to answer. it turns out that it's in our documentation site. https://www.wwivbbs.org/docs/network/wwivnet.html

#WWIV #BBS #retrocomputing #WWIVnet

found a bug in current WWIV boardedit, but need someone else to verify. posted the problem in the WWIVDEV sub. it looks like a simple fix.

#WWIV #BBS #WWIVnet #WWIVDEV #retrocomputing

@awalshe sometimes it does feel like time travel. re-started my WWIV bbs in 2014 with code from the open source project now at https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv. there is a small community of WWIV BBSes that still run WWIVnet.

#retrocomputing #BBS #WWIV #wwivnet

why am i doing this, writing #python scripts to process #wwivnet packets from last decade?

it's part of a personal project to chew on. even if no one else cares.

i already have other scripts that process the other WWIV data files. eventually, i'll get the scripts to a point where i can have a web interface to WWIVnet. and down the line, a full web-based BBS that is on WWIVnet.

#wwiv #retrocomputing #bbs

why am i doing this, writing #python scripts to process #wwivnet packets from last decade?

it's part of a personal project to chew on. even if no one else cares.

i already have other scripts that process the other WWIV data files. eventually, i'll get the scripts to a point where i can have a web interface to WWIVnet. and down the line, a full web-based BBS that is on WWIVnet.

#wwiv #retrocomputing #bbs

interestingly, i needed to use codec="latin_1" in python3 to process the #WWIVnet packets.
#wwiv #retrocomputing #BBS

couldn't sleep. so i worked on my #Python #WWIVnet packet analyzer. wwiv basic colors work. pipe code colors don't yet.

#WWIV #Retrocomputing #BBS