Subj : Re: Konstantin Klyagin To : Nick Andre From : Rob Swindell Date : Sun Dec 03 2017 01:38 pm Re: Re: Konstantin Klyagin By: Nick Andre to All on Sun Dec 03 2017 11:57 am > On 05 Nov 17 09:41:00, Kurt Weiske said the following to Matthew Munson: > > KW> I remember Tornado, and was thinking back to a BBS called Crossroads > KW> in Mountain View that had a natural language interface, back in 1987 - > KW> you could type "read new messages", for example. > > KW> Another weird one was Pyroto Mountain, which wrapped the BBS in an > KW> adventure game with points, levels, manna to allow you to do more, and > KW> so on. It's available as a web app, but is pretty expensive. > > Anyone remember Roboboard/FX? Yup (mainly from the magazine Ads and his booth at ONE BBSCON '93). After that he (Seth Hamilton) did MediaHost: http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/WINDOWS/MEDIAHOST/mediahost.txt Not sure how successful they were with it all. Proprietary models are usually only successful for a short period of time, if at all. digital man Synchronet "Real Fact" #55: Synchronet Terminal Server introduced RLogin support w/v3.00c (2000). Norco, CA WX: 69.1øF, 53.0% humidity, 7 mph NE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs .