Subj : Virtual/Docker BBS
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Andrew Alt
Date : Thu Feb 23 2023 03:17 pm

-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

 MK> Hey Andrew!

 AA> Someone asked about running Synchronet BBS in a docker container.

 MK> I was thinking more along the line of a standard ansi-type bbs except
 MK> in my case it would serve up the 'linux' terminal which in my case also
 MK> happens to have framebuffer graphics available to it.  That way it
 MK> potentially could serve up pdf and the such.  I think a stock ttylinux
 MK> could easily handle something like this although I'd have to work out
 MK> the graphical output ... also utf-8 will require a bit of
 MK> jiggery-pokery.

Sounds interesting. Last week I started updating ttylinux (https://github.com/andy5995/ttylinux/pull/1/files) but it's doubtful I'll continue with it on my own.


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-Andy
Website: https://andy5995.github.io


.... I am not Paul.
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