Subj : Re: I have an Idea
To   : Dreamer
From : Fireball
Date : Sat Feb 09 2013 08:05 am

 >   Re: Re: I have an Idea
 >   By: Fireball to Dreamer on Thu Feb 07 2013 06:18 pm
 > 
 >  > We kind of already have this in sbbs. Chat between bbs systems is
 >  > built-in now. The thing is, I'd like a full out paging system. My server
 >  > is linux and my normal everyday use computer is windows, so I'd need a
 >  > cross-platform solution for that.
 > 
 > Yeah, but our options are IRC or telegrams.  I was talking about a private
 > split screen real time chat.  IRC is near realtime, using one or more
 > servers in between and only transmits a line at a time.  Telegrams are good
 > for short messages, but then, so is email, and email is more reliable in my
 > opinion.
 > 
 > Talk and talkd are pretty awesome as it's fully live, character by
 > character. One of the later versions, ytalk I think it was, apparently even
 > had the ability to have more than two splitscreened users (I guess up to
 > four), plus you could open a shell that others could see (the original
 > online whiteboard?).
 > 

I would need a talk client that would have the (non-standard) ability to take
a signal and play a sound. Then give an option to open a chat window. I would
think either a java or python client (for cross platform) and console/split
screen style would be preferred if this is the way to go. :)

Fireball

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