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by tracker1 1 day ago
A lot of my personal time, and a few others that I know, is being spent either updating, replicating or simulating the classic BBS experience today... while not really simulating the Modem itself.. trying to get the way a certain terminal looked in the old days is a bit of arcane knowledge combined with the time to make it work.

AI does a pretty good job of a lot of it... I've mostly been using Rust for my target language, the biggest parts so far in terms of rework/retries has been getting the "experience" how I want it, which isn't really a 1:1 of the classic experience, but updated. Like mouse scrolling for scrollback controls, etc.

There's also been a lot of activities in enhancing the BBS software that remains today (Synchronet, Enigma, Mystic and a MajorBBS remake) along with continued classics and some door games.