On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sound nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of well, it'd be downright amazing.

My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and
couldn't find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it, you should have to connect to each one of them.

So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

Hi, i would love to check it out. is there a weblink to download it? i have like 65 gigs of downloads on my BBS i am hosting.

also is there a BBS that i have to subscribe to for it to work?

Thanks
- Gamecube Buddy

telnet --<{bbs.hive32.com:23333}>--

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Hive32 (21:4/129)

On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sound nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of well, it'd be downright amazing.

My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and
couldn't find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it, you should have to connect to each one of them.

So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

You know what would also be interesting is using P2P VPN connections between BBSs to share resources, and files and such. it would be kind of interesting.

Thanks
- Gamecube Buddy

telnet --<{bbs.hive32.com:23333}>--

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Hive32 (21:4/129)

Hi, i would love to check it out. is there a weblink to download it? i havelike 65 gigs of downloads on my BBS i am hosting.

You can find the mod in all FSX, DORE, SCI net BBSes... what's made for the BBSes, stays to the BBSes ;)

also is there a BBS that i have to subscribe to for it to work?

You have to be subscribed to an echonet. All search queries are made via echomail. The thing is, that for other BBSes to reply, they must be on the same echonet, you are sending the queries. For the time being FSXNet is the best choice to get more replies and queries, via its FSX_DAT area. The instructions are in the mod archive.

:: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/23 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for
that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

Well, huh, that was a message from long-ago for some reason.

But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running just
made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

I think the concept is super neat, but haven't wanted to put the effort in to figure out what was messed up with my setup.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)

If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

Well, huh, that was a message from long-ago for some reason.

But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running just made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

Yeah, Gary hasn't been heard from in a l o n g time..



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/03/16 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Freeside BBS - freeside.bbs.io:23 (21:2/114)

But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

Yeah, Gary hasn't been heard from in a l o n g time..

Yep. Occurred to me shortly after that it was a message from a year and a few weeks ago, not a few weeks ago.

Anyway, nice when people stick around for a long while, and sad when it's not quite like that.

I am kind of wondering how long this instance of me BBSing compares with how long I did it as a kid.

I'm definitely already passing some milestones on total amount of days, but
at the same time, I am nowhere close on amount of hours.

Though, having said that, I wasn't thinking about how I just drew a daily calendar, so maybe it's a wee bit closer than I was thinking.

Anyway, hopefully eventually I'll spend a few more hours trying to figure out InterBBS File Search. Still a neat concept, still something I like existing.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)