Hello everybody,

zap reminded me of my promise and so here it is, the source code for my little, (experimental?!) BBS called "Contiki BBS" plus a neat little setup program and a BBS-worthy color scheme. The .tar.gz archive contains all the sources you need. Just unpack them into your contiki-2.x source folder. In the "examples" directory you'll find a new project called "bbs-server". Enter that directory, (on a Unix/Linux system with cc65 properly installed) type "make TARGET=c64" and enjoy. You may also want to start the program directly from the included "examples/bbs-server/ctkbbs.d64" image. There is a program called "bbs-setup" on that disk, use it to set up your bbs, the IP configuration etc.

new version out now

Changes in this version (Contiki BBS 0.2.1):

* simple user management (user db) in the setup program (add new users)

* simple login procedure, checking for valid username / password via user db.

* new commands for listing board information: "/blist" (board list), "/binfo" (info on current board).

* "abort" command in message edit mode (type "/abt" on empty line during message edit)

* simple message index, messages now are now written chronologically. Once the message base is full, it starts all over again with message #1.

* session idle timeout counter is now a seperate process, thus login is now also affected by timeout (60 secs.)

* dozens of bugfixes (and probably new bugs added )

Test, comment, enjoy!

... still alive,
lodger

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ContikiBBS 0.2.5 released!

New features include:

* Completely rewritten codebase, now utilizing ContikiOS processes (thanks to Oliver Schmidt)
* New, easy to use setup program
* Login timeout and session timeout values configurable (through setup program)
* Configurable shell prompt (through setup program)
* Now with PETSCII conversion (no more UPPERCASE input and output)
* New look-and-feel of the BBS shell

Want to visit the online demo? Just telnet to:

telnet://birdbrainbbs.ufud.org:64
username: guest
password: guest

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I tried to logon, and it works really good

It works like a charm. But entering an empty line in the post editor discards any previous lines, thus only my last line made it to the post

Edit: Oh, and after reading a post, your back to the main menu. Would be better if you got back to the read prompt (and then you can enter 0 to quit to main menu, as prompted). But you know about this already

Thanks for the feedback, I feel honored to have a visitor from the legendary fairlight crew connect to Birdbrain BBS. Yet another teenage dream coming true ... as for the usability, I'll make your suggestions / bug reports a new topic for the next version. Christmas holidays are getting closer and that means: coding time is getting closer.

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ContikiBBS 0.2.5.1 released!

This is a bugfix release, eliminating the annoying "only last line written / displayed" bug reported by RaveGuru and others. Also, the bbs-post routine has been changed to allow better performance when writing data to disk. Last but not least, the ZIP archive now also contains a quick startup guide.

Want to visit the online demo? Just telnet to:

telnet://birdbrainbbs.ufud.org:64
username: guest
password: guest

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Contiki BBS 0.2.6 released!

What's new in this release?

* added bbs_banner() function and three default banners:

• login.txt the contents of this file will be displayed at login
• menu.txt the contents of this file will be shown once after successful login
• logout.txt the contents of this file will be shown at logout before termination of the connection

all of these files can be edited manually on a PC in order to allow some customization. In true Commodore 64 fashion, I've decided to go with a 40 column width by default.

Want to visit the online demo? Just telnet to:

telnet://birdbrainbbs.ufud.org:64
username: guest
password: guest

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Contiki BBS 0.2.7.1 released!

What's new in this release?

• simple ACL (access control level) management:
  User accounts and boards now have an access level that offers some simple access control to your content. It's very easy to understand. If your user has an ACL of 10, he or she may access all boards with an ACL <= 10. So that user will not be able to access any boards with a higher ACL than 10.
  
  
• Additionally, the timer code was completely rewritten and thanks to Oliver Schmidt, a useful change in Contiki OS tlenetd code could be made.
  
  
• Improved user editor. You can now edit and list user accounts in the setup program.

Want to visit the online demo? Just telnet to:

telnet://birdbrainbbs.ufud.org:64
username: guest
password: guest

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Good news, everyone!!

Contiki BBS 0.3.0 is out right now and it comes with numerous bug-fixes, enhancements and a complete rewrite of the file i/o code. See the list below for a detailed overview of all the changes and additions:


* now runs on SD2IEC devices !!
* new, fully re-written file i/o (now uses SEQ files instead of REL files)
* multi-drive support: board and user files can be stored on different drives (e.g. 9 and 10)
* no 6-lines-per-post limit anymore !! (message buffer size is now 4KB (~ 100 lines))
* new message topic (subject) field
* messages can now be listed by ID and topic
* dynamic memory allocation of the message buffer
* more logging (incl. disk i/o status)
* reworked bbs-setup program (you can now add and list boards)
* added neat clolor scheme


Links:

Project at sf.net:https://sourceforge.net/projects/contiki-bbs/
D64 image and SD2IEC installation ZIP: https://sourceforge.net/p/contiki-bbs/code/ci/master/tree/d64/
CSDB Entry https://csdb.dk/release/?id=165608

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Hey ho, here we go!

Contiki BBS 0.3.1 is out and here are the changes for this 10th anniversary (2009-2019) release:

• As of version 0.3.1 it is no longer required to add any users beforehand (during setup of Contiki BBS). Instead, a new "online-registration" feature allows you to create a user once you are connected to the BBS. To do so, simply enter 'new' (without the quotes) at the Contiki BBS 'login:' prompt.

• In addition to the new online-registration feature, the user editor in the bbs-setup program now includes an option to delete a user or edit a user (change the password or ACL).

• Starting with version 0.3.1, Contiki BBS will be compiled and linked against the 6502 port of Contiki OS provided by Oliver Schmidt. This port includes changes to Contiki OS that are platform specific and which are not included in the "upstream" (vanilla) Contiki OS sources. For example, there is now specific support for the RRnet Mk3 LAN adapter. Also, support for TFE adapters was dropped from the 6502 port (this is important, see below). See viewtopic.php?f=5&t=678 and https://github.com/oliverschmidt/contiki for more information about Oliver's 6502 port of Contiki OS.

• Due to the change of the upstream Contiki OS code repositiory (see above), there is no more support for TFE adapters in Contiki BBS.
  Just to make sure you really understand: Contiki BBS DOES NO LONGER SUPPORT TFE ADAPTERS !!

• A bugfix was provided for the 'list' command in the 'bbs-read.c' module. The bug caused a memory leak when trying to list messages of an empty (0 messages) board.

Project at sf.net:https://sourceforge.net/projects/contiki-bbs/
D64 image and SD2IEC installation ZIP: https://sourceforge.net/projects/contiki-bbs/files/0.3.1/
CSDB Entry https://csdb.dk/release/?id=179461

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Cool!!!