Comparing Synchronet to Major BBS or Wildcat, other than price, how do they compare? What are sone pros and cons to the other two comoared to Synchronet and hiw do they differ?
Morningstarr wrote to All <=-
Comparing Synchronet to Major BBS or Wildcat, other than price, how do they compare? What are sone pros and cons to the other two comoared to Synchronet and hiw do they differ?
That's not a one-line answer. Why would you expect any of us to do that kind of homework/research for you?
Do the work yourself and decide.
... He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & CurlyI was not expecting someone to go through all the fine details. Just some of thr major ones that stick out. I did some research as well, found some differences. I seen some differences. Just wondering which one was more feature rich. I am not going through all the documentation on them. i hope someone who has sime experience can chime in, on a few details.
Which bbs software is more feature rich?
What type of Internet-integrations can synchronet do that the
other two can't?
Re: pros and cons
By: Morningstarr to Digital Man on Fri Dec 19 2025 05:23 pm
I think that's too subjective of a question for me to answer. If Synchronet has more features, but you (or you users) don't care about or use those features, you wouldn't care.
Here's a complete list of Synchronet's included TCP/IP servers/services: https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ports
Which ones exactly are or or are not supported by the other two, I don't know off the top of my head.
I don't think either Major BBS or Wildcat support SSH, for example. For a complete detailed comparison, you'll probably want to do a little more research yourself.
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I remember our county had bulletin, for all the schools, in theIf it's dialup you're after, a number of boards offer dialup still. https://endofthelinebbs.com/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=local-notices&thread=25 https://www.magnumbbs.net/
county. It was really cool, because it had twelve phone lines. It
also allowed all the students to have internet email. One feature
that stood out was the teachers could use the world group client and
open the browser and get on the internet. It had telnet as well and
tons of kids used the chat room. It was like a mini AOL. There would
be around fifty people using the chat room. That client was really
cool. During those years I became a cosysop on a wildcat board. That
stood out was its intranet ability. Synchronet kind of does that with
the web hosting ability. Synchronet has come a very long way. It’s
the best BBs software around hands down. Which bbs software is more
feature rich? What type of Internet-integrations can synchronet do
that the other two can’t? Thanks for your time sir!
On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:23:45 -0800
"Morningstarr" (VERT) <VERT!Morningstarr@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
If it's dialup you're after, a number of boards offer dialup still.
Re: Re: pros and cons
By: Morningstarr to nelgin on Sat Dec 20 2025 08:05:48
I looked at several options before going with Synchronet. Then I ditched it. After a few years I revisited all the options and still want with Synchronet and here I am some 8 years later. I know others have been running it longer.
The plus side is that it's highly configurable and the downside is there's a learning curve if you don't know JavaScript, and if you do, you may have to unlearn some stuff that's currently not supported.
The other plus side is that support is incredibly easy to get from seasoned users and Digital Man who is very accessible and willing to help out.
The other plus side is that support is incredibly easy to get from
seasoned users and Digital Man who is very accessible and willing to
help out.
accidentally used bad grammar. It turned me off from the whole scene and I have been away since 2013.
Besides, I don’t have a pc anymore lol. Can’t afford one and I also grown to hate windows or anything made by Microsoft. Yeah I could use Linux or Mac, but I’m not buying anymore or building anymore computers. Too much trouble. The last pc I built had a bad gpu. I send that thing back probably ten times and got the same results, screen artifacts. All I have now is game consoles and an iPad.
The other plus side is that support is incredibly easy to get from seasoned users and Digital Man who is very accessible and willing to
help out.
Until you tell him that his wiki sucks, can't be followed to a tee to get the correct results, and that it should just be "silver spoons" kind of easy. Then he might not help out any further, or at least until you're a bit more respectful. :D
He does have some of the best patience I've seen in this hobby, though!
Hey nelgin!
On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:46:58 -0600, you wrote:
Until you tell him that his wiki sucks, can't be followed to a tee to get the correct results, and that it should just be "silver spoons" kind of easy. Then he might not help out any further, or at least until you're a bit more respectful. :D
He does have some of the best patience I've seen in this--- SBBSecho 3.33-Linux
Until you tell him that his wiki sucks, can't be followed to a tee
to get the correct results, and that it should just be "silver
spoons" kind of easy. Then he might not help out any further,
or at least until you're a bit more respectful. :D
He does have some of the best patience I've seen in this hobby,
though!
Re: Re: pros and consI don’t know what you’re talking about dude.
By: Morningstarr to MRO on Sat Dec 20 2025 06:01 pm
i've been in this synchronet shit 25 years or more. no you dont. respect my e-peen.
i dont know what your issue is with microsoft and dont care. just use it as as an OS. win 10 32bit is a good os to run a bbs one.--- SBBSecho 3.33-Linux
i dont care about price hikes. i dont pay.
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Re: Re: pros and cons
By: Morningstarr to nelgin on Sat Dec 20 2025 06:15 pm
the internet did not kill bbsing. sysops killed bbsing. they never worked together and they did not adapt soon enough. at best, sysops got
together and build their little fishbowl communities. that never works.
they try to beat the internet and that never works.
With SlyEdit, for example, you don't need control keys. On an empty
line, "/ > can be used to quote, "/S" can be used to save, as well
as other options. Th > may even be an option in some other external editors, and maybe even Synchronet's line editor (but I haven't
used them recently, so that's why I brought up SlyEdit
specifically).
so writing java script isnt programming? thanks for the tips dude!
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Re: pros and cons
By: Accession to Morningstarr on Sun Dec 21 2025 08:46 am
You can setup a default board, draw some mediocre and I and install a
few door games. However, to make it your own board and deck it out, you have to program.
Most BBS softwares don't use scripting or have a programming language that w with them at all. Sure, a couple of the softwares brought up in this conversation actually do, but most don't. So I'm not sure where this comment comes from. You don't /need/ to program anything at all. Old school menu editing, Modifying prompts, changing all the screens, putting content on the that isn't the same as everyone else's, etc. doesn't involve programming.
so writing java script isnt programming? thanks for the tips dude!
so writing java script isnt programming? thanks for the tips dude!
i dunno. i think it depends on the extent. i would call some of it scripting. Like i use perl for simple things. I dont feel i'm
programming. the same with .js.
I would still throw that in the programming category, but my point was that you don't /need/ to use javascript, or perl, or any programming language for that matter, to modify a BBS. Some of the most modded systems I've seen over the years were OBV/2 and Renegade - which have no scripting, programming, or anything like that. It was all simple menu editing and TheDraw ansimations.
Is scripting not programming?
Is scripting not programming?
Someone once a long time ago explained to me that scripting was not considered "true programming" since there was little to no consideration for lower-level concepts like memory management and garbage collection and stuff like that. I disagreed with this person, but I understood where they were coming from.
Traditional DistinctionsIs scripting not programming?
Programming (CPU/System Focus): Historically, "programming" refers to creating standalone software from scratch using compiled languages like C++ or Rust. These programs are translated into machine code that the CPU executes directly to perform complex, resource-intensive tasks like building operating systems or game engines.
Scripting (Program/Automation Focus): "Scripting" traditionally involves writing instructions to control or automate an existing program or environment. Scripts are typically interpreted line-by-line at runtime by another program (a "host" or interpreter) rather than the CPU directly.
I would say both are considered programming.
Traditional Distinctions
Programming (CPU/System Focus): Historically, "programming" refers to creating standalone software from scratch using compiled languages like C++ or Rust. These programs are translated into machine code that the CPU executes directly to perform complex, resource-intensive tasks like building operating systems or game engines.
Scripting (Program/Automation Focus): "Scripting" traditionally involves writing instructions to control or automate an existing program or environment. Scripts are typically interpreted line-by-line at runtime by another program (a "host" or interpreter) rather than the CPU directly.
I would say both are considered programming.
Yeah, I feel like both can be considered programming. There have
been entire programs written in Python, for instances, which has traditionally been thought of as a scripting language. The lines
are definitely blurred. But when it comes to things like writing
Windows batch files or *NIX shell scripts, I do tend to call those 'scripting', since in those cases, I'm usually trying to automate
something and it isn't compiled.
What's with the angry tone here?
Merry Christmas, man..
I have done a lot of HTML coding, that I would say is definatley not programming.
Why Batch feels different
Batch files are essentially just a list of commands you would normally type into the Command Prompt, saved into a file so you don't have to type them twice.
When you added variables and logic, you were actually using the fundamental building blocks of computer science:
Someone once a long time ago explained to me that scripting was not consider "true programming" since there was little to no consideration for lower-leve
performing a command, and maybe even doing something else after the fact (NOT PROGRAMMING).
I'd call batch structured programming, compared to something like EXPECT, which I'd forgotten about. EXPECT was like a scripting language for the command line, looking for output from programs and entering input - you could use it to script a login to a PPP account for example. That feels like the "batch file" description you describe.
Like it or not, when you're scripting you're laying out a set of instructions for the computer to perform, in whatever language, and
that's pretty much programming (these days).
If you were to paint a picture, does that automatically make you a
painter or an artist?
No, and I think that was kind of the whole point I was alluding to in
this conversation?
You were saying it's not programming because you wouldn't call yourself
a programmer. Just because you write a program doesn't mean you're a programmer much like just because you paint a picture doesn't mean
you're an artist/painter.
* Yes, I used broccoli instead of oranges to avoid you comparing the two as both being fruit.
You do not need to write a single line of JS to customize your
Synchronet BBS. Read that a few more times until you understand it.
You *CAN* write custom JS to do certain things, or modify existing JS
(which doesn't usually require much JS knowledge), but you don't *have*
to. That's the point.
Now, since you don't intend to run a BBS anyway, why don't you stop your trolling and ..... go away.
Re: Re: pros and cons
By: Accession to Nightfox on Wed Dec 24 2025 07:36 pm
I think that's sort of basically what I said? As I said above, I tend to call that scripting.
What's with the angry tone here?
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