Re: QWK format information
By: Chickenhead to All on Sun Nov 08 2020 03:49 pm
> Now I'll say right off the start that I'm lazy and have not done the
> homework..I looked up QWK format stuff off of archive.org and that's about
> it.
>
> I'm just wondering what the best way to approach QWK based networking is.
> I'm still building a web forum and I would like to add QWK networking.
> Maybe the synchronet sources are the best bet?
I'd start here:
http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:qwk
> Also..and maybe Rob Swindell is the best answer for this...what are people
> using for graphical stuff on BBS systems?
Mostly, they're not.
> I looked at Avatar,
My recollection of Avatar is that it was still just text/attributes (not pixel g
raphics).
> I looked at
> CeeFax and Telidon (NAPALPS). To be honest NAPALPS makes my head swim,
> although I still think it is a great low bandwidth way of doing graphics. I
> just wish it wasn't so cryptic.
As for standards in the BBS world, RIPscrip probably had the most traction at on
e time. Now, I'd saying nothing does. But if you want to play around, there's Sk
ypix and many others too. It's usually difficult to get working and disappointin
g once you do. <shrug>
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