Subj : Projects
To   : Mercyful Fate
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Mar 23 2014 21:07:00

  Re: Projects
  By: Mercyful Fate to Nightfox on Sun Mar 23 2014 20:27:36

 MF> Thats one thigns i've always thought was lacking in bbs's.  Music,
 MF> nothings like some ambiance to help give a system a unique feel i must
 MF> say.  I've played with the idea myself several times to write a custom
 MF> client interface that would transform the ansi graphic to open gl so you
 MF> can do all sorta of animation and lighting effects and even have sound
 MF> over a client.  One day i plan to work on it more.. but as things go it
 MF> always gets pusted a side due to time and enegry to work on it. :)

The main issue with music on a BBS is that there is (and has never been) a
single standard for streaming music from a BBS to a client..  Some BBS door
games had their own terminal software to support extended graphics and sound,
but no official standard for a BBS.  I'm not sure how useful that would be
though..  That would be similar to an internet web site with background music
(which used to be more popular, in the mid 90s, usually in the form of MIDI). I
tend to find that fairly annoying though - I sometimes like to listen to music
on my computer while browsing the web & doing other things, so when I load a
web page that has its own background music, it tends to be annoying rather than
adding to the experience of the web site.

As for ANSI graphics to OpenGL, I'm not sure how that would work..  ANSI
graphics is purely 2-dimensional, but I suppose you might be able to come up
with a standard for how the ANSI would be arranged to signify 3D effects.

 Ni>> Occasionally I've thought about what it would be like to create my
 Ni>> own BBS software or programming language, but then I think there are
 Ni>> already many available, and I'm not sure what I'd do to make one
 Ni>> unique or improve on what's already available.

 MF> Well i would say it should matter about whats already out there, if all
 MF> about you and want you want to do.  and nothing wrong with making
 MF> something unique to your ideals and tastes.  That part of the fun.  :)

Do you mean to say shouldn't matter?

Nightfox

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