RetroNet-BBS

A retro-inspired BBS system built with C#, bridging the vintage computing era with modern technologies.

Commodore 64 with Syncterm

Windows 11 command prompt with Telnet

How to start container

• Install Docker
• Put your Bbs source files in a folder (for ex. /opt/bbs)
• start container with

docker run -v /opt/bbs:/data:ro -p 23:23 -p 8502:8502 ghcr.io/intoinside/retronet-bbs:main

How to create your first Bbs

Every bbs must have a file called index.md. It is the main presentation file from which you can navigate the content offered.

You can start with a simple file with this content:

# Hello world!

Each time you change the content, you need to restart the server/container.

Links

There are three type of links that can be made.

• link to another md page

[Page 1](Page-1)
[Page 2](Page-2)

• link to a raw page

[Raw Page](raw1.raw)

• Link to rss feed

<rss title="Apulia Retrocomputing" url="https://www.apuliaretrocomputing.it/wordpress/feed/">

• link to a dynamic content plugin

<dynamic title="Plugin SampleDynamicContent" pluginname="SampleDynamicContent.MoveCursorOnScreen">

Raw pages

TBD

Dynamic content plugin

TBD

Import files

TBD

Text style

Text style can be changed using color tags. The following tags are available:

• <white>
• <red>
• <green>
• <blue>
• <orange>
• <black>
• <brown>
• <lightred>
• <pink>
• <darkgray> or <darkgrey>
• <gray> or <grey>
• <lightgreen>
• <lightblue>
• <lightgray> or <lightgrey>
• <purple>
• <yellow>
• <cyan>

Note:

Background and foreground color can be inverted with tags:

• <revon>
• <revoff>