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Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you were answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when... one day you [and I!!] won't be around and - you need to press RECORD and talk a lot more... write a lot more... Synchronet is the most developed BBS Software of ALL TIME - that is a fact in 2026. :P I bet you wish it was considered that in 1995. :)

TY, DM. For all these decades..



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Re: Re: Issue With Message Im
By: paulie420 to Digital Man on Sun Oct 11 2026 10:04 pm

Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you were answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when... one day you [and I!!] won't be around and - you need to press RECORD and talk a lot more... write a lot more... Synchronet is the most developed BBS Software of ALL TIME - that is a fact in 2026. :P I bet you wish it was considered that in 1995. :)

TY, DM. For all these decades..

You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid (not $299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".
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Re: Re: Issue With Message Im
By: Digital Man to paulie420 on Mon Oct 12 2026 11:09 am

You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid (not $299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".

As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job market when we can pretty much develop things like that. Still, it seems to me like it doesn't always get everything right, but I imagine AI tools will keep getting better to the point where it could be very easy to use AI to develop a program by asking it like that.

Although I think AI tools are useful, I really didn't expect to see the day when my job could potentially be replaced by automation. I'm a bit over 20 years to retirement, and I'm nervous about my job prospects until then, especially with layoffs being as common as they are at tech companies. In hindsight, if I had known all this when I was starting college, maybe I would have tried to choose a degree path for a more stable profession.

I think it would be great to win the lottery so I can retire early, but I've heard the chances of that are less than being struck by lightning.

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Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS
program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".

I'm still 'amazed' everyday with how fast this train is going. Its awesome... and worrisome - but mostly awesome RIGHT NOW.

I don't think most people can even IMAGINE what this all means behind the scenes - everything is going to change; thats the reason I'm not shunning the models...



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Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when

You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid (not $299).

Dude - from what I remember, the $299 version of Sync WAS the smokin hot deal on the scene!!

All the other big guys wanted $1000+, for sysops to pay for modules as if the BBS was a base sofware and were just milkin it... I think the smart ones saw the writing on the wall and needed to get as much out of the platform before it all came down;

TBBS, Major, Galacticom(?) - and all the other big multi-node joints. Sync was always the community BBS software WITH the fancy stuff. I can't believe its still rockin and rollin. :P

[Sorry I replied twice to this one... derp.]



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As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job market
when we can pretty much develop things like that. Still, it seems to me like it doesn't always get everything right, but I imagine AI tools will keep getting better to the point where it could be very easy to use AI
to develop a program by asking it like that.

I don't think people are gonna even USE software in the same way for [very] long. Thats not to say awesome devs will be out of work - but man... I think we're just gonna design exactly what we want in the [near] future.

With enough tokens, ppl will be able to do things with zero talent - with the talent, tho, yer gonna be a software god. :P



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Re: Re: Issue With Message Im
By: paul lee to Nightfox on Mon Oct 12 2026 03:50 pm

As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job market
when we can pretty much develop things like that.

I don't think people are gonna even USE software in the same way for [very] long. Thats not to say awesome devs will be out of work - but man... I think we're just gonna design exactly what we want in the [near] future.

I dunno.. I still see people using software basically the same way right now. But I've also seen people using AI like ChatGPT & such for help with things like writing certain portions of emails, identifying things ("What kind of spider is this?" etc.), etc..

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Issue With Message Im
By: paul lee to Digital Man on Mon Oct 12 2026 03:48 pm

Dude - I remember when Sync was $299 in all the BBS magazines, and you answering the same [albeit different] questions to sysops way back when

You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-) There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet sysops paid > DM> (not $299).

Dude - from what I remember, the $299 version of Sync WAS the smokin hot deal > on the scene!!

All the other big guys wanted $1000+, for sysops to pay for modules as if the > BBS was a base sofware and were just milkin it... I think the smart ones saw
the writing on the wall and needed to get as much out of the platform before it all came down;

TBBS, Major, Galacticom(?) - and all the other big multi-node joints. Sync was always the community BBS software WITH the fancy stuff. I can't believe its still rockin and rollin. :P

[Sorry I replied twice to this one... derp.]

You are so full of shit. Synchronet wasn't that popular.

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Hey DM

Ha! Yes, it's true, and I am doing that as we speak, but Claude still spits out a piece of crap that takes months to trouble shoot. But - I have learnt more about BBSing (in particular FTN stuff) in that 3 months through troubleshooting than the last 34 years combined. It is an odd combination - using cutting edge technology to code something that is based on the opposite.


Randers


On 12/10/2026 11:09 Digital Man said...

You're welcome. Not as many of us around that recall that. :-)
There was always a cheap (e.g. 2 node) option that most Synchronet
sysops paid (not $299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write
me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message
networks, and file transfer protocols".
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Hey Nightfox,

Yeah, sucks to be Adobe right now. Or Sony. Or Microsoft. How on earth does anyone police this? What happens to intellectual property now? And who makes any real money apart from OpenAI and Anthropic?

Only time, and AI itself, will tell!


Randers

On 12/10/2026 15:15 Nightfox said...

As a software developer, honestly I am a bit scared of the job
market when we can pretty much develop things like that. Still, it
seems to me like it doesn't always get everything right, but I
imagine AI tools will keep getting better to the point where it
could be very easy to use AI to develop a program by asking it like
that.

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Hey Paulie420,

I am stoked to have witnessed two 'industrial revolutions' in my lifetime. First I would say that I saw was globally connected computers going mainstream. Second is AI. I don't think that is an exaggeration.

Previous to that was oil / industry, and maybe before that was agriculture, and back to the wheel and then fire? There haven't been that many.

Randers


On 12/10/2026 15:43 paulie420 said...

I'm still 'amazed' everyday with how fast this train is going. Its awesome... and worrisome - but mostly awesome RIGHT NOW.

I don't think most people can even IMAGINE what this all means
behind the scenes - everything is going to change; thats the reason
I'm not shunning the models...

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Re: Re: Issue With Message Im
By: Digital Man to paulie420 on Mon Oct 12 2026 11:09 am

$299). Boy, times have changed... "Claude, write me a multinode BBS program that supports all the doors, message networks, and file transfer protocols".

..., and terminal types like ANSI, PETSCII, ATASCII, and ProTerm Special Emulation.

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