Talisman v0.54-Dev has been released to address crashes of Postie after
using Bridge to cross-post between networks. This has been tested in both Windows and Linux and this marks the release of Postie v0.16.

Not only are we getting a new version of Talsiman, we have a new website
stood up for documenation: https://talismanbbs.org/ I will work on
converting all documenation from the old site to this new one.

If you run into any issues, please make sure to report them here: https://gitlab.com/lawrencestockman/talisman

Thanks!
Larry Stockman (Parcho)

--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: The Other Realm BBS (theotherealmbbs.com) (21:1/128)

On 30 Jul 2024 at 03:41a, Parcho pondered and said...

Talisman v0.54-Dev has been released to address crashes of Postie after using Bridge to cross-post between networks. This has been tested in both Windows and Linux and this marks the release of Postie v0.16.

Not only are we getting a new version of Talsiman, we have a new website stood up for documenation: https://talismanbbs.org/ I will work on converting all documenation from the old site to this new one.

If you run into any issues, please make sure to report them here: https://gitlab.com/lawrencestockman/talisman

I'm more than happy to hatch these files out to the file areas as well.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Hello Parcho!

30 Jul 24 03:41, you wrote to all:

Talisman v0.54-Dev has been released to address crashes of Postie

[...]

If you run into any issues, please make sure to report them here: https://gitlab.com/lawrencestockman/talisman

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?



Vorlon


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240302
* Origin: Dragon's Lair ---:- dragon.vk3heg.net -:--- Prt: 6800 (21:1/195)

BY: Vorlon (21:1/195)
On Wednesday,July 31, 2024 at 08:59 AM, Vorlon (21:1/195) wrote:

Hello Parcho!

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?

I can't speak for Parcho, but I had a Discord chat a/Apam a couple weeks ago and he steered me toward Parcho in terms of active TAL development. Apam was pretty happy for someone to keep it going.

I do hope he returns to BBSing as I consider him a friend and a skilled developer...

-jA




--- WWIV 5.9.03742[Linux 6.8.0-39]
* Origin: Space Junk! BBS (21:4/158)

BY: Parcho (21:1/128)
On Tuesday,July 30, 2024 at 02:41 AM, Parcho (21:1/128) wrote:

Talisman v0.54-Dev has been released to address crashes of Postie after using Bridge to cross-post between networks. This has been tested in
both
Windows and Linux and this marks the release of Postie v0.16.

Not only are we getting a new version of Talsiman, we have a new website stood up for documenation: https://talismanbbs.org/ I will work on converting all documenation from the old site to this new one.

If you run into any issues, please make sure to report them here: https://gitlab.com/lawrencestockman/talisman

Thanks!
Larry Stockman (Parcho)

Hey Larry, this is fantastic! This is totally the spirit of open source. I know Apam will continue to be involved when he's able, and it's so cool to see this BBS software continue on under your stewardship.

Talisman is a great BBS, can't wait to see where it goes from here!

-jA


--- WWIV 5.9.03742[Linux 6.8.0-39]
* Origin: Space Junk! BBS (21:4/158)

BY: J0hnny A1pha (21:4/158)

|11JA|09> |10Hey Larry, this is fantastic! This is totally the spirit of open source.|07
|11JA|09> |10I know Apam will continue to be involved when he's able, and it's so|07
|11JA|09> |10cool to see this BBS software continue on under your stewardship.|07
I think Larry for his service. And hope Apam is happy for whatever he is doing in life.


--- WWIV 5.8.1.3688[Windows]
* Origin: inland utopia * california * iutopia.duckdns.org:2023 (21:4/108)

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?

Sorry. I should have made some announcement. Though I wasn't sure at the time how keen laurance was with taking over, and didn't want to make him feel like he was committing to something he wasn't exepecting

I am tired of bbsing, and i don't have it in me anymore. Laurance approched me about forking and fixing a few bugs, and I was more than happy for him to do so, I encouraged him to do what he likes with it, and he's already made some improvements and working on some neat things.

I made him an admin of the long neglected facebook page as well which he has been using as well.

Please be aware though, as an open source project, anyone can fork the project with or without my approval. Though if anyone does want to make improvements i do encourage them to work with lawrence to avoid wasted effort.

I am very pleased that someone thought my project was worth continuing without me :)

Laurence I am sorry i've butchered the spelling of your name, hopefully i spelt it right at least once in this message :)

Andrew

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?

Hey There! I'm Parcho (Lawrence) and I have been working on Talisman BBS
for about a month or so. I'm working to resolve reported issues as well
as expand the tools that are available.

I am the admin of the Facebook page and the project is forked but keeping
the same name as it's the same project and will be done in the original
spirt of when it first started.

Apam hasn't fallen off the planet. He and I have been chatting about
Talisman before I took on updating to the next version. Didn't want him surprised when he saw the fork.

I will continue to maintain the project and I'm always looking for others
to help. It doesn't have to coding, it can be helping keep the docs up to
date, ansi screens or even feature requests.

- Parcho

--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: The Other Realm BBS (theotherealmbbs.com) (21:1/128)

Laurence I am sorry i've butchered the spelling of your name,
hopefully i spelt it right at least once in this message :)

It's Lawrence and you got it in there once :D Thank you for your
guidance on this project and for your help. I truly appreciate it.

- Laurence
- Lawrence
- Laurance
- Parcho (Larry)

--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: The Other Realm BBS (theotherealmbbs.com) (21:1/128)

On 31 Jul 2024 at 05:53p, apam pondered and said...

I am tired of bbsing, and i don't have it in me anymore. Laurance approched me about forking and fixing a few bugs, and I was more than happy for him to do so, I encouraged him to do what he likes with it,
and he's already made some improvements and working on some neat things.

It's nice to see you in echomail areas even if for a short time :)

I'm glad Laurance (see I'm using your speeling :)) has opted to pick up on your great work with Talisman and I'm keen to see fsxNet continue to support the development and distribution of the software.

I am very pleased that someone thought my project was worth continuing without me :)

Don't be a stranger :)

Laurence I am sorry i've butchered the spelling of your name, hopefully
i spelt it right at least once in this message :)

Wait, what, you mean I may have borked his name too?! [smacks forehead] :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Hi J0hnny A1pha,

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been
no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?

I can't speak for Parcho, but I had a Discord chat a/Apam a couple

[...]

I do hope he returns to BBSing as I consider him a friend and a
skilled developer...

We all go through stages like that, and get burn out.


\/orlon
aka
Stephen

Rocking Amiga 3000 powerd, Linux M68K.



--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

Hi apam,

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been
no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?

Sorry. I should have made some announcement. Though I wasn't sure at
the time how keen laurance was with taking over, and didn't want to

[...]

I am tired of bbsing, and i don't have it in me anymore. Laurance

Yeah, we all go through those type of fazes... I've left my own system(s) sitting doing there thing for weeks, and only checking that they are
working.

I am very pleased that someone thought my project was worth continuing without me :)

OK. Great to hear. I've pulled the latest, and compiled.



\/orlon
aka
Stephen

Rocking Amiga 3000 powerd, Linux M68K.



--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

Hi Parcho,

Who are you? Have you just forked the project? Why has there been
no announcement from apam. (Unless his fallen off the planet)?

Hey There! I'm Parcho (Lawrence) and I have been working on Talisman
BBS for about a month or so. I'm working to resolve reported issues as
well as expand the tools that are available.

[...]

I will continue to maintain the project and I'm always looking for
others to help. It doesn't have to coding, it can be helping keep the
docs up to date, ansi screens or even feature requests.

OK. It was a bit of a suprise to see your message. When other people have forked projects, they would re-name it.

As you can see, I've updated this test system to your version. Just not
done any testing yet as it's getting late.


\/orlon
aka
Stephen

Rocking Amiga 3000 powerd, Linux M68K.



--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/m68k)
* Origin: Vorlon Empire: Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)

BY: Parcho (21:1/128)
On Tuesday,July 30, 2024 at 02:41 AM, Parcho (21:1/128) wrote:

Talisman v0.54-Dev has been released to address crashes of Postie after using Bridge to cross-post between networks. This has been tested in
both
Windows and Linux and this marks the release of Postie v0.16.

Not only are we getting a new version of Talsiman, we have a new website stood up for documenation: https://talismanbbs.org/ I will work on converting all documenation from the old site to this new one.

One thing I noticed, there's a few undocumented features/mods that could be writen up. Happy to help, I just need to go back to my old messages!

- Customzed login (e.g. creating a matrix style menu)
- Ability to add system-level Lua packages (e.g. from LuaRocks)
- Noddy (seperate app, not sure if apam will maintain?)
- Bridge (not set to compile, but works!)
- Ability to override specific system text lines
- Ability to customize Full Screen Reader
- Ability to modify prompts (and script/customize them)

I don't know if people understand how powerful Talisman's Lua integration really is. I'd compare it with MPL, thought it has far less "built in" functions, but you can just... write the functions in Lua.

-jA


--- WWIV 5.9.03742[Linux 6.8.0-39]
* Origin: Space Junk! BBS (21:4/158)

OK. It was a bit of a suprise to see your message. When other people
have
forked projects, they would re-name it.

I didn't want to create a new project from this but rather keep it going without disturbing the original repo. This is to ensure I can make
constant updates when needed without having to disturb Apamm to review
and approve the merge requests.

Apamm is the original creator of this and will continue to receive credit
no matter how many releases we release.

- Parcho (Larry)

--- Talisman v0.54-dev (Linux/x86_64)
* Origin: The Other Realm BBS (theotherealmbbs.com) (21:1/128)