For an extra blast from the past, check out this one here: http://gopher.veroneau.net/
Only "true" Internet vets will appreciate this one. ;) I also set up the pam_limits module on my server, so both of these will only support up to 5 connections at a single given time. So please be nice and use Quit Lynx when your done. The server will automatically kill disconnected users after a few moments, but it's just nicer to close the app using it's (q)uit command. On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:09:31 -0600 Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> wrote: > As a fun sort of test, I made Lynx available within the web browser: > > http://lynx.veroneau.net/ > > I have run Lynx with the following options to enable a "restricted > environment": > lynx -accept_all_cookies -use-mouse -restrictions=all > -homepage=http://www.google.ca/ http://www.google.ca/ > > The cookies are flushed regardless, and this was the only way to stop > Lynx from nagging about each cookie. Oddly, Lynx doesn't support > rejecting of all cookies either through the command-line, through it's > lynx.cfg, or even through it's "Options" page. > > As the command-line above shows, it will display Google right away on > the screen. The mouse even works, so you can click onto the search > box, type a search, then click "Google Search" to begin. Just realized > that their copyright still says "2013". > > I also won't be keeping this around for very long either, as I can > expect abuse if the link was provided to the outside world. However, I > do plan on using this exact technology in the near future for another > project. > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:40:35 -0600 > Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> wrote: > > > Hey everybody! > > > > I'm sure most(if not all) of you have seen this website built using > > the Google search API to resemble Google from a BBS terminal: > > > > http://www.masswerk.at/googleBBS/ > > > > Heard about this years ago, and thought I'd share it with all of you, > > since it is a very hackish type of thing that someone made. I > > personally think it would be neat to make a basic BBS system that calls the > > Google API just for fun. Of course it would go through telnet like most > > modern BBSs do these days... Yes, BBSs are still around! > > > > If anyone here is curious at seeing/connecting to them, I attached my > > own personal list of BBS servers. Some of these servers are actually > > archives from old BBSs that ran decades ago, full with software > > archives, text files, and even door games! Then came our current > > advertisement filled Internet we see and sorta love today. Unlike the > > BBSs of days past, these modern BBSs connect via a TCP/telnet > > connection. > > > > -- > > Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> > > > -- > Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ -- Kevin <m...@iamkevin.ca> _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
