I believe that the Winnipeg Public Libraries used to use Lynx on their dummy terminals waaaaay back when I was in high school around 2000ish. At least I recall a very similar interface. Come to think of it, I think it was Lynx. I remember their was a (g)oto option, but they disabled it until later in it's time. I even recall there being an option on these terminals called Freenet...
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:18:41 -0600 Colin Stanners <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow this brings me back to my early internet days on Freenet. > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Kevin <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > > > > > -- > > Kevin <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
