Subtext 2.0 Released with FidoNet Support

posted on monday, may 1st, 2023
with tags mac, release, retrocomputing, and subtext
last updated on tuesday, may 2nd, 2023

Subtext 2.0.1 has been released:

  • subtext-2.0.1.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C 5 project file)
    SHA256: 9db9c5f4090fd72eb353e52607ee6a48d3ec31e45adc29d509a28ef8f12fd5e8
    SHA1: 241dd8c9e50fe4a4e4a8e6fcb36db05c53f54385

This is a major update to Subtext that represents many months of development, over 200 amendments, and many nights of testing and debugging. The largest change is the addition of FidoNet (FTN) support for distributed mail (Netmail) and message boards (Echomail) by way of a binkp hub.

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Subtext 1.1 Released

posted on thursday, december 1st, 2022
with tags mac, release, retrocomputing, and subtext

Subtext BBS Server 1.1 has been released:

  • subtext-1.1.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C 5 project file)
    SHA256: 8b81cc451e8564fcb1516c0d3e9183c9aaed3658c62f5e8384c288af1978171d
    SHA1: fdefd8f8a774b69294e6ceee8b3340fdc593e094

Changes in this version:

  • Fix crash that could occur when more than one user is in chat, one user quits chat, and then remaining users continue to chat
  • Fix problem when running under non-MultiFinder where subsequent runs would fail with errors opening board and folder databases because they were not properly closed on the first run

Subtext 1.0 Released

posted on tuesday, november 22nd, 2022
with tags mac, release, retrocomputing, and subtext

Subtext BBS Server 1.0 has been released:

  • subtext-1.0.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C 5 project file)
    SHA256: dd12bb271c61e6832373921af92864fc4b01e0b139365d9445a0434b57aabf89
    SHA1: 79744ce3cd6a5393426210430a57c17d58b3dbe1

This is the initial public release of the Subtext BBS server for Classic Mac OS. It represents a full year of development and testing while operating the Kludge BBS on my Macintosh Plus.

Thanks to all past and present Kludge users for feedback and bug testing.