I started working on a complete re-write of the old Synchronet BBS List (SBL) aãcouple of years ago (April 2015, it's hard to believe it's been so long). Theãbiggest changes were:ã 1. Completley written in JavaScript (using the Synchronet JS obj model), not Cã 2. Using a JSON database format, not a proprietary binary file format: sbl.dabããI wrote most of the code, handling conversion/upgrade from the old SBL (v3),ãimporting-from and export-to message bases, and (most interesting to me at theãtime), HTML generation (http://synchro.net/sbbslist.html) with previews of BBSãanswer screens.ããI spent several weeks working on all that and had Vertrauen re-upgrading theãsbl.dab every night, performing system auto-validations, and generating theãHTML every night. But I didn't write the auto-verification results back to theãold sbl.dab.... so entries began to expire and be auto-puged due to lack ofãupdate or validation (including my own for Vertrauen). The once long officialãSynchronet BBS list shrank down to 60 some entries.ããAnyway, I recently picked back up the task and have new "door" is now live onãVertrauen and I'm not maintaining or synchronizing with my old sbl.dab anyãmore. The ols SBL will be moth-balled. If you're still running the SBL, goodãnews: you can keep on running it if you want and you'll still get compatibleãnetworked entries via the SYNCDATA conference and if you export entries, thoseãtoo will be imported into those running the new sbbslist.js (v4), includingãVertrauen.ããI imported entries from the 5000+ messages I have stored in SYNCDATA and so nowãI have a good data set and though many of the BBSes listed are long since gone,ãthey'll be auto-purged eventually (when I implement that feature!).ããIf you want to see the door in action, login to Vertrauen -> External Programsã-> Main -> Synchronet BBS List.ããSome of the cool new features:ã- search by any fieldã- sorting by any field (and reversing the sort order)ã- view a capture or live preview of each BBS's answer screenã- auto-synchronizatoin of your BBS entry with your system's statisticsã- more TCP service/protocol details (auto-detected and manually entered)ããIf you want to set it up on your own BBS (warnings, it's still consideredãexperimental), see wiki.synchro.net/module:sbbslist for details.ãã digital manããSynchronet "Real Fact" #65:ãSynchronet can dynamically compress and uncompress message bases (using LZH).ãNorco, CA WX: 67.8øF, 8.0% humidity, 1 mph SW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã