BBS Page Restructured: Premium Cards with Auto-Captured Previews
The BBS page has been restructured for clarity.
What Changed
Premium Hosted Connections now display as cards at the top of the page. Each card shows an auto-captured ANSI preview of the BBS login screen — captured live by connecting to the BBS and rendering the initial output. No manual screenshots needed.
All 139 directory listings have been moved to the Community BBS Directory section. This is the comprehensive list of active BBSes worldwide, submitted and maintained by the community.
The curated directory section has been removed. The bbs_listings table now exclusively holds premium hosted connections — BBSes that users can connect to directly from their browser.
Auto-Screenshot Capture
When an admin creates a premium BBS listing, the system automatically:
- Opens a telnet connection to the BBS
- Captures the initial ANSI output (login screen)
- Renders it with full color support
- Displays it as a live preview on the card
Admins can re-capture previews anytime from the edit page with the Capture Preview button.
Terminal Type Support
Each listing specifies its terminal type — ANSI, ASCII, PETSCII, Amiga, or ATASCII — which determines the rendering style for both the preview and the live terminal connection.
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