βMonocerotis 🛰️Nov 18, 2022
SuperIlu

I did some more work on #DOStodon, the #Mastodon client for #MSDOS.

I added a splash screen, a busy indicator for network access, you can scroll the entries now, there is a profile viewer and you can like and boost.
Image attachments are now displayed, too.

Nov 18, 2022 at 9:15pmWeb
Show threadSuperIluNov 18, 2022
Source is on GitHub:
https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon
Show threadJuneNov 18, 2022
@dec_hl Oooh. Nice. I'll give it a shot!
Show threadXerz 💗Nov 18, 2022
@dec_hl this should be illegal, impressive 
Show threadグレェ「grey」Nov 18, 2022

@xerz Agreed, it should be illegal. DR-DOStodon OTOH.... @dec_hl

To whomever (@dswersky later in the thread) wrote "This is God's work" no, it absolutely is not. I like to think that God has more respect for Gary Kildall (CP/M, DR-DOS [what Tim Patterson ripped off whole sale from a beta/alpha version of CP/M-86]) & Terry Davis (TempleOS) than Bill Gates and his cronies. ;)

Show thread日本語版 🏴Nov 18, 2022
@dec_hl this is very impressive
Show threadDave SwerskyNov 18, 2022
@dec_hl This is God's work, bravo!
Show threadSuperIluNov 18, 2022
@dswersky can't remember him helping 😋
Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾Nov 18, 2022
@dec_hl Really should get this on my Pentium II and do me some DOSposting
Show threadSuperIluNov 18, 2022
@lunarloony I should add picture uploads to my TODO 😜
Show threadlilyNov 18, 2022
@dec_hl I’ll throw this on my thinkpad
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@Lily please share some pictures ☺️
Show threadlilyNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl I will
Show threadGòrdNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl Incredible!
Show threadA:\kiteless.exe /BLMNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl this is super cool. Will have to get this working on one of my old machines.
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@kiteless please share some pictures if it works 😊
Show threadA:\kiteless.exe /BLMNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl I absolutely will. It doesn't meet the min specs but I have a 486 DX4 100Mhz (16k L1) and have been meaning to try and get a packet driver working in DOS on that one, ooooor I could probably run this through Windows 95, or 98 in a DOS window? I feel like that would be cheating but honestly I will probably try that first. If not I have other machines to try it on.
Show threadDanNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl oooh I want that :) is there a MacOS emulator for MSDOS you’d recommend?
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@danvanmoll there is a MS-DOS emulator for MacOS (DOSBox-x), but not the other way around…
Show threadProfesseur ShadokoNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl i want an Amigastodon!
Show threadMx Autumn Nov 19, 2022
@dec_hl wow! What’s the lowest spec computer this will run on?
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@carbontwelve you could try a P133 with 16MiB, but twice as much is not wrong…
Show threaddubiago Nov 19, 2022
@dec_hl Splash screen needs to be ASCII art ❤️
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@dubiago well, I take contributions 😆
Show threadManu MNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl I have to ask, what kind of network stack does DOS have? Or did you have to code your own?
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@manu #DOjS is based on Watt32. And I made a cURL/OpenSSL plug-in I use for DOStodon. The porting of all parts to DJGPP was done by others, but I managed to glue it all together in DOjS 😋
Show threadManu MNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl There are at least three terms in that post I have to Google. 😂
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@manu 😁
Show threadZOPNov 19, 2022
@manu @dec_hl DOS doesn't. You have to add one drum within your app. A packet driver TSR (from the card manuf or third party) is usually used to send and receive packets by the stack in the app. But nothing in DOS
Show threadDeadly HeadshotNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl
How did you get the image to display properly in DOS?
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@dheadshot #DOjS is my framework for graphics programming on MS-DOS. So DOStodon is not using text mode and therefore can display any graphics
Show threadDeadly HeadshotNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl
I meant the 24bit highres colour in the last image?
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@dheadshot DOjS is implemented using liballegro (the game library). That provides 24bit color modes via VESA
Show threadDarryl Wright 🍁🎧Nov 19, 2022
@dec_hl But why?! You should use your powers for good.
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@darryl you should consider that question for the >3y project of making javascript run on MS-DOS that I built and not for that 5d implementation of an application using it. 🤣
Show threadDeltaLima 🐧Nov 19, 2022
@dec_hl wtf, how cool is that? :D
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@DeltaLima thanks
Show threadEnapiuz Nov 19, 2022
@dec_hl wow, now I wanna something like that as well, for some weird platform :)
Cool!
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@enapiuz well, people were already asking for the Amiga 😋
Show threadAlexander ShendiNov 19, 2022

@dec_hl

Very impressive. I think I need this. Does it need a 386+ and a DOS extender or is 16bit supported?

Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@alexshendi it is implemnted using DJGPP and uses CWSDPMI as extender. I'd recommend at lest a P133 and 32MiB RAM...
Show threadAlexander ShendiNov 19, 2022

@dec_hl

Now my ambition is to make a Mastodon Client that would have run on the original IBM XT.

Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@alexshendi I’d love to see that 😋
Show threadAlexander ShendiNov 19, 2022

@dec_hl

which tcp/ip stack have you used?

Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@alexshendi watt32, it builds for DJGPP.
HTTPS is done using cURL and OpenSSL...
Show threadAlexander ShendiNov 19, 2022

@dec_hl

OK, the crypto in HTTPS is probably too much fot the poor old XT.

Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@alexshendi I guess so, too.
cURL+mbedTLS would be worth a try, though...
I'm thinking about switching to mbedTLS, but that would be quite some project in itself...
Show threadAlexander ShendiNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl
You have to do the math, wether it's in curl/OpenSSL or in the client itself doesn't matter.
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@alexshendi well, it'll take some time, RSA much more than ECC 🤣
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@alexshendi ah, damn. doesn't look like my server has ECDSA enabled 😥
Show threadAlexander ShendiNov 19, 2022

@dec_hl

See also:
https://youtu.be/s2KWLnKyOKk

HP 200LX: Hosting a modern website on a Retro DOS Palmtop. Will this crazy idea work ?

YouTube
Show threadtbspNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl I've been trying to find uses for my Steamlink hardware, and the native DOSBox app combined with this might be a worthwhile combination!
Show threadレイレイNov 19, 2022
@dec_hl hopefully you have tall legible font options planned. white 8x8 on black 640x480+ makes it look pretty borland egavga.bgi, i can feel the eye searing crt 60hz in those images
Show threadSuperIluNov 19, 2022
@leilei Well, DOjS supports font loading, but right now I was lazy and some offsets are hard coded...
Show threadKojoteNov 20, 2022
@dec_hl Cool stuff! :)
Show threadRod Hull - www.tfw8b.comNov 20, 2022
@dec_hl Oh my lord I need to run that!!
Show threadJaddyNov 20, 2022

@dec_hl

I remember my self-written netnews reader from 1993 (DOS, Waffle, Turbo Pascal and a lot of AWK scripts...) that was nowhere as beautiful as your DOStodon.

That's just aewsome! 🤩

Show threadSuperIluNov 20, 2022
@jaddy beautiful? I didn't put any effort into the GUI, I'm the wrong human for that. But I'm happy you like it 😊
Show threadBlackthornNov 20, 2022
@dec_hl how much memory does it require?
Show threadSuperIluNov 20, 2022
@Blackthorn I'd say 16MiB and a P133 is the minimum...
Show threaddapgoNov 22, 2022
@dec_hl
Supercool, Does it work on @freedosproject or #reactOS CLI?
@benjedwards