Documentation for the Kalgoorlie Retro BBS, its games and servers https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 02:49:13 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/ https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/lanternterminal/transfers?rev=1794318416&do=diff File transfers and logging Zmodem When a BBS or a shell (sz file) starts a Zmodem download, Lantern receives it automatically into the session's File Transfer → Download directory, with a progress window showing the file, size, speed and time, and a slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:56 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/lanternterminal/start?rev=1794318416&do=diff Lantern Terminal Lantern Terminal is a desktop terminal and saved-connection manager for Windows and Linux. Version 0.5.0 includes SSH2 (with a built-in SSH engine), an SFTP Browser, Remote Desktop (RDP), Telnet, RLogin, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells, with tabs that can be torn off into their own windows, session folders synced between computers, visual colour selection, logging and Python/Lua scripting. slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:56 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/lanternterminal/sessions?rev=1794318416&do=diff Lantern Terminal user guide Theme Choose Options → Theme → System, Light or Dark. Themes apply immediately and the choice is saved with your settings. System uses the desktop palette available when the application starts. These controls affect the application interface; terminal foreground/background/cursor colours remain session settings. The new-session wizard uses the same readable palette and shows the fields for its selected protocol. slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:56 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/lanternterminal/installing?rev=1794318415&do=diff Installing Lantern Terminal Get version 0.5.0 from the download page. Both platforms are 64-bit. Windows Download Lantern-Terminal-0.5.0-windows-x64-setup.exe and run it. It installs for your current user under LocalAppData by default and adds a Start menu entry. Start slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:55 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/lanternterminal/capabilities?rev=1794318415&do=diff Capabilities — 0.5.0 Included * C++/Qt desktop application, immediate System/Light/Dark theme selection with readable wizard pages, dockable navigation/command/activity panes, toolbar and button bar. * Saved session folders, filtering, natural/alphabetical/manual ordering, remembered expanded folders, stable-ID desktop shortcuts, create/edit/rename/cut/copy/paste/delete, bulk edits of changed fields, quick connections and default-session settings. slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:55 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/lanternterminal/building?rev=1794318415&do=diff Building and packaging Lantern Terminal Source package Extract lantern-terminal-0.5.0-source.tar.gz and enter its top-level directory. Paths containing spaces are supported. The source archive contains C++ code, CMake configuration, shell/PowerShell scripts, terminal-parser and Lua runtime source, specifications, examples, tests and dependency/download manifests. Build outputs go to slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 13:46:55 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/doorhub/synchronet_member?rev=1794298508&do=diff Synchronet set-up (member BBS) On a member BBS running Synchronet, callers reach the hub through doorhub.js. It works like doorparty.js: it opens an RLogin connection to the connector with the caller's alias, a password it makes for that caller, and the game code. slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:15:08 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/doorhub/games?rev=1794298508&do=diff Games A hub game is a door that's installed on your door BBS (your Synchronet), plus an entry in the hub that gives it a code and a name. Adding a game 1. Install the door on your Synchronet in the usual way (SCFG, External Programs, Online Programs). It can be in any section. Make sure a new user can run it: the section's and the program's Access Requirements must not be slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:15:08 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/doorhub/start?rev=1794298508&do=diff Door Hub Door Hub lets several BBSes share one set of door games. Callers on every member BBS play in the same games as each other, as if the games ran on their own board. It works the same way as DoorParty: each member BBS runs a small connector, and the connector sends callers to the slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:15:08 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/start?rev=1794292563&do=diff Saltbush Terminal Saltbush Terminal is a tabbed terminal for Windows and Linux with saved sessions in folders and split panes. Version 1.8.2 connects over SSH2 (built-in engine or the OpenSSH client), RDP (Windows Remote Desktop), SFTP, Telnet, RLogin, raw TCP, serial ports and local shells, and has a two-pane SFTP browser and an SSH agent window. It calls BBSes with a proper DOS screen, the VGA font, Zmodem, Ymodem, Xmodem and Kermit, and runs Python and Lua scripts. It tells you when a new ve… slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:36:03 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/sftp?rev=1794292563&do=diff SFTP browser and SSH agent SFTP browser Right-click an SSH session in the Session Manager and choose SFTP Browser…, or choose Transfer → SFTP Browser… while an SSH tab is active. The browser logs in with the built-in SSH engine; questions such as a new host key, a password or a key passphrase appear in the window, with an slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:36:03 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/installing?rev=1794292563&do=diff Installing Saltbush Terminal Get version 1.8.2 from the download page. Both platforms are 64-bit. Windows Download saltbush-1.8.2-windows-x64-setup.exe and run it. It installs for your own user (no administrator rights) under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Saltbush Terminal slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:36:03 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/history?rev=1794292563&do=diff Saltbush Terminal: version history 1.8.2 (2026-11-10) Added * Copy Public Key to Server: like ssh-copy-id, from the Tools menu, the session's right-click menu or the key generator. See Copy Public Key to Server. Changed * Clearer window edges: windows inside Saltbush have a darker border and a shadow, the SFTP browser's two sides are each in an outlined box, and each new browser opens offset from the last. slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:36:03 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/building?rev=1794292563&do=diff Building Saltbush Terminal from source Saltbush Terminal is written in Rust. Download saltbush-1.8.2-source.tar.gz from the download page. Linux Install Rust (rustup), a C compiler and the libssh development files (libssh-dev on Debian/Ubuntu), then: tar xf saltbush-1.8.2-source.tar.gz cd saltbush-1.8.2-source cargo test cargo build --release ./target/release/saltbush slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:36:03 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/sessions?rev=1794288004&do=diff Sessions, SSH and options Saved sessions Sessions live in folders in the Session Manager. Double-click to connect. Right-click for Connect, Properties…, Apply BBS Settings…, Duplicate and Delete…; right-click a folder to make a new session in it, select everything in it or apply the BBS settings to all of it. Ctrl+click selects several sessions; slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:20:04 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/start?rev=1794284783&do=diff Kalgoorlie Retro Docs Documentation for the Kalgoorlie Retro BBS and the software that runs on it and around it. Start with one of the sections below, or use the search box at the top of the page. For sysops Link your BBS to our LORD Server. Your callers can play Legend of the Red Dragon with players from other boards, straight from a door on your BBS. Sign up for a key and add it to Synchronet, Mystic or other BBS software: slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 04:26:23 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/scripting?rev=1794273737&do=diff Saltbush Terminal: scripting Saltbush Terminal runs Python and Lua scripts. A script is attached to the tab it starts from and drives that session: it sends text, waits for prompts, reads the screen, changes settings, opens tabs, transfers files and shows dialogs. slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:22:17 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/sidebar?rev=1794265680&do=diff Home For sysops * Link your BBS to our LORD Server * Join our Door Hub Door Hub * Overview * Joining a hub * The connector * Synchronet set-up * Mystic and others * Running a hub * Hub on Linux * Hub on Windows * Settings * Games * Member BBSes * Players * Internet and security * Logs and backups * Command reference * Troubleshooting * Source and building * Version history The Broken Seal * Overview * Multi-player games * Installing * Saves … slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Mon, 09 Nov 2026 23:08:00 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/saltbush/bbs?rev=1794240358&do=diff BBSes, file transfers and the SyncTERM list A new BBS session Choose Tools → New BBS Session…, pick Telnet (or RLogin, SSH or raw TCP) and enter the BBS address. The session gets the BBS settings: * the CP437 character set and the ANSI-BBS screen (bright bold, blinking text, CP437 pictures for control codes, the screen clears and homes like ANSI.SYS); slaterm@undisclosed.example.com (slaterm) Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:05:58 +0000 https://retro.theiguru.au/docs/doorhub/troubleshooting?rev=1794195371&do=diff Troubleshooting What the caller sees Message Cause and fix “Sorry, the Door Hub can't be reached right now.” The member's connector couldn't log in to the hub. The connector log says why (next table). “Connecting to the Door Hub, please wait anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:36:11 +0000