Short:        client for the Compunet Reborn service
Author:       Tristan Greaves (Compunet Reborn); original by Ariadne Software
Uploader:     Tristan Greaves <tristan extricate org>
Type:         comm/tcp
Version:      1.1.0
Requires:     bsdsocket.library TCP/IP stack
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.1
Distribution: Aminet

Compunet Reborn - Amiga Client
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Compunet (aka CNet) was a UK interactive online service that ran from 1984 to
1993, serving the Commodore 64 community: user-generated content, electronic
mail ("Courier"), telesoftware downloads, a page editor, multi-user Partyline
chat, and the iconic horizontally-scrolling "duckshoot" menu.

This is the *original 1989 Amiga Compunet client* - recovered and reverse-
engineered from the shipping binary, reconstructed as recompilable C, and re-
pointed from its modem/cnet.device transport at the Compunet Reborn server
over native TCP/IP. The on-the-wire X.25 framing and the entire 
application-layer protocol are preserved unchanged; only the hardware
transport is swapped for bsdsocket.library.

Features:
  * Directory browsing with the "duckshoot" menu and PETSCII frame rendering
  * Electronic mail (Courier) - send, receive, recipient ID lookup
  * Downloads and uploads (telesoftware, IFF pictures, text pages)
  * The frame/page Editor
  * Partyline multi-user chat (via the resident CnetTty viewer)
  * LIFE / VOTE / user catalogue

Requirements:
  * Workbench / Kickstart 2.1 or higher
  * A TCP/IP stack providing bsdsocket.library (Roadshow, AmiTCP, Miami, ...)
    installed and online
  * A free Compunet Reborn account - register at https://compunet.live/

Usage:
  Un-archive the download to get a "Compunet" drawer. If needed, edit the
  "TCPHOST" file inside; it is preset to the live server:

      vme.compunet.live:6400

  Bring your TCP/IP stack online, then double-click the Compunet icon.

Compunet Reborn is an open recreation of the Compunet online service - 
connect from a C64, a PETSCII terminal, or the Amiga. Register and read more
at:

  https://compunet.live/

The reverse-engineering and reconstruction are documented at:

  https://github.com/tgreaves/compunet-reborn