lighth7015 / fdonet

A from-scratch AOL (ver. 3.x and 4.x) P3/FDO server

FDONet

A from-scratch AOL 3.x/4.x-compatible P3 and FDO protocol server. Run your own privately-managed walled garden from the '90s!

Authors

• @lighth7015

Features

• Modular design, enabling the serving of several client versions at once

Library dependencies

• libevent (Dispatch/server core)

TODO

• System Service Manager (e.g., systemd, FreeBSD rc.d, upstart)
• AOL client 3.x compatibility
• AOL client 4.x compatibility

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!

See contributing.md for ways to get started.

Please adhere to this project's code of conduct.

Acknowledgements, Sources and Thanks

Acknowledgements

• ReAOL- go support them!

Sources: If not for these, I'd never get around to writing this

• AOL-Files.com
• Chfoo's "notaol" repository
• Archiveteam's AOL pages
• FDO91 For Beginners

Thank you

To anyone and everyone who contributes to this project!

Roadmap

• Design and implement client 3.x protocol

  • Initial Connection State (ICS) Handler
  • Protocol/Connection Handler for Client 3.x Protocol

• Design and implement client 4.x protocol:

  • Initial Connection State (ICS) Handler
  • Protocol/Connection Handler for Client 4.x Protocol

• Design and implement FDO rendering engine

  • FdoClientSurface
  • Fdo*Control (e.g., FdoTextControl, FdoButtonControl)
  • FDO Scripting Engine
  • FDO Forms Rendering Engine

• Services/Tool Registry: A place to store configuration for server-side tools

• Content database: A centralized place to store FDO forms

Possible Expansion

• Implement Mirabillis® ICQ protocol support?
• Pidgin TOC/OSCAR support?
• Module loader? (for modularizing scripting/FDO forms)