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Old St. Louis BBSes

2007-06-05T02:14:48Z

I got my start on the Fourth Dimension in St. Louis (532-4652... I still remember it!), a Networks II BBS, in 1983. I miss it.

My ex-husband and I ran The Junk Drawer, a pretty popular TRS-80 BBS running the spectacular and under-utilized MTABBS software. When we moved to Oregon, we handed it off to our friend Marlin, and he ran it for years, until the hardware finally gave out.

By the time the IBM PC guys got into the game, BBSing just wasn't as interesting anymore.

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obv/2 dead?! i think not!

2007-05-08T20:00:44Z

hey all,

just joined this tribe and i noticed that the last post was in july of 2006.. so here goes..

i used to run a board in the 609 area code back in the day.. i was an obv/2 freak at heart.. i ran mostly an art based board and also started and created insanity net -- a FIDO based mesage board that was pushed from the east coast to the west coast..

anyways, i have been feeling some kind of way lately about the sharp decline in bbs's since the boom of the internet.. i still have a passion for DOS based ANSI/ascii art and i since this feeling has pretty much taken over me the past few years, i just wanted to announce that i will soon be releasing an obv/2 clone that is going to be completely rewritten for modern technology and the internet.. i started working on the code this week and i already have the base network code complete..

yes, telnetting to my own box and seeing some nice ANSI and ascii art still gives me a chill down my spine.. oooooo lord i can't wait until the initial release..

so, here is a new topic to keep everyone's interest peaked.. if you have any questions or if you'd like to donate some time/code to the project, let me know..

so again, be on the look out for obv/2 .NET to be released soon.. i am writing it in C# on the .NET 2.0 platform using visual studio 2005..

so if there are any C# developers out there who might be interested, drop me a line ;)

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PAUL CASEY PASSED AWAY...

2006-07-13T15:56:16Z

posted on my bbs via f-rgn17 fidonet echo @ bbs.internetking.com.mx

Msg # 1748 Date: Tue 7-11-2006, 7:04 pm [I]
From: BOB JONES Read: 2 times

To: ALL Origin: 1:343/41
Subject: Paul Casey has passed on

All:

Just a note that was sent to me to pass on.... Paul Casey, sysop of Waka
Waka BBS, and the past NC of net 1:343 passed away on June 16, 2006. The
information I have is in the message forwarded below. I called Craig and
he requested the information to be passed on. If some of you know Paul's
interests better, let me know of any other appropriate echos and I will
forward the note as needed.

Bob Jones, 1:343/41

* Original Area: Local
* Original From: Craig Johnson (1:343/41)
* Original To : Bob Jones (1:343/41)
* Original Subj: Log-off comment

Hi Bob,

Just wanted to pass along the bad news that Paul Casey (sysop of Waka Waka
BBS in Seattle) passed away on 06-16-06.
The doctor says it was due to kidney failure, but both his sister Tina and
I think it was something else; and she had an autopsy performed. The
results of the autopsy results won't be known until at least 07-20-06.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but he is very likely going to
be cremated and his ashes spread in a city park - if regulations permit of
course.

Please feel free to contact me at 1-916-422-1355 (landline) or 1-206-390-
9749 (cellular). 8:00am to 9:00pm PDT.

My current address is:

Craig Johnson
c/o The LED Museum
1090 Lake Front Dr. #618
Sacramento CA. 95831

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Top Hat 2 BBS (1:343/41)
SEEN-BY: 10/3 17/23 67 105/360 134/77 138/142 146 255 390 391 392 666 140/1
3
SEEN-BY: 140/12 17 153/7715 342/5 343/41

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Check your tenses, folks... :)

2006-06-16T05:29:31Z

There are quite a few BBSes still alive and kicking. Synchronet BBS (http://www.synchro.net) is a wonderful application that works as a 6-line telnet-able BBS with web, telnet and news interface. File areas are available via FTP, it's free, and it runs on most any Windows box.

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linux based bbses...

2006-06-03T01:03:24Z

i hear there's a number of linux based bbses out there now... i used to run a wwiv board years ago, and the idea of running a board again is pretty appealing..

i was wondering if anyone had any experiences with any particular *nix based bbs packages out there... good or bad.. =)

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Favorite Door Game

2006-05-27T10:12:10Z

What was everyone's favorite? My personal favorite was Space Dynasty and second was Food Fite.

Paul

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wildfire bbs

2006-05-20T15:20:27Z

does anyone remember Wildfire in the SFBay area? I used to dialup to them and I'm looking for information.

And did the Well ever run a BBS? (I'm doing some research)

thanks

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Mutants!

2006-05-12T14:06:25Z

While not really a game for the single-line BBS, this has been one of my favorites for ages. I recently found a telnet'able, free BBS with Mutants but someone fuxxor'd the game with ion force fields on every year between 2000 and 5000. So much for playing.

Any addresses for other bbs's that run it? Please? :D

-Meghan

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bbses frapper http://frappr.com/bbses

2006-05-04T06:41:21Z

the bbses frappr is a great sort of graphical bbs list.. with forums and other little goodies.

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Porting FORUM-PC and SEARCHLIGHT

2006-05-03T14:56:21Z

Hey all.

I found the old source code (Pascal) for Forum-PC, and have copyright to the source code for Searchlight BBS. Would anyone be interested in a Unix/Linux/OSX port that answers via Telnet, or that can be used as an actual dial-in BBS? I've been twiddling with the idea for a few days, but don't feel like putting energy into it unless it's going to be used/useful.

-M

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Porting old BBS games

2006-01-19T06:24:04Z

We need to start porting some of the old BBS game classics to the web. I know that some of this was done in an ad-hoc fashion, but perhaps we could do a big emulator that would let the original binaries run?

Just a thought. I would love to login to tribe and be able to play space dynasty for example.

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Anyone ever get addicted to Trade Wars

2006-01-19T06:21:07Z

I loved this game. A classic memory of the BBS days.

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415/510/650 BBSs

2006-01-18T09:12:25Z

I was on a lot of the BBSs in the 415/510/650 area codes. My first was probably BALC (Bay Area Love Connection). 16 line BBS running Deluxe with 2400 Baud modems. About as fast as was needed for a chat board.

Some of the other BBSs I used to be on were SFNet (of course), California Connection (or CalCon), Connections, Dating Tree. These were the multi line BBSs. There were also a few single line ones. DSP is the only one whose name I can recall now.

My favorite BBS was Virtual Pleasures or just VP. Still hear from some people I knew from VP. That was running MajorBBS by Galacticom.

For most of the BBS experience, I was using a Macintosh Plus and using Hayes SmartCom to connect.

If any of the aforemetioned BBS names rings a bell, lemme know. It was a fun time while it lasted.

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SoCal BBS'ers Represent!

2006-01-16T06:04:24Z

Anyone here BBS in SoCali? Ever hit a user meet or anything? I'm trying to remember all the boards I used to frequent:

Clockwork Orange (shit blew up when 4node WWiV hit)
Snake's Place
Weasel's Den (i think it was called that)

Anyone ever courier or pirate?

-e

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BBS: The Documentary

2005-07-20T06:14:57Z

You might have heard of Jason Scott, the self-made BBS historian who started www.Textfiles.com - an awesome web site, all in green monospace type.

He has created a documentary film called "BBS: The Documentary" in which he has interviewed many old school BBSers and programmers, from users, sysops and ANSI artists to folks like Ward Christensen (author of XModem).

I saw some excerpts from the film at DefCon this year. It's cool, really brings back memories and puts the BBSing scenes into perspective like an outsider would never have been able to do.

Check out previews and info, and maybe order a copy, at: www.bbsdocumentary.com

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Fave Software?

2005-07-18T18:42:20Z

What was your favorite BBS software to run?

I was partial to Oblivion/2. Also really dug Celerity too :) Anyone else? I remember spending hours/days/weeks creating new menu sets, infoforms, matrix logins, and ansi welcome menus.. couldn't get enough of it :)

Jason

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WWIV was the best BBS

2005-07-15T13:20:52Z

All the others (PC Board, Wildcat, etc.) were not near as cool as WWIV. It also had the best online door games.

I want all of the other "Palace BBS" users to post their thoughts on this.

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609

2004-10-07T20:00:37Z

Anyone from South Jersey? I used to be on all the boards, The Garden, Supernova, Dante's Inferno...there was some others.

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Most Memorable...

2004-10-04T16:32:25Z

I think most of us can agree that the old BBS days were a time to build reputations and often explorer the "darker side" of computers.
What BBS/handle/topic was most memorable to you and why?

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Anyone remember DMG BBS or Jabber QWK reader?

2004-07-06T22:35:52Z

Just curious if anyone remembered either of these programs/systems. I managed to get my BBS hooked up to Fidonet managing northern CA above SF with 125/80 (sad I can remember that :-) and had quite a few friends in those days throughout northern CA and a few across country (had a pirate phreaker board for awhile until I got "the call" and took it all down).

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Nighthawks Lair...

2004-05-27T21:18:01Z

Anyone remember it from NJ ? Found it listed in an old Computer Shopper at the Library.

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What a blast from the past!!!

2004-05-27T21:10:38Z

I remember my first call to The Dragon's Weyr in Livingston, NJ, back in '84. I had a C64 (the first of many, since I seemed to generate a field that made them self-destruct)and a 300baud modem. The boards I called were almost all DragonSoft and 2AM, and I met great people (met my husband that way, in fact!) We used to have an annual inter-BBS picnic, and pub runs for the legal adults to meet. I even ran a 2AM board myself for a while, but kids and house and Fidonet interfered eventually. Nice to see I'm not the only one reminiscing about the good old days!

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Hi!

2004-04-19T22:15:11Z

I'm so glad that someone put together a tribe like this so that I don't have to (I'm a lazy BBSer) --- Good ... so now there's a place where people might know what a GTG is and where I'm not when I'm AFK. Why it's really funny when you say "Re" to someone, and when to and not to use +++

:D

Good to be here.

- Eric

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Setting up a bbs...

2003-12-16T04:18:06Z

I'm looking at setting up a BBS for fellow door game junkies. My question is, has anyone here ever found a way to run Iniquity through telnet?

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BaddeManors

2003-12-09T01:36:45Z

beast read about trade wars. beast never play hear about raiding planets hear no longer able to. beast say no fun.

beast play baddemanors. beast recommend. new game. text based. trivia devices. beast think interesting. beast hear to spread word about game.

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A lost world...

2003-12-06T18:17:37Z

I remember dialing into one or two line BBS systems run off my PCs stuck on a cabinet in my friend's houses... I remember bulletin boards, lousy threading, and on-line/off-line community... I remember thinking how cool fidonet was... how awesome it was that I could talk to someone in Germany via Outworld in Los Angeles (which was huge, it had 32 lines at the end).

Then I discovered Usenet. :)

But, somehow, I don't think anything has quite recreated the combination of geographic community, online and offline, that the BBS world fostered.

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Pre-teen Voices Setting Off the Carrier Detect...

2003-12-02T17:18:29Z

...on a 1200 baud modem.

Cobra, where are you now?

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Ufortunatly, I come from Israel

2003-11-27T22:52:58Z

So my BBS experiance must have been a little different, But.. I do remember the good old days, when I was the SysOp of 2, with a small amount of 4 lines :)
But even tough, I used to get some US users from time to time :)
I'm glad to find that there are more people who remember the BBS!

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Hello!

2003-11-13T13:10:12Z

Hi everyone, I am a long time RemoteAccess sysop! I really wish BBS's hadn't died, they had a great sense of community in thier day. Ah well.

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