bbs of old days

[Knightly]

http://www.synchro.net/

So cool sdabbs. Course...now I have to start my own BBS again. =P

[Angelox]

I have this client I always used since Internet started (and still do) - although its abandon-ware, it still runs fine. I even had it runing perfect with wine under Linux, but now it doesn't work and I can't figure out why.
its's called RIPTEL ver 3.1. It easily ran all the RIP graphics-Doors. You can easily Google-Find it, or I can post a link to mine.

[rojadruid]

Yeah I have riptell for my bbs. But I have been searching for quite awhile now for a comport redirector to be able to use telnet for my BBS. I have been looking for one that is freeware, but have had no luck

[Angelox]

Originally Posted by rojadruid

Yeah I have riptell for my bbs. But I have been searching for quite awhile now for a comport redirector to be able to use telnet for my BBS. I have been looking for one that is freeware, but have had no luck

what brand bbs do you have, and what OS?

[rojadruid]

Originally Posted by Angelox

what brand bbs do you have, and what OS?

I use an old BBS software called PROBOARD. Works great easy to setup and licencing was not that bad back in the day. I currently run it under winxp without any problems.

[Aramid]

Wow, BBS days.... I started on a Commodore 64 running a Punter BBS from a floppy, then expanded with some old PET Computer IEEE Floppies, then added the MSD Dual Drive and finally ended up with the LT. Kernal Hard Drives . 20 MB for 1100.00 what a bargain. lol. I ported over games from the CNET BBS and had 14 overlays that compiled in Basic. It took 3 hours on the C-64. I then got a C-128 and could compile it blind in 90 minutes. I say Blind because I entered a poke to let me compile it on the C-128 but didn't get to see the prompt screens and had to key it in blind. I had done it so many times, I knew what to put...

After some years, I switched to Wildcat BBS from Mustang Software and ran it on 3 computers with 3 phone lines. I was also an Echomail Hub and used FrontDoor as my forwarding program and used QuickBBS to run the ecohmail forums on.

Those were the days... Get an e-mail message to the west coast in 2 days...

It was fun though...

[rojadruid]

Originally Posted by Aramid

I was also an Echomail Hub and used FrontDoor as my forwarding program.

Yeah I used frontdoor as well as well the front door for years. and Fast echo as my mail tosser for echo mail.

[sdabbs65]

I want a majorbbs clone.
I have to say majormud was the best mud ever..
and it still exists after all these years for thousands of dollars.

X THANKS FOR THE TIP ON RIPTEL ver 3.1 been loking for that to port some mbbs games.

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by Aramid

Those were the days... Get an e-mail message to the west coast in 2 days...

That quote made me smile. WWIVNet, seemed so huge in the day. So many systems linked. So slow by todays comparison. What a different world we live in now, barely 20 years later.

[Amra]

Originally Posted by Knightly

http://www.synchro.net/

So cool sdabbs. Course...now I have to start my own BBS again. =P

I just downloaded it. Time to play Wow, I feel so nostalgic.

[Amra]

I downloaded an awesome documentary. I didn't buy it :( but it's packed with flashback info. I figured you guys would be intersted. Check your local torrent sites if you don't want to pay the $40-$50.

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/