Having recently just discovered the awesomeness which is the Ninja High School comic/manga series, I bought tons of issues and stared reading them from the...
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Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
Aug 6, 2007 10:56 am
... I'm just now catching up on this list, and know this is from a few weeks ago, but your most realistic options come down to the following... Run an existing...
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Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
Aug 6, 2007 11:03 am
... Although still technically a linux solution, there's a lot of super-tiney computers on a mb (with a cf card) that you could setup with a serial port, and...
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Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
Aug 6, 2007 11:26 am
... How about must run under an Operating System, or Hardware Platform that is at least 15 years old, not including DOS based BBSes. The last part is mainly...
3864
Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Aug 6, 2007 1:09 pm
... Using the c64 telnet to serial tool you can run any old dos based bbs by connecting two serial on the same machine together via a null modem. ...
3865
Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Aug 6, 2007 2:10 pm
Some ppl seem to have a problem explaining to people what a bbs is/was. This is how I explain it. A bbs is a place with an upload/download area, message ...
3866
nytflyr74107
Aug 7, 2007 4:07 pm
... that, it is ... under constant ... Buh? only if you want to do some *serious* changes to it. Its the easiest package I have ever run. I only made minor...
3867
Jim Hale
miditbone
Aug 8, 2007 12:03 am
I have to agree - Synchronet is top notch as is and only getting better... Jim Hale The MIDI Trombone BBS - http://mtbone.synchro.net ... From:...
3868
Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Aug 8, 2007 5:51 pm
... I disagree. Customizations require figuring out scripting bs, what files things are located in, etc. Plus it sends user passwords in plain text back to the...
3869
Andrew Wiskow
drewbrasil
Aug 16, 2007 7:37 am
The August 2007 edition of the Commodore 64/128 Bulletin Board List is now ready for viewing. You can access the list at the following address: ...
3870
Quag7
jcentury
Aug 21, 2007 12:39 pm
I am in the middle of putting up a quick "how to" web page targeted toward people who have no experience using bulletin board systems; it will be the sort of...
3871
ACTION
action_sysop
Aug 21, 2007 1:13 pm
Windows 95/98/XP/Vista HyperTerminal Private Edition version 6.3 http://www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/download.html _____ From: 80sBBS@yahoogroups.com...
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Jeff Burchell
__toxic__
Aug 21, 2007 4:33 pm
... PuTTY. http://puttyssh.org/ It's more widely known as an SSH client, but it does telnet and serial/modem communications just as well. It fits all three...
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Quag7
jcentury
Aug 21, 2007 5:37 pm
... Yeah, PuTTY is one of the true quality pieces of free Windows software; I hadn't thought to check how it supported color and so on. I use it daily from my...
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Bruce Landwaster
pyster
Aug 22, 2007 12:47 am
... use tutty, it has serial support. also, use the portable version of putty and tutty, as they do not need to be installed and leave no footprint. putty is...
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crashtestsuperstar
crashtestsup...
Sep 2, 2007 4:07 pm
Hello, everyone in the 80sBBS group, I recently joined this group after having one of those moments in reflecting, and did a quick search for 'Frankenstein's...
3876
Michael J. Ryan
tracker_1.rm
Oct 2, 2007 3:37 am
I've created simple installers for windows, for both syncterm, as well as mtelnet... SyncTERM works nice in linux too, but need to have the symlinks for sdl...
3877
dmccunney
dwmccunney
Oct 8, 2007 2:38 am
Hello, all: I ran across this group in the process of looking for something else, and nostalgia reared its head. I was active in BBSing in the late 80's and...
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Louis Wu
ozziewu
Oct 8, 2007 3:28 am
Your message brings back a lot of memories for me; I used to be co- sysop on Obvoius Front in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Great time for computers! I'm amazed at what...
3879
dmccunney
dwmccunney
Oct 8, 2007 4:08 am
... I managed to avoid Sysoping, though I was able to provide occasional technical advice. People back then asked "When are *you* going to set up a BBS?"....
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Joe
bigjoe11a
Oct 8, 2007 7:19 pm
I'm looking for some help installing some networks. Like fidonet qwk and one of my own. and is any one still running WWIVnet Thanks...
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Rod Barnhart
wintermute740
Oct 9, 2007 7:15 pm
WWIVnet is still around, but the last time I started to set my BBS software back up and inquired about it, it was recommended that I join FILEnet instead, as...
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Joe
bigjoe11a
Oct 9, 2007 9:18 pm
Thanks I sent him an email. I hope he will help. ... software...
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Joe
bigjoe11a
Oct 10, 2007 3:27 pm
I never did here back from the guy that I ask for help. I still need help installing and importing fidonet mail packets. An help with QWK networks. Does any...
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Tom Jackson
action_sysop
Oct 10, 2007 4:34 pm
Howdy....may try going to irc.bbsnet.org and asking some living people there. This is primarily a bunch of people reflecting on days gone by. :) Download an...
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Bigjoe
bigjoe11a
Oct 10, 2007 5:04 pm
Hi! Thanks for the info. It's just I use Chatzilla. I just don't know how to
use it yet ... From: Tom Jackson Date: 10/10/07 12:37:12 To:...
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Joe
bigjoe11a
Oct 11, 2007 2:45 pm
I can find version 4.30. Does any one know where I can get Version 4.31....
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Joe
bigjoe11a
Oct 11, 2007 2:45 pm
... by. :) ... plenty of ... That area seems to be down and they are changing servers. It did have an option to connect to "opers" and when I tried to type a...
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ACTION
action_sysop
Oct 12, 2007 2:30 pm
Um.no..they aren't down, they switched servers and the log on message is telling you to re-register your nickname and/or channel if you had one on the other...
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Bigjoe
bigjoe11a
Oct 12, 2007 3:12 pm
Cool, Thanks. Any way I tried to log in and I did. It just won't let me send
messages. There has to be some one that runs this software. WWIV Thanks again ... ...
