Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I am new I suppose I should introduce my self.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

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Re: bored
By: Surkey to All on Fri Oct 09 2020 03:57 am

I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I am new I suppo I should introduce my self.

Welcome to the DoveNet!

Sure, this is a messaging *network*. Messages posted here propagate to different BBS which are part of the network too. Think Usenet, but without the troll overload.

--
gopher://gopher.operationalsecurity.es

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Re: bored
By: Surkey to All on Fri Oct 09 2020 03:57 am

I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras play my music.

Nice to meet you. I don't bake, but I love to eat. :)

I hope you all welcome me here.

Welcome! Glad to have you here!

BlaZ

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þ Synchronet þ The Penalty Box | Peoria, IL | pbox.no-ip.org

Surkey wrote to All <=-

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I
am new I suppose I should introduce my self.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been
writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras
play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and
have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

Welcome aboard! What kind of music are you into? Very much into smooth
jazz and the jazz standards as well.

... Got my tie caught in the fax... Suddenly I was in L.A.
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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Arelor wrote to Surkey <=-

Welcome to the DoveNet!

Sure, this is a messaging *network*. Messages posted here propagate to different BBS which are part of the network too. Think Usenet, but
without the troll overload.

Although with some of the recent posts I have seen lately, I am not so
sure that this is the case anymore :)

... ** ERROR ** Unable to insert witty tagline.
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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Re: bored
By: Surkey to All on Fri Oct 09 2020 03:57 am

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I am new I suppose I should introduce my self.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

Hello Abraham. I think you're a little mistaken... BBSes pre-date the world-wide-web and have been around for almost four decades, not two. Yes, you're right, Bulletin Boards are a form of message board where people can discuss anything and everything.

Hope you enjoy your stay here!

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Re: bored
By: Andeddu to Surkey on Fri Oct 09 2020 05:03 pm

world-wide-web and have been around for almost four decades, not two. Yes, you're right, Bulletin Boards are a form of message board where people can discuss anything and everything.

Bulletin boards as we tend to think about them are more than just message boards. What we tend to call "bulletin boards" are online systems that also have online games, files, online chat, etc., in addition to just message boards.

Nightfox

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þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

Surkey wrote to All <=-

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I
am new I suppose I should introduce my self.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been
writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras
play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and
have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

Welcome. Many of us used BBS's in the last millenium. They were my
first "online" experience as a teenager in the 1990s. Back then, that
was the way to get shareware games, tracker music, demos, utilities,
text files and other miscellaneous odds and ends, including Doom levels
and game addons.

I'm here more for messaging now, but you'll see that some BBS's have
taken great effort to provide a unique look and experience, such as
Xibalba or Absinthe. I still like the simplicity of them, and it is
nice to be able to navigate around with nicely coloured text screens
than hyperlinks and hamburger menus. It's a more interactive
experience, that makes you feel more like you are in some other place,
someone elses world.



... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!
--- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.29
þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com

Hello Surkey, er.. Abraham!

** On Thursday 08.10.20 - 22:57, surkey wrote to All:

I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have
been writing music since I was around 7 and I have had
chamber orchestras play my music. For baking, I love making
different types of bread and have even cultivated wild
yeast. I hope you all welcome me here.

Welcome to the group! Baking is a fine skill. Your early
music experience sounds impressive.

Speaking of music, I can't seem to get enough of the material
from Two Steps From Hell. It is amazing what just primilary
one person is writing and producing. The following is a fine
example of the type of music - a cross between orchestral and
symphonic rock:

Two Steps From Hell - Dragon - Track 1: Unbreakable

https://open.spotify.com/track/2LNaHOlGadVUkhiIUwc5Bs

Stick around!

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Re: Re: bored
By: Warp 4 to Arelor on Fri Oct 09 2020 02:58 pm

Sure, this is a messaging *network*. Messages posted here propagate to different BBS which are part of the network too. Think Usenet, but
without the troll overload.

Although with some of the recent posts I have seen lately, I am not so
sure that this is the case anymore :)

BULL DINKEY!!

HusTler

|13 Havens BBS
|12 (havens.synchro.net:23)

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þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net

On 10-09-20 03:57, Surkey wrote to All <=-

@VIA: VERT/IXWORX
Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I
am new I suppose I should introduce my self.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been
writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras
play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and
have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

Welcome aboard and enjoy BBSing. :)


... Hey, look! A completely new undocumented fea&%$#*@ NO CARRIER
--- MultiMail/Win v0.51
þ Synchronet þ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.au

On 10-09-20 17:03, Andeddu wrote to Surkey <=-

Hello Abraham. I think you're a little mistaken... BBSes pre-date the world-wide-web and have been around for almost four decades, not two.
Yes, you're right, Bulletin Boards are a form of message board where people can discuss anything and everything.

Hmm, I thought the first BBS released in 1978, but BBS message networks were a 1980s thing. :)


... No one does as much harm as one going about doing good.
--- MultiMail/Win v0.51
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Re: bored
By: Arelor to Surkey on Fri Oct 09 2020 10:13 am

I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a
message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I
am new I suppo I should introduce my self.

Welcome to the network!!

Gate Keeper

Re: bored
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Oct 09 2020 01:58 pm

Bulletin boards as we tend to think about them are more than just message boards. What we tend to call "bulletin boards" are online systems that also have online games, files, online chat, etc., in addition to just message boards.

Yeh, I wouldn't have known had I not watched "BBS The Documentary" a few months ago. Do people still use BBSes for file transfer and door games these days? I've never found an active IRC on BBS however I have been able to engage in live chat with people when trying out games such as LegendMUD and BatMUD. There's a lot more to these networks than meets the eye.

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þ Synchronet þ BBS for Amstrad computer users including CPC, PPC and PCW!

Nightfox wrote to Andeddu <=-

world-wide-web and have been around for almost four decades, not two. Yes, you're right, Bulletin Boards are a form of message board where people can discuss anything and everything.

Bulletin boards as we tend to think about them are more than just
message boards. What we tend to call "bulletin boards" are online
systems that also have online games, files, online chat, etc., in
addition to just message boards.

So, following this logic, FaceBook could also be considered a BBS of
sorts. :)

... What is mind? No matter! What is matter? Never mind! - Homer S.
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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... Arelor scribbled to Surkey in the sand ...

Re: bored
By: Surkey to All on Fri Oct 09 2020 03:57 am

I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I am new I suppo I should introduce my self.

Welcome to the DoveNet!

Sure, this is a messaging *network*. Messages posted here propagate to different BBS which are part of the network too. Think Usenet, but
without the troll overload.

I like the FTN/QWK networks the most. I don't care much for all the usenet spam.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... The number you have dailed...Nine-one-one...has been changed.
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

... Surkey scribbled to All in the sand ...

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.

Welcome aboard! Great to see you!

I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.

So far so good!

I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I
am new I suppose I should introduce my self.

I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been
writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras
play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and
have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

You're certainly welcomed. That was a nice introduction and thanks for sharing.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

Re: bored
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Oct 10 2020 01:00 pm

Re: bored
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Fri Oct 09 2020 01:58 pm

Bulletin boards as we tend to think about them are more than just message boards. What we tend to call "bulletin boards" are online systems that a have online games, files, online chat, etc., in addition to just message boards.

Yeh, I wouldn't have known had I not watched "BBS The Documentary" a few mon ago. Do people still use BBSes for file transfer and door games these days? I've never found an active IRC on BBS however I have been able to engage in live chat with people when trying out games such as LegendMUD and BatMUD. There's a lot more to these networks than meets the eye.

I play a lot ogf Global War at BBSLink. I also play Tradewars 2002 at net298.net.

You are invited to join the fun.


--
gopher://gopher.operationalsecurity.es

---
þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL

Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Arelor on Sat Oct 10 2020 08:58 am

Welcome to the DoveNet!

Sure, this is a messaging *network*. Messages posted here propagate to different BBS which are part of the network too. Think Usenet, but without the troll overload.

I like the FTN/QWK networks the most. I don't care much for all the usenet spam.

Sincerely,

There is still some fun to be had on the Usenet, but the network itself is an empty shell of what it used to be. So sad. If newsmasters had taken a bit more seriously the task of preventing floods and spams the whole thing would be more usable.

The protocol itself is very nice still. It is gerat to be able to follow FOSS mailing lists via NNTP at news.gmane.io, for example.

--
gopher://gopher.operationalsecurity.es

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þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL

Re: bored
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sat Oct 10 2020 01:00 pm

Yeh, I wouldn't have known had I not watched "BBS The Documentary" a few months ago. Do people still use BBSes for file transfer and door games these days?

Door games still seem fairly popular. File transfers don't seem to get much use, though sometimes I do see files downloaded from my BBS.

Nightfox

---
þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

Re: Re: bored
By: Vk3jed to Andeddu on Sat Oct 10 2020 06:08 pm

Hmm, I thought the first BBS released in 1978, but BBS message networks were a 1980s thing. :)

I had heard the first BBS was released around then, 1978 or 1979 by Ward Christiansen, according to "BBS: The Documentary".

Nightfox

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þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

... Arelor scribbled to Jon Justvig in the sand ...

Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Arelor on Sat Oct 10 2020 08:58 am

I like the FTN/QWK networks the most. I don't care much for all the usenet spam.

There is still some fun to be had on the Usenet, but the network itself
is an empty shell of what it used to be. So sad. If newsmasters had
taken a bit more seriously the task of preventing floods and spams the whole thing would be more usable.

It's possible that's either too much for the maintainers to handle and/or it isn't worth it to them to keep the trash out.

The protocol itself is very nice still. It is gerat to be able to
follow FOSS mailing lists via NNTP at news.gmane.io, for example.

Yeah, there is some good Usenet stuff out there, it's just digging through
all the garbage to find it that doesn't suit me very well.

Garbage and all that stuff is everywhere we go though; it's just finding the best venue to find the things that interest you most. I don't see mailing
list to be all that of a burden; it seems interesting.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... Should I or shouldn't I?... Too late, I did!
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

Re: bored
By: Arelor to Andeddu on Sat Oct 10 2020 12:12 pm

I play a lot ogf Global War at BBSLink. I also play Tradewars 2002 at net298.net.

There's a pretty active game of LORD going on at http://lord.gear.host (3 actually). There aren't any IGMs installed, but it's still pretty fun to play since there are others playing as well.

Jay

... What did the buffalo say when his son went to college? Bison

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þ Synchronet þ Northern Realms

Re: bored
By: Surkey to All on Fri Oct 09 2020 03:57 am

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.

Welcome! I'm pretty new here myself but conversations are always going on and some great banter.



Jeff Bodenstein
Coffee House BBS

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... Warpslide scribbled to Arelor in the sand ...

Re: bored
By: Arelor to Andeddu on Sat Oct 10 2020 12:12 pm

I play a lot ogf Global War at BBSLink. I also play Tradewars 2002 at net298.net.

There's a pretty active game of LORD going on at http://lord.gear.host
(3 actually). There aren't any IGMs installed, but it's still pretty
fun to play since there are others playing as well.

That's all the more reason I should get some more games going with the
people that visit and enjoy playing in their spare time or time they use for something fun. I'm thinking right now I'll make a special place for LORD
and make a few games with different IGMs in each of them for people to play around with. It's fun to see people calling and actually resources than everything sitting idle.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... A years worth of rubbers is considered a Goodyear.
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

... pcmedtek scribbled to Surkey in the sand ...

Re: bored
By: Surkey to All on Fri Oct 09 2020 03:57 am

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.

Welcome! I'm pretty new here myself but conversations are always going
on and some great banter.

Welcome to the both of you. Like I've mentioned in an podcast, I see that
more and more people are coming back to the BBS scene or just new people in general. It's great to see familiar and new faces on the scene and it's
that much more fun to provide service when/where it's needed.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

On 10-10-20 11:35, Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-

@VIA: VERT/DIGDIST
Re: Re: bored
By: Vk3jed to Andeddu on Sat Oct 10 2020 06:08 pm

Hmm, I thought the first BBS released in 1978, but BBS message networks were a 1980s thing. :)

I had heard the first BBS was released around then, 1978 or 1979 by
Ward Christiansen, according to "BBS: The Documentary".

1978, IIRC. Fidonet came along in 1984.


... Stewardess Trainee: "Where does this door gooooooooooo??"
--- MultiMail/Win v0.51
þ Synchronet þ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.au

Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Warpslide on Sun Oct 11 2020 01:52 am

That's all the more reason I should get some more games going with the people that visit and enjoy playing in their spare time or time they use for something fun. I'm thinking right now I'll make a special place for LORD
and make a few games with different IGMs in each of them for people to play around with. It's fun to see people calling and actually resources than everything sitting idle.

Put up GlobalWar that's my Fav. I play daily.

Wow my internet sucks today ;-(

HusTler

|13 Havens BBS
|12 (havens.synchro.net:23)

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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Warpslide on Sun Oct 11 2020 01:52 am

That's all the more reason I should get some more games going with the people that visit and enjoy playing in their spare time or time they use for something fun. I'm thinking right now I'll make a special place for LORD and make a few games with different IGMs in each of them for people to play around with. It's fun to see people calling and actually resources than everything sitting idle.

a lord game with no igms means the sysop doesnt give a fuck. there's lots of ways to customize your lord games. sysops that dont take advantage of that suck ass.
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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to pcmedtek on Sun Oct 11 2020 01:55 am

Welcome to the both of you. Like I've mentioned in an podcast, I see that more and more people are coming back to the BBS scene or just new people in general. It's great to see familiar and new faces on the scene and it's that much more fun to provide service when/where it's needed.

i run several well established bbses and i watch the other bbses.

this year has been the worst for real users and 'new faces'

and that's with people sitting at home during the lockdown.
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Re: Re: bored
By: Vk3jed to Andeddu on Sat Oct 10 2020 06:08 pm

Hmm, I thought the first BBS released in 1978, but BBS message networks were a 1980s thing. :)

You're right. The first public dial-up Bulletin Board was launched on Feb 16th 1978 by Ward Christensen. I remember him from The BBS Documentary.

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Re: bored
By: Arelor to Andeddu on Sat Oct 10 2020 12:12 pm

I play a lot ogf Global War at BBSLink. I also play Tradewars 2002 at net298.net.

You are invited to join the fun.

Thanks, Arelor. I am still trying to find my way about the BBS world. I tend to stick to the boards that I know well such as DOVE-NET, Level-29 (r/retrobattlestations board) and a few other hobby boards. Always up for exploring whatever else is out there whenever I get an evening free.

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þ Synchronet þ BBS for Amstrad computer users including CPC, PPC and PCW!

Re: Re: bored
By: Nightfox to Vk3jed on Sat Oct 10 2020 11:35 am

I had heard the first BBS was released around then, 1978 or 1979 by Ward Christiansen, according to "BBS: The Documentary".

Nightfox

Ohh, you're in before me. I Googled that earlier on and replied to the message. I see that ARPANET was around prior to Bulletin Boards. I wonder if they were both the same in terms of functionality... I do know ARPANET was restricted to the U.S. Department of Defence and a number of subscribed university departments. I take it that Bulletin Boards are a public use variation of the network? I see ARPANET eventually implemented TCP/IP - it clearly had a large part to play in the development of the world wide web.

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þ Synchronet þ BBS for Amstrad computer users including CPC, PPC and PCW!

MRO wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

a lord game with no igms means the sysop doesnt give a fuck.
there's lots of ways to customize your lord games. sysops that
dont take advantage of that suck ass.

Bullshit. Some folks (myself included) prefer a stock LORD game,
to eliminate the advantages that some players can get from IGMs.
It's a more pure game without the IGMs.

Ideally, a Sysop offers both a standard game and an IGM game.



... He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly
--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL

Re: Re: bored
By: Gamgee to MRO on Sun Oct 11 2020 02:55 pm

Bullshit. Some folks (myself included) prefer a stock LORD game,
to eliminate the advantages that some players can get from IGMs.
It's a more pure game without the IGMs.

I currently run a stock LORD game... not a bad idea to set up an IGM laden version and run both. once I, you know, learn how, and actually have users playing games on my board. Hah.
_____
Kurisu Yamato
www.xadara.com

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... HusTler scribbled to Jon Justvig in the sand ...

Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Warpslide on Sun Oct 11 2020 01:52 am

That's all the more reason I should get some more games going with the people that visit and enjoy playing in their spare time or time they use for something fun. I'm thinking right now I'll make a special place for LORD
and make a few games with different IGMs in each of them for people to play around with. It's fun to see people calling and actually resources than everything sitting idle.

Put up GlobalWar that's my Fav. I play daily.

A registered GlobarWar is on my BBS... steppingstonebbs.com for everyone to play. There is a game that just started. You're welcome to play.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... Computer Hacker wanted. Must have own axe.
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

... MRO scribbled to Jon Justvig in the sand ...

Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Warpslide on Sun Oct 11 2020 01:52 am

That's all the more reason I should get some more games going with the people that visit and enjoy playing in their spare time or time they use for something fun. I'm thinking right now I'll make a special place for LORD and make a few games with different IGMs in each of them for people to play around with. It's fun to see people calling and actually resources than everything sitting idle.

a lord game with no igms means the sysop doesnt give a fuck. there's
lots of ways to customize your lord games. sysops that dont take advantage of that suck ass. ---

Yeah, I installed three new LORD games with IGMS in each of them. Brand new games, registered. Come play.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

... What do you mean, QWK?? It took me over an hour to read!!
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
þ Synchronet þ Stepping Stone BBS - stepping.synchro.net

MRO wrote to Jon Justvig <=-

@VIA: VERT/BBSESINF
@MSGID: <5F8330E6.4173.dove-gen@bbses.info>
@REPLY: <5F82AE59.9582.dove-dove-gen@steppingstonebbs.com>
Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Warpslide on Sun Oct 11 2020 01:52 am

That's all the more reason I should get some more games going with the people that visit and enjoy playing in their spare time or time they use for something fun. I'm thinking right now I'll make a special place for LORD and make a few games with different IGMs in each of them for people to play around with. It's fun to see people calling and actually resources than everything sitting idle.

a lord game with no igms means the sysop doesnt give a fuck. there's
lots of ways to customize your lord games. sysops that dont take advantage of that suck ass. ---
þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::

Or they are new and just learing... :P
... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
þ Synchronet þ Coffee House BBS - Lisle, IL (bbs.coffeehousebbs.me)

Re: Re: bored
By: Andeddu to Nightfox on Sun Oct 11 2020 06:36 pm

I had heard the first BBS was released around then, 1978 or 1979 by
Ward Christiansen, according to "BBS: The Documentary".

Ohh, you're in before me. I Googled that earlier on and replied to the message. I see that ARPANET was around prior to Bulletin Boards. I wonder if they were both the same in terms of functionality... I do know ARPANET was restricted to the U.S. Department of Defence and a number of subscribed university departments. I take it that Bulletin Boards are a public use variation of the network? I see ARPANET eventually implemented TCP/IP - it clearly had a large part to play in the development of the world wide web.

No, not really. Arpanet was a precursor to the internet, using TCP/IP protocols & such. BBSes were separate and distinct from Arpanet.

Nightfox

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þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com

On 10-11-20 18:03, Andeddu wrote to Vk3jed <=-

You're right. The first public dial-up Bulletin Board was launched on
Feb 16th 1978 by Ward Christensen. I remember him from The BBS Documentary.

Yes, that should be a question for a BBS Trivia door. ;)


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Re: Re: bored
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Sun Oct 11 2020 07:33 pm

No, not really. Arpanet was a precursor to the internet, using TCP/IP protocols & such. BBSes were separate and distinct from Arpanet.

Nightfox

Cheers for clearing that up. I wasn't sure if BBSes were completely seperate or an evolution of an older network.

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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to HusTler on Sun Oct 11 2020 07:16 pm

A registered GlobarWar is on my BBS... steppingstonebbs.com for everyone to play. There is a game that just started. You're welcome to play.

I am mostly playing BBSLink Global War from Hustler's BBS, but I will show up for tha game later :-)

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Surkey wrote to All <=-

Sup, just joined here out of curiosity and out of pure celebration that bbs has been running for around 2 decades now.
I hope everybody here will enjoy my presence.
I am not entierly sure what this bbs is about but this seems to be a message board (maybe kind of like 4chan but in telnet?). Given that I
am new I suppose I should introduce my self.
I'm Abraham. I like to bake and I love to make music. I have been
writing music since I was around 7 and I have had chamber orchestras
play my music. For baking, I love making different types of bread and
have even cultivated wild yeast.
I hope you all welcome me here.

Welcome!!! Hope you enjoy as much as we do!


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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to HusTler on Sun Oct 11 2020 07:16 pm

A registered GlobarWar is on my BBS... steppingstonebbs.com for everyone to play. There is a game that just started. You're welcome to play.

I am mostly playing BBSLink Global War from Hustler's BBS, but I will
show up for tha game later :-)

Sounds like I need to get BBSLink on my system too. Shouldn't be too complicated. Already have it on Raiders Inc BBS.

I look forward to seeing you on my BBS to play Global War. We need a few active participants to get the game going.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to Arelor on Mon Oct 12 2020 06:58 pm

Sounds like I need to get BBSLink on my system too. Shouldn't be too complicated. Already have it on Raiders Inc BBS.

I look forward to seeing you on my BBS to play Global War. We need a few active participants to get the game going.

How many boards do you have Jon??
Regards, Havens BBS
HusTler (havens.synchro.net:23)

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I look forward to seeing you on my BBS to play Global War. We need a few active participants to get the game going.

The actual Global War game is in Games II. I had an extra one in Games III that I took out from a long time ago. Feel free to check it out.

How many boards do you have Jon??

(1) Raiders Inc BBS (mystic) -- vintagebbsing.com:1337
(2) Stepping Stone BBS (sbbs) -- steppingstonebbs.com
(3) Nightfall Ordain (bbbs) -- vintagebbsing.com:2323

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to HusTler on Tue Oct 13 2020 11:02 am

How many boards do you have Jon??

(1) Raiders Inc BBS (mystic) -- vintagebbsing.com:1337
(2) Stepping Stone BBS (sbbs) -- steppingstonebbs.com
(3) Nightfall Ordain (bbbs) -- vintagebbsing.com:2323

I checked out Nightfall Ordain. I still need to try Raiders Inc.

HusTler
Regards, Havens BBS
HusTler (havens.synchro.net:23)

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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to HusTler on Tue Oct 13 2020 11:02 am

How many boards do you have Jon??

(1) Raiders Inc BBS (mystic) -- vintagebbsing.com:1337
(2) Stepping Stone BBS (sbbs) -- steppingstonebbs.com
(3) Nightfall Ordain (bbbs) -- vintagebbsing.com:2323

I checked out Nightfall Ordain. I still need to try Raiders Inc.

Cool. What'd you think ov BBBS?

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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Re: Re: bored
By: Jon Justvig to HusTler on Wed Oct 14 2020 05:45 pm

How many boards do you have Jon??

(1) Raiders Inc BBS (mystic) -- vintagebbsing.com:1337
(2) Stepping Stone BBS (sbbs) -- steppingstonebbs.com
(3) Nightfall Ordain (bbbs) -- vintagebbsing.com:2323

I checked out Nightfall Ordain. I still need to try Raiders Inc.

Cool. What'd you think ov BBBS?

Thought it was it little awkward like Wildcat.

HusTler
Regards, Havens BBS
HusTler (havens.synchro.net:23)

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How many boards do you have Jon??

(1) Raiders Inc BBS (mystic) -- vintagebbsing.com:1337
(2) Stepping Stone BBS (sbbs) -- steppingstonebbs.com
(3) Nightfall Ordain (bbbs) -- vintagebbsing.com:2323

I checked out Nightfall Ordain. I still need to try Raiders Inc.

Cool. What'd you think of BBBS?

Thought it was it little awkward like Wildcat.

Awhile it is mostly ASCII based, with a little ANSI color, BBBS is great
for networking such as hatching files, import/exporting Fidonet messages, setting poll times, building a big file base, etc...

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

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