trying to get a feel for who's on the network. drop a line with yo handle, BBS name, software, and how long you've been running.

I started Realms BBS (and RealmsNet) back in 1994, and closed it in 95
or early 96. It was running Remote Access on DOS at the time from an IBM PS/2 386SX with a
14k modem. I recently rebuilt everything using Mystic and Synchronet.

the 90s were a great time for bbsing!

pweck
sysopnet 23:1/1
bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

... Electricity is really just organized lightning.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)

trying to get a feel for who's on the network. drop a line with your han BBS name, software, and how long you've been running.

I’ve been in the tech industry my whole life, but my networking journey really started back in the late '80s when I ran a two-line BBS called CyberDyne 2000 out of Budd Lake, NJ. When I started working for an ISP
in '94, the internet was just about to explode, and BBSing naturally slipped away for a while.

Fast forward to early 2025: I got into retro computing and was surprised to discover the BBS scene is still alive and kicking. I experimented
with a few different software packages before settling on Synchronet. In February 2026, I brought my music-focused board, Jersey Jam BBS, online. It currently runs Synchronet 3.21e on Windows Server Standard 2022, powered by a Dell OptiPlex 9020 i5 3.30Ghz with Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSDs.

welcome back, bbsing is making a slow comeback, but one all the same!

pweck
sysopnet 23:1/1
bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

... What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)

trying to get a feel for who's on the network. drop a line with your handle, BBS name, software, and how long you've been running.

i'll start: pweck, Pweck's Retreat BBS, Mystic (linux) on and off since 1995 starting with a 2400 baud modem and 2 line PCBoard

Shurato, Shurato's Heavenly Sphere, EleBBS Win/32 Go .11b1, an old hand since 1987-1992, then 1999-2016 with Ele and now 2022-2026 with Ele.

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
---
* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (23:1/104)

Re: Who's out there? Roll call!
By: pweck to All on Fri Sep 18 2026 16:29:51

trying to get a feel for who's on the network. drop a line with your handle, BBS name, software, and how long you've been running.

nelgin. End Of The Line BBS, Synchronet, of course, what else is there? It'll be 9 years next month.
--- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
* Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (23:250/12)

trying to get a feel for who's on the network. drop a line with your ha BBS name, software, and how long you've been running.

nelgin. End Of The Line BBS, Synchronet, of course, what else is there? It'll be 9 years next month.

welcome, not partial synchronet...

pweck
sysopnet 23:1/1
bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

... Top secret! Burn before reading!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)

Re: Re: Who's out there? Roll call!
By: pweck to Nigel Reed on Mon Sep 28 2026 19:15:31

welcome, not partial synchronet...

Yeah, well, I'm not partical to 500 lines of ansi files when I connect to a BBS which seems to be a Mystic norm. We all have our biases I guess.
--- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
* Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (23:250/12)

welcome, not partial synchronet...

Yeah, well, I'm not partical to 500 lines of ansi files when I connect
to a BBS which seems to be a Mystic norm. We all have our biases I guess.

yes we do!

pweck
sysopnet 23:1/1
bbs.pwecksretreat.com:2332

... I don't have the time for a hobby. I have a computer.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Pweck's Retreat (23:1/1)