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Wednesday, September 07, 2011

September 2011 BBS Travels....

 

BBS Name                   Modem            ST    Software
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BandMaster                 604-266-5271    BC    Maximus        bandmaster.tzo.com
Not able to get on Sept 4th, but was on August 29th. 


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Bits & Bytes BBS        860-535-4284    CT    RemoteAccess   bnbbbs.dyndns.org
Not able to get on.
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Capitol City Online      502-875-8938    KY    GT-2000     cco.ath.cx
Connected but nothing ... September 4th.

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Chowdanet                   401-724-4410    RI    Wildcat     chowdanet.com
New messages, basically asking if I would try to get on more than once a quarter.   Working on that.  :P


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Christian Fellowship    856-933-7096    NJ    PCBoard       cfbbs.dtdns.net
Made some opening statements and conversation starters only to get back a one line response from the sysop... which is still something.  :P   THen I saw that there were more messages than my new message notification led me to believe.  Actually a good flury of messages.


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Electronic Chicken 416-273-7230   Synchronet   bbs.electronicchicken.com
---Yet to call---

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Eclectic BBS                214-987-2135    TX    TriBBS   (No Telnet)
(Unable to call since I am in Kuwait and no telnet line).


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Empire of the Dragon   303-679-0161    CO    Worldgroup  bbs.eotd.com
Unable to connect.   I saw a report on the BBS IRC chat that said they were unable to reach the BBS a week back.   I'm afraid it might be gone.  :(


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Idea Link                      301-949-5764    MD    PCBoard       (none I've found.)
---Yet to call---
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Lion's Den                    613-392-8896    ON    Synchronet     lionsden.darktech.org
---Yet to call---
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Marsden 11-6 CST       972-494-4424    TX    
Was down this week but I plan to call this weekend.
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Mezzanine                    940-565-9165    TX    Hermes II  mez.bbsindex.com
Got on about two weeks ago.
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Mysteria                       626-355-5347    CA    BBBS      mysteria.com
---Yet to call---
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Positronium                  337-984-4794    LA    Wildcat
---Yet to call---
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Prism BBS                    607-655-5652    NY    BBBS      filegate.net
---Yet to call---
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Prison Board                 972-329-0781    TX    NTServer    rdfig.net
Got on today... what can I say, my home BBS.   Ruben is thinking of getting rid of the lan line.  Looking into that option now. 
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Santronics Software      305-248-7815    FL    Wildcat            online.winserver.com
---Yet to call---
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Seattle Community Net 206-386-4199    WA    Unix                 scn.org
---Yet to call---
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Shareware Library         815-727-6072    IL    Telegard
---Yet to call---
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Sursum Corda! BBS      601-553-3671    MS    Maximus
---Yet to call---
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TDEC West BBS           530-534-5329    CA    TriBBS
---Yet to call---
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TechnoDrome                512-327-8598    TX    Maximus      technodrome.dyndns.org
---Yet to call---
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Vertrauen                       951-549-9994    CA    Synchronet    vert.synchro.net
---Yet to call---
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Xanadu                          780-439-8364    AB    Roboboard F/    xanadubbs.ca

---Yet to call---

And for all you Atari users out there...

 

Current Atari BBS list 2011
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Boot factory telnet://bfbbs.dtdns.net 
(Make sure to hit enter 3 times at start)
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=147035

- Currently down due to Hurricane Irene.   But should be back once all that washes over.
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Darkforces 
telnet://darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org 
(Make sure to hit enter at the start)
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=148716

- Going strong, like 50 callers a month is what Dark Child is saying.

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Electric Cafe telnet://thecafe.dtdns.net
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=149301

- Up, talking about yogurt and how Atari is screwing over its loyal fanbase, but what else is new?

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Grove BBS telnet://shadow.skeleton.org
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=149302

- Talking about a new Atari ST clone.  Interesting.

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Mousenet telnet://atari-bbs.kicks-ass.net

- Called and is up.

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Thunderdome telnet://thunderdome.homeip.net 471
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=149300

-A lot of new messages, logged in but need to get back to them.


Friday, May 27, 2011

May 2011 BBS Travels....


July 2010 BBS Travels....


BBS Name                   Modem            ST    Software
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BandMaster                 604-266-5271    BC    Maximus        bandmaster.tzo.com
Had to log back in get a new account since Dallas Hinton did not find a way to counter the problem I was having while logging in.  Oh well.  Neat place other wise.

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Bits & Bytes BBS        860-535-4284    CT    RemoteAccess   bnbbbs.dyndns.org
Not too much going on but up.
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Capitol City Online      502-875-8938    KY    GT-2000     cco.ath.cx
A lot of new users as usual, it is amazing.  None that come back and post but amazing to see.  There was Patrick Coughlin who got on with a Atari computer and a 300 baud modem, that took guts.

Played some LORD.  Amazed that I was not kicked out of the game.

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Chowdanet                   401-724-4410    RI    Wildcat     chowdanet.com
Got on for a bit tonight.
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Christian Fellowship    856-933-7096    NJ    PCBoard       cfbbs.dtdns.net
---Yet to call---
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Electronic Chicken 416-273-7230   Synchronet   bbs.electronicchicken.com
---Yet to call---

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Eclectic BBS                214-987-2135    TX    TriBBS   (No Telnet)
This was up a week ago.  Sam Gillet and I are working on a continuing story about a penny's journey.  Pretty fun.
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Empire of the Dragon   303-679-0161    CO    Worldgroup  bbs.eotd.com
---Yet to call---
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Idea Link                      301-949-5764    MD    PCBoard       (none I've found.)
---Yet to call---
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Lion's Den                    613-392-8896    ON    Synchronet     lionsden.darktech.org
---Yet to call---
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Marsden 11-6 CST       972-494-4424    TX    
Was down this week but I plan to call this weekend.
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Mezzanine                    940-565-9165    TX    Hermes II  mez.bbsindex.com
Got on about two weeks ago.
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Mysteria                       626-355-5347    CA    BBBS      mysteria.com
---Yet to call---
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Positronium                  337-984-4794    LA    Wildcat
---Yet to call---
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Prism BBS                    607-655-5652    NY    BBBS      filegate.net
---Yet to call---
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Prison Board                 972-329-0781    TX    NTServer    rdfig.net
Got on yesterday... what can I say, my home BBS.
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Santronics Software      305-248-7815    FL    Wildcat            online.winserver.com
---Yet to call---
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Seattle Community Net 206-386-4199    WA    Unix                 scn.org
---Yet to call---
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Shareware Library         815-727-6072    IL    Telegard
---Yet to call---
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Sursum Corda! BBS      601-553-3671    MS    Maximus
---Yet to call---
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
TDEC West BBS           530-534-5329    CA    TriBBS
---Yet to call---
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TechnoDrome                512-327-8598    TX    Maximus      technodrome.dyndns.org
---Yet to call---
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Vertrauen                       951-549-9994    CA    Synchronet    vert.synchro.net
---Yet to call---
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Xanadu                          780-439-8364    AB    Roboboard F/    xanadubbs.ca

---Yet to call---

And for all you Atari users out there...

 

Current Atari BBS list 2011

Boot factory telnet://bfbbs.dtdns.net 
(Make sure to hit enter 3 times at start)
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=147035

Darkforces 
telnet://darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org 
(Make sure to hit enter at the start)
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=148716

Electric Cafe telnet://thecafe.dtdns.net
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=149301


Grove BBS 
telnet://shadow.skeleton.org
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=149302

Mousenet telnet://atari-bbs.kicks-ass.net

Thunderdome telnet://thunderdome.homeip.net 471
http://bbsmates.com/....aspx?id=149300


Saturday, July 24, 2010

July 2010 BBS Travels....

DDAAANNNNGGGG  How did three months pass before I called back my BBS's?

The purpose of the following is to show BBS users out there an aspect of the BBS community that still exists, and that being the dialup list which is found here...
http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/dialbbs.htm

... and showing what you can expect to find, and help you know:
1) Where you can find local message communities with activity.
2) What door games these BBS's feature.


BBS Name                   Modem            ST    Software
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BandMaster                 604-266-5271    BC    Maximus        bandmaster.tzo.com
There were about 40 new message from about five different people.  Actually pretty good.   Good to see Dallas, Ole, Bryan, and looks like in the last few months Shiloh Costa became a born again BBS'er.  :)   Always good to see if nothing else for more people to write to.

604-266-5271
604-266-1977"

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Bits & Bytes BBS        860-535-4284    CT    RemoteAccess   bnbbbs.dyndns.org
Someone wrote me!!!    Patrick Sheard.   I know that might sound sad, but as we try to get life pumping on the BBS's again it is always great to hear another voice.
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Capitol City Online      502-875-8938    KY    GT-2000     cco.ath.cx
No Answer.
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Chowdanet                   401-724-4410    RI    Wildcat     chowdanet.com
Got a message from Nancy Baccus... which is odd, this place is usually busier.
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Christian Fellowship    856-933-7096    NJ    PCBoard       cfbbs.dtdns.net
Some decent message traffic.  I was impressed.
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Electronic Chicken 416-273-7230   Synchronet   bbs.electronicchicken.com
Faster dialup available since April.   14 new messages since Februrary.

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Eclectic BBS                214-987-2135    TX    TriBBS   (No Telnet)
A few new messages, basically one user boasting to two other users to stay asleep for the rest of the month so he could win at Pyramid.  :)
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Empire of the Dragon   303-679-0161    CO    Worldgroup  bbs.eotd.com
A user who was on 17 years ago (Flint) came back.  That was cool.
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Idea Link                      301-949-5764    MD    PCBoard       (none I've found.)
No Answer.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Lion's Den                    613-392-8896    ON    Synchronet     lionsden.darktech.org
A new member in the general section...  David Nichols
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Marsden 11-6 CST       972-494-4424    TX    
 I GOT on!!   This is the little BBS that could.  Anyway got on here and swapped some BP Oil jokes with Sam Gillet.
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Mezzanine                    940-565-9165    TX    Hermes II  mez.bbsindex.com
Got on, wrote the sysop (Walter Bowen) a bit, and there was a job announcement posted.  That was interesting.  There was a time when the BBS were the old world internet when that sort of thing happened all the time.  Nice to see it sometimes still happens.

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Mysteria                       626-355-5347    CA    BBBS      mysteria.com
Read some interesting old messages from 2008 on a D&D board, but aside from that, no life here Jimmy.   Left my E-mail address in case someone wants to start a conversation on the BBS.
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Positronium                  337-984-4794    LA    Wildcat
No response from even the sysop since last time.  :(  Tried to check my LORD game and it logged me off.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Prism BBS                    607-655-5652    NY    BBBS      filegate.net

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Prison Board                 972-329-0781    TX    NTServer    rdfig.net
My home BBS is flying along... user activity in the login message wall, on message area 78, and we have been playing some vicious games of Solitare and Wheel of Fortune lately.  
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Santronics Software      305-248-7815    FL    Wildcat            online.winserver.com

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Seattle Community Net 206-386-4199    WA    Unix                 scn.org

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Shareware Library         815-727-6072    IL    Telegard

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sursum Corda! BBS      601-553-3671    MS    Maximus

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
TDEC West BBS           530-534-5329    CA    TriBBS

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
TechnoDrome                512-327-8598    TX    Maximus      technodrome.dyndns.org

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Vertrauen                       951-549-9994    CA    Synchronet    vert.synchro.net


-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Xanadu                          780-439-8364    AB    Roboboard F/    xanadubbs.ca


Monday, March 15, 2010

BBS Visits 2010-03-14

The purpose of the following is to show BBS users out there an aspect of the BBS community that still exists, and that being the dialup list which is found here...
http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/dialbbs.htm

... and showing what you can expect to find, and help you know:
1) Where you can find local message communities with activity.
2) What door games these BBS's feature.


BBS Name                   Modem            ST    Software
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
BandMaster                 604-266-5271    BC    Maximus       
bandmaster.tzo.com
97 new messages since late January.   Dallas Hinton (Sysop), and Brian Murphy can be quite talkative.  Members Shiloh Costa, J McKinnon,

"Well done -- I haven't got many dialup users, so it's rather nice to see one
once in a while!!  Don't worry about tying up the lines -- there are still 2
phone lines and I haven't seen both in use for years!!!

604-266-5271
604-266-1977"

"H> I think we're now one of the largest (if not THE largest) in Canada.
 DH> Do you remember Basic'ly BBS?  Bob Satti?  He was
 DH> my business partner who died very suddenly in 2005
 DH> (he was only 49). I took over all his files and
 DH> they're all here!!"



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Bits & Bytes BBS        860-535-4284    CT    RemoteAccess  
bnbbbs.dyndns.org
A tumbleweed blew by....
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob's Boneyard            712-624-8471    IA    -       
It answered, and this logged me off.  Pity, moving on....
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitol City Online      502-875-8938    KY    GT-2000    
cco.ath.cx
9 new messages since last month.   A lot of new users joining, just not posting in the main area.  Mainly the sysop and myself for the most part.  I find that odd when users are invited to post in the main area. 

Played the LORD game while there.  The version has the workable JENNIE codes, but also has a requirement of strength or defense to wear/weild whatever weapon/Armor.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Chowdanet                   401-724-4410    RI    Wildcat    
chowdanet.com
One message from Nancy Backus, who is often seen on many of the fidonet message areas.
They have LORD 2: Complete New World, interesting.   I played LORD.

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Christian Fellowship    856-933-7096    NJ    PCBoard    
  cfbbs.dtdns.net
One sad message about the passing of a BBS member, Anna Marshall.
Virtual Sysop.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------

Electronic Chicken 416-273-7230   Synchronet   bbs.electronicchicken.com
Dialup not responding.
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Eclectic BBS                214-987-2135    TX    TriBBS   (No Telnet)
two new messages since last month. 
Played some online solitare.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Empire of the Dragon   303-679-0161    CO    Worldgroup 
bbs.eotd.com
 Had many responses from the sysop on the local message board since last month.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------

Idea Link                      301-949-5764    MD    PCBoard 
     (none I've found.)
Forgot my password.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Lion's Den                    613-392-8896    ON    Synchronet    
lionsden.darktech.org
Got a message from the sysop about interest in starting a local conversation and a new user posted!!

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Mezzanine                    940-565-9165    TX    Hermes II  mez.bbsindex.com
Two new messages since I last called, both from sysop.
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Mysteria                       626-355-5347    CA    BBBS      mysteria.com
No new messages.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Positronium                  337-984-4794    LA    Wildcat
One message from the sysop...
"Plenty to do, though mostly a File(s) BBS (Repository) for DOS ... no,
no telnet, just dial-up. Enjoy!

Ben  aka cMech"

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------

Prism BBS                    607-655-5652    NY    BBBS      filegate.net
General message area had 44 messages, first was from September 2008.  My old friend Andy Ball was there.   The remaining 18 messages were all new from when I last logged on!!   A total of five users talking.  Granted the message had been inactive for two years, but when everyone was brought back on, things really got talkitive.

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Prison Board                 972-329-0781    TX    NTServer    rdfig.net
My home BBS.   While the log in wall has been active, and people have a blast playing the door games against each other, we have been working on getting message activity going on local board #78, and I have been inviting people on the BBS's I've visited here to come and chat.   We got in Ole, a regular at Bandmaster, and Matt, a regular from Westburian in Houston, TX.  Been fun lately.

Probably need to do a blog entry just on the Prison Board at some point to cover all the game areas and other things going on there.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Santronics Software      305-248-7815    FL    Wildcat            online.winserver.com
No answer.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Seattle Community Net 206-386-4199    WA    Unix                 scn.org
Not able to get an account yet, but was working.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Shareware Library         815-727-6072    IL    Telegard
Was able to get on last month, but nothing tonight.  :/
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sursum Corda! BBS      601-553-3671    MS    Maximus
New to the BBS.  Had trouble connecting the first time, was not there the second time I tried to connect, but I was able to get most of the registration out of the way.

 Before HTTP, WWW, JAVA, FlashPlayer, Google, or any of the internet stuff
    people take for granted now, BBSes were moving people's messages and
    files.   We still do WITHOUT the spam.   We do it without the glitz.
     And - we do it WITHOUT invading YOUR system with JUNK and MALWARE.
      We are real people at the keyboards -- not autoresponder robots!
         Call us when you can't stand the internet junk any more!

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
TDEC West BBS           530-534-5329    CA    TriBBS
Asking if there is a telnet address.  The sysop, John Young, sent me a welcome message from the last time I logged in.  The quote was kinda cute....

Greg, please consider this...

VICDUMB:
The person in a horror movie who, while running from the
creature, inevitably trips, enabling the monster to
catch him.

E-Mail Nets: Intelec, PEN, TDEC/TIE, Doom Net! 

>>>>>>>>> DOOR MENU <<<<<<<<<
<A>.............. Unavailable
<B>....... ......JetMail Door         <C>.............. Unavailable
<D>...... Land of Devastation         <E>....... ....Wizard's Arena
<F>......... ......Links Golf         <H>......... ....Majak Empire
<I>.............. Unavailable         <J>.......... ....BBS Bowling
<K>........... ......Ripsweep         <L>......... ....Trade Wars 2
<M>...... ..Saratoga Raceway!         <N>......... ........RIPversi
<O>....... .The Falcon's Eye!         <P>........ ...Door Extension
<R>.............. Unavailable         <S>......... ... Solar Realms
<T>.............. Unavailable         <U>....... ...........Hangman
<V>.............. Unavailable         <W>.............. Unavailable
<X>.............. Unavailable         <Y>... ..Play Electic Avenue!
<Z>.............. Unavailable         <?>........... Door Bulletins
<Q>..................... Quit         <G>........ Goodbye & Log Off

-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
TechnoDrome                512-327-8598    TX    Maximus      technodrome.dyndns.org
BBS has an active sysop and co-sysop.  Had a nice chat with the sysop and the co-sysop has been talking on the private board, which at the moment is doubling as a public message area.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Vertrauen                       951-549-9994    CA    Synchronet    vert.synchro.net
(478 of 504)  many new messages.  Must be running on a IP line because the connection was unstable even at 19.2K baud.
Select External Program Section:

  1: Main
  2: Games
          [1] Legend Of The Red Dragon (LORD)
          [2] JavaScript Trade Wars 2
          [3] Food Fight! (Re-rolled on the 1st)
          [4] Synchronet Blackjack!
          [5] Domain Poker
          [6] The Beast's Domain
          [7] Global War
          [8] Trade Wars 2002
          [9] Barren Realms Elite (BRE)
          [Q] Quit
  3: MUDs
         1 ≥ DoorMUD/Win32 (Local)
         2 ≥ BatMUD
         3 ≥ RetroMUD
         4 ≥ Beleriand MUSH
         5 ≥ Deeper Trouble
         6 ≥ Elendor
  4: Other Synchronet Systems

      1 ≥ O-Zone (OS/2)
          2 ≥ The Hard Drive Cafe
          3 ≥ Gameland BBS
          4 ≥ VBARNET
          5 ≥ Hax0r's Palace
          6 ≥ Synchronix
          7 ≥ Proud Pirate's Cove
          8 ≥ The Vortex


-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Westburian                     713-728-3245    TX       (Dialup only)
Open from midnight to 7 am.  A new BBS with an active sysop.
Currently trying out Wildcat 4 at the moment.  Still in the early stages of development.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Xanadu                          780-439-8364    AB    Roboboard F/   
xanadubbs.ca
Got on, managed to remember what my password was from last month, and got past the front door to be told there was an upcoming event and call back later.  :)
Managed to get on later, trying to get validated from the sysop, Kubla Khan.


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

BBS Visits 2010-02-17

The purpose of the following is to show BBS users out there an aspect of the BBS community that still exists, and that being the dialup list which is found here...
http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/dialbbs.htm

... and showing what you can expect to find, and help you know:
1) Where you can find local message communities with activity.
2) What door games these BBS's feature.


BBS Name                   Modem            ST    Software
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
BandMaster                 604-266-5271    BC    Maximus       
bandmaster.tzo.com
Sysop (Dallas) and ole time user Ole have been active on this BBS (and I think there is one more).  Been talking to Ole on the Prison Board as we work to get more BBS fans together.  Anyway, note on this one, this BBS does it's message batching at 3 am CST.   Learned that after being on the BBS for like a minute.  Which is unfair, since BBSing at 3 in the morning is so much fun.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Bits & Bytes BBS        860-535-4284    CT    RemoteAccess  
bnbbbs.dyndns.org
Well, I was able to finally get on, but was batching mail...  At least I know this number is still active, and apparently, usually busy.
Got on a few hours later.  The bulletin was not new-new news, but notable for here...
I have added ArrowBridge I and II to the BBS.  Both are     
setup InterBBS mode on the JustaXnet League 510.  AB1    
AdventureNet League 933 is also available.                  
Andrew           Dated 10-28-09
Notables - The BBS has a cool "Press Enter" ascii animation.
Runs under OS/2

Well the BBS has a lot of cool things, except an active sysop.  I have left messages over the past four months, so unless I try one of the games above, I will probably just tone verify only this BBS.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob's Boneyard            712-624-8471    IA    -       
Processing mail... LOL
Tried again a few hours later...

Logged on, and did the same thing it's always done... auto logged me off.  If anyone knows a way to work past this I'd love to hear it.  Otherwise this BBS is now on my "verify there is a tone only" list.
-=--------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitol City Online      502-875-8938    KY    GT-2000    
cco.ath.cx

Saturday, Janurary 16, 2010
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The LORD door, door 21, has finally been fixed to accept the registration
codes.  It is now a fully-functioning ("winable") game.  Also, The Pit has
been added to the door menu (#33).  It is also fully-functional.  ENJOY!
Messages available are #1 to 573.  You last read #561.
(From the sysop on how to quote here...)
Once you have picked a message to reply to, you hit ENTER on a blank line,
and the message entry menu will come up.  Choose 'R' for quote.  GT will
ask you which message you want to quote - it will default to the one you
are replying to, so you can hit ENTER. It will then ask if you want to
quote (A)ll (the whole message), or if you'd like to only quote part of
it.  To see the lines you want to quote, you use the (R)eview command,
which shows the message to be quoted with line numbers.  You can then give
it the line numbers you want quoted & hit ENTER.

Overall, new messages and 4 new users in the last month.  I was able to get on the LORD door... some beautiful ASNI screens I have not seen on other LORD copies.  No "Other" places in the LORD game, but it was working.

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Chowdanet                   401-724-4410    RI    Wildcat    
chowdanet.com
Last month was able to apply for an account...
Connected at 19200 bps. Reliable connection. ANSI detected.
>Click<  :)   Must be batching mail.
Got on a few hours later...
                                             ‹
                *NOTICE*                                    €
                The internet connection in the office where €
                Chowdanet is hosted was updated to Verizon  €
                FiOS on 15 January 2010.                    €
                                                            €
                Connections should be back to normal in a   €
                day or two.  The required change has been   €
                for the domain name server (DNS).           €

Got a message from Craig Healy (sysop) that my account had been updated.
has 1824 conferences.
They have a Tomcat mail downloader?  First I've heard of that.
The message area at least has Craig and I on it.  Posting on message area #1.

[A]......................Games       [H]............Ham Radio Doors
[M]........Miscellaneous Doors       [Q]..........Quit to Main Menu
[G]....................Goodbye       [T].........Games being Tested

[L]...Legend of the Red Dragon       [T]............Trade Wars 2.08
[D].................Draw Poker       [N].....LORD ][, The New World
[B]..................Blackjack       [Q].......................Quit
[R].........Enhanced LORD Game       [S]...................Scrabble
[W]................Global Wars       [G]....................Goodbye
[F]........Fresh Water Fishing       [U]....................Usurper
[Y]............Press Your Luck       [P]....................The Pit


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Christian Fellowship    856-933-7096    NJ    PCBoard    
  cfbbs.dtdns.net
0-54 are local user areas.

Cool that they have Virtual Sysop.   No activity on the message boards that I can see.   Might try this one a bit longer, but only because they have Virtual Sysop.
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Delaware Online!         302-762-2003    DE    TSX       
dol.net
Left a message for the sysop last month, dialup not connecting at any speed.  Nothing has changed.  Won't be called next month.
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Electronic Chicken 416-273-7230   Synchronet   bbs.electronicchicken.com

Got on at a very brisk 2400 baud.  That is what was claimed, I doubt it was that slow.  Neat ideas here, mainly with the networked oneliner wall between the various scene BBS's. 
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Eclectic BBS                214-987-2135    TX    TriBBS   (No Telnet)


No new m
essage activity, aside from what I posted about the local snow here in Dallas, and some humor messages.  Cool to see they have Kannon and Katapults.
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Empire of the Dragon   303-679-0161    CO    Worldgroup 
bbs.eotd.com

IceDragon (sysop) wrote me back on what he wants to do with the BBS in 2010...

DR>   Well good to know you plan on keeping things going till the BBS can
DR>no longer do it.  :)  So what are your plans for this place?  What
DR>changes do you think we will see in 2010?

I want to get MajorMud going here.

I also want to get a sort of old school museum sort of file library for
old phreaking stuff --- Not for the criminal aspect! But a lot of us
here are old Bell System fans.

I'd like to put some of our AT&T LongLines files up here, too.

Eventually I want to get a power supply for the Smartmodem 300 and run
the Retro Line too :)

I know, sounds weird, but i think its important to know your roots.
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grex.org                        734-484-0512       
grex.org
I've used this in the past and it had a good free shell and Lynx browser to surf the internet from the BBS.  However,  had a difficult time getting on lately.   E-mails have not been returned, so regretfully will only verify the number works in the future.
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Idea Link                      301-949-5764    MD    PCBoard 
     (none I've found.)
No answer today at 5 pm CST.
Called again - Busy.
Hour later.. busy
Day later... no answer.
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Kobayashi Alternative  207-784-2130    ME    Wildcat       
wcs.tka.com
Tried really hard to connect.   Only verifying the line, don't actively try to connect since this is a pay BBS.
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Lion's Den                    613-392-8896    ON    Synchronet    
lionsden.darktech.org
No new messages in two weeks.   Left a humor message.

Select External Program Section:

  1: Main
  2: Games
  3: Other Synchronet Systems

Games External Programs:

Num ≥ Name
ƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ
  1 ≥ Food Fight!
  2 ≥ Dice War
  3 ≥ Synchronet Blackjack!
  4 ≥ Domain Poker
  5 ≥ The Beast's Domain
  6 ≥ Barren Realms Elite

Other Synchronet Systems External Programs:

Num ≥ Name
ƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ
  1 ≥ Vertrauen (Win32) Sync-HQ
  2 ≥ Vertrauen (Linux) Sync-HQ
  3 ≥ WasteLand (Win32)
  4 ≥ The Talamasca (Win32)
  5 ≥ Altered Reality (Win32)
  6 ≥ O-Zone (OS/2)
  7 ≥ Cold Fusion (OS/2)

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Marsden 11-6 CST       972-494-4424    TX    
I have not been able to connect.  I will re-add this BBS to the list when and if I get on.
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Mezzanine                    940-565-9165    TX    Hermes II  mez.bbsindex.com
Two new messages since I last called, both from sysop.

Available External Utilities & Games:

 1. GAME-Blackjack Pro v1.3   4. GAME-TakeStock 2.1
 2. GAME-Leech v3.3.1         5. UTIL-Bulk Mailer v1.3.1
 3. GAME-Snake v1.0


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Mysteria                       626-355-5347    CA    BBBS      mysteria.com
http://www.mysteria.com/bbs
Phil Hansford (sysop) sent me a new user greeting.
There were 43 mesasges, the earliest dating back to 1998, last was in June 2009.
Left some messages, we'll see what happens.
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Positronium                  337-984-4794    LA    Wildcat   (no telnet found yet)
Sysop is CAJUN MECHANIC
No active local message areas that I have found so far, but I have left my first message.

The door games look interesting enough, but what is really interesting is the OTHER door menu:

Looks like these take a particular term program.  At any rate, I would love to try this out at some point.
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Prism BBS                    607-655-5652    NY    BBBS      filegate.net
General message area had 44 messages, first was from September 2008.  My old friend Andy Ball was there.   The remaining 18 messages were all new from when I last logged on!!   A total of five users talking.  Granted the message had been inactive for two years, but when everyone was brought back on, things really got talkitive.

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Prison Board                 972-329-0781    TX    NTServer    rdfig.net
My home BBS.   While the log in wall has been active, and people have a blast playing the door games against each other, we have been working on getting message activity going on local board #78, and I have been inviting people on the BBS's I've visited here to come and chat.   We got in Ole, a regular at Bandmaster, and Matt, a regular from Westburian in Houston, TX.  Been fun lately.

Probably need to do a blog entry just on the Prison Board at some point to cover all the game areas and other things going on there.
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Santronics Software      305-248-7815    FL    Wildcat            online.winserver.com
No answer.
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Seattle Community Net 206-386-4199    WA    Unix                 scn.org
Not able to get an account yet, but was working.
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Shareware Library         815-727-6072    IL    Telegard
Was able to get on last month, but nothing tonight.  :/
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Sursum Corda! BBS      601-553-3671    MS    Maximus
New to the BBS.  Had trouble connecting the first time, was not there the second time I tried to connect, but I was able to get most of the registration out of the way.

 Before HTTP, WWW, JAVA, FlashPlayer, Google, or any of the internet stuff
    people take for granted now, BBSes were moving people's messages and
    files.   We still do WITHOUT the spam.   We do it without the glitz.
     And - we do it WITHOUT invading YOUR system with JUNK and MALWARE.
      We are real people at the keyboards -- not autoresponder robots!
         Call us when you can't stand the internet junk any more!

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TDEC West BBS           530-534-5329    CA    TriBBS
Asking if there is a telnet address.  The sysop, John Young, sent me a welcome message from the last time I logged in.  The quote was kinda cute....

Greg, please consider this...

VICDUMB:
The person in a horror movie who, while running from the
creature, inevitably trips, enabling the monster to
catch him.

E-Mail Nets: Intelec, PEN, TDEC/TIE, Doom Net! 

>>>>>>>>> DOOR MENU <<<<<<<<<
<A>.............. Unavailable
<B>....... ......JetMail Door         <C>.............. Unavailable
<D>...... Land of Devastation         <E>....... ....Wizard's Arena
<F>......... ......Links Golf         <H>......... ....Majak Empire
<I>.............. Unavailable         <J>.......... ....BBS Bowling
<K>........... ......Ripsweep         <L>......... ....Trade Wars 2
<M>...... ..Saratoga Raceway!         <N>......... ........RIPversi
<O>....... .The Falcon's Eye!         <P>........ ...Door Extension
<R>.............. Unavailable         <S>......... ... Solar Realms
<T>.............. Unavailable         <U>....... ...........Hangman
<V>.............. Unavailable         <W>.............. Unavailable
<X>.............. Unavailable         <Y>... ..Play Electic Avenue!
<Z>.............. Unavailable         <?>........... Door Bulletins
<Q>..................... Quit         <G>........ Goodbye & Log Off

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TechnoDrome                512-327-8598    TX    Maximus      technodrome.dyndns.org
BBS has an active sysop and co-sysop.  Had a nice chat with the sysop and the co-sysop has been talking on the private board, which at the moment is doubling as a public message area.
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Vertrauen                       951-549-9994    CA    Synchronet    vert.synchro.net
(478 of 504)  many new messages.  Must be running on a IP line because the connection was unstable even at 19.2K baud.
Select External Program Section:

  1: Main
  2: Games
          [1] Legend Of The Red Dragon (LORD)
          [2] JavaScript Trade Wars 2
          [3] Food Fight! (Re-rolled on the 1st)
          [4] Synchronet Blackjack!
          [5] Domain Poker
          [6] The Beast's Domain
          [7] Global War
          [8] Trade Wars 2002
          [9] Barren Realms Elite (BRE)
          [Q] Quit
  3: MUDs
         1 ≥ DoorMUD/Win32 (Local)
         2 ≥ BatMUD
         3 ≥ RetroMUD
         4 ≥ Beleriand MUSH
         5 ≥ Deeper Trouble
         6 ≥ Elendor
  4: Other Synchronet Systems

      1 ≥ O-Zone (OS/2)
          2 ≥ The Hard Drive Cafe
          3 ≥ Gameland BBS
          4 ≥ VBARNET
          5 ≥ Hax0r's Palace
          6 ≥ Synchronix
          7 ≥ Proud Pirate's Cove
          8 ≥ The Vortex


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Westburian                     713-728-3245    TX       (Dialup only)
Open from midnight to 7 am.  A new BBS with an active sysop.
Currently trying out Wildcat 4 at the moment.  Still in the early stages of development.
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Xanadu                          780-439-8364    AB    Roboboard F/   
xanadubbs.ca
Got on, managed to remember what my password was from last month, and got past the front door to be told there was an upcoming event and call back later.  :)
Managed to get on later, trying to get validated from the sysop, Kubla Khan.



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