r/bbs 10d ago

Terminals SyncTERM v1.2rc1 is released!

51 Upvotes

Over four years since the last stable release, SyncTERM v1.2 is nearing completion.

This is the first release candidate for SyncTERM v1.2. If there are no bugs, reported in the next week or two, this will become the official SyncTERM release (for the next four years perhaps).

To that end, if you use SyncTERM, please try the rc1 release, and report any bugs you find. If you're not sure if something is a bug, open a support ticket and ask.

Bugs and Support tickets (and feature requests) are tracked on the SourceForge page at http://sf.net/p/syncterm/ if you create a SourceForge account, you can be notified when I reply/fix bugs, and it really helps in case I need to ask follow-up questions, so please consider making that account and logging in before opening a ticket. That said, I would rather have bug reports as anonymous than not know about issues.

Files for RC1
Bug Tracker
Support Tracker
Home page

Thanks in advance for your help!


r/bbs Jul 27 '16

MOD POST Mod Post: Be Excellent To Each Other

69 Upvotes

I spent some time last night cleaning up some fairly abusive and personal attacky posts from the last few weeks.

If someone posts a question or comment you think is stupid then either don't answer them or use your downvote - there's absolutely no reason to call people names or make personal attacks.

We're all adults here. I appreciate some sarcasm mixed in with responses but it becomes detrimental to our already small community once it escalates into these mini flame wars. If the only reply you can come up with is to call someone a name and tell them where they can go - perhaps you should consider taking a deep breath and clicking that cancel button.

Most importantly, if you see someone being a jerk please don't feed the troll. Report the post(s) and the mods will review them - we're setting up notifications so these can be handled quicker in the future.

Repeat offenders may be temp or perm banned.

Tl;dr:

Please practice Good Reddiquette and in short, please be excellent to each other.


r/bbs 1d ago

2oFB DOOM Netplay Meetup - TOMORROW?!?!?

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35 Upvotes

r/bbs 2d ago

Discussion Information about The Source?

24 Upvotes

I'm working on a research project about Roe R. Adams III, a prolific figure in 80s personal computers. (Wrote for Softline, Softalk, Computer Gaming World, Electronic Games; played 600+ Apple II adventure games; collaborated with the developers of Wizardry, Ultima, and The Bard's Tale; designed the infamously brutal Wizardry IV)

Adams was evidently very active on a BBS called The Source's adventure gaming boards, and especially their board for the bajillion-hour behemoth game Time Zone.

But as you might expect, the name "The Source" is almost impossible to search for online. Results are dominated by source code, Sourceforge, and every other common usage of the word source. (At least they didn't call it "The Place")

Adams' stature on The Source seemingly contributed to his midlife transition into adventure gaming culture and any information about his posts there would be extremely useful for my research. I've got mentions of The Source in the aforementioned software magazines and one mention in an old NYT article, but have any of y'all got any information, leads, or websites worth perusing? Any and all information is welcome!


r/bbs 2d ago

BBS Software Mystic - File Group Change (Ansi Display)

3 Upvotes

How do you display and ansi when changing file groups or message groups?


r/bbs 3d ago

General: Doors/Games Major bbs, doors and rlogin

3 Upvotes

So I have a question. I've been running a majorbbs using version 10. My board has been stable for a couple years.

I want to add some connections to games on synchronet and some doors like doors party. I know how to set stuff up on synchronet side but I'm not sure how to set stuff up on the major bbs side. Anyone know where I can find some info on how to do that or give some additional information?


r/bbs 4d ago

Creating a short description index for file areas....

2 Upvotes

I don't have any problem creating a files.bbs, but I need to create a similar file that has a single line description. is there a tool for this for RemoteAccess or compatible systems? Or something that just takes the first line from my files.bbs?


r/bbs 4d ago

General: BBS Looking for IronOx League players...

2 Upvotes

For league 618. Shurato's Heavenly Sphere Anime Telnet BBS is accessible at: http://shsbbs.net/bbs.html, telnet://shsbbs.net, ssh://bbs:shsbbs@shsbbs.net, secure or non-secure web-socket port 8080. This is a brand new game and we need players!


r/bbs 7d ago

General: Doors/Games Looking for a door game

14 Upvotes

Back in the day I was huge into BBS’s. I’ve recently discovered some are still around. There was a door game I was addicted to but I don’t remember the name. It was probably a local game as I recall logging into several BBSs to play individual games of it. At first I thought it was trade wars but having looked at it the past few days it doesn’t seem familiar. The game I think used barrels of oil as currency and there were fighters like trade wars. Does that ring any bells?


r/bbs 7d ago

BBS game that was like Operation Overkill?

20 Upvotes

I am very familiar with OOII. Played it for years. Great game. Base building, killing monsters, trying to get back to the complex all the time.

But I also recall a second game that was similar in conceit. Post nuclear world, exploring the wasteland, etc. I can’t remember much about it except that it felt bigger and was released a few years after OOII. May have been for Maximus but not 100% on that.

Any thoughts appreciated!


r/bbs 8d ago

MSDOS 16bit BBS Tournament Wordle Released!

23 Upvotes

Got a couple requests to update the MSDOS version. The new release is now available on bbswordle.com.

2024.9.24 Release

  • New Header thanks to Jamie Martin (delicious/blocktronics)
  • Completely reworked top scores display throughout
  • New header on a new bulletin (bulletin2.ans)
  • Scores are hidden across the board until the player takes that day's turn (as a side note this was a great suggestion by BlaZ, some of the more competitive boards started knowing each other's starting words. As a result seeing someone else's score for a day could give that user and advantage).
  • Pop-up windows for play ahead and view single days scores with grayed out background
  • New installs now come default with plural words removed

Instructions for upgrade are in the sysop.doc


r/bbs 9d ago

Calling all old SysOps

61 Upvotes

I want to know how many old SysOps still run a bbs today? I use to run one when it was dial in only then I had it as dial in and telnet. Now it seems only telnet is the way to connect being most new computers don’t have modems for dial in. So how many old SysOps changed over or did you shut down for a while and then said I miss it and re open your system with the new tech? Me I had dial up only then had both. But went off line for a while after. Went back online about 10 yrs ago was doing ok. But the computer I was using crashed(hard drive froze up)no back up and been thinking of now going back online again starting new again.. so how many old SysOps are still here??


r/bbs 13d ago

The Pit - EGA Help (v4.16)

10 Upvotes

Need some help.. The Pit v4.01 works great, both regular ANSi and the graphics mode. Ironically, today is 2 months from the day that I registered it 30 years ago. Crazy.

I found that I still have the original RPIT416.ZIP upgrade archive. I unzipped it and ran "upgrade." The upgrade partially appears to successfully work. The ANSI version runs fine, user data converts, etc., but the "graphics" mode doesn't launch. I get the attached error. I've tried resetting the game, users, immortal list, etc., everything. No luck.

If I run EGAPIT.EXE /local, it'll start to work, asking me for my user name, but then it crashes. I've downgraded back to v4.01 in the interim.

Any ideas?


r/bbs 14d ago

Nostolgia Rescuing the TOTAL CONTROL from an abandoned dialup ISP

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r/bbs 14d ago

Noob Q: Is this guy lying about being able to get internet with just a modem and a “phone line” ? How in the world do you get free internet (no subscription) with just a modem and a phone line

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r/bbs 17d ago

Another SYSOP & USER publication I stumbled across with lots of great memories and details

32 Upvotes

BBS Magazine or "The Bulletin Board Systems Magazine"

Many articles of the various BBS SW and other technical and commercial items covered and advertisements from the day.

https://archive.org/search?query=BBS+magazine

Good reading!


r/bbs 17d ago

New BBS My BBS running on custom python based software

11 Upvotes

telnet cases-supplemental.gl.at.ply.gg:25629

the bbs runs as a shell for a linux user, so there's a password:

login: bbs

password: bbs


r/bbs 18d ago

New Version of BBS Tournament Wordle Released

18 Upvotes

It has been a little while since an update! I have several other projects I'm hoping to get to so without any major issues this will probably be a final update. The new release is now available on bbswordle.com.

2024.9.17 Release

  • New Header thanks to Jamie Martin (delicious/blocktronics)
  • On current months top scores it now shows total days played next to the player name
  • Completely reworked top scores display throughout
  • New header on a new bulletin (bulletin2.ans)
  • Scores are hidden across the board until the player takes that day's turn (as a side note this was a great suggestion by BlaZ, some of the more competitive boards started knowing each other's starting words. As a result seeing someone else's score for a day could give that user and advantage).
  • Pop up windows for play ahead and view single days scores with grayed out background
  • New installs now come default with plural words removed

"Util" now included as part of the default install for Linux, Win32, and Win64. Allows for removal of cheating players and removal of plural words in already existing systems.

Hope everyone is doing well! Happy BBSing!

Edit: My wife noticed that since the scores are now suppressed before a turn is taken, it would be nice to see the scores for that day once a turn is taken. So the full release is now 2024.9.18!


r/bbs 18d ago

Synchronet's External Programs Menu - Strange Problem

6 Upvotes

I need help with Synchronet's External Programs Menu. I have it working for my Door Game menu system. However, if the user comes out of the custom menu and tries to look at something like the User List, the information is displayed, but the BBS jumps back to the main menu. The user has to scroll up to see the info.

Has anybody seen this before, and is there a fix?


r/bbs 18d ago

Lunatics Unleashed NFL Football Pool Week 3

8 Upvotes

Congratulations to Vintagegeek for picking 8 of 15 games and coming closest to the final total score for the Monday Night game to win Week 2 of the Football Pool.


r/bbs 19d ago

Anyone else still have one of these posters?

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205 Upvotes

Still hanging on the inside of a closet door in my office at home..


r/bbs 19d ago

WarGames influence?

23 Upvotes

For those around in the 80s/early 90s days, I'm curious how influential the movie Wargames (1983) was in terms of your BBS journey? Was it an inspiration? A joke? Any other movies/tv/books/comics/etc that pushed you towards exploring BBSs in that era?

Being born in the early 80s, I missed the heyday of BBS, but I remember watching that movie as a kid and thinking that was so cool when he dialed into into his school and was exploring phone numbers (also kinda curious how much crossover there was from the hacking/phreaking community -- were there BBSs devoted to sharing hacking tips, etc?)


r/bbs 20d ago

Nostolgia There was NO INTERNET in the 80s, I know very well. But can anyone tell me "online" experiences like Compuserve, Prodigy, GEnie, BBS, Q-link, and many others that were available at the time?

51 Upvotes

Thank you for your reply, have a nice day ;)


r/bbs 20d ago

Tradewars 1000

27 Upvotes

In my deep hunt for BBS Door Game collections, I came across this little beauty from Alan Davenport. It seems to only use DORINFO1.DEF, which if fine. I'm running Synchronet under Windows10, 32bit. The game runs in local mode with no problem. It will not run over the network. It says, "Error accessing DORINFO1.DEF file!". I've tried many different combinations of where to place that file, same error message.

When I change the comport in the DORINFO1.DEF file to COM0, then the game will run. But of course, it will not play over the network but will show on the local screen.

Next, I figured, since it was an Alan Davenport game, I'd try the DOSBOX setup like Yankee Trader. That did not work either, same error message. There was a guy who ran a BBS called Blue Lobster who said he had it running under DOSBOX in a forum entry, but that was over 10 years ago, and his BBS is down. Go figure...

You can find the game here: TradeWars 1000 - TradeWars Museum (classictw.com)

Alan did post this message in his documents:

"I AM NO LONGER SUPPORTING OR DISTRIBUTING TW1K. THIS IS TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH THE OFFICIAL TRADE WARS BY CHRIS SHERRICK AND JOHN MORRIS. IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THIS SOMEHOW, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN! YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTE THIS DOOR. THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL PRIVATE VERSION THAT I HAVE GIVEN TO FRIENDS ONLY! IF A COPY GETS OUT (AS IT MIGHT, IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE) YOU MAY RUN IT, GIVE IT TO FRIENDS, BUT NOT PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTE IT IN YOUR DOWNLOADS SECTION!"

But that ship has sailed.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


r/bbs 21d ago

General: BBS Is Packet Radio cool enough for /r/BBS sysops?

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r/bbs 21d ago

Connecting Apple IIe to BBS using Acoustic Coupler

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Hi Everyone, First time posting. I am hoping someone here can help me out. Im quite a young vintage computer collector and never got to experience the era of BBS. Upon looking through the internet I found that there are a few BBS's left that can be dialed into with an acoustic coupler.

However, When trying to connect to a BBS, the monitor doesn't respond even though the Acoustic coupler is still able to maintain the call with the number I am connecting to. I can hear a continuous tone from the coupler as well as random noise data coming from the phone handset. I am assuming this random noise coming from the listening end of the telephone handset is data coming in. Both the 'Transmit Data', 'Receive Data' and the 'Carrier Ready' lights are stationary and do NOT flicker. The Receive lightone may occasionary go off and on but only briefly, the majority of the time it's on while the call is ongoing. Keep in mind the call does not drop for over 5 minutes but nothing shows up on the screen except what is shown in the photo at the bottom. Transmit Data = XMT, Receive Data = RCV, Carrier Ready = CRX for photo reference. More details of the system below.

I am using an Apple IIe with a Super Serial Card which connects to a 300 baud Star Modem (I believe it's 103-232 compatible) The Super Serial Card connects to the acoustic coupler through via a Male DB25 to Female DB9 Stright Through Cable to a DB9 Male to Male Connector to a Female DB9 to Male DB25 Stright Through Cable which connects to the Acoustic Coupler. I am not sure if it's the cable configuration/type? Maybe I should be using Null Modem instead of stright through. Will this make a difference with the type of issue I am describing? I am using a terminal emulator for the Apple II called proTERM. This program initially requests a type of modem that is installed into the Apple II. I wasn't sure what to select but the most relvant options avaliable are; Null Modem Driver - I chose this one. Null Modem Driver RTS/CTS There were some other options but they included Vendors that I didn't have.

  1. The parameters used in proTERM 300 Baud, 8N1 and Full Duplex. I am not sure if these settings need to match those on the DIP switches of the Apple Super Serial Card. There are many Variables that could be causing this issue. The photo below illustrates the online parameters used. The BBS I found called Level 29: The BBS is located at "https://bbs.retrobattlestations.com/" and allows modems of 300 Baud to connect to it. For the Telephone handset I am using a Western Electric Model 2500 DMG which connects to my router with Voip Capability.

IMPORTANT CONTEXT I live in Australia where most of the analog POTS/PSTN has been phased out. The infrastructure has been replaced with HFC in my area and as a result, I am using VOIP. I have heard about the issues when using an acoustic coupler with VOIP but have also heard that if the speed is low enough, there shouldn't be any issues. I figure 300 Baud is slow enough for it not to drop the call. (I hope dialing an american number isn't part of the problem.)PHOTOS:

I posted this same query in the forum linked below over a year ago. I got quite a few similar responses on what the issue could possibly be. I tried created my own cable but this did not seem to work. I will re-attempt the suggestions from scratch. I am for a second opinion or if i am missing something.

https://www.applefritter.com/content/issues-connecting-bbs-using-apple-ii-and-acoustic-coupler


r/bbs 21d ago

trying to find code that fits in under 32k

13 Upvotes

so im trying to build a bbs that runs on an adafruit trinket m0 (arm cortex m0) via voip. anyone who knows of new or old source i can throw into an ai code bot and have it port it over (works better than you think) I'd appreciate it.