[TriLUG] Article on old style BBS systems

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

They wanted it to be as authentic as possible!

If everyone on this list isn't reading ArsTechnica on at least a
semi-weekly basis, you should be.

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On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Brian via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> And just like the good-old-days, trying to "call" that "number" results in
> a busy signal!
>
> $ telnet dura-bbs.net 6359
> Trying 174.21.60.98...
> Connected to dura-bbs.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
>
>
> Dura-Europos BBS is currently busy. Please try again later. :)
>
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>
> -B
>
>
> On 04/10/2017 01:17 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> Forgot the link to the article: https://arstechnica.com/information-tec
>> hnology/2017/04/a-1986-bulletin-board-system-has-brought-the-old-web-
>> back-to-life-in-2017/
>>
>> On Mon, 2017-04-10 at 13:17 -0400, Matt Flyer wrote:
>>
>>> This morning I came across an interesting article on the old, pre-
>>> Internet BBS systems.  Apparently there is a little bit of a
>>> renaissance going on with them as folks have been resurrecting old
>>> Apple 2 systems and bringing the bulletin boards back on line.  To
>>> get
>>> around the dial up problem, which is exacerbated by virtue of VOIP
>>> incorporating filtering that can make it difficult or impossible to
>>> use
>>> modems (I ran into this with my home alarm system) they're using
>>> Internet telnet bridges, sometimes to the old Hayes modems. A couple
>>> of
>>> examples include particlesbbs.dyndns.org:6400, which is a revival of
>>> an
>>> old Commodore BBS and the  dura-bbs.net:6359 which is the subject of
>>> the article.
>>>
>>> I am sure that the article will bring back some fond memories for
>>> many
>>> of our list subscribers.
>>>
>>> Here is where I tie this to the Linux focus. The article talks about
>>> using a terminal program that supports the old ANSI graphics.
>>>   Initially I tried launching Telnet and connecting that way, only to
>>> get various forms of errors, such as telnet:
>>>
>>> particlesbbs.dyndns.org:6400: Name or service not known
>>> particlesbbs.dyndns.org:6400: Unknown host
>>>
>>> It's note a DNS issue as the name resolves just fine to: 75.13.160.10
>>> and trying to telnet to the IP gives the same error message.
>>>
>>> Apparently there are several of them out there, such as Qodem,
>>> syncterm, Mystic BBS, etc.  I tried downloading a few of them and had
>>> nothing but trouble, getting sig-seg violations, and assorted errors
>>> when trying to use them.  Obviously I am doing something wrong.
>>>
>>> Has anyone experimented with these old BBS systems and the terminal
>>> programs?  Have you encountered one(s) that you find work?  I am
>>> curious to check a few of these outs and reminisce the days of my
>>> childhood.
>>>
>>>
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