so what brings you here? i just kinda ran across the place yesterday, been years since i checked out a BBS and i figured i'd give it a shot again.

Re: what brings you here?
By: Rusty Shackleford to All on Wed Sep 21 2016 01:14 am

so what brings you here? i just kinda ran across the place yesterday, been y

same here my friend. have been searching for pacific island and zen, but they seem to be talken down a long time ago.. :(

Re: what brings you here?
By: Mbe to DaiTengu on Fri Aug 17 2018 06:15 am

Just stopping by myself, rom Indiana orginally where I ran a BBS way back when. This brings back memories, would love to get back into it if there were more intrest. Salute!

Re: what brings you here?
By: Demar to Mbe on Fri Dec 07 2018 08:04 am

Re: what brings you here?
By: Mbe to DaiTengu on Fri Aug 17 2018 06:15 am

Just stopping by myself, rom Indiana orginally where I ran a BBS way back wh This brings back memories, would love to get back into it if there were more intrest. Salute!

Re: what brings you here?
By: Rusty Shackleford to All on Wed Sep 21 2016 01:14 am

so what brings you here? i just kinda ran across the place yesterday, been y

Just doing a class project and our goofy ass teacher wants us to eplore this thing
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Re: what brings you here?
By: King Karl to Rusty Shackleford on Tue Feb 19 2019 01:10 pm

Just doing a class project and our goofy ass teacher wants us to eplore this thing

your goofy ass teacher is awesome. A "class project" (really just my project for class) was my first real introduction to the world of BBSes back in the early 90's.

I actually just posted the whole story today over on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/comments/asqhef/how_did_you_discover_the_world_of_ bulletin_board/egw1xnf/

DaiTengu

... Rugby is played by men with odd-shaped balls!!

Re: what brings you here?
By: Rusty Shackleford to All on Wed Sep 21 2016 01:14 am

Rusty,
Honestly i got hurt at work and theyre still wasting my time by having me come in each day on 3rd shift, so what better way to spend my time than to be looking at telnets?

Re: what brings you here?
By: Rusty Shackleford to All on Wed Sep 21 2016 01:14 am

I hope this is not the BBS equivalent of necroing a thread. but I am here to learn a bit more before hosting a BBS of my own. I wanted to begin using the bulletin board systems for quite some time now, but I did not have a phone line connection only an internet connection. So instead of using telnet or SSH I managed to run theis connection over VoIP.

Null

Re: what brings you here?
By: Null to Rusty Shackleford on Thu Oct 22 2020 07:51 pm

I hope this is not the BBS equivalent of necroing a thread. but I am here to learn a bit more before hosting a BBS of my own. I wanted to begin using the bulletin board systems for quite some time now, but I did not have a phone line connection only an internet connection. So instead of using telnet or SSH I managed to run theis connection over VoIP.

Necro away! :)

The phone line for this BBS runs over a digital phone line, so there's some compression and loss, and holding a connection can be a bit tricky. People tell me they have no issues, but I sit next to the modem, I hear the disconnections and call-backs :)

DaiTengu

... Don't force it, get a larger hammer.

Re: what brings you here?
By: DaiTengu to Null on Fri Oct 23 2020 12:34 am

Re: what brings you here?
By: Null to Rusty Shackleford on Thu Oct 22 2020 07:51 pm

I hope this is not the BBS equivalent of necroing a thread. but I am he to learn a bit more before hosting a BBS of my own. I wanted to begin using the bulletin board systems for quite some time now, but I did not have a phone line connection only an internet connection. So instead of using telnet or SSH I managed to run theis connection over VoIP.

Necro away! :)

The phone line for this BBS runs over a digital phone line, so there's some

DaiTengu

... Don't force it, get a larger hammer.

Really? Who is the phone provider Ooma?

Null

Re: what brings you here?
By: Null to DaiTengu on Fri Oct 23 2020 10:50 am

The phone line for this BBS runs over a digital phone line, so there's
some

Really? Who is the phone provider Ooma?

Spectrum. It was, at one point, cheaper to have internet + phone rather than just Internet. I think now it's runing me about $15 a month or so.

DaiTengu

... Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

Re: what brings you here?
By: DaiTengu to Null on Fri Oct 23 2020 11:02 am

Spectrum. It was, at one point, cheaper to have internet + phone rather tha DaiTengu

That actually sounds pretty nice. I am going to have to look into how much it would be to get some trunked phone lines where I am at so I can setup a BBs with equal parts Dial-In Users as well as TelNet.

Re: what brings you here?
By: Null to DaiTengu on Fri Oct 23 2020 11:49 am

Spectrum. It was, at one point, cheaper to have internet + phone

That actually sounds pretty nice. I am going to have to look into how much it would be to get some trunked phone lines where I am at so I can setup a BBs with equal parts Dial-In Users as well as TelNet.

Be careful with the digital phone lines, You need to make sure they're using a codec that can support a modem, preferably something uncompressed. Spectrum claims I can fax up to 9600 baud, but, as you can see, The line supports faster speeds, up to about 30K BPS.



DaiTengu

... Omens are there to be broken.

Re: what brings you here?
By: DaiTengu to Null on Fri Oct 23 2020 03:48 pm

Be careful with the digital phone lines, You need to make sure they're using

I am looking at the codecs and doing comparisons. It might take some time andI have other things to take care of first. I am using a DOS 6.22 right now, and I will be trial running synchronet and writing up some custom server side applicatrions to go onto it.

after I finish that and get a test system and I get familiar with freePBX/hylafax I will start thinking about SIP providers more.

Re: what brings you here?
By: Null to DaiTengu on Sat Oct 24 2020 10:27 am

I am looking at the codecs and doing comparisons. It might take some time andI have other things to take care of first. I am using a DOS 6.22 right now, and I will be trial running synchronet and writing up some custom server side applicatrions to go onto it.

Addons for Synchronet are fairly simple if you're competent with Javascript.

I don't think SBBS will run on DOS 6.22 though. I run on Linux (CentOS 7), and my dialup line runs on a Gentoo box. You can also run it on Windows, but you're better off with a 32-bit version of Windows to be able to get 16-bit DOS doors to work, the 64-bit versions of windows don't have the 16-bit subsystem anymore.

DaiTengu

... All things being equal, a fat person uses more soap than a thin person.

Re: what brings you here?
By: Rusty Shackleford to All on Wed Sep 21 2016 01:14 am

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. ;)
Just browsing arund memory lane.

Re: what brings you here?
By: Rusty Shackleford to All on Wed Sep 21 2016 01:14 am

so what brings you here? i just kinda ran across the place yesterday, been y

Was watching a video on youtube by "Ionic1k" and found out about this. Frankly I've never been on a BBS before and just wanted to mess with it.

Re: Re: What Brings you Here?
By: Abraca-Daniel to Rusty Shackleford on Tue Nov 14 2023 09:13 pm

Was watching a video on youtube by "Ionic1k" and found out about this. Frankly I've never been on a BBS before and just wanted to mess with it.

Jeez, that video is almost at half-of-a-million views! I've never been so happy to have my phone number displayed to that many people! :D

DaiTengu

...That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.

Re: Re: What Brings you Here?
By: DaiTengu to Abraca-Daniel on Sun Dec 17 2023 08:29 am



Slayer!

Re: Re: What Brings you Here?
By: Djatropine to DaiTengu on Sun Dec 24 2023 03:10 pm

Re: Re: What Brings you Here?
By: DaiTengu to Abraca-Daniel on Sun Dec 17 2023 08:29 am

Slayer!

I was in the Washington DC area earlier this month. I spent an afternoon at Adroit Theory - a metal themed brewery, home to some incredibly tasty beers.

When one spends this much time in a taproom sampling all that can be sampled, one must hit the restroom at some point. I was looking for a specific sign when I visited the head, and as I was washing my hands I found it. There on the corner of the mirror, was a sticker that read:

"Employees must carve 'Slayer' into their forarm before returning to work"

DaiTengu

...Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat, though.

Re: Re: What Brings you Here?
By: DaiTengu to Djatropine on Mon Dec 25 2023 09:21 am

"Employees must carve 'Slayer' into their forarm before returning to work"

DaiTengu

WO#W!!! Back in 2-014 or 15 i forgot the yeAR. I was in Seattle, smoking pot , maiing horrible sound sequences in renoise tracker , then i was
invited to some demosc ene meetup.com event on the 32nd floor of the Columbia Tower in Seattle and I saw that SAME SIGN!!!


Hope you're having a ggreat 4202 or year 2402




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