[TriLUG] Article on old style BBS systems

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

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.  
>