[TriLUG] Article on old style BBS systems

[Brian via TriLUG]

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.
>>