Very glad i spend a little extra cash and bought the 64nic. Aug 03, 2016 hi, this a short demonstration of connecting to a bbs through a dial up modem using term on a commodore amiga 2000. I put it as the first item on the disk so the shiftrunstop trick will load and run the first item on the disk. This forum provides information on bbs which commodore hardware and emulators may connect. Dialup users can access with standard ansi rip software or a free windows based gui client. Dec 26, 2017 from 19921998 i ran a dial up bbs, and in 2005 i started up its telnetbased successor. Commodore 128d and cpm retrocosms vintage computing. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with. The computers must have a terminal program software so that they can run commands on the bulletin board service bbs. Unfortunately, not all modems are supported with this program.
The retroreplay expansion cartridge enabled the addition of the silver surfer addon serial board, which also enabled 56k modem connections, and the rrnet addon serial board, which allows for. If you have a modem and a phone line, you can call it today at 9516521690. Jul 25, 2011 however i found it quite difficult to find suitable software and therefore turned to my windows 98 system. St4expressst star fleet hq bbs 5983 atari st the grove shadow. Im planning on using a i386based host with msdos or os2. Jan 14, 2016 the forgotten world of bbs door games. Before the age of multitasking operating systems, the.
I dug out a diamond supra express pci modem and installed it and went on the hunt for some bbs software. Andrew wiskow emailed me today with news that his longplanned commodore dial up bbs s return to glory is now complete. Colossus in virginia 7038188904 is a favorite bbs of mine because its one of the few dialup wwiv bbses left out there wwiv is the software i ran myself back in the day. Borderline bbs was brought online in january 2014 as a dialup only bbs. A bulletin board system or bbs also called computer bulletin board service, cbbs is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Gbbs pro based on the acos or macos modified acos language. One method is connecting your commodore 64 to a pc with a rs232 serial connector. Diehard sysops are resurrecting bbss from the 1980s. Below is a collection of hopefully helpful links for he or she who has a mind to dip a toe in and see what the current bbs scene is all about. If you are looking for a dial up bbs, there is citadel 64 bbs 209845.
A bbs is a private online dialup service run on a single home computer. I settled pretty quickly on the excellent synchronet for which the author has also written dial up support. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users through public message boards and sometimes via direct chatting. With these you will be able to dial into old school c64128 bbs that have been converted to telnet from dialup. I used cnet 128 bbs for the software, and cnet made used what they called pfiles for doors. But the years have passed, and it seems that the bulletin board system has taken a back seat to many of the newer protocols being used on the internet. Dialup nights is a new dialup only bulletin board, running maxs bbs on native amiga ng. Its a great place to run classic msdos door games like tradewars 2002, legend of the red dragon. I was up all hours of the night talking to people who logged in. Dialup modems a dialup connection works by dialing a telephone number through the telephone company. Its time to fire up a computer and see if there is an electronic mail from friends and. The beta version of the board is open 9pm 6 am, and 24 hours at the weekends uk time. Besides the traditional base, it offers many features not seen in other bbs programs, enabling the internet to your bbs users and enabling the bbs for the internet.
Commodore 64128 bulletin board list petscii forums. I ran it on a commodore 128 with a few 1571 and 1581 floppy drives. Back in the 80s, there used to be thousands of these systems running all over the world. No longer does everyone in the house complain about the phone not working because im using dial up, and the 10mbs is a very nice improvement over modem speeds. Anybody here date back to local, dial up bbss or run one. Been using a 1200 baud modem for all my c64 bbs browsing before this, and wow. There was a time, however, when when dial up bbses over analog phone lines were the rule, not the exception. Hbbs a hiresolution graphica l dial up bbs and client package for the apple ii, supported threaded, rich media messages including graphics, shapes, sound, fonts, sprites and animation via its desktop client. A few weeks later, im up past 77,000 bbses listed, with many including the sysops name, software used, and if youre lucky a relatively accurate timespan for the. A bbs software package that is on this list means that the software is no longer being supported by the author and most likely there is little if any third party support. For door based games, see door games applenet diversi dial ddial chatroom atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other ddial boards. One runs the original software on a decadesold commodore 128dcr.
The following is a listing of classic bbs software programs from yesteryear. Worldgroup is an ansirip based dialup and telnettable bbs, a web server, and an internet service provider all in one package. The following is a list of known active bbs software websites. Borderline bbs is the only dialup bbs anywhere in the world right now running. This is a list of notable bulletin board system bbs software packages. Colossus is also unique in that it is likely the only bbs running vintage wwiv v4. To save time, if a hardware platform had no modem made for it or lacks any known bbs software, it will be greyed out. However i found it quite difficult to find suitable software and therefore turned to my windows 98 system. Commodore 128d and cpm june 18, 2011 june 18, 2011 retrocosm i shall be away for the beginning of this years retrochallenge, so in order to hit the ground running when i get back i thought id make sure all my machines were primed and ready for action. The two really hugely supported packages being developed right now dont even support dial up out of the box anymore mystic and synchronet.
The bbs corner classic dos windows os2 bbs software list. For door based games, see door games applenet diversidial ddial chatroom atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other ddial boards. With a collection of over 30,000 textfiles from the 1980s, i suddenly got a rather weird thought. Futurevision by tc wilson aka the captain based on the metal language gbbs applesoftbased bbs program gbbs pro based. I started out on a 2400 baud modem, stepped up to a 14. Rs232 for commodore pet and dialing a bbs over wifi. But we here at the bbs guide believe that there has been a grand lack of resources tying together all the folks who still love, live and run bulletin board systems. Worldgroup is probably the most popular paybased bbs and is one of the most common among telnettable bbses.
Why not start taking all the bbses mentioned in all the textfiles and create a really, really huge bbs list. Hbbs a hiresolution graphical dialup bbs and client package for the apple ii. And believe it or not, there are still a handful of bbses out there that have not modernized and switched over to the net. Dial up modems a dial up connection works by dialing a telephone number through the telephone company. Old school sean connecting to a bbs using a commodore 64. They did so using ordinary telephone phone lines and dial up modems, often directing the devices to. There is software that you can run on the pc to allow the telnet session to go to the 64. A bulletin board system or bbs is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. From 19921998 i ran a dial up bbs, and in 2005 i started up its telnetbased successor. Rediscovering the lost civilization of dialup bbss. In this video, well take a brief look at the history of bulletin board systems and connect to some bbses using a commodore 64. The resulting software, called cbbs, allowed personalcomputer owners with modems to dialin to a dedicated system and leave messages. The priority is on dial up software created before 1995, although additions for any and all bbs programs are welcome. If someone wished to access a bbs, they would load into their computer a textbased terminal program, with which they could dial and connect to the bbs via their modem.
Commodore offered a number of inexpensive modems for the c64, allowing quick and easy access to the thousands of dial up public bulletin board systems bbs, the precursor to the internet, for chat, downloads, and online games. A bbs is a private online dial up service run on a single home computer. C64 color terminal emulator commodore 64 c64 forum. The beta version of the board is open 9pm 6 am uk time, 7 days a week with an increase to 247, depending on demand. Elebbs is an bbs program in the traditional sense one that you can dial up to using a modem if you want to. Back in the day i would dial into chrysalis bbs in dallas, tx. The lost civilization of dialup bulletin board systems the. The place to discuss all things commodore in the 8 bit range.
A bbs software package that is on this list means that the software is no longer being supported by the author and most likely there is. However, greg pfountz, the author of the software that im running on my dial up board, also wrote a terminal program for msdos in 1991 called the c64 color terminal emulator. Commodore pc tools tools specific to transferring software between a pc and a commodore 12 5. They did so using ordinary telephone phone lines and dial up modems, often directing the devices to call bulletin board systems bbses in their local. The cottonwood bbs, perhaps the last dial up only bbs running on authentic commodore hardware feel free to correct me on this. This time a 300 baud connect using a real commodore 64 and dataphon s 2123 d to the tornado bbs located in my hometown hamburg. Unfortunately, its a telnetonly program, so it cant be used for dial up connections. Supporting acorn, risc os, commodore, amiga and others. The plan is to increase to 247, depending on demand. It can be accessed through a standard telnet connection and currently provides basic bbs functionality. Sometimes using modern technology like raspberry pi and tcpser which emulates a hayes modem for telnet connections, theyre reviving decadesold dial up bulletin board systems or bbses as portals to places that have been long forgotten. Gbbs applesoft and assemblerbased bbs program by greg schaeffer. Telnet modems telnet modems use a textbased communication model to connect two remote computers. Users can dial using a standard 64 connected to the internet or by using a cg term for the pc.
Jul 23, 2010 elebbs is an bbs program in the traditional sense one that you can dial up to using a modem if you want to. Borderline bbs tour a real commodore 64 dialup bbs. Feb 07, 2014 borderline bbs is the only dial up bbs anywhere in the world right now running on a commodore 64. Nov 04, 2016 the resulting software, called cbbs, allowed personalcomputer owners with modems to dial in to a dedicated system and leave messages that others would see later, when they, in turn, dialed up the. Runs in fullscreen mode on all platforms altenter switches modes nix versions will run using sdl, x11, or using curses. I used to dial in to my own bbs regularly to make sure things were working the way i wanted them to, because everything seemed to work right if i logged in from the computer it was running on. Windows, linux, openbsd, netbsd, os x, and freebsd. Trying out new bbs software, getting into ascii art, warez, demos, etc. Telnetaccessibility has been added, making it the first bbs running on a c64 with a hybrid setup allowing both dialup and telnet calls. Running 247 at 3001200 baud on a commodore 64 using all american bbs software. Two new articles take a look at social medias dial up ancestor from back in the 20th century. Hbbs a hiresolution graphical dialup bbs and client package for the apple ii, supported threaded, rich media messages including graphics, shapes, sound, fonts, sprites and animation via its desktop client. Syncterm is a very nice bbs terminal program for windows, linux, and mac os x that supports. There is really no good reason to run a dial up bbs nowadays which is really why there are so few of them.
Most bbs enthusiasts know that the last outpost for bbses has been, for some time now, through telnet on the internet. Bbs vintage is the new old, retro games news, retro. Its crazy to think that i have been working on this software since high school and now i am all grown up and well into my professional career. Classic doswindows bbs software site list bbs corner.
C64,64c,128,128d,1571,1702,1084s,a,a2000,520stm,520stfm,1040stf,apple iie,imac,emac,sinclair, amd a8, amd a6, amd phenom ii black. Active bbs software means that the software is either being actively being updated by the author, or a website exists where you can either download the software andor you can get support from the author. The april 2007 edition of the commodore 64128 bulletin board list is now ready for viewing. Nice little guide on how to call commodore 64 bbs systems using telnet instead of a dial up modem. It operates at 30012002400 baud, and features 4080 column operation, asciiansipetscii support, message bases, file transfers, and online. Being from a different part of brazil remote access reigned supreme, while pc board is something i saw once that one day when i dared dial long distance to some bbs in a different state. The lost civilization of dialup bulletin board systems the atlantic. Next was the software, which was easy enough to transfer to a 1541 floppy disk that can be read with the ieee488 enabled commodore 2031 single floppy disk drive.
Diversidial ddial chatroom atmosphere supporting up to 7 incoming lines allowing links to other ddial boards. Dialup dialup nights is a new dialup only bulletin board, running maxs bbs on native amiga ng hardware. First a new article in ieee spectrum remembers a time when tens of thousands of dial up bulletin board systems kept modems busy all around the world playing chintzy door games, downloading textfiles and ansi art, and reading messages left on fidonets echo. A few weeks later, im up past 77,000 bbses listed, with many including the sysops name, software used, and if youre lucky a relatively accurate timespan for the years that bbs graced the telephone network. Dial up nights is a new dial up only bulletin board, running maxs bbs on native amiga ng hardware. I ended up running my own bbs on my c64 and had to get a job to pay for the extra phone line and the array of 1581 3. It has petscii for the commodore systems and ansi for all the rest. With these you will be able to dial into old school c64128 bbs that have been converted to telnet from dial up.
It was a lot of fun, and i actually started programming doors for it. The movie back to the future is still in the theaters and for the life of you, you cant fathom why coca cola would dare to change their formula. A uk dial up bbs is born retrocosms vintage computing. Bbs vintage is the new old, retro games news, retro gaming. According to andrew wiskow, greg pfountz, the original author of color 64 bbs software, has authorized the release of the final version that he wrote of color 64 v7. Xe or 800xl with ram upgrade so all the important board files and indices can be put on a ram disk, an attached hard drive or ssd, commodore 1702 and 80column monitor for xep80, r. Bbs software for commodore 64 commodore 64 c64 forum.
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