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BBS Links Database Back Online

Posted by Hemos on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

leviathan writes "After being down for almost a year, the original BBS Links Database is back in action. Started back in 1999, almost a third of the original entries have been pruned out, and others are in dire need of updating. If you run a BBS related web site, please help us out by adding it to the database, or updating your existing entries."

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  1. FINALLY by Uhh_Duh · · Score: 5, Funny


    So.. we can track down the people we used to talk to in the days when we had no life and compare TradeWars scores. This service in invaluable! :)

    Except they don't list my old l33t undergr0und BBS I used to run with information on how to build a beige box.

    Ah.. the days when I was young an innocent.

    Forgive the nostalgia. :)

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    1. Re:FINALLY by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Arrgh. I am sick and tired of the Slashbot groupthink idea that the BBS is a thing of the past. The BBS community is alive and well on the Internet. It's single-line dialup systems that are dead.

      BBS's still provide the greatest sense of a cohesive online community out there. Better than "blog" type nonsense, and certainly better than what the likes of MSN and AOL have to offer.

      I've run UNCENSORED! BBS for 14 years and I'm not about to stop now. And the 200+ users aren't going to stop logging in, either. Modern BBS's offer access via telnet/ssh or web, your choice. And the Internet-connectedness of it all has made it possible for BBS communities to attain geographic diversity, something which was not possible when you had to deal with long distance modem calls.

      Please, people, let's get the perspective straight. The BBS is alive and well, so stop pushing this "bygone era" myth.

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  2. Clarification? by Flashbuster+2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could someone please explain what BBSes are used for now, in 2002? The Internet does a great job for warez and pr0ns of all sorts.

    Note to moderators: I'm not trolling, or being offtopic, or being flamebait. This can be a legit discussion.

  3. And don't forget to visit BBSmates.com by Spy4MS · · Score: 5, Informative

    To hook up with your old friends from BBSing days. I only wish a few of mine would show up. Sigh... Underworld Network Hawaii, where are you?

    Be nice, he's using IIS

  4. true communities by Alien54 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's interesting to see what a true community was like, again, after all these years

    vs the september that never ended, when AOL first gave internet access.

    even in a large forum, most of the key players only number in the large handfuls.

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  5. Great, a BBS List! by Tsar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've still got 2.5 megabytes of download credit to use up on Rusty & Edie's, but for some reason the phone number doesn't work any more.

  6. Good news by daitengu · · Score: 5, Informative
    The Days of the BBS are not long dead, Fidonet is still alive and kicking, in fact the Zone 1 Nodelist (USA) is growing... Software such as Synchronet is actively developed by the Author again, with a win32 interface, and a Linux port that does everything but play door games. File areas are available via FTP, and Fidonet still has a huge File backbone, My BBS usually recieves about 100 megs of files a week, (sometimes more) with many geared towards games.

    Message areas are not only availible through QWK packets (can be downloaded via FTP as well) but also through NNTP, and Gopher.

    Everyone loves door games as well, and there are many Leages (Inter-BBS) that still run games such as BRE, Falcon's Eye, Arrowbridge, and more.

    So, to all of you who think the BBS got left in the dust with the Modem, think again! :)

  7. Hee yeah... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    So there I was saying to myself "Self, don't you find the gig fiber to work and the cable modem at home too fast?" and I replied "Yup. Sure do, how I long for the Olde Days." so I said to myself "Self, dust off that old Prometheus 1200 baud modem, hook it into the Apple ][+ and relax for a bit. Enjoy life at a slower pace when the hectic rush of modern life was unheard of." so I did.

    Then I downloaded some ASCII pr0n and said "Self, are you out of your fucking mind?"

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  8. not /.ed yet... by dirvish · · Score: 5, Funny

    They bring it back up after a year and now /. is trying to hose it on its first day back.

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  9. Wow! by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    These BBS things sound cool as hell!
    Ummmm....
    How do I switch my cable modem to "dial up" mode?

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