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BBSs are still alive; mostly accessed over amateur radio.
by Jemm 8y ago
BBSs are still alive; mostly accessed over amateur radio.
- gglitch 8y agoI’m brand new to amateur radio, but loved my BBS back in the day. Can you tell me more about this?
- JohnL4 8y agoPacket radio, I'm guessing.
- lholden 8y agoAnd... over the internet. Quite a few internet connected BBSs around still, many of which are even part of FidoNet. Speaking of which... FidoNet is still alive too, along with several other similar BBS mail networks. :)
- csixty4 8y agoThere's a decent community of BBSs connected over telnet as well. The ESP2866 makes it easy to "dial in" from an 8-bit machine.
- codazoda 8y agoI ran a Utah BBS in the late 80's on a phone line I "found" in my childhood bedroom. I've thought, a bit, about setting up a "BBS" hosted on any computer connected to any WiFi access point. Here are my initial ramblings about the idea. https://blog.joeldare.com/wireless-bbs/ https://blog.joeldare.com/wireless-bbs/
- ryukafalz 8y agoThanks for posting this! I ran across this post a while back and couldn't for the life of me find it again - I liked the idea the last time I saw it. The first thing that came to mind was a wireless BBS running on a solar-powered Pi Zero, left in some remote location.
- codazoda 8y agoWell, that kinda surprised me. I write a lot of random stuff but I typically think most of it goes into the void. I've never seen this page show up in any of my top page reports and I don't think I've ever mentioned it before, but maybe I did. Glad you liked my ramblings. I've got a spare Mac Mini and an extra wifi router. I think I'll try to set this up for my neighbors soon. Most people probably wouldn't guess the password so I might have to go unencrypted.
- shaunxcode 8y agoWhat was the name? I remember Raistlins Castle and stargate but I can not recall the names of the others. I spent a LOT of time back then playing barren realms elite.
- mycall 8y agoI'm getting back into packet radio. SDRs are making this lost art a cheap reality.