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Telnet BBS Guide
- GekkePrutser 5y agoIt's a bit sad that many OSes are dropping telnet. For some stuff it's still fine. No need to remove a 2 kilobyte tool that people still use :) Same with FTP.
- jbledsoe2112 5y agoWindows still has both, just need to activate them.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI suppose we'll never see an iOS "terminal/modem" that calls out from the phone to dial-up BBS's. Anything like that for Android?
- jtvjan 5y agoI don't think it's practical. The lossy compression that GSM uses is incompatible with the protocol used with modems, which assume the analog characteristics of real phone lines. If you want to reach a BBS on your phone, you could use a telnet app like Termius or Termux over 4G.
- reaperducer 5y agoThe lossy compression that GSM uses is incompatible with the protocol used with modems, which assume the analog characteristics of real phone lines. People say this all the time on the internet, but in the 90's, I had a Nokia phone that could send faxes over GSM.
- xenophonf 5y agoFax connections over GSM required a special (read: expensive and inefficient) circuit-switched data service that was limited to 9600 bps, at least here in the U.S.A.: http://navasgroup.com/attwireless/gsm_data.htm http://navasgroup.com/attwireless/gsm_data.htm
- anyfoo 5y agoSame in Europe, HSCSD and all. Though at the time, I thought my Nokia 6150 was really "modem'ing" and the 9.6kbps were because GSM compression and available bandwidth would obliterate anything else, but nice to learn after all these years that it was actually digital and the endpoint with the actual modem was somewhere in the network.
- mlyle 5y agoJust to augment what the other poster said: The way this would work is that your cellphone would send the fax data over the digital cellular network connection; in turn, the actual cellular network itself would speak the V.29 fax protocol.
- toast0 5y agoThere's certainly practical issues, but not every call is stuck with the GSM codec anymore. G.722.2 (aka HD Voice) may be better than GSM at carrying modem noises (or it may not be). Of course, way back when, when mobile carriers had modem banks for outgoing calls, that worked a whole lot better.
- marcodiego 5y agoI remember someone trying to port minimodem to run under termux. Nevertheless, it still not a HAYES modem, but I don't think it is difficult to build one using minimodem.
- dg246 5y agoNot exactly what you're asking for, but there's this for Linux - https://www.aon.com/cyber-solutions/aon_cyber_labs/introducing-d-modem-a-software-sip-modem/ https://www.aon.com/cyber-solutions/aon_cyber_labs/introduci...
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoTake a look at the Quiet Modem [1] project, which has bindings for Android and iOS if you're looking for a softmodem. I'll bet there's telnet apps on iOS though if you just want to do some IP based BBSing. [1]: https://github.com/quiet https://github.com/quiet
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- jbledsoe2112 5y agoHere's a listing of over 1000 Telnet and SSH enabled BBSes. Even lists a few dial-up BBSes! Very good find!
- ms123 5y agoIf you're looking for a simple web-based one, have a look at https://midnight.pub https://midnight.pub. :)
- swayvil 5y agoNow that is a tasteful design. So easy on my withered eyes. I may redesign my own balls-simple site to something similar.
- iCarrot 5y agoNot for my withered eyes, I need to zoom 130% for it to be readable.
- kingcharles 5y agoIs this content computer-generated? 'When we went for a new wife acquaintance, on the way I asked "What is she doing?" .. He replied, slightly embarrassed, "Yes, nothing at all."'
- teitoklien 5y agoNah, just a guy joking to show he’s drunk lol
- hoppyhoppy2 5y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/
- JKCalhoun 5y agoDirect link to what appears to be the monthly list of BBS's (if you want to peruse just that): https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbslist/ibbs1121.zip https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbslist/ibbs1121.zip
- jbledsoe2112 5y agoThere's a daily one as well. Most up to date if you download the daily list.
- simias 5y agoI really dislike the www bloat so I was excited to browse the list, unfortunately so far I mostly see ancap/libertarian/declinist posts (or just people who seem very sad and/or angry) as well as many far-right dogwhistles I recognize from 4chan. Can somebody recommend more, uh, uplifting BBS communities?
- Coolerbythelake 5y agoFigures! I'd be staying away from all that for the same reasons. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't right wing. At least the boards I cruised.
- narrator 5y agoI spent a lot of time on BBSs back in the day. There were some moderated tech support communities that were extremely tame, but most of it was like 4chan if 4chan was restricted to just your local calling area. In person BBS Parties and later IRC Channel Parties were full of the greatest and most bizarre mix of people I have ever come across with a common interest. That's probably because with just the screen name and no avatar or graphics or profile info or anything, nobody divided into their usual social groups.
- BeetleB 5y agoQuite different from the BBS Circles I was part of. They required you to use your real name on the forums ("conferences"). If a BBS was discovered not to enforce that rule, they would be kicked out of the network. It was very civil.
- ToddWBurgess 5y agosysop breaking in for chat:
- soitgoes511 5y agoYour comment made me feel nostalgic. Phreaking, 950's, 988's and warez.
- marcodiego 5y agoMost important thing when using BBS through telnet: it uses no cryptography!
- reaperducer 5y agoThat's a feature, not a bug. If I'm using telnet, I'm on a machine that lacks the horsepower to encrypt beyond rot13.
- jbledsoe2112 5y agoSimple technology. Most newer ones support SSH if that's what you want.
- arsome 5y agoAny way to sort this list by activity in some way? Seems kinda hard to figure out where to check out first.
- jbledsoe2112 5y agoSadly no. The list just shows what's out there. It would be way too hard to show activity.
- jbledsoe2112 5y agoHowever the Diamond Mine Online (bbs.dmine.net) is a great place to start.
- freebreakfast 5y ago"BBS: The Documentary" is worth a watch. http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/
- 01100011 5y agoIt is, but I found it still missed out on large parts of what BBSing was like in the 80's and early 90's.
- contidrift 5y agoLooks like it was temporarily slowed to a crawl by HNers. Will try again later.
- jbledsoe2112 5y agoLOL! It's back up now.
- anthk 5y agoOn BBS and MUDs, cyberpunk MUDs and the Dragon Ball ones are really cool :D. And Nethack/Slashem/Crawl over Telnet/SSH, OFC. A must have.
- nope96 5y agoalso worth checking out: https://old.reddit.com/r/bbs/ https://old.reddit.com/r/bbs/