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Ask HN: Are there any alive and active TELNET BBS systems?

8 points by netcrash 13y ago

Are there any alive and active TELNET BBS systems that are still being used?

runjake 13y ago
Yes. http://www.google.com/q=telnet+bbs http://www.google.com/q=telnet+bbs
- jmerton 13y ago
  That link returns a 404.
mooism2 13y ago
If ssh is fine (and I can't think why you'd want to use telnet over ssh), then try Monochrome (ssh mono@mono.org, though I haven't used it myself in years). (They might not even have switched off telnet access yet, you never know.)
ksherlock 13y ago
telnet matrixreturns.dyndns.org 6401 It's running on an Apple IIe, so only one user at a time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJtD5OeR_k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJtD5OeR_k
jliechti1 13y ago
PTT is still heavily used in Taiwan by university students. The numbers today might not be quite as high as the quote from Wikipedia below (due to the rise of Facebook), but the system is definitely still extremely active. "PTT is arguably the largest BBS in the world with more than 1.5 million registered users. During peak hours, there are over 150,000 users online. It has over 20,000 boards with a multitude of topics, and more than 20000 articles and 500000 comments are posted every day." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System
- netcrash 13y ago
  Wow, thanks! And do you know about any english-languaged bbs?
LarryMade2 13y ago
There's at least about 20 Commodore 8-bit BBSs up currently, http://cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com/ http://cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com/ and I'm sure more are out there as there have been recently developments in creating Hayes compatible internet devices.
luisbebop 13y ago
check it out http://cloudwalk.io http://cloudwalk.io
mindcrime 13y ago
Oh yeah. Even better, there are still active GOPHER servers out there. Fire up Links and try hitting gopher://gopherproject.org. You won't be disappointed...

6 ms·

Ask HN: Are there any alive and active TELNET BBS systems?

8 points by netcrash 13y ago

Are there any alive and active TELNET BBS systems that are still being used?

runjake 13y ago
Yes. http://www.google.com/q=telnet+bbs http://www.google.com/q=telnet+bbs
- jmerton 13y ago
  That link returns a 404.
mooism2 13y ago
If ssh is fine (and I can't think why you'd want to use telnet over ssh), then try Monochrome (ssh mono@mono.org, though I haven't used it myself in years). (They might not even have switched off telnet access yet, you never know.)
ksherlock 13y ago
telnet matrixreturns.dyndns.org 6401 It's running on an Apple IIe, so only one user at a time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJtD5OeR_k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJtD5OeR_k
jliechti1 13y ago
PTT is still heavily used in Taiwan by university students. The numbers today might not be quite as high as the quote from Wikipedia below (due to the rise of Facebook), but the system is definitely still extremely active. "PTT is arguably the largest BBS in the world with more than 1.5 million registered users. During peak hours, there are over 150,000 users online. It has over 20,000 boards with a multitude of topics, and more than 20000 articles and 500000 comments are posted every day." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System
- netcrash 13y ago
  Wow, thanks! And do you know about any english-languaged bbs?
LarryMade2 13y ago
There's at least about 20 Commodore 8-bit BBSs up currently, http://cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com/ http://cbbsoutpost.servebbs.com/ and I'm sure more are out there as there have been recently developments in creating Hayes compatible internet devices.
luisbebop 13y ago
check it out http://cloudwalk.io http://cloudwalk.io
mindcrime 13y ago
Oh yeah. Even better, there are still active GOPHER servers out there. Fire up Links and try hitting gopher://gopherproject.org. You won't be disappointed...