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+++ SYSOP NEWS +++ SYSOP NEWS +++
As you may remember, RC-BOX BBS - the world's first and (currently) only RC2014 based BBS - has been struggling with connectivity issues.
The good news: I have finally been able to successfully mitigate these.
Some background info: in October last year, I decided to do some maintenance on the system, updating my WiFi modem firmware and replacing the SC132 serial I/O module (using a 6.144 KHz crystal for a fixed 9600 bps) with its cousin, the SC110 serial I/O module which features a CTC chip so it can dynamically set any baud rate.
Turns out that while the module is techincally 100% okay, it sometimes locks up when being used with the BYE.COM program for CP/M.
I think this has to do with BYE.COM setting the CTC to the selected bps during initializiation (which happens after each hangup). For some reason, this often works but occasionally causes the SIO/2 to lock up.
Sometimes, without any reason, BYE.COM would drop into an +++ATH loop although no one was connected, not being able to actually perform the AT command.
It took me weeks to finally realize this, because I was so sure the problem originated from the Zimodem firmware and because the issue only showed up occasionally. It was very annyoing to debug.
So as a result of this finding, I've put the SC132 with the fixed 9600 bps back into the system. Since then, no more of these issues occurred.
As always, you can find all info on how to connect to RC-BOX BBS in my profile info.
P.S.: so now I think the problem originates from the BYE.COM code. But since everything is working properly again, I don't have the desire to dig into the BYE.ASM code any time in the future. There are other projects that I'd like to go on with first.
#rcbox
#bbs
#rc2014
#rc2014bbs
#retrocomputing
#newretro
#z80
Sorry but I don't trust email because of the #RIME Space Moose. Everyone else has a bit-bucket, but RIME has Space Moose.
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Let's continue this conversation by #SnailMail please.
#BBS #Compuserve #SubGeniusSIG
Going through old warez scene BBSes is so much fun and a really great distraction from life at the moment. The best things I've found (aside from the ascii art of course) have been the messages they send to each other when they find out that an informant is lurking their boards. Surely one of the originating moments of what it means to identify a poser online. #warez #bbs #hacking #thescene
Board was very, very, slow today. That's just weird but I guess it's the time of year? I wasn't sure so I rebooted all the things. Was there an issue I didn't know about? If there was, my bad, I didn't see it. #bbs
Zephyr
Custom font in the making once again. I thought I'll post this and regret later as the font will likely be totally different.
#ascii #asciiart #art #bbs #c64 #commodore64 #computer #computerart #demoscene #digital #digitalart #petsciiart #retro #retroart #text #textart #textmode #textpunk #8bit #8bitart #typography #typedesign #design #skeleton #skull #zephyr
OK, OK. So I understand that 2002 didn't get me my T'Khasi Orion and that was to be expected, but now that the #TradeWars have started can someone sort one out for me? #BBS #DoorGames #TW2002
back in the early 90s, there were many, many different options for running a bbs on IBM/DOS compatibles. many were descendants of source code that had been written, and re-written, and modded by various authors. arguably, the most beautiful of all of them (in terms of built-in ansi menuing) was iNiQUiTY by mike fricker. iniq was a rewrite of Telegard, which itself was a rewrite of WWIV's source code.
in the late 90s, the web was already going full tilt and i started to feel a pang of nostalgia for ansi and dial-up. i found out that mike released the software into the public domain, and iniquity had a new website, and new owners were rekindling development. it died after that, and the website and all knowledge of the site disappeared into obscurity
tonight, after trying to remember an url for 20 years (because I misremembered it), i finally found the original url for iniquity's website. i really miss this era - it was trying to reconcile ansi, ascii and web graphics in a single design:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030322235549/http://iniquitybbs.com/
mike went on to an incredibly successful career in game development, and is now the technical director at epic games
from a very brief mention in the bbs doc from @tomjennings, i tracked down a copy of the SEAdog store-and-forward mailer
i'm blown away that this much functionality was packed into an MS-DOS based program that could run on an XT with 256kb of ram. it even had its own routing system.
today's archival/software preservation work -
i noticed that PCBoard BBS software's wikipedia article mentioned something kinda weird - that just before clark development went bankrupt in 1997, it was building a server called MetaWorlds... an attempt at bridging the ansi-based BBS with the WWW.
sadly, the software never made it out of beta, and was nowhere to be found.. until today it seems! i managed to dig it out of the glorious ibm wgam-wbiz collection, and i've uploaded a copy to IA:
https://archive.org/details/metaworlds_beta
i honestly don't really understand what MetaWorlds does, so i'm hoping a PCBoard wiz manages to get it talking to their pcb instance, and lets us know how it all works.
update: located a newer beta. uploaded here: https://archive.org/details/metaworlds-beta-17
final update: version 1.02 (final) found!
https://archive.org/details/pcb-metaworlds
From PCBoard.be:Metaworlds was an attempt by CDC to…
Internet ArchiveFrom #AcesOfTheDeep Online Manual (1994):
If you have a modem, you can download additional boot disk instructions from the #Sierra #BulletinBoardService, or #BBS [!!!] The file to download is BDALL.EXE or BDALL.ZIP (BDALL.ZIP is compressed - you will need the PKUNZIP shareware utility to open it). After downloading the file, select the instructions that will best match your system and program needs.
In the U.S., the BBS number is 206-644-0112; in the U.K., the BBS number is (44) 734 304227.
if you were bbsing in the 90s, you probably heard of Rusty n Edie's BBS. i used to run across nfo's and file_id.diz's advertising their (long distance for me) board all the time. if you came across porn gifs or PCXs in the 90s, it was almost always a scan from their board
how many boards could say they had 128 nodes? 
recently i looked up an old street view of the location in youngstown OH, and amazingly, the sign still mentioned the old BBS - decades after its closure
i loved their old logo, and managed to dig up their original bbs homepage - prior to their FBI raid:
https://web.archive.org/web/19981205104028/http://www.pixi.com/~irvdili/page-22.htm
they also ran a web-based bbs for a very short time:
https://web.archive.org/web/19961114032209/http://www.rne.com/
@sergio_101 I've sent you a msg, let see if it works.
Out there, in the worrying world of today is a little #Zilog #Z80 computer with a mere 64KB of #RAM and running the #1970s CP/M operating system.
This little machine is connected to the #intertubes and it's serving a #singleuser #bulletinboardsystem for you, the worrying souls of #yesteryears to visit.
Take a break from today, connect like it's 1985 - here on RC-BOX BBS, the world's first and (currently) only #rc2014 based bulletin board system in the world!
Check out the #alttext or my #profile info for information on how to connect.
Before the modern internet, Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) were the backbone of online communication. Emerging in the late 1970s, BBSes were text-based systems accessed via dial-up modems, where users could post messages, share files, and even play primitive online games. These digital meeting places became hubs for underground communities, tech enthusiasts, hackers, and early software distribution networks.
Despite being largely replaced by the web, BBSes never truly died. Today, a dedicated community keeps them alive using telnet and modern technology, ensuring that the spirit of decentralized, independent online spaces lives on. Whether through retro computing nostalgia, hacker culture, or a desire for an internet free from corporate control, BBSes continue to thrive in small but passionate circles.
#BBS #RetroComputing #HackerCulture #Decentralization #TechHistory
焰心：首頁、聯絡方式、關於、圖書館服務、五十週年活動、Wiki 焰心
➤ 網路時代的先驅：從BBS到MUD的進化之路
✤ https://www.ucc.asn.au/services/flame.ucc
焰心是一個獨特的網路平臺，起初於1990年作為遠端存取BBS啟動，後來發展成具有MUD特點的公告板系統。它既可以作為一個靜觀的場所，也能提供社交互動、自我探索和虛擬娛樂的空間。用戶可以透過Telnet連接至焰心，或使用防火牆穿透伺服器。焰心同時運行著Gopher和Web伺服器，並由西澳大學電腦俱樂部自1993年以來持續維護至今。
+ 哇，這簡直是網路歷史的活化石！以前從來沒聽過這種平臺，感覺很有趣。
+ 很有懷舊感啊！讓人想起早期網路的純粹和自由，現在的網路社羣似乎少了一點這樣的味道。
#網路歷史 #BBS #MUD #網路社羣
Un clásico inerte del submundo del cómputo:
"La #Guía #Anarquista de las #BBS " (de 1990).
https://texto-plano.xyz/~peron/inst/internet/guia_anarquista_bbs.html
thank you @acn128 for setting up the world's first globaltalk FirstClass BBS! it is amazingly functional, and even has a Usenet feed via eternal-september
(apologies for the terrible photo - my phone grabbed the aperture grille by accident)
for those unfamiliar with FirstClass, it was one of the *very* few fully graphical BBSes of the 1990s, with a point and click graphical client. it predated larger systems like Lotus Notes by a decade
If you've done 6 impossible things this week, why not round it off with a trip onboard "thE grAvY trAIn" TONIGHT at 21:00 GMT! (2pm PST/5pm EST)
#DontPanic #thEgrAvYtrAIn #TextMode
#RetroComputing #BBS #ChipTunes #TrackerMusic #ANSIArt #ASCIIArt
