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A look at my BBS Software from '93

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Re: A look at my BBS Software from '93

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Post by ckeck »

chrissnell wrote: post #40

The late 80s/early 90s BBS scene was an amazing time for me. I was in high school and I've never been as interested in computers and communications as I was then. I never ventured into the "dark" side like OP--I was too scared of my parents--so I ran a legit FidoNET BBS using the RemoteAccess BBS software and the Frontdoor mailer (and later, Maximus and BinkleyTerm). The most amazing thing about it all was that it wa…

Reading the comment thinking...I wonder if I know this guy...check username...yup :)

How goes it?

Re: A look at my BBS Software from '93

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Post by Zaak »

adrianN wrote: post #99
tomfanning wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ham radio. 300 baud packet over HF (thousands of miles) is still a thing, as are newer data modes such as PSK31 and the JT family. I'm actively working on 1200 baud projects over VHF FM now. Back in the day BBS was very much in. These days the same tech is more often used for telemetry, tracking etc (APRS). Now you can do it all in software, ref https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf and friends.

Ham radio doesn't allow for encrypted connections AFAIK, which makes it a lot less interesting to me.

Is that a privacy issue or some other factor?

Re: A look at my BBS Software from '93

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Post by Jemaclus »

amitp wrote: post #190
Jemaclus wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes! I've tried over the years to create a TW2002 clone, but I always stall out at the economic system. I've also tried to recreate Barren Realms Elite / Solar Realms Elite, but Amit lost the source code to that, too. Reverse engineering BBS games is hard! Maybe Legend of the Red Dragon would be easier... [Edit: I'm aware that there are TW2002 games out there right now, but those tend to be web-based, and I wanna do…

I agree, reverse engineering some of this stuff is hard. I had been studying economics & systems design and put lots of interacting feedback loops into SRE so it's sometimes hard to tease out the individual effects. I've put some notes up here for anyone who wants to clone it http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/Articles/SRE-Desi... For a quick “where are they now”: - Barren Realms Elite --> Mehul (my brother)…

Yep yep, I've studied your notes before. Great resource. :) You're a rock star. Nice "Where are they Now" notes, too! Very cool!

Re: A look at my BBS Software from '93

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Post by tracker1 »

Muuuchem wrote: post #186
whatever_dude wrote: post #143

One thing that always fascinated me is that although BBSs connected people, they were necessarily constrained by distance given the difficult (and price) of long-distance calls. That reflected on the shape of the community around it. There were some things that would be common between them but overall different area codes had very different scenes. This is somewhat diluted today, since you can connect with whatever c…

I visited the sonic the hedgehog video game BBS nearly daily when I first got a computer and dialup at my home in the late 90/early 2000s. I don't remember any distance constraints, but I was between 9 and 11 years old during this time period.

I bet your parents noticed.. ;-)

Re: A look at my BBS Software from '93

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