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Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by threeio »

myth_drannon wrote: post #34

There is also a collection of Boardwatch Magazine if anyone wants to take a peek at that time. https://archive.org/details/boardwatchmagazine

God I remember overpaying for my boardwatch magazine subscription just to be aware of new trends so I could write better BBS Software... ahh memories :)

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by fixxation92 »

Ahhhh, the memories. I ran a Telegard BBS for a couple years back in those days, I remember being so proud to finally get a USRobotics 9600 baud modem that was so fast compared to everything we had before it. I remember having to take the board "down" to be able to dial into other BBSes in the area, and having to manully start the uploads and downloads with Ymodem-G and Zmodem. I can't remember exactly why, but I have memories of Xmodem not being great! Sadly it all ended when a new user sent tricked me into running a "game" as an upload to prove he was legit, and told me that I didn't need to do the voice verification (as a good Sysop would have always done). Of course I trusted him, and ran the thing-- turned out to be some nasty trojan and all I remember was the text "file allocation table (followed by some other not so nice words)" across the screen over and over again, forgot the rest. Hard drive FUBAR'ed. Awful moment. Phone rings a few moments later and the there he was, asking how the "game" was and laughing... almost like the "did you check the children" line from When a Stranger Calls! That was my first and last BBS... good times regardless, despite the virus incident!

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by WalterGR »

einr wrote: post #23
pyuser583 wrote: post #5

Oh wow - I did not suspect there were BBS’s still running!

There's quite a lot. Check this out: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ Over a thousand systems accessible over telnet (sometimes ssh too, sometimes even proper, honest actual dial-up modem)

Most landlines in the US these days are VoIP and my understanding is that modems work very poorly over VoIP. Before anyone invests in a modem - and in getting a land-line if they don’t have one - be sure to do your research.

Can anyone comment on how well modems work over long-haul connections these days? Even if you have plain ol’ copper wiring to your local telephone company, it’s not gonna be copper wire the whole way.

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by brightball »

firesteelrain wrote: post #6
brightball wrote: post #2

I’ve thought for a long time about setting up an old BBS. Inviting people to play Legend of the Red Dragon and Usurper. Well done.

I have been playing LoRD here and other places for a while http://lord.stabs.org/playlord.html I used to host LoRD and Usurper on a local Renegade BBS back in the mid 90s

Nice. I remember somebody who ran one of the BBS that my friends and I played on back in the day staying up to watch me play Usurper to figure out how I was beating everybody when they had their rooms guarded. It wasn't anything special, we just found a race/class combo that basically beat everything.

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Post by jjuliano »

I remember I traded my SNES console for a 9.6bps modem. Spent my high-school nights connecting to BBSs, door games, fidonet. Saw modem speed progressing to 28.8, 33.3 and finally 56k (and I'm still at 9.6k lol). And the joy of trying to use a winmodem on Linux. Those days are so nostalgic.

Re: Darkrealms BBS

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Post by einr »

WalterGR wrote: post #43
einr wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's quite a lot. Check this out: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ Over a thousand systems accessible over telnet (sometimes ssh too, sometimes even proper, honest actual dial-up modem)

Most landlines in the US these days are VoIP and my understanding is that modems work very poorly over VoIP. Before anyone invests in a modem - and in getting a land-line if they don’t have one - be sure to do your research. Can anyone comment on how well modems work over long-haul connections these days? Even if you have plain ol’ copper wiring to your local telephone company, it’s not gonna be copper wire the whole…

It is my understanding that you can completely forget about the faster speeds. Go down to 2400 bps and you may get a solid connection.
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