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  • The Dungein BBS

    From David Baldwin@3:772/300 to All on Sun Oct 26 09:07:24 2014
    I have The Dungeon BBS new letter here im reading i think its from 1997
    its 3 pagers long. any one remember this bbs how was it. i allso have
    two from hawera commodore computer club new letters 2 of them this is the
    club i was in. i have issue 3 from april 1988 and issue 10 from june 1989.

    David B

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    * Origin: The Shadow Dominion BBS (3:772/300)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to David Baldwin on Sun Oct 26 09:15:25 2014
    On 10/26/14, David Baldwin pondered and said...

    I have The Dungeon BBS new letter here im reading i think its from 1997 its 3 pagers long. any one remember this bbs how was it. i allso have
    two from hawera commodore computer club new letters 2 of them this is the club i was in. i have issue 3 from april 1988 and issue 10 from june

    Where was this BBS based?

    Tek may have further info he's got tons of old txt files and I reckon will become the gatekeeper of that sort of knowledge :-)


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

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  • From David Baldwin@3:770/100 to Paul Hayton on Sun Oct 26 10:05:26 2014
    Ill have a look its at looks like it was at levin i see a mail address
    it had all the cool games and fidonet and the price for using the BBS
    $10 for 90 minutes a day $20 for 120 minutes a day and $50 for unlimited files and three hours a day... haha those ere the day of BBsing when you had to pay for it.

    David B

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to David Baldwin on Sun Oct 26 11:18:27 2014
    On 10/26/14, David Baldwin pondered and said...

    Ill have a look its at looks like it was at levin i see a mail address
    it had all the cool games and fidonet and the price for using the BBS
    $10 for 90 minutes a day $20 for 120 minutes a day and $50 for unlimited files and three hours a day... haha those ere the day of BBsing when you had to pay for it.

    Yes I can't see those days returning. Levin eh? Hmmm... Do you have a fidonet address for the BBS listed in any of those docs?


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A52 (Windows)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)
  • From David Baldwin@3:770/100 to Paul Hayton on Sun Oct 26 12:11:29 2014
    Thay had fidonet -3.771/530.1
    and TFNet -170:1702/0

    those number may mean something to you.

    David B

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    * Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to David Baldwin on Sun Oct 26 12:20:31 2014
    On 10/26/14, David Baldwin pondered and said...

    Thay had fidonet -3.771/530.1

    Hmmm I can see the following:

    History of node 3:771/530

    30 Apr 1993, nodelist.120: ,530,Satellite_BBS,Palmerston_North,Alex_Milosevich,64-6-353-6431,9600,CM,V32b, V42b,HST
    28 May 1993, nodelist.148: ,530,Satellite,Palmerston_North,Alex_Milosevich,64-6-353-6431,9600,CM,V32b,V42b ,HST
    4 Apr 1997, nodelist.094: ,530,Satellite,Palmerston_North,Dean_Curtin,64-6-353-6431,9600,CM,V32b,V42b,HST
    29 Aug 1997, nodelist.241: ,530,Satellite,Palmerston_North,Dean_Curtin,64-6-353-6431,9600,V32b,V42b,HST,CM
    30 Jan 1998, nodelist.030: Down,530,Satellite,Palmerston_North,Dean_Curtin,64-6-353-6431,9600,V32b,V42b,HS T,CM
    27 Feb 1998, nodelist.058: Node removed from the nodelist


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Windows)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Spiro Dotgeek@3:772/300 to David Baldwin on Sun Oct 26 12:28:32 2014
    I have The Dungeon BBS new letter here im reading i think its from 1997 its 3 pagers long. any one remember this bbs how was it. i allso have
    two from hawera commodore computer club new letters 2 of them this is the club i was in. i have issue 3 from april 1988 and issue 10 from june
    1989.

    David, if those are electronic files, I would love copies of them. If they
    are physical newsletters, I'm happy to pay postage for you to send them to me, then I can scan them and send you the physical copies back.

    I'm definitely interested in text files from NZ sources. A few years back, I wrote up a web based system to display documents, which is here:

    http://oldschool.geek.nz/doxx

    and have since moved most of those over to my BBS, either as downloads or via Gryphon's text reader, which is accessible from my 'BBS Info' option on the Shadow Dominion's main menu. There's a Historical Documents link in there.

    The BBS page of the website I linked has a bunch of NZ BBS lists, plus the
    BBS magazine I wrote in the mid 90s. :)

    as well as newsletters and magazines (electronic or physical) I would like to fill the holes in my NZ BBS lists.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Linux)
    * Origin: The Shadow Dominion BBS (3:772/300)
  • From Spiro Dotgeek@3:772/300 to Paul Hayton on Sun Oct 26 12:47:33 2014
    Where was this BBS based?
    Tek may have further info he's got tons of old txt files and I reckon
    will become the gatekeeper of that sort of knowledge :-)

    :)

    I can't find a mention of a Dungeon BBS in any of the nationwide BBS lists
    from 91-93, but I'm missing a lot of them.

    I mentioned it in my last post, but bears repeating...

    http://oldschool.geek.nz/doxx/index.php?d=bbs

    has some NZ lists, plus ones from specific areas like Wellington, Manawatu/Horewhenua, and Levin/Palmerston Nth.

    And under there, there's a fido directory which has a pretty thorough list of Fido nodelists going back to 9th November 1984, when Fidonet only had 13
    nodes. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Linux)
    * Origin: The Shadow Dominion BBS (3:772/300)
  • From Spiro Dotgeek@3:772/300 to David Baldwin on Sun Oct 26 12:54:34 2014
    Thay had fidonet -3.771/530.1
    those number may mean something to you.

    Unfortunately, that .1 means that it was an unlisted node hanging off
    3:771/530

    However, 3:771/530 was added to Fidonet on Apr 30, 1993. That BBS was called Satellite BBS, and was run by Alex Milosevich in Palmerston North.

    That doesn't mean that Dungeon BBS wasn't in local BBS lists, it just means that it didn't have a "real" Fidonet address. Or at least, it didn't when
    that text file you're reading was created.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Linux)
    * Origin: The Shadow Dominion BBS (3:772/300)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Sun Oct 26 13:24:36 2014
    On 10/26/14, Spiro Dotgeek pondered and said...

    :)

    I can't find a mention of a Dungeon BBS in any of the nationwide BBS
    lists from 91-93, but I'm missing a lot of them.

    I mentioned it in my last post, but bears repeating...

    http://oldschool.geek.nz/doxx/index.php?d=bbs

    Wow that's cool.

    has some NZ lists, plus ones from specific areas like Wellington, Manawatu/Horewhenua, and Levin/Palmerston Nth.

    Heh I recognise some of these at a quick glance.

    And under there, there's a fido directory which has a pretty thorough
    list of Fido nodelists going back to 9th November 1984, when Fidonet
    only had 13 nodes. :)

    Gotta start somewhere eh?

    Soggy day down here, good to play BBS. Been trying to get another in game module working for LORD but ended up breaking my interBBS mod. Poop. Fixed it now after missing some O2 for a few secs.


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Windows)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Spiro Dotgeek@3:772/300 to Paul Hayton on Sun Oct 26 18:00:37 2014
    Soggy day down here, good to play BBS. Been trying to get another in game module working for LORD but ended up breaking my interBBS mod. Poop.
    Fixed it now after missing some O2 for a few secs.

    Had a couple of friends over and we did some boardgaming. :)

    I'll log in to yours a bit later and see if I can't get through a whole day
    of LORD without dying. haha

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Linux)
    * Origin: The Shadow Dominion BBS (3:772/300)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Sun Oct 26 18:05:38 2014
    On 10/26/14, Spiro Dotgeek pondered and said...

    Had a couple of friends over and we did some boardgaming. :)

    I'll log in to yours a bit later and see if I can't get through a whole day of LORD without dying. haha

    Sounds fun, I'm slowing getting there with your copy of BRE. Much shorter
    game than the league config demands. I'm enjoying it.

    I ended up adding two in game modules today. Hopefully they will behave.


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Windows)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)
  • From David Baldwin@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Mon Oct 27 07:11:41 2014
    send me your home address by email and ill send them down in the post
    email me at dbaldwin@infogen.net.nz yes send them back when
    you have copied them.

    David B

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  • From David Baldwin@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Mon Oct 27 07:15:42 2014
    I have added the oldschool web page as book mark on my firefox.

    David B

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  • From Spiro Dotgeek@3:772/300 to David Baldwin on Mon Oct 27 09:11:44 2014
    send me your home address by email and ill send them down in the post

    Email sent, thanks a lot.

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  • From David Baldwin@3:772/300 to Spiro Dotgeek on Mon Oct 27 09:13:45 2014
    The BBS started in 1995.

    David B

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  • From David Baldwin@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Mon Oct 27 09:34:48 2014
    Got it and i put 2 more vids up on youtube

    David B

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  • From Spiro Dotgeek@3:772/300 to David Baldwin on Mon Oct 27 10:02:49 2014
    Got it and i put 2 more vids up on youtube

    Excellent.

    I really should get my toys out once Special Lady Friend has moved down from Auckland, and get back to my Youtube channel.

    My channel at the moment is all comic books, but I have reserved another channel name that I want to upload lots of other geeky things, and part of
    that may just include some retro computing vids as inspired by you David.

    :)

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    * Origin: The Shadow Dominion BBS (3:772/300)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Mon Oct 27 10:24:50 2014
    On 10/27/14, Spiro Dotgeek pondered and said...

    Excellent.

    I really should get my toys out once Special Lady Friend has moved down from Auckland, and get back to my Youtube channel.

    Geeze guys, I gotta start my own channel soon... feeling left out <grin>


    `I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

    --- Mystic BBS v1.10 A53 (Windows)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)
  • From David Baldwin@3:770/100 to Spiro Dotgeek on Mon Oct 27 10:27:51 2014
    Good fun when I can just hook up a vintage computer and dial out
    to a BBS with it. if you have old and forgoten computers try to
    dial out to a BBS with them all you need is a server software
    and a null modem cable thats the easy way and video your computers
    when thay are doing something to show on youtube.

    David B

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