• First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS

    From The Millionaire@1:103/705 to All on Thu Feb 3 16:07:00 2022
    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

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  • From Crushed@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Thu Feb 3 19:54:06 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:07 pm

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    The first computer I ran Synchronet on was an Athlon (Barton) 2700xp, in an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard. For some reason I still have that motherboard box in my closet holding random stuff.
    The first computer I ran a BBS on (which unfortunately wasn't Synchronet) was a Turbo XT IBM clone with 1200 baud modem.

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Fri Feb 4 04:39:28 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 16:07:00

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    I think I *might* have run it on a really crusty old Thinkpad, something in the 380 series, around 2006 - 2007. Wasn't a very serious effort, though.

    After that, it was on some Compaq Pentium III workstation from around 2008 to 2010. I think I still have a hard drive around here with "ECBBS" written on it in marker, which I pulled before putting that box out at the curb.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Fri Feb 4 08:52:00 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:07 pm

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    The first computer I ran Synchronet on was one of my desktop PCs which I had built myself, which I think had an AMD Athlon processor and was running Windows XP (it was 2007).

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  • From Compctech@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Fri Feb 4 19:12:00 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:07 pm

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?


    My first attempt was on an used IBM NetVista PIII running Windows XP. It was the mid to late 2000s. I had to take it down as my ISP didn't like users running servers on restdintial accounts (cough, cough, Comcast, cough). I still have that system in my closet collecting dust. Was going to pull the floppy dring, but it has a lock on the case. I don't remmeber where I put the key. Time to pull out the good old dremel.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Sat Feb 5 12:38:00 2022
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    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    The first computer I ran Synchronet on was one of my desktop PCs which
    I had built myself, which I think had an AMD Athlon processor and was running Windows XP (it was 2007).

    I can't resist computers that clients offered me. I was given a little toaster-looking HP Pavilion, circa 2004. It was a couple of years old, when all computers had to have CD cubbies and clear doors over the optical drives and two-tone cases with wings, and proprietary speakers that hung off of a monitor in a matching two-tone scheme. That thing had 512mb of RAM, a 500
    mhz celeron and ATA-33 drives. But, it ran the BBS perfectly for the next 7 years.


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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 6 14:44:01 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Feb 05 2022 12:38 pm

    I can't resist computers that clients offered me. I was given a little toaster-looking HP Pavilion, circa 2004. It was a couple of years old, when all computers had to have CD cubbies and clear doors over the optical drives and two-tone cases with wings, and proprietary speakers that hung off of a monitor in a matching two-tone scheme. That thing had 512mb of RAM, a 500 mhz celeron and ATA-33 drives. But, it ran the BBS perfectly for the next 7 years.

    PCs with proprietary parts always bugged me. In early high school, I had a friend who had a Packard Bell computer (a popular model at the time), and the most obvious thing was its proprietary case. It had a horizontal case, and one time we were looking inside it, and I saw it had a riser board for the expansion cards to be installed horizontally rather than vertically, and if I remember right, it also had an expansion card that was a modem and sound card in one. I thought it was pretty weird.

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  • From Xerxes@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Sun Feb 6 21:33:24 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 06 2022 02:44 pm

    friend who had a Packard Bell computer (a popular model at the time), and the most obvious thing was its proprietary case. It had a horizontal case, and one time we were looking inside it, and I saw it had a riser board for the expansion cards to be installed horizontally rather than vertically, and if I remember right, it also had an expansion card that was a modem and sound card in one. I thought it was pretty weird.


    My Packard Bell 486DX 50 was *exactly* like this. I really liked that case too, but it was impossible to upgrade with standard parts.


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  • From Moondog@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Mon Feb 7 09:38:00 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That R
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Feb 06 2022 02:44 pm

    Re: Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Feb 05 2022 12:38 pm

    I can't resist computers that clients offered me. I was given a little toaster-looking HP Pavilion, circa 2004. It was a couple of years old, when all computers had to have CD cubbies and clear doors over the opti drives and two-tone cases with wings, and proprietary speakers that hun off of a monitor in a matching two-tone scheme. That thing had 512mb of RAM, a 500 mhz celeron and ATA-33 drives. But, it ran the BBS perfectly for the next 7 years.

    PCs with proprietary parts always bugged me. In early high school, I had a
    inside it, and I saw it had a riser board for the expansion cards to be ins

    Nightfox

    Riser cards have been around since the 8088 days. The sound card/ modem you mentioned had a voicemail feature and software to use it as an answering machine. I had a winmodem which came with similar software.

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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to NIGHTFOX on Tue Feb 8 16:42:00 2022
    PCs with proprietary parts always bugged me.

    I bought a very early, used Dell pentium for the HD (it was cheaper to buy
    the used PC than to get a HD that size at the time!) and also tried using
    it for a while as a homemade router. It had a daughterboard in it. The
    thing I cannot remember now was whether or not that daughterboard held the peripheral cards, or if it held the CPU.

    At any rate for a while they were also bad about having proprietary parts,
    like in the PCs they made to try to "compete" with the MAC... they were a monitor and PC in one case.

    I have to admit, I may be thinking of Digital, though. In the mist of time
    I get those confused. :)


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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Tue Feb 8 15:30:41 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That R
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Tue Feb 08 2022 04:42 pm

    At any rate for a while they were also bad about having proprietary parts, like in the PCs they made to try to "compete" with the MAC... they were a monitor and PC in one case.

    I have to admit, I may be thinking of Digital, though. In the mist of time I get those confused. :)

    I remember seeing some Windows PCs like that in the late 90s & early 2000s. In the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores that was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic and looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Tue Feb 8 18:00:27 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:07 pm

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    a 486 DX2/66 probably around 1994/1995.

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  • From Andre@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Wed Feb 9 08:48:14 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: DaiTengu to The Millionaire on Tue Feb 08 2022 06:00 pm

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    a 486 DX2/66 probably around 1994/1995.

    I have one under my desk that needs to be recapped. Something tells me that putting Synchronet on it will be part of the project.


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  • From Xerxes@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Wed Feb 9 09:16:34 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That R
    By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Tue Feb 08 2022 03:30 pm

    In the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores that was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic and looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.

    Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop selling them...



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  • From Andre@1:154/70 to Xerxes on Wed Feb 9 10:00:17 2022
    Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop selling them...

    Helping take eMachines off the shelves should solidify Apple's place as the most ethical company in history.


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  • From Mewcenary@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Wed Feb 9 15:56:27 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:07 pm

    What was your first computer that you ran Synchronet BBS on?

    Beelink SEi 10 NUC (16 gig RAM) running Proxmox.

    A bit different from the hardware I was using back in the Amiga days...

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  • From DesotoFireflite@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Wed Feb 9 11:28:54 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: The Millionaire to All on Thu Feb 03 2022 04:07 pm

    The first Computer I ran Synchronet on was a IBM Netfinity 3500 M10 8655, with a 233mhz PII processor, using Synchronet 3.13A, that was in 2005. Before then I ran GAP and RA. I started the BBS in 1990 using a Tandy TX 1000 which I bought brand new for Radio SHack. It's been one hell of a ride, but very enjoyable. I'm still running Synchronet to this day. One fine piece of software. Another bit of history for valhalla is that I started the bbs back in the 1990 using Telex Host, but soon afterword switch to GAP.

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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Xerxes on Wed Feb 9 14:11:35 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That R
    By: Xerxes to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 09:16 am

    and looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.

    Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop selling them...


    they settled the case. apple did copyright the look and style of the imac. apple was probably going to just bankrupt them in the courts.

    i see on wikipedia that gateway released an all in one called th one. my coworker bought one of those.
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  • From Crushed@1:103/705 to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 9 16:58:17 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: DesotoFireflite to The Millionaire on Wed Feb 09 2022 11:28 am

    fine piece of software. Another bit of history for valhalla is that I started the bbs back in the 1990 using Telex Host, but soon afterword switch to GAP.

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).

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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to NIGHTFOX on Wed Feb 9 16:20:00 2022
    At any rate for a while they were also bad about having proprietary parts
    like in the PCs they made to try to "compete" with the MAC... they were a
    monitor and PC in one case.

    I have to admit, I may be thinking of Digital, though. In the mist of tim
    I get those confused. :)

    I remember seeing some Windows PCs like that in the late 90s & early 2000s. I
    the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores at was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic and looked a l
    like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that compan
    because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the compa
    making those PCs had to stop selling them.

    This would have been in 1994, which was before the iMac (I think). These
    were more "boringly" packaged units in plain beige cases. I think I also remember those PCs that looked like they were knocking off the look of the iMac, but don't think I ever saw one firsthand. I wonder who made them?

    Looks like Xerxes answered that question. :)


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  • From Dumas Walker@1:103/705 to XERXES on Wed Feb 9 16:21:00 2022
    In the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores that was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic an
    looked a lot like Apple's new iMac at the time. I remember hearing Apple sued that company because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the company making those PCs had to stop selling them.

    Yes! It was an eMachines, and yes, Apple sued them and they had to stop sellin
    them...

    I have one of the "regular looking" emachines in my old PC collection.
    Used to be my sister's. It was a pretty good performer until the version
    of Windows on it got old.


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  • From DesotoFireflite@1:103/705 to Crushed on Wed Feb 9 18:10:44 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: DesotoFireflite to The Millionaire on Wed Feb 09 2022 11:28 am

    fine piece of software. Another bit of history for valhalla is that
    I started the bbs back in the 1990 using Telex Host, but soon
    afterword switch to GAP.

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).

    Actually, it wasn't bad, very configurable, but small footprint. Great starter package for a simple system, but I outgrew it quickly.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Dumas Walker on Wed Feb 9 16:52:21 2022
    Re: Re: First Computer That R
    By: Dumas Walker to NIGHTFOX on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:20 pm

    I remember seeing some Windows PCs like that in the late 90s & early
    2000s. I the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember
    seeing in stores at was an all-in-one that used translucent blue &
    white plastic and looked a l like Apple's new iMac at the time. I
    remember hearing Apple sued that compan because their PCs looked too
    much like their iMac, and they won, and the compa making those PCs had
    to stop selling them.

    This would have been in 1994, which was before the iMac (I think). These were more "boringly" packaged units in plain beige cases. I think I also remember those PCs that looked like they were knocking off the look of the iMac, but don't think I ever saw one firsthand. I wonder who made them?

    No, it wasn't 1994. It was in the late 90s, when Apple had started making the newer translucent iMacs. As someone else mentioned, it was eMachines. I looked it up, and it was the eMachines eOne, which they were selling in 1999:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMachines_eOne

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Crushed on Wed Feb 9 18:12:57 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Wed Feb 9 19:45:40 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Nightfox to Crushed on Wed Feb 09 2022 06:12 pm

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.

    It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)

    It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink>
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu Feb 10 02:08:52 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Nightfox to Crushed on Wed Feb 09 2022 06:12 pm

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s.
    I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.

    It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)

    It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --
    digital man (rob)


    i think those host scripts were a good way to get our feet wet and want something more. i started out with a simple file server script.
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  • From DesotoFireflite@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Feb 10 09:00:47 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Nightfox to Crushed on Wed Feb 09 2022 06:12 pm

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Crushed to DesotoFireflite on Wed Feb 09 2022 04:58 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included
    with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application
    Language for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.

    That's why I switched to GAP back then NF, A friend was running GAP, and I was very impressed.

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu Feb 10 10:20:15 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included Cr>> with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language Cr>> for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I
    remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to
    run a full BBS with it.

    It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)

    It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I
    recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --


    Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.


    I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.

    DaiTengu

    ... I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

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  • From The Millionaire@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Thu Feb 10 10:48:33 2022

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm

    Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.

    I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.

    DaiTengu

    ... I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

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    I loved the file manager in it. Very handy. "The Final Datacoms Terminal".

    $ The Millionaire $
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  • From DesotoFireflite@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Thu Feb 10 13:57:50 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Thu Feb 10 2022 10:20 am

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix
    included with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script
    Application Language for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the
    early 90s. I remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem
    full-featured enough to run a full BBS with it.

    It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)

    It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly
    replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I
    recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The
    Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --


    Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.


    I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.

    I still have a copy of it I think, on an origianl Telex Disk... LOL

    SysOp: C.G. Learn, AKA: DesotoFireflite
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  • From MRO@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Thu Feb 10 13:43:41 2022
    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: DaiTengu to Digital Man on Thu Feb 10 2022 10:20 am

    Re: First Computer That Ran Synchronet BBS
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Feb 09 2022 07:45 pm

    hahahahah, Telix Host! I forgot all about that "bbs" Telix included Cr>> with their terminal app, written in "SALT" (Script Application Language Cr>> for Telix).

    I tried using that briefly and let someone call my PC in the early 90s. I
    remember it looked interesting, but it didn't seem full-featured enough to
    run a full BBS with it.

    It wasn't, but that didn't stop me from trying. :-)

    It was called (very originally) "The Pirate's Cove". After I quickly replaced it with WWIV (and named the BBS "Vertrauen"), I
    recall one user asking me: hey when are you going to put back The Pirate's Cove, I really liked that! <blink> --


    Terminate had a mini bbs-like system people could dial into. Once I discovered Terminate, I never used another terminal system until I moved to Linux.


    I know there's a copy of it (It's like 2-3 floppy disks) laying around on BBSes, I almost want to fire it up and tinker with it again. I can't for the life of me remember why I loved it so much.

    that termbox windows installer has terminate and other softwares configured to run on dosbox

    https://i.imgur.com/TG8ahV9.png
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