So people - do you want an Amiga-only BBS?

[dandelion]

My most memorable computing days were when I ran a small dial-up BBS on my Amiga 1200, back in the mid-nineties.

Out of nostalgia I downloaded the old BBS package again over the weekend, and the idea of setting up another Amiga-only BBS - but this time with multi-telnet nodes - hit me. I messed about for a couple of hours and got it working with telnet.

Before I commit considerably more time, effort and money to the project, is there anyone who would want to "call" it? It would have the usual message facilities, file downloads, door games, walls to scrawl on etc. etc. As for the choice of BBS software it of course has to be Max's (although Pro 2, rather than the original 1.54).

Well?

[dandelion]

That's the response I was after!!

I've checked around some telnet bbs's and they seem quite active. Obviously, telnet is the key! This means (to the poster above) that you don't RING, you TELNET - over the internet. It appears exactly the same, it's just free.

Right, I think i'll go ahead then. Now where did I put that ANSI editor...

[dandelion]

Thanks for the link! Looks like a good site and when the board is ready i'll be sure to upload it. However, this evening i'm out playing in the heavy snow we're getting in the NE of england atm!! Feel sorry for the southerners

 

[dandelion]

Update on the BBS front...
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The board is getting close to completion, mains menus are done, most doors are working, seems fine over telnet etc. etc. I'm planning for a switch on date later in the week - probably Friday.

Hopefully they'll let me post a news story about it just before it goes online.

See you there!