About the Telnet BBS Guide
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Written 7/03
Last updated 2/06

Site History

Welcome to the BBS Corner's Telnet BBS Guide - the largest regularly
maintained listing of Telnet BBS and related Internet accessable text-
based systems. We are not the only Telnet BBS Guide in existance, but
we are certainly one of the most popular.

The Telnet BBS Guide started in October 1997. It is an offshoot of the
BBS Corner which started operation in April 1996.

Before the Telnet BBS Guide, the most popular telnet guide was the
SBI Telnet BBS List (Select BBSes on the Internet) operated by Richard
Scott Mark. It ran from sometime in 1994 until July 1997 when it was
abandoned. This is quite surprising considering Richard had just
released a book about Internet accessable BBS systems. The website
continued to exist until July 1998 when the server's hard drive crashed,
and copies of it still exist in various forms on the Internet.

By the time I decided to start my own list, his list was getting very
stale and out of date with a lot of dead BBS systems. I used what he had,
weeded out the dead BBS systems and added a bunch more from other lists
I was able to find at the time. If you remember Richard's list, you'll see
a lot of similaries here. The first Telnet BBS Guide was released in late
October 1997 and has been updated every month ever since.

The main reason I started this list is that I didn't want the Bulletin
Board System to die with the Internet. The same basic concept of the
dial-up BBS of yesteryear still lives on using the telnet protocol via
the Internet. I also operate a telnet BBS and felt that we all needed a
shot in the arm. So I worked to create this list and work hard each month
to keep it as updated as possible.

Hopefully this list has made a difference and will continue to do so in
the future.

If you have any questions - please visit the Telnet FAQ page
(http://www.dmine.com/telnet/faq.htm). If you need further help you may
contact us (telnetbbs@dmine.com).

Timeline 

1996 - BBS Corner started

1997 - Telnet BBS Guide started

2002 - Moved BBS Corner and Telnet BBS Guide to my own domain

2003 - Remodeled site (third version since 1997)

