Subj : The BBS Documentary To : The Lizard Master From : Grymmjack Date : Mon Jun 13 2005 10:43 am > > i can remember saying "commies suck" meaning users of c=64 machines, and > > logic was 'if you can buy your computer at sears it's not a real computer > > how stupid we were. > Those were the days ;). indeed. it's caused me to quest for apple][ boards still running. and would you believe i've found 2 still running /and/ available via telnet?? both run "FutureVision" which is based on GBBS Pro, and used ACOS, but they rewrote ACOS even (for copyright reasons) and called it METAL, so these boards are the uber systems compared to the old days. We didn't typically have the knowledge to write an entire interpreted language/compiler like ACOS :) anyway interested parties could check the telnet addresses below (be warned that ANSI emulation is supported but only in a backwards compatible way, and some input functions (such as the destructive/non-destructive backspace) are a little buggy: BoyCot BBS - Running on an Apple ][ GS telnet://boycot.no-ip.com:9999 TLOC (The Land of Confusion) - Running on an Apple ][ GS w/Transfers :) telnet://tloc.antsinthepants.com:9999 so far, both sysops have been very friendly and helpful. In fact, the sysop of TLOC has written a PC emulator for viewing PTSE (ProTERM special - based on DataMedia 1500) on a telnet connection ... I've applied and am awaiting validation to get ahold of it :) I used to draw PTSE screens for exchange of software, etc, back in the old days. I'm really excited to see PTSE via his emulator again.. *sniff* - grymmjack .