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Subject: Re: 80s German BBS Archiv
From:    MRO
Date:    Thu Oct 08, 2026 06:36

Subject: Re: 80s German BBS Archives Revived
@VIA: BBSESINF
By: "Snobsoft" (VERT/PARTYBOW) on Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 08:18 PM
> I recovered a large collection of my original German BBS archives from
> 5.25" C64 floppy disks, including posts, messages and discussions -
> including hilarious sysop beefs and other flamewars - dating back to
> 1985 and 1986.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPNXpaYHPy0
>
> Also featured articles (boardzine) that reveal how people in the
> mid-1980s envisioned the future of BBSes and what they thought the
> perfect bulletin board system would look like.
>
> With the help of Ariel's excellent ATDT software all this historic
> content has now been imported and integrated into a fully working BBS.
> Instead of being trapped in olddisk images, the posts are now part of
> a living system again.
>
> https://quipzz.bplaced.net/krs/
>
> For a quick look:
>
> Handle: guest
> Password: guestguest
>
> To make the archives accessible to the international BBS community, I
> transformed the entire system into a bilingual German/English BBS and
> translated all important content into English. Visitors can easily
>switch languages and explore 40-year-old messages from the German
> mailbox scene (that's what BBSes were called over here) without
> needing to know German.
>
> The archives contain discussions written while people connected for
> example via 300 baud modems using Commodore 64s, C128s and early PCs,
> etc. In many ways it feels like a time capsule from the "Internet"
> before the Internet.
>
> The video also features a small hardware project: I present custom
> 3D-printed parts for my Dataphon S21-23d acoustic coupler
>
> Many thanks to Ariel for creating ATDT, adding custom import tools for
> my archive and helping bring this piece of German BBS history back to
> life.
>
> http://atdtbbs.com/
>
> BTW: If you're impatient, you can boost the default 1200 baud to light
> speed with a single keystroke (any key *g*) while reading messages.
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> Snobsoft.de - Port:6401
> The Commodore 64 BBS - since 1985
> Tel:011494060943485 - 300 Baud 7N1
> facebook.com/groups/3693533577621096/
> youtube.com/@The300BaudGuy
>
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looks great!
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