Are there any BBS systems still running from the original heyday of BBS? reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bobmooney · 2017-02-05 04:48 Exec-PC BBS is still running, but via telnet only at bbs.execpc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny_Little_Arms · 2017-02-05 04:48 ExecPC BBS was one of if not the biggest. Still up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- asks_you_about_name · 2017-02-05 04:55 Sweet, will check out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- McDutchie · 2017-02-05 10:20 Never tried them before, but they seem to have some typo in their login scripts: $ telnet bbs.execpc.com Trying 69.95.180.108... Connected to bbs.execpc.com. Escape character is '^]'. Welcome to ExecPC BBS usage: rlogin [ -8EL] [-e char] [ -l username ] host …and then nothing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- McDutchie · 2017-02-05 10:47 [The WELL](http://www.well.com/), since 1985 [SDF](http://sdf.lonestar.org/), since 1987. This is more than a BBS, but includes one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bobmooney · 2017-02-05 14:54 It works fine for me using putty as my telnet client. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- McDutchie · 2017-02-05 15:27 It seems to be somehow intolerant to the BSD telnet command (on FreeBSD and MacOS). Linux telnet works fine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- asks_you_about_name · 2017-02-05 17:16 Holy shit, a minecraft server! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny_Little_Arms · 2017-02-05 19:56 Sorry fam, neither of these is a BBS. SDF is probably the best all around noncorporate internet service now tho, much better than a BBS. If you want to be very generalized the first bbs that ever existed is still "up" as an internet community- CBBS. Also, this one as an internet bbs forum: http://uncensored.citadel.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jcs · 2017-02-06 01:34 try `telnet -K bbs.execpc.com` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- McDutchie · 2017-02-06 09:47 That works, thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_1337 · 2017-02-07 05:02 > bbs.execpc.com works fine. using mtelnet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_1337 · 2017-02-07 05:03 well, i think saying it was the biggest or one of the biggest is a bit much. probably the biggest bbses are asian bbses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny_Little_Arms · 2017-02-07 13:12 It was one of the biggest per OP's query about the heyday of bbses (80s-early 90s) " competing with the likes of Compuserve and Prodigy" according to their wiki page. Asian bbses did not exist by comparison until after then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny_Little_Arms · 2017-02-07 13:36 One more to clarify: asian bbses today are unquestionable the biggest today though there isn't a comparison either way since they hardly exist at all in America and Europe as communities. Per the OP, the biggest from the heyday (as many as 80k subscribers) is still "up" though imo there's no community there. There is on newer bbses but nothing like in countries such as China. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SunosUnix · 2017-02-10 23:10 Colorado Springs central net. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_1337 · 2017-02-13 04:22 asian bulletin board systems existed back in the 80s and 90s. i dont mean forums, i mean actual dial in bbses. they were hugely popular and still are. i still visit some of them and try to get around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny_Little_Arms · 2017-02-13 12:49 I'm sure they did. Not anything by comparison as I said until later and now bbses are popular in Asia and not at all in the US. I don't think the OP has asked for Asian bbses though if he did, none here were provided. You do know bbses were invented in Chicago in 1978? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBBS It's still available as https://www.chinet.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_1337 · 2017-02-19 03:22 just because you're ignorant of the whole picture, it doesnt mean what little you know is the tried and true one truth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iheartbaconsalt · 2017-03-25 07:06 Aww, I'm so sad that it looks pretty dead, but still cool that it's here in town somewhere. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- crankyoldtekhead · 2017-05-26 16:00 Don't forget that Uncensored is available over telnet and SSH. telnet uncensored.citadel.org or ssh bbs@uncensored.citadel.org