The Wonderful WiFi232: BBSing Has (Literally) Never Been Easier | Byte
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Latch · 2017-06-03 06:07

I saw this on /r/computing and thought it'd be cool here too. It's a
device that gives your old computer (and serial port) a Hayes modem
interface but actually uses WiFi and telnets to the BBSs on the back
end. The computer thinks it's dialing up a BBS like any normal BBS
connection back in the day (expect probably faster).

/r/computing post: https://www.reddit.com/r/computing/comments/6eungm/
logging_into_telnet_bbss_via_wifi232_internet/

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[deleted] · 2017-06-03 06:53

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breakupthespace · 2017-06-04 22:30

Heads up, this is now sold out. :( Missed it by a day.

You can sign up to be notified of a second run, so I hope people do so
we can get as many of these in the wild as possible!

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ninjaspx · 2017-06-05 19:03

It's only slightly related, but I had this thought about setting up a
wireless alternative to old BBS systems using only WiFi hotspots
without an Internet connection.

https://www.joeldare.com/blog/post/wireless-bbs/

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iheartbaconsalt · 2017-06-05 22:18

This is adorable!

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iheartbaconsalt · 2017-06-05 22:24

Did you do this?  I'm doing this today.  It sounds like fun!   I have
a shitty DLINK E2000 running DdWRT which can setup multiple virtual
wireless networks for sharing all kinds of things on their own wifi
networks!

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breakupthespace · 2017-06-06 16:24

Wow, this is awesome. What type of system did you set this up on?