BBS style software for small networks reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seaart75 · 2017-12-21 23:28 I've had this thought for a long time now. Remembering the old modem to modem style BBS boards like me and my friends had in the late 80's and early 90's, is there any software that would emulate that over a wifi signal? Example: Me, hanging out in a coffeeshop, turns on my laptop (or something like a Raspberry Pi) and broadcasts a wifi signal. another patron connects to my wifi signal and is greeted with a welcome screen with a menu of options they can choose from, like: downloads, upload, games, news, messages, etc... Now imagine 10 people on a mesh wifi network connect to that same device and accessing that BBS site. It would be very similar to how old BBS Boards worked, only without a phone modem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2017-12-22 00:42 You do know there are telnet and ssh BBS', right? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- G_Porgie · 2017-12-22 02:36 Aside from Telnet BBS's, one thing also helpful is there are some DOSBOX builds that emulate a COM port over TCP/IP so that you can play old modem games with friends over WIFI or regular internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2017-12-22 02:55 This is that. Sorta. https://www.jameco.com/Jameco/workshop/JamecoBuilds/raspberry-pi-wifi- hotspot-piratebox.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- neur0mancer · 2017-12-22 04:55 Yep - this sounds a lot like PirateBox. There's also a lot of good information here on reddit in /r/Piratebox as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sneakpeekbot · 2017-12-22 04:55 Here's a sneak peek of /r/Piratebox using the [top posts](https://np.reddit.com/r/Piratebox/top/?sort=top&t=year) of the year! \#1: [Something you can do with a Raspberry Pi now that net neutrality is dead.](https://np.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/7k73rz/somethi ng_you_can_do_with_a_raspberry_pi_now_that/) | [0 comments](https://np .reddit.com/r/Piratebox/comments/7kcs7i/something_you_can_do_with_a_ra spberry_pi_now_that/) \#2: [C.H.I.P running Piratebox](https://i.redd.it/0c32twrg6j6y.jpg) | [8 comments](https://np.reddit.com/r/Piratebox/comments/5kxkvi/chip_ru nning_piratebox/) \#3: [HackMyPi.com sent a customized PirateBox to DEFCON25, and this is how we did it!](http://www.hackmypi.com/defcon25Project.php) | [5 c omments](https://np.reddit.com/r/Piratebox/comments/6rokaw/hackmypicom _sent_a_customized_piratebox_to/) ---- ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot, ^^beep ^^boop ^^| ^^Downvote ^^to ^^remove ^^| [^^Contact ^^me](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=sneakpeekbot) ^^| [^^Info](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/) ^^| [^^Opt- out](https://np.reddit.com/r/sneakpeekbot/comments/6l7i0m/blacklist/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2017-12-23 02:12 I suppose you could setup a PirateBox and finagle Mystic, Daydream, x84, whatever onto it and setup ftelnet and all that. I like the PirateBox idea. Figure out how to mesh those and, before you know it, you're building a whole new network. On the other hand, people can barely figure out Facebook, so there's that obstacle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-03-25 17:23 I've written PHP adapters that forward a serial port to a TCP client socket. All you need is an FTDI cable and a null modem cable. Possibly an RS-232C adapter for your old computer if it doesn't have a true RS-232C port (i.e., Commodore 64, Color Computer 2), and a DB-25 to DE-9 adapter. I've connected various combinations of single-board computers, 8-bit computers, and Arduino projects with simple PHP scripts.