Original BBS backup CD reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-22 19:42 I originally ran my BBS from 1994 to 2000 using RemoteAccess. This is the backup CD that I burned it to right after I decided to take my BBS down. (I started running a BBS again in 2007 using different software) https://i.redd.it/v8c2f5m4eun11.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Muron · 2018-09-22 20:24 Love the dedication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- f15sim · 2018-09-22 20:28 Please make an ISO of that and upload it to the Internet Archive! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- giantsparklerobot · 2018-09-22 20:39 Please do this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-22 20:52 My BBS backup has software registered to me, some of which I'm still using with my current BBS. Plus this has user information on it.. I don't think I'd want to send an ISO of this to the internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kevinlamonte · 2018-09-22 21:52 _Thank you_ for protecting the privacy of your users. I can't imagine how horrified they would be to find their ephemeral conversations from 18-24 years ago thrown into a forever-searchable archive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-22 22:02 And phone numbers too.. I used a callback verifier door back in the day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- recourse7 · 2018-09-22 22:36 What was the call volume when you decided to shut it down? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-22 22:48 I don't remember specifically, but the call volume had dropped quite a bit. At that point I think it was maybe getting one call every few days, up to maybe one call a day or so. And that was down from multiple calls per day in years prior. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- recourse7 · 2018-09-22 22:55 Cool. Man I miss bbs' such a fun adventure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2018-09-23 00:26 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Muron · 2018-09-23 01:40 You going to get it running again on telnet? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-23 01:42 I just started using BBSes in 1992. Seemed like they were still going strong for a while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-23 01:44 Yeah, I set up another BBS again in 2007, available via telnet. I'm running different BBS software than I ran in the 90s though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- r0ck0 · 2018-09-23 05:16 I was looking through the message boards on my old BBS a while back. 90% of the conversation, putting it mildly... was rather immature. Being people called "faggots" for liking techno vs metal vs rap music, and super mature and important stuff like that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- r0ck0 · 2018-09-23 05:18 Make sure you do have plenty of redundant copies for yourself though. All storage mediums can deteriorate... especially old cheap burnt CDs/DVDs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thesecretdave · 2018-09-23 10:29 You could even extract it all to a raspberry pi and run it all again with the same original software within DOSBox, forwarding telnet to DOSBox’s virtual modem(s). I doubt anyone could remember their password though!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UnaClocker · 2018-09-23 14:18 Yeah, they died around the Seattle area in 1997. We had a good run, but when they did go, it felt like they all went at once. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-23 14:33 I have a dedicated PC running my current BBS. I've thoight of setting up my old RemoteAccess BBS up as a door on my current BBS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- istarian · 2018-09-23 16:23 To be fair since you shutdown 18 years ago most of it probably isn't even correct anymore much less traceable to a real person at this point. Also that was almost pre-internet at least in the sense of common household usage. If you wanted to share the messages as a historical artifact that's probably reasonably safe and marginally different than resurrecting the BBS could read them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-23 16:40 Well it's also that I have registered software on that CD that's registered to me, so I'd rather not make an ISO available for anyone to download. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- istarian · 2018-09-23 17:49 I'm just saying that there are other things that might have some interest if value that could be archived selectively as opposed to just uploading an ISO. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-09-23 18:05 I second the idea here. If you have a file section or networked message bases or things like that, they are worth contributing to the archive. I get preserving user privacy. Do that. But don’t let the other valuable stuff be lost to time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2018-09-23 19:36 Loved RemoteAccess. Was quite enthused about EleBBS when it was in development. Too bad it halted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-23 20:58 I was initially setting up my new BBS with EleBBS, but it seemed EleBBS wasn't exiting to perform events. I thought it was a bug, but maybe I missed something. I ended up switching to Synchronet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- scrutinizer80 · 2018-09-24 07:18 Well back in the day I was using InterMail to accept calls so it was the one exiting to events. I don't remember ever trying that with EleBBS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- samalex01 · 2018-09-28 21:56 You could export the messages from any echos to Archive.org. I'd love to see old Fidonet archives since few exist from before 2000. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RolandMT32 · 2018-09-28 22:11 I might consider that..