Oldest running BBS/ Archive of old BBS? reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- g70460us · 2018-09-27 20:37 Looking for an old BBS. Feeling a need to get a window into the past. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-09-28 13:54 Probably Exec-PC BBS. It was a huge multi line system back in the day, so it’s not representative of the feel of typical smaller BBSes. But it very much has a frozen-in-amber feel today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-09-28 18:41 One of my favorite old BBSes resurrected in recent years is [STarfleet HQ](http://sfhqbbs.org), an Atari ST BBS with many old networked message bases. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JohnPolka · 2018-10-05 08:10 Part-Time BBS was the longest running Atari 8 bit BBS in the Cleveland Ohio area. It was online from 1985 to 2000. It was resurrected last year with backup floppy disks from 1990. It has messages, files, and online games from 1988 through 1990. Its telnet address is ptbbs.ddns.net port 8000. You can read more about Part-Tme at http://ptbbs.ddns.net:7000/pt.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JohnPolka · 2018-10-05 08:11 I enjoy Starfleet HQ too. The SysOp also maintains an Atari specific BBS list at http://sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-10-05 14:16 Sweet, that's fantastic. I'll have to check it out. Just curious: Was it a FoReM board? Did it connect to CrossNet or any of the other Atari 8-bit nets? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-10-05 14:17 I tried connecting to ExecPC yesterday, and it wouldn't pick up. Now I'm worried. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- g70460us · 2018-10-05 15:53 This is absolutely perfect. Thank you so much. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JohnPolka · 2018-10-05 16:34 No. I believe it started off with AMIS and a Hayes 1200 baud modem then the SysOP used Oasis and then Carina before settling on BBS Express. The SysOP later upgraded to BBS Express Pro! It was node x7 which was one of the first BBS Express Pro! BBSs. The BBS had networked message bases with a number of BBSs using Pro!'s proprietary network. You can still see some of these old networked messages on Part-Time. Besides bringing back the BBS, we also brought back the message base networking, although it's not as active as it was back in the day. Part-Time also networks with two other Pro! BBSs; The Basement BBS (my personal BBS which can be reached at telnet basementbbs.ddns.net:9000) and Alcatraz BBS (telnet alcatrazbbs.ddns.net:9000). We may add one or two more BBSs to the network in the future. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-10-06 17:22 Favorite message I've read so far from 1989 (in the 216 board): > Well hey! > > Excuuuuuse me if I'm not > SuperUltraMegaElite like you! > > Hmph! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirkman14 · 2018-10-06 17:23 Also: > [beem me up Scotty, there is no > intelectual conversations on this > base...] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JohnPolka · 2018-10-07 03:47 Here's one of my favorite messages from the message base archives on the Basement BBS. Yes, not everyone understood emoticons back then. :) Message: 173 (#6499) Title: Pfwoosh Author: ODIE To: John Polka (Recvd) Posted: Mon 28-Dec-92 at 6:39:00pm Replies: 2 Anyway, what is all this :) (: .. () stuff about anyway? (173/250+) The NET (1993): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Detective-Jerkop · 2022-08-25 22:50 I know this question is old but google brought me here. The longest running BBS is probably The Well. It's been running since 1985 and you can still get there at [well.com](https://well.com). It actually costs money and still does to this day. It peaked at about 10,000 users and has about 3,000 today. I like going there to read old stuff actually. It's a trip to read internet from the 80s.