please help reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jack12345524 · 2019-05-26 13:59 idk how to join a phone-based bbs (i am new) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jack12345524 · 2019-05-26 14:02 oh, the phone number is (425)822-5251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LockeDown815 · 2019-05-26 16:30 Do you have a dial up modem? I think this would be a requirement unless you went down some virtual dial up software path but not sure if it would be worth the hassle. Are you just interested in seeing what the portal arg BBS looks like and is still functioning? http://valvearg.com/puzzlewiki/Category:BBS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- huanchodaoren · 2019-05-26 16:39 Which bbs is this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- huanchodaoren · 2019-05-26 17:37 They appear to have disconnected that number, sorry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- samalex01 · 2019-05-27 01:12 Dial up BBSes, as opposed to telnet/rlogin, are slowly being choked out due to copper POTS lines being removed. In our area every new home phone service is VoIP, they don't run or maintain copper lines any longer, and dialup with a modem doesn't work well over VoIP. I miss the dialup days... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dcpanthersfan · 2019-05-27 02:08 This is why I went Telnet. I have a VoIP line with Time Warner/Spectrum/name of the moment but it isn't stable enough to maintain a BBS connection. It's even worse on SwiftLink at 9600 baud. A POTS line costs me $23 extra a month for 1/2 callers. It's just not worth it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jack12345524 · 2019-05-27 08:38 yea, if it's cut off, then how did this guy get in the thing? [https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4776vRNc\_4&t=28s](https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=k4776vRNc_4&t=28s) (it was posted on 2019 btw) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LockeDown815 · 2019-05-27 17:43 Well I started going down the rabbit hole of trying to find the most cost effective way to try and dial a BBS number without a dial up modem and phone line. Just as I figured out a possible hacky way to attempt it using an Xubunto Virtual Machine (that I currently run my telnet BBS on) with a program called minimodem and using Google voice to dial out -- I attempted to dial the number and it appears the number has been disconnected. Was still a fun exercise and I was really hoping to be able to connect but I guess almost 10 years later Valve decided to drop the number (or forgot about it and it lapsed). Assuming the footage they got was from other sources there were actually able to connect to it while it was still live. Great video btw -- makes me wish Valve was still operating at that level and releasing games with that amount of thought and planning just based on what they did for the ARG experience.