BBS recommendation
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rotan79 · 2019-05-27 14:18

Hello,

I was reminiscing the good old days playing BBS games with my boss
last week.  I suggested that we setup a BBS at work for our co-workers
to play and experience since most of these young guys never heard of a
BBS before.  He loved the idea and will be providing me a laptop to
set it up.

Of the list of BBS's in the "Create your own BBS" section, which one
is the most noob friendly and can be used with a modern Windows OS?
I've never setup a bbs before.

This will most likely be setup as LAN only though having the option to
connect to it outside of our network is a plus.  Something simple
where I can setup games like Usurper, LoRTD, and Trade Wars 2000.

Thanks for the help and any suggestions, I've very excited taking on
this task!

*Edit I read that synchronet is a good option to try, will look into
that.

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CharlieBrown197 · 2019-05-27 14:50

Mystic is even more user friendly (in my opinion) than Synchronet. It
is a little less customizable, but it offers a nice number of
features, gives a good default setup, and even comes with its own ANSI
editor! Should run any BBS door you can throw at it. Take note, that
for native DOS doors, you may need something like DOSEMU to get them
to run, but it shouldn't be too complicated.

If you want an example of a Mystic BBS, dial 321-345-3892 (most
reliable speed is 28.8k) and select Queen's Kingdom BBS, or telnet to
queenskingdom.ddns.net on port 39.

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rotan79 · 2019-05-27 15:05

Awesome thanks, I'll take a look.  I'm still waiting for him to get me
the laptop, do I need to use an older 32-bit OS like XP or 2000?

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CharlieBrown197 · 2019-05-27 15:05

Mystic definitely supports 64 bit operating systems. I have never set
up DOSEMU, but I believe it does as well.

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CharlieBrown197 · 2019-05-27 15:09

Also, Windows 10 has a 32 bit version.

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cloverskull · 2019-05-27 15:10

Yeah, get a 32 bit OS for sure if that’s an option, and if it’s going
to live on a LAN somewhere and not be exposed to the internet, get
Windows XP. It’ll just make a lot of things easier.

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rotan79 · 2019-05-27 15:11

Awesome thank you for the suggestion, I think this might be my go-to
then for this project :)

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socmunky · 2019-05-28 02:06

Mystic is where it's at for sure. That said...I'm setting up wwiv just
to be different

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[deleted] · 2019-05-28 03:18

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JKNGale · 2019-05-28 03:19

Let us know when it's up and running!

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3x3qut0r · 2019-05-28 12:56

Mystic for sure. If you want to have many DOOR games and full
compatibility with them, prefer windows xp/98. Mystic runs everywhere,
DOORs don't ;)

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rotan79 · 2019-05-28 14:34

Thanks everyone, Mystic seems to be the most popular choice.  I
installed it locally and liked what I saw.  Found a bunch of videos on
Mystic as well from a youtube user.  Still waiting to get the laptop
from my boss to put this one (they are busy preparing for a
convention).  As soon as I get it up and running I'll let you know how
it's working out.  Appreciate the help!

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rotan79 · 2019-05-29 15:32

Sorry I can't find this information...but how do I install a door on
the bbs?  IE: TW2002?