Today is the 25th anniversary of the 05-11 release of Renegade
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rebbsitor · 2021-05-11 21:29

Not sure why, but the Renegade 05-11 release has always stuck with me
over the years when I think about BBSes and for some reason I always
remember it on May 11th.  This year is the 25th anniversary of that
release.  It was the final release of Renegade before Cott Lang handed
off development.

Maybe I remember it because it was from the summer of '96 which was
the last year I ran my BBS and I feel like 96-97 is the point where
the Internet/WWW really started to eclipse BBSes.

Anyways, just wanted to say cheers to all the Telegard and Renegade
SysOps out there both past and present.  Happy to see this sub as it
looks like the BBS scene is still kicking after all these years :)

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dikkiesmalls · 2021-05-12 02:50

I think that was *the* quintessential version of RG. Is someone still
supporting RG?

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rebbsitor · 2021-05-12 06:13

I know the source code was handed off a couple times in the early
2000s and a few different people worked on versions of it.

According to Wikipedia the latest release is from Oct 2020 and there's
a website here: https://www.rgbbs.info/home

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PaulLee420 · 2021-05-12 09:37

Yea, there’s a new version coming out in the next weeks... exodus is
his handle. He runs a bbs for download, I could come populate this
with th details for it if you’d like.

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dikkiesmalls · 2021-05-12 12:15

Sure,thanks!