Celerity ver 2+ Registered? reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-16 03:00 Was playing around with Celerity 2.04 I think it is earlier today and I really like it.. Of course its crippled both by looking at the date (it has an expiration date) as well as by registration. Does anyone know if there was a cracked version of ver 2+ that ever came out - or - does anyone happen to have contact with any of the developement team… Its been like nearly 25 years - I cant imagine if they could be found they would give a rats ass about unlocking celerity.. Otherwise it looks like I’m gonna be running Enigma and raping ansi art off of gobs of other BBS’s.. ugh… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x15e · 2021-07-16 14:38 It's probably out there but you're going to need some good google-fu. When I went looking for Terminate and a couple of other things, I just happened to remember what the archives (zips, arjs, etc) were called back in the day and that helped a lot. Cracks and keys will be a little harder to come by but if your search includes things like "file_id.diz" and the names of some groups from the time and you might get lucky. I suspect a crack for actual BBS software may be trickier still, because they sometimes did things like embed the sysop's or BBS's name into the key in a place that would be made visible to users. A crack / keygen would need to put empty info there, generate a valid key with your info, or patch the software so that it's never displayed. Realistically, there are [so many free packages](http://www.bbscorner.com/bbssoftware/activesoftware.htm) out there that are meant to run on modern systems and are being actively maintained, why not give a couple more of those a shot? Edit: side note - I find it hilarious that WWIV is still actively maintained open source but both Telegard and Renegade are totally dead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2021-07-16 20:16 I seem to have this. I have 2 files: **cel201r.zip** and **cel204r.zip** - Says 2.04 is free Can't vouch for either, but you're welcome to try. Shoot me an email address so I can use WeTransfer and send you the link. edit: adding DIZ: *Celerity BBS v2.04 Full Release Celerity BBS is a full-featured electronic bulletin board system supporting multiple nodes, FidoNet connectivity, LAN and multitasker support, QWK offline packet generation, the ability to add multiple CelerityText ASCII/ANSI/RIP/NAPLPS motif designs with 75+ command directives, single, batch, and bidirectional file transfers, a sophisticated hierarchal conferencing system, local console scrollback, DesqView/Win 3.1/ Win95 / OS/2 multitasking, advanced 50+ verb scripting language, and much much more! May 1996 release. Celerity v2.04 is freeware and carries no registration fee!* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-16 20:18 yea those are the two i have - both are "unregistered" however... will send you a pm with a link to upload.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-07-16 20:20 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sectorcharger · 2021-07-16 21:31 This has a Celerity 2 crack but don't know if it works: http://www.filedropper.com/cel2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-17 00:12 Will give it a shot.. thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2021-07-17 17:44 here you go: http://www.filedropper.com/cel201r http://www.filedropper.com/cel204r Please let me know if those work for you. Interested in trying it out as well. Been playing with Mystic quote a bit, but have a fondness for the old art board and softwares. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-19 11:45 I’ve been in the BBS scene since Ward created the first (known) BBS program. I’ve run just about everything there is to run lab wise, and in the 80’s and 90’s with all of the software that was written based off of the software Kenneth Duda release as source code, creating a monstrous cult following of clones, I was a code reviewer and beta tester of a lot of them. Unfortunately I did not keep all of them… One hard drive went to the Secret Service during operation Sun Devil, many more simply died - and I never got into tape backups. Anyway - to your last question - yes, I can do everything with Mystic or (and more likely for me) Enigma 1/2 - its not a question of what I can do and with. Its a need for a particular title and the need to be able to run it fully. Period. The other problem I am finding with 2.04 Celerity is the version I have and the version on PCMICRO and other sites has a zip error in file 6 that pkzipfix cannot fix.. P.s. I was not trying to be rude with my reply.. Sometimes it just gets old getting across that I am not some newb trying to do some thats not possible. There are reasons behind the things that I ask for help on, and this and the other avenues that I reach out for help on seem like the most likely places to find it.. I apologize profusely if I annoy you with said questions.. For what its worth - “Tempest” bbs software is one of the most impressive BBS’s for the time - though the SystemX clones of the late 90’s were pretty wicked as well… almost exact clones of amiga bbs software.. It was just too different at the time for PC sysops to comprehend.. LOL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-19 12:13 yea unfortunately your archives come from the same place mine do (pcmicro) and on [cel204r.zip](https://cel204r.zip), zip6 is corrupted.. worse yet - I am now finding that Celerity had a "timer" on it... i.e. it shows expired.. damnit.. lol.. Obviously setting the date back lets me run it to test - but thats not the goal. Looks like I might need to break out my copy of IDA Pro. Thank you for the files! Also looking for TSX 1.0 (I do not need any other version - only 1.0).. ​ Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2021-07-19 14:31 Ah, bummer. I tried it in DOSBox and got the same results. I think I read about a Y2K bug that may or may not have been patched as well. On a related note, I got my old OBV/2 board up in DOSBox. Might see about getting it running under netfoss or GameSrv. Not sure if it’s worth the effort to spin up a Windows vm. Maybe! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-19 15:36 additionally - that "crack" version installs the "cookie monster" virus.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PraiseBobSlackOff · 2021-07-19 17:33 Well, color me shocked (i’m not), but that’s a cute name for a virus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-07-19 17:58 LOL! it caused no harm - though it wasnt recognized by virustotal which was odd.... it was interesting to learn that the cookie monster virus was also the first Atari ST virus... even more interesting since I'm an Atari freak (phreak)... :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- synacktc · 2021-07-29 20:43 I have a copy of CEL204R.ZIP without the corrupted zip, if you would like it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-08-02 19:45 Have you attempted to install it? When you run it with the current date does it come back and say that it has expired? If not I would most certainly like a copy as I would enjoy running Celerity very much. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- synacktc · 2021-08-03 18:45 I believe the corrupt file was just a bit of documentation. The date complaint still exists. As an FYI, it works while date <= 98/06/01. So maybe someone handy with a hex editor can find out where that date is hard coded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-08-03 18:47 yea, i went through the hassle to discover the cutoff date as well :) .. a shame.. history clearly states that 2.05 with the y2k fix was released on 12/31/99 - but damned if i can find it.. it was a public release too. :/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- synacktc · 2021-08-04 12:32 Yeah. Much is sadly lost. I found these files: cel205a8.zip cel205b6.zip cl205b5f.zip and while that is nifty and all, they still have date restrictions with Beta 6 only getting you another 3 months (09/01/98) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-08-04 12:34 kudos for your sleuthing.. i've found nothing 205.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- synacktc · 2021-08-04 23:26 ftp://wcalt.rdfig.net/BBS/BBS_Software/ Found it with Google, but it makes me wonder if some other ancient BBS out there might have more... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-08-04 23:34 Yea, that guy lives in North Texas as I do.. I spoke with him via email today as I was unable to connect to his site via filezilla.. he suggested i try explorer - which worked.. oddly enough… unfortunately those 2.05 binaries are not the “y2k” fixes and they still are still expired as I think you had already mentioned. I also found the old bbswarez torrent today - nothing there as far as 2.05 final goes either. It may be that I’ve gotta track the author down and who knows if he will still have any of it or not. As much time as those guy spent on that it would be typically that they just through all of the code away and washed their hands of it.. ugh. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- synacktc · 2021-08-05 10:57 I actually grew up BBSing in 214. 2.05 must be out there somewhere, it's just finding the right guy's backup. I actually do know a David Hicks, but it would be just silly if he was the same one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2021-08-06 15:11 this guy ran the Prison Board.