Is there a dos bbs client that works with 64k of ram and an 8088?
reddit / bbs

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Toothygrin1231 · 2023-02-08 15:47

Probably one of the original Citadel ports from CPM-80, if you can
find one.

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CharlieBrown197 · 2023-02-08 16:09

Like a terminal client or an actual BBS server for hosting? The answer
is probably yes to both, but I would imagine a client would be much
easier to find.

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Mrmcstubbertville · 2023-02-08 16:10

A client to access one, I might be wrong about the ram it might be
256k it’s hard to tell

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nolageek · 2023-02-08 16:33

I'm pretty certain I used procomm plus on my old 8088

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FormulaNewt · 2023-02-08 16:33

I used to use QModem way back when on a 286. There's a good chance
that it would also run on an 8088.

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orion3311 · 2023-02-08 17:21

Should be plenty, you can try Telix but 64k may be tough.

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Cowboy0629 · 2023-02-08 18:12

Dos if you can find it try to find tellex

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Farpoint_Farms · 2023-02-08 18:30

Microterm works as a full bbs in 64k of ram on the original PC. It
even came on tape!!

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rlauzon · 2023-02-08 18:30

Try Commo.
I use that on my NuXT.  The executable is 45K.

If that fails, look for an early version of MS-Kermit.  That might be
small enough.

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PrintStar · 2023-02-08 18:47

I can't find the system requirements for Procomm 1.1, but it may run
in that amount of RAM.  Procomm 2.4 says it requires 130KB, so there's
a chance the earlier version will work with drastically less.  A
[version of Kermit](http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/archivefiles/bin-
mskermit.html), particularly version 2 and earlier, should fit nicely
in 64KB, though.

But, honestly, if you first load *ANSI.SYS* in MS-DOS (to support all
the fun ANSI art screens), literally any terminal program should
function just fine as a "bbs client."  If you want file transfer
capabilities, you'll start needing beefier programs like Procomm.

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Mrmcstubbertville · 2023-02-08 20:39

What version of DOS? Also I tried Procom but it doesn’t automatically
pick up the phone I have to manually do it, not only that but it won’t
connect to any BBS I try

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nevarro · 2023-02-08 23:57

I used Qmodem on the old 8088!

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rabell3 · 2023-02-09 02:20

Reading these comments taking me back...

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veeb0rg · 2023-02-09 04:31

as did I.

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dmine45 · 2023-02-09 09:51

Telix for DOS.

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chungleong · 2023-02-21 09:15

I used Telix on my IBM XT. It had 640K RAM though. For a while I was
just booting into BASIC and retyping a program everyday.