Telnet & BBS Resource Center

Introduction:

I like to point out something that many newcomers to Cyberspace are not aware of; If you have never used a BBS before, or since the early days of telecommunications, You will be pleasantly surprised. We have come a long way since then! Many of the local BBS's are now on the Internet By way of Telnet. Now most offer users support that is very hard to beat, plus some local flavor. Plus a few are still FREE!

BBS's today can offer full Internet E-Mail, POP3, Multi-lines, Teleconferences, Newsgroups, Chat Rooms, IRC, File Libraries, Sharing of MP3's files, Online Games, and Full Web Access, Along with a multitude of other services you just can't get from the Big boy's. For More Detailed Information on BBS's Click Here

Now one more thing you will need before you call, a Telnet program. Now the one I use is called mTelnet a free telnet client for OS/2 and Windows that has Z-Modem, Backscroll and a Phonebook. Its great for telneting to bbs's! Click Here to Download a copy of mTelnet or go to the O-Zone BBS Web Site...

Another is called Net term I found this Program to be very good for both Landline and telnet BBS's. Like the one's listed below.

Anyways, It's worth a mention. Here give it a Try, You just may find what you've been looking for!

Here's some Telnet BBS's to try:

  • O-Zone BBS Web Site - music, programming, os/2 and bbs support. Located in Rochester, Michigan USA access via Telnet O-Zone BBS or dial (248) 651-6472.

  • Applegate BBS - Another Fine BBS.

  • Doc's Place Located In, Sunny Clearwater, Florida is a Service for the Fidonet Community to Send & Receive Echomail. You will find the complete Fidonet Backbone Conferences Inside. If your looking for Shareware Files, I have close to 20,000 Virus Free on Cd Rom. So come on by and have a look around! Their something for Everyone Here! Telnet To Doc's Place BBS

  • Data Stream BBS Has GREAT Door Games, InterNet Newsgroups, FidoNet Echos, LinearNet Echos and Games, Files, Local Message Bases, Original ANSi Graphics! Telnet To Data Stream BBS

  • Scooby's Doo BBS offers the classic bbs interface via telnet. Lots of games, lots of messages, and a friendly sysop! Telnet To Scooby's Doo BBS

  • Fire Escape's BBS is both a dialup and internet based online community located in downtown St. Louis, MO at (314) 588-0780. The community is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week on WINServer BBS Software. This BBS community is the home of Fire Escape's 314 and 636 Area BBS Directory which is published quarterly as a free service to the St. Louis area. Fire Escape's online community is a FREE, family oriented system which offers discussion forums, chat rooms, real-time multiplayer games and tons of shareware files. To Telnet Click Here

  • Fire Fly A free site to exchange information and ideas, using SearchLight software. All are welcome. You do need a TELNET program to log on the BBS. Online games and files for up and download. Love to see new users. Telnet To Fire Fly

  • Nightbreed BBS is locted in Pennellville, NY. New Phone  (315) 676-1041 The BBS operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week using a Hayes Optima 28,800 For Node 1 Cable Modem Telnet Access On Nodes 2 And 3 Nightbreed runs Searchlight BBS Software v5.1 Beta Currently working to change-over to EleBBS. Click Here to Telnet

  • The Nexus BBS A general BBS with a lot of files and on-line games. Chat with other users.

  • Dark Lands BBS - A Telnet BBS running Renegade. It is a fantasy theme based on AD&D. Come check us out, we're like no other BBS.

  • Monochrome is a a sophisticated, highly interactive, multi user messaging and conferencing system. You can send messages to other users logged on, leave messages for those who aren't, participate in a wide range of discussions, and communicate in real time using a talker. There are always fr.

  • Polk County Florida BBS's:

  • Viper's Den BBS in Lake Wales, Florida.

  • BBS & Telnet Listing Sites:

  • USBBS Listing Of BBS

Sysop Information Sites:

  • Sunrise Doors Serving the Online BBS Community Continuously Since 1989 with Quality Service, Support and THE Largest Quality BBS Door Product Line in the World!

  • BBS Archives
    A site for Bulletin Board Sysops. Numerous downloads (BBS doors and BBS utilities) are available.

  • Doorgames.org Public Service to the BBS Community - BBSes all over the world have long trusted DDS to bring them the latest and greatest door game files for many years. As we go forward, DDS has expanded and is bringing SysOps even more diverse BBS files.

  • The BBS Corner
    Information needed to start a BBS or to improve an existing one. Numerous links to all facets of the BBS world on the web.

BBS Software Sites and Resources:

BBS Message Echo & Inter-BBS Gaming Network Listings:

The Fidonet BBS Network system is the world's largest Bulletin Board System (BBS) mail network. This is a non-profit network is operated solely by its participating members, mainly BBS System Operators who run their BBS as a hobby. Originally, the network used a structure via the regular dial-up telephone network where one node can dial any other node in the Fidonet network to transfer "packets" of Electronic Mail, Message Forums, Shareware Files, or Inter-BBS door game data. In more recent years, this has been amended to use the Internet with special software to allow systems to transfer these packets via Internet E-mail, Telnet and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Some even utilize satellite retrieval systems. All to keep the mail flowing all over the world. Some hobby isn't it?

Currently there are over 20,000+ nodes (members) in Fidonet worldwide. The glue that binds Fidonet into a network is its mutually agreed to network management and topology (structure). A file named NODELIST.xxx contains all the information (structure & topology) required to communicate in the network. This file serves at the network's "phone book". It is updated on a weekly basis.

FamilyNet Style: FTN (Fidonet) Home to FamilyNet, a Christian BBS network.

Politically Incorrect Net Style: FTN (Fidonet), QWK The Politically Incorrect Net is a mail network dedicated to politics, both correct and otherwise. While many mail networks have a few conferences for discussing politics, the entire idea behind The Politically Incorrect Net is to discuss issues that have always been, or suddenly become political.

ToadNet Style: FTN (Fidonet) Home to the ToadNet BBS Network.

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BBS Industry News Sources

  • BBS Development News
    Monthly newsletter published by The BBS Archives about the latest news in the BBS industry.

  • BBS Software Support Links

  • BBSDOCUMENTARY.COM, a support website for an all-inclusive
    BBS Documentary being filmed by Jason Scott. This site has all of the
    pitch, information, research and interview information related to the
    project. Since the subject is SO big and SO wide-reaching, I made the
    decision that putting everything up on the web for people to read and
    correct/improve would be good for the entire project.

    Why are you reading the comments? Probably because you're the kind of
    person who cares about details, who likes to find little surprises in
    code or chuckle at finding a long-forgotten epic tale buried in piles
    of dusty 5 1/4" floppies. You're my kind of person. Glad to meet you
    Jason Scott.