Comments on: BBS: Get your retro on! http://jerkwerks.com/bbs-get-your-retro-on/ tech, food, nerd, rant, and other four-letter words Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Skip Thompson http://jerkwerks.com/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-7964 Skip Thompson Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:48:14 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-7964 Hi. Just a note to say that Dura-Europos mentioned by Gene Buckle has been resurrected from backup disks and is now up on the internet. It is still running on an Apple IIe, with a couple modern components. I was the sysop of Dura-Europos and am now retired. :)

It’s telnet address is telnet://dura-bbs.net:6359

Skip (aka ‘Trajan’ back in the day)

]]> By: datajerk http://jerkwerks.com/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-3212 datajerk Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:46:01 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-3212 I actually purchased one of those so that I could try that, however it didn’t work for basic phone calls. The seller gave me a refund, and never asked for it back. I will try a different supplier. I have limited hope since mobile phones lossy compress the audio.

]]> By: Rasputin, Russia's Greatest Love Machine http://jerkwerks.com/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-3211 Rasputin, Russia's Greatest Love Machine Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:17:15 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-3211 I’d imagine an acoustic coupler with one of those novelty old-telephone-receiver-shaped wired iPhone headsets snugly cradled could let an 8-bit machine connect to a faraway BBS with little to no long-distance cost, as long as there’s a clear connection. with voice calls usually cheap in cellphone plans these days, why is there not a revival of the BBS?

]]> By: Gene Buckle http://jerkwerks.com/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-68 Gene Buckle Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:00:17 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-68 Very cool, thanks for posting this! Hopefully the board will see more use. The Land of Spur game can be a lot of fun.

g.

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