cncfreak Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Well i finally got Verizon Fios so I'm now able to get my BBS back up and running. My previous internet provider had all the ports locked down and wouldn't open anything up for me so i decided to switch. I'm running Synchronet on an XP machine. I really don't have much files or messages as this will mostly be for playing games. I currently have over 300 different doors up and running. Also i did custom menus based on some of my most favorite classic computer rpgs. They aren't anything special but i always liked when people put a little effort into there bbses and made them look different than the standard screens. I would suggest downloading Sync-term to use as your telnet program. http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/ I called it Door Games Unlimited and here's the url for it. dgu.dyndns.org Thanks Cncfreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwinslow Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Nice. What port? 23? I'd like to check it out with my little telnet program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 yeah 22 or 23 will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Just logged on and using the syncterm program works fine on Win 7 64bit usually use mTelnet but Syncterm seems better for my needs Will sign on more often as well as the other BBS's Ive seen on AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Oh Can u change my display name from Mikew to my nickname HatNJ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number six Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 BBSing is the best. My board has been up over 20 years now, of course we switched to Telnet in '00 and then to a web based format in '03. The internet is great and all but sometimes I do miss that sense of community that was somewhat lost when everything moved to a national or global even..scale. CNC - Did you run a dial up BBS in the area back in the day? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 I did in Lakeland lets see.. Renegade and PowerBBS (Dragonslayer BBS) and Synchronet (Gamemaster / RPG Heaven and now Door Games Unlimited) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Oh Can u change my display name from Mikew to my nickname HatNJ?? I can do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thanks works great added yours to directory and Rlogin works great super fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) My BBS has been up for almost a month now and i've been averaging 4-5 calls a day. Not too bad for a start-up Telnet BBS. I thought I'd post a few pics of some of my screens. Edited June 3, 2013 by cncfreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Wow, that really looks awsome! I recall using BBS's dial-up in the day. However, I haven't done anything like that for years. I'd like to check out, could you help a newbie out with instructions on how one can go to it and use it on a modern PC with no modem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Sure, the first post has one of the better term programs. Download it for the OS you use. If you have Windows just click on win32. Unzip program into a directory and i would store it somewhere on your hard drive and create shortcut for Syncterm.exe. Once you launch it, hit the Insert key to add a new BBS. Enter the name such as Door Games Unlimited. Choose either Telnet, Rlogin or SSH ( i would suggest Telnet) For Address enter: dgu.dyndns.org Then hit enter on the entry you created to connect. Once you see logon screen, just type NEW and enter the information that comes up and your in. at the main menu hit X to list all the door games i have installed (currently 321 doors installed). Thanks Cncfreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 This is awesome cncfreak! I just logged in, checked out the Ultima downloads... playing Colossal Cave right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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