Questions tagged [bbs]
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Use a Dos DOOR with dosemu on a headless server
I'm trying to setup a BBS with DOS DOOR games using doesemu on fedora20.
So far:
-the bbs is running just fine
-the dos doors run fine
-the bbs is able to open a dos door with dosemu (if the following conditions are met)
The problem:
If I'm not…
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What you'd need to setup BBS?
What I need to setup BBS nowadays? I'm thinking of BBBS or PCBoard (no telnet! too new technology).
What I've thinked so far, I'd need: virtual machine which runs DOS and hook that virtual COM-port to somekind of virtual VoIP modem software somehow…
raspi
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WinUAE telnet from serial.device
I want to "call" a telnet BBS from my NComm running on WinUAE. Have someone achieved this and if so - how ?
Waxhead
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How would you hide the IP address of an SSH/telnet server?
I'm setting up a BBS on a Raspberry Pi. The application answers ssh on port 22 and telnet on port 23. Now I'm thinking about how to make it public without advertising my home IP address. Cloudflare works For ports 80 and 443 (and many others), but…
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good utility for viewing ANSI animations?
I've got a bunch of ANSI animations left over from my BBS days that were designed to animate correctly over 2400baud.
Does anyone know of a good windows utility that would let me view these while controlling playback speed?
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How did BBSes allow multiple users to dial in at once?
Normally when you call a POTS phone that's already connected to someone else, you'll get a busy signal. How did Bulletin Board Servers allow multiple users to dial-in simultaneously? Would there be a limit on how many users could be connected?
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