The Wonders of BBS Day – Your Wonderful Trip to BBS'ing Nostalgia

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Jonathan Justvig [cr1mson]

KANSIT.com, CEO

Whispernet Echomail, RAIDERS BBS, KANSIT.com CEO, Sp00knet & Fishingnet Admin, PHATstar Member

Alistair

Professional Videographer

Videographer of the Back to The BBS film series, available from YouTube.com under Al's Geek Lab. He puts vintage technology in a form that is understandable

Christian Sacks [MeaTLoTioN]

Multi-Relay Chat Weekly Host

The Quantum Wormhole BBS and Echonet and MRC MeaTuP host

Paulie420

Sysop of The Scene's Most Popular BBS

2oForBeers sysop: The admin o fhe most popular BBS in the whole of The Scene. His file archive is the larger than any other.

Ryder Navi [warmfuzzy]

Author and Designer

Sp00knet and Fishingnet Echomail, Fishingnet BBS, 2600 Magazine Author, Blogger, Podcaster, Echomail Networking Book author, Web Designer, and admin of AnonArchivers File Distro Network

Alistair

WordPress Dev.

Videographer of the Back to The BBS film series, available from YouTube.com under Al's Geek Lab

Christian Sacks

MeaTLoTioN

The Quantum Wormhole BBS and Echonet and MRC MeaTuP host

The History, Present, and Future of The BBS Scene: Pure Nostalgia and Fun Times

Past History

Dial-up on the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) at 33.6k/56k

The Present BBS Scene

Mystic BBS, Synchronet BBS, and Enigma1/2 BBS

The Future of Our Scene

Networks within networks within networks...

Modern BBS Server Software

Modern BBS Client Software

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BBS Protocols: Legacy & Modern

ANSI-BBS Graphics

Communications Security: TELNET vs SSH

Compression Software: ZIP vs 7-zip

BBS Mods & Modding Groups

Investing in Technical Support For BBS Development

Backups: How it Should be Done

Hatching Files on Echomail Networks

Anti-Malware Software for BBS Servers

Echomail Networking: Hosting & Clients

BBS Door Games and Apps

Scripting: Python & BASH & MPL

File Distribution Networks (FDNs)

Centralized Gaming Servers

File Hosting: Proper Packaging

Joining a Scene Group or Tech Society

Packet Radio BBS'es

Where it All Began: a Short History

From the Beginning to Modern Times

The First BBS Connection

The Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) Goes Online

Ward Christensen and Randy Suess patterned the system after the cork board at 0 his local computer club used to post information like "need a ride."

1976 February 16th

Chicago: The Great Blizzard of 1978

Global Phone Modem Distributed Mail

The Beginning of Echomail

A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradise

June 1984

Global Textmode Communications

Stable and Expandable BBSes

Development of the GNU/Linux OS

The UNIX replacement, Linux mixed with the GNU project to create a totally free operating system.

Linux 1991, GNU 1983 Sept. 2nd

University of Helsinki

RemoteAccess, Oblivion/2, Renegade BBSes Are Introduced

Elite BBS Systems Come to The Scene

Warez, porn, and art boards come into The Scene. Its a coming of age. Invite only 1337 systems. Every BBS is its own little island.

1994

Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) BBSes

The Major Game Changer

The Internet Comes And High Speed Internet-Based BBSes Replace POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) Boards

Boards are still boards, but now 100x the speed; many sysops switch their POTS boards to the Internet's TELNET protocol.

1995

The New Global Communications System

POTS Boards Become Out-moded

The Major Next Generation BBSes Hit The Scene

A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradise

01 February 2015

Starting with POTS and Transitioning to the Internet

The Largest Documentary on The BBS Scene to Date

BBS: The Documentary

This video document shows the history of the BBS Scene and has a very good production quality.

December 2004

Produced by Jason Scott

New to The Scene

Networked Plug'n'Play BBS Expansions: Gaming Servers and File DIstro Networks

You can now play games on a gaming server with many other people, rather than just on one single board. As for File Distro Networks (FDNs), you can use major servers on your individual boards to connect to a very large archive of files rather than you having to archive the stuff yourself.

01 February 2015

Mystic and Synchronet BBSes

Very New and Modern Historical Video Journalism

Al's Geek Lab: Back to The BBS Video Series

Al's Exploration of the BBS Scene Starts This Day and Will Come to Produce Eight Episodes, Plus an Addendum.

12 February 2022

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLop3s1hMlSJKXqmuFjK7gbJh2WAyllTTY&si=W7495QNhemyWoY5d

The Present Day

BBSDay.org Launches: Keeping The Nostalgia Flowing: From Sea to Sea And Board to Board

BBS Day is meant to be the go-to website on all things relating to the BBSing Scene. If it related to The Scene we are endeavouring to include it right here.

16 February 2022

New Office, CA