Some people think so... but many of our Bulletin Board Systems
(BBS) are still up and running "full-bore". Several of our
well-connected systems give you access to free, usually 100%
virus free text based e-mail (no pictures or file attachments.)
Some have actual internet e-mail with picture/text. Many are virtually
spam free.
Many of our systems host networked forums (conferences or
"Echoes") on countless topics - - or in some cases, you can start
your own. Almost all are free of spammers.
Many of our systems have elaborate games you can take part in,
some of which are league networked to systems around the world.
Some of our systems (the ones with very high-speed connections to
the net) will actually let you browse the web through special
text based web browsers (very fast and powerful but takes a
little learning.)
But how?
How does one access a BBS nowadays with computers running Windows
XP-11?
On 2024-04-26, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
But how?
How does one access a BBS nowadays with computers running Windows
XP-11?
Some BBS still have dial-in numbers for those who have landlines and
modems. Windows XP has hyperterminal. There are also free services
you can dial into that will relay through to telnet BBS.
I think most people are using telnet BBS over the Internet. See:
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/faqs/how-to-telnet/
Some of our systems (the ones with very high-speed connections to
the net) will actually let you browse the web through special
text based web browsers (very fast and powerful but takes a
little learning.)
But how?
How does one access a BBS nowadays with computers running Windows
XP-11?
How does one access a BBS nowadays with computers running Windows
XP-11?
Steve, sorry for the delayed response.
XP had Hyperterminal. As well you could use ZOC (which has versions for 32 and >64bit Windows (not sure about Linux)... That's just two out of many available >either free or for a reasonable amount. Some other examples are YAT, PuTTY, >CoolTerm, ShellCraft, RXVT, HTerm and quite a few others.
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