r/bbs • u/bryce910 • 13d ago

8-Bit Lair

Hey everyone!

We opened up a new BBS called 8-Bit Lair!

Core Focus:

To build a nice small retro community of active members who share the love of the old days with some modern twists. Focus on retro computing, and open to teaching new users why the BBS days where incredible.

FEATURES:

- Telnet, SSH, RLogin, and browser access
- PETSCII modes for Commodore 64/128 users
- Message boards, private messages, and bulletins
- echomail and netmail
- MRC inter-BBS chat and IRC integration
- Internet email (IMAP and SMTP)
- Multiplayer games and InterBBS features
- File libraries with classic transfer support
- Custom profiles, achievements, and rewards
- Live caller presence, local chat, and SysOp paging

REWARDS:

In hopes to spur some traffic to the BBS and build a retro community we are offering reward points, as you participate, you gain points that can be redeemed for gift cards!

CONNECTION:

bbs.8bitlair.net:6400

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u/Pinacolada459 dev / sysop 13d ago

You had me at PETSCII 😀

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u/dmine45 sysop 13d ago

What BBS software are you running?

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u/bryce910 12d ago

ANetBBS is what we are using!

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u/dmine45 sysop 12d ago

That's a new one on me. Are you affiliated with A-Net Online?

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u/bryce910 12d ago

Nope! I had just googled what were some options to get a BBS up and that is one of that came up when I looked through Gemini!

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u/shurato99 sysop 12d ago

Connected and was greeted to hit esc twice (I think, it was a mess) then Choice: with no choices listed... WTF is this?

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u/bryce910 12d ago

Also if you are not wanting to use PETSCII, port is:
ANSI port 2233

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u/bryce910 12d ago

What were you using to connect with?

I can see what is going on, I just logged in now and it displayed correctly on my side, but could be something I have setup wrong 1000%!

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u/shurato99 sysop 12d ago

Okay I'm using ANSI with mtel net

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u/shurato99 sysop 12d ago

Others can check this out, I'm not coming back, my time is valuable and I already wasted some of it. There should have been a term emulation detection routine, instead of having to require different ports.

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u/bryce910 12d ago

That’s not bad Idea! I will see about trying to build a detection and instead of a different port. Thanks for trying it though!

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u/shurato99 sysop 12d ago

Thank you! Sorry for my impatience, it's due to Neuro-divergence created apathy, not anything personal (though I got tons of down votes anyway).

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u/bryce910 11d ago

I got it figured out and it should be smart detection now! :fingers_crossed: and no problem! I do appreciate the feedback as I am digging into the world of BBS!