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Old Amiga Scene BBS from the 90’s

Bringing back one of Western PA’s largest Bulletin Board Systems. Starting from scratch to fulfill a severe case of nostalgia.

The Pharcyde is a great BBS dedicated to messages, doors, and ANSI artwork. We have Zeronet and DOVE-Net message networks, which are both very active, and local messages are posted daily. Tons of door games, from old to new, and including InterBBS games! We also have an extensive ANSI artpack collection dating from 1993 to […]

FidoNet New England Regional Coordinator. Micronet Assistant Zone Coordinator. Full FidoNet backbone echomail feed and FileGate file feed. Registered doors running under DOSEMU.

PhreakNet is the premiere BBS for phreaks and telephone collectors everywhere. Chat, messaging, games, and exclusive file access available through the BBS. We have 23 modems in our modem bank. POTS connections are recommended but VoIP connections at 2400 baud also work well. Find the local access number nearest you at https://bbs.interlinked.us Access Available: SSH […]

A BBS adjacent to my main BBS only for Major Mud

Join us and Play MajorMUD! Our BBS hosts four thrilling games, making it a lively and exciting place to play. We have both a classic stock MajorMUD experience and HellaMUD v2 a faster-paced version with fun edits.

Originally, PlayPen BBS was supposed to be a small private board for friends, but word rapidly spread about a new BBS in the area. Over the course of five years, PlayPen grew. It became known as Delaware’s Best. Then on September 30, 1998. the unthinkable happened. PlayPen BBS came down. Now, after all these years, […]

ProLine BBS, running on a custom version of the KEGS Apple IIgs emulator, running on Amazon EC2 Linux Server. Features a contemporary usenet feed, 30-year historical usenet feed, and selected RSS feeds. Login as “guest”, “cowsay”, or “adduser”.

Atari 8bit BBS, ASCII/ATASCII/ANSI, 40/80cols. Restoration & modernization is ongoing and began mid-2025 from a 1990 backup disk. Running Phorem XE which was forked from Forem26m in ’85. Currently running via Altirra emulator w/240MB storage space under SpartaDOS-X v4.50.

Old computers are fun to use, especially online. Online services, though, are not very friendly to old computers! That’s why we have the P.E.N.I.S. You still need an 80 column terminal for the full experience, but it can get my old Atari, C64, Apple, Macintosh SE, and Amiga on Usenet, Gopher, IRC, WWW, etc! To […]

Take a “vacay” as Pweck’s Retreat, but be warned of what might be ahead on your little trip. A work in progress, so come back often! Creating my own DOOR games in Python, check ’em out. Been a SysOp since the 90s.

It’s a BBS, running on Mystic, home of the tqwNet, member of the fsxNet, RetroNet, FidoNet networks. Running since August 2018.

Quazar BBS Door Game Server is exactly just that…. A Door Game Server Port 2523 (*Changed because of Security Issues) Here are the games available:

Radio, comics and Pop Culture.

A BBS-educational project by the Ralser Lab at Charité in Berlin. This growing BBS is dedicated to science, reflecting our focus on metabolism, mass spectrometry, and yeast research. Discover scientific facts, read the science news of the day, explore a large journal club, articles related to our work, and enjoy interactive fiction. Optimized for use […]