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  SDF Public Access Unix System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-14 21:09 +0000
    Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2026-02-14 17:31 -0500
    Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-02-15 11:12 -0800
    Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2026-02-17 19:07 +0000
      Re: SDF Public Access Unix System "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-oru-this> - 2026-02-18 07:50 -0800
        Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-02-18 09:45 -0800
        Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2026-02-19 03:15 +0000
          Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-19 03:49 +0000
          Re: SDF Public Access Unix System "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-d7b-this> - 2026-02-19 07:16 -0800
            Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2026-05-31 06:57 +0200
              Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-31 08:46 +0100
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-05-31 08:11 -0700
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-05-31 17:58 +0000
                  Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-04 11:49 +0100
                    Re: SDF Public Access Unix System gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-04 16:09 +0000
                      Mastodon (and the fediverse) (was: Re: SDF Public Access Unix System) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-05 09:53 +0100
                        Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-05 09:03 +0000
                          Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-06-05 17:28 +0100
                            Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-05 16:47 +0000
                              Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-05 23:57 +0000
                                Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-06-06 07:07 -0400
                                  Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-06 14:59 -0400
                                  Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-06 21:16 +0000
                                    Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-07 00:23 +0100
                                      Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-07 09:28 -0400
                                        Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-07 16:15 +0100
                                        Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-06-07 16:42 +0000
                                          Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-07 23:11 +0000
                                            Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-08 00:58 +0100
                                              Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-08 00:21 +0000
                              Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-06 14:56 -0400
                                Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-07 00:11 +0100
                                  Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-07 00:17 +0000
                                    Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-07 02:33 +0000
                                      Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-07 09:25 -0400
                                      Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-06-07 12:24 -0400
                                  Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Daniel Cerqueira <dan.list@lispclub.com> - 2026-06-07 07:05 +0100
                                    Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-07 08:04 +0000
                            Re: Mastodon (and the fediverse) Root Badger <admin@rootbadger.com> - 2026-06-07 18:43 +0000
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-01 12:34 -0400
                  Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Daniel Cerqueira <dan.list@lispclub.com> - 2026-06-01 20:11 +0100
                    Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-04 11:52 +0100
              Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-06-01 14:06 -0700
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-02 01:46 +0000
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-02 11:01 +0000
                  Re: SDF Public Access Unix System John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 09:17 -0700
                    Re: SDF Public Access Unix System cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-02 17:30 +0000
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-9jk-this> - 2026-06-02 07:25 -0700
                  Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-02 22:00 +0000
                Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2026-06-03 19:50 +0200
        Re: SDF Public Access Unix System Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-21 10:11 +0000

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#234826

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Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> writes:

> Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> writes:
>

[...]

>> Meanwhile, the fediverse could use a bit of a focus on e.g. having
>> mastodon actually stop trying to be a twitter clone, especially where it
>> regards browser compatibility and CPU and memory usage... it's a bit
>> like trying to copy Apple smartphones instead of designing something
>> better...
>
> It's also worth noting that the fediverse is bigger than just Mastodon.
> ;)

Agreed, it is bigger.

Although Nuno's point still stand, Mastodon (the biggest share of the
Fediverse accounts) trying to be an X/Twitter clone is making Mastodon
loosing more and more users.

Another thing is that Mastodon has a lot of jerks as system admins of
big Mastodon instance servers, which was why I made an escape from it.

-- 
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
refuse military service. ~ Albert Einstein

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#234885

On 2026-06-01, Daniel Cerqueira wrote:

> Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> writes:
>
>> Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> writes:
>>
>
> [...]
>
>>> Meanwhile, the fediverse could use a bit of a focus on e.g. having
>>> mastodon actually stop trying to be a twitter clone, especially where it
>>> regards browser compatibility and CPU and memory usage... it's a bit
>>> like trying to copy Apple smartphones instead of designing something
>>> better...
>>
>> It's also worth noting that the fediverse is bigger than just Mastodon.
>> ;)
>
> Agreed, it is bigger.

(Yeah, no question there, it is.)

> Although Nuno's point still stand, Mastodon (the biggest share of the
> Fediverse accounts) trying to be an X/Twitter clone is making Mastodon
> loosing more and more users.
>
> Another thing is that Mastodon has a lot of jerks as system admins of
> big Mastodon instance servers, which was why I made an escape from it.

Yeah, some such people will pop up here and there, just like on some IRC
channels and even servers. Thankfully, saner ones exist too.

-- 
Nuno Silva

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#234827

Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> writes:

> 2026-02-19, Kurt Weiske <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-d7b-this> wrote:
>> -=> Beej Jorgensen wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-
>>
>> > *  realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org
>>
>>  BJ> Excellent... One of my many side projects to never get to is to write a
>>  BJ> new BBS from scratch in Rust. :)
>>
>> Please do! There are others writing BBSes from scratch and resurrecting
>> old BBS packages. It's exciting seeing some activity in the scene.
>
> BBS are quite isolated in terms of "reaching out to the world", I don't see
> their appeal compared to hosting/using a pubnix/tilde server loaded to the
> brim with Internet-native, text-based tools.

That's not true, whatsoever. Under normal circumstances, I would suggest
visiting a few bbs systems out there. But, not in this case.

> I see BBS as islands designed to serve small geographical areas in the times of
> metered dial-up connectivity. For that scenario, they totally made sense.

In the 1980s and early 90s, this was true.

Today, some boards are silo'd by design, and in many cases it's for
nostalgia. Sometimes, it's a project board owned by sysops who have
multiple live BBS systems. But there are many bbses that aren't
silo'd whatsoever. Far from it.

Many boards, like mine, have portals to wikipedia and weather
services, lynx interface, some sports API access. We even aggregate news
feeds with full story downloads. No ads, clickbait, side-loaded iframes,
trackers, cookies, cookie alerts. Quite a number of boards out there
serve as information gateways for all to use.

> But there are better options (namely, pubnix and tildes) for partaking in the
> smolnet in a world of always-on, universal Internet access.

That's merely your opinion. What seems better to one may not be for
others.

> Why use BBS-siloed message boards, when you can have full USENET access?

We've had usenet for many years as well. Have you been on a bbs in the
last forty years? It doesn't seem like it. We don't require modems
anymore. Some boards still offer dialup access on top of ssh/telnet. It
is more for nostalgic reasons though.

> Why use FIDO email and convoluted inter-zones gateways, when you can have full
> Internet email?

For a number of years, my primary email was on a bbs. I even had
thunderbird configured to pull from it if I wasn't going to be on the
bbs that day. IMAP for the win. 

Synchronet has supported this feature as far back as I remember and the
developer of the system has been quite active on adding features for
years. Hell, the primary scripting language for door creation is
javascript. Can't be more web-based/modern than that. 

I don't actually offer echomail on my bbs. But this may change after I
switch bbs services. Time will tell.

> Why use BBS chat rooms, when you have IRC at a global scale?

IRC has been long supported as well as MRC. Ddial is also
available via rlogin or via MRC uplink or via IRC. I've use my bbs
exlusively to chat on IRC as long as it has been online.

> Why bother publishing anything in a BBS-constrained presence, when you
> can publish a Gopher site and instantly be world-reachable?

It's not hard to connect via telnet/ssh to read anything
published. There are a number of gopher browsers a sysop can choose
from, or use lynx. Many sysops publish their works not only on the
boards they operate, but also on phlogs. They operate gopher sites as a
companion to their boards. It's a hobby.

We also have a number of gopher doors that a sysop can choose from to
give users gopher access. This is another long supported feature.

BBS systems are about as silo'd as a website is silo'd.

> Now that we have always-on Internet and cheap UNIX-derived/-inspired operating
> systems (instead of MS-DOS machines), there are better options than BBS.

None of your statements are true. Some guys out there may have believed
your malicious post and some of them may have turned away from exploring
the mature BBS landscape. I'm just glad that the usenet population is
really small and niche. The damage you've done may be minimal.

--
Daniel
sysop  | air & wave bbs
finger | info@bbs.airandwave.net

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#234828

On 2026-06-01, Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:

> Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> writes:
>
>> Why use BBS-siloed message boards, when you can have full USENET access?
>
> We've had usenet for many years as well. Have you been on a bbs in the
> last forty years? It doesn't seem like it. We don't require modems
> anymore. Some boards still offer dialup access on top of ssh/telnet. It
> is more for nostalgic reasons though.

I haven't dialed into a BBS for decades, but I have fond memories.
In fact, my first access to Usenet was via a local BBS (Mind Link)
which made several Usenet groups look like local forums.  Somewhere
there's probably a copy of my initial posts (to this very newsgroup)
in March 1989.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#234829

In article <87jysix95j.fsf@rpi3>, Daniel  <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
>Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> writes:
>
>> 2026-02-19, Kurt Weiske <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-d7b-this> wrote:
>>> -=> Beej Jorgensen wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-
>>>
>>> > *  realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org
>>>
>>>  BJ> Excellent... One of my many side projects to never get to is to write a
>>>  BJ> new BBS from scratch in Rust. :)
>>>
>>> Please do! There are others writing BBSes from scratch and resurrecting
>>> old BBS packages. It's exciting seeing some activity in the scene.
>>
>> BBS are quite isolated in terms of "reaching out to the world", I don't see
>> their appeal compared to hosting/using a pubnix/tilde server loaded to the
>> brim with Internet-native, text-based tools.
>
>That's not true, whatsoever. Under normal circumstances, I would suggest
>visiting a few bbs systems out there. But, not in this case.
>
>> I see BBS as islands designed to serve small geographical areas in the times of
>> metered dial-up connectivity. For that scenario, they totally made sense.
>
>In the 1980s and early 90s, this was true.
>
>Today, some boards are silo'd by design, and in many cases it's for
>nostalgia. Sometimes, it's a project board owned by sysops who have
>multiple live BBS systems. But there are many bbses that aren't
>silo'd whatsoever. Far from it.
>
>Many boards, like mine, have portals to wikipedia and weather
>services, lynx interface, some sports API access. We even aggregate news
>feeds with full story downloads. No ads, clickbait, side-loaded iframes,
>trackers, cookies, cookie alerts. Quite a number of boards out there
>serve as information gateways for all to use.

I think the idea is that BBSes provide you with a captive, menu
driven interface, and so therefore you're constrained by what
that interface provides.

There's nothing wrong with that; some of them are very cool.

But it's not clear to me how any of that is better or more
flexibile than access to a shell on an actual timesharing
system.

>> [snip]
>> Now that we have always-on Internet and cheap UNIX-derived/-inspired operating
>> systems (instead of MS-DOS machines), there are better options than BBS.
>
>None of your statements are true. Some guys out there may have believed
>your malicious post and some of them may have turned away from exploring
>the mature BBS landscape. I'm just glad that the usenet population is
>really small and niche. The damage you've done may be minimal.

It's a subjective statement, but so is your reply.

People should go look at BBSes if they want to.  Some of the
artwork, for example, is amazing.  But they are not something
that needs defense on their technical merits.

	- Dan C.

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#234831

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:01:02 -0000 (UTC)
cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:

> But they are not something that needs defense on their technical
> merits.

They're also not something that needs an unprovoked pithy dismissal,
for that matter.

None of this stuff is *necessary,* in the grand scheme of things,
except for what society demands we use in order to get through life,*
and the world is full of unsettling creeps who would be perfectly happy
for us to consider *everything* outmoded except for whatever they're
trying to sell us on. (D'you really think Facebook is sandboxing out-
side links and displaying them in an in-app web browser because they
care about anyone's security!?)

* (You *do* remember your online banking password? It's okay if you
  don't, just use our app! But if you need to reset it, hope you hung
  onto that old e-mail address you lost when the ISP sold out to AT&T,
  or you can set up biometric 2FA that we pinky-swear we won't sell to
  Palantir...!)

We're still on Usenet/BBSes/IRC/Web fora/freakin' *Gopher* because they
are specific ways of interacting with the larger world that we *like,*
and even prefer to whatever is currently the mainstream. All of these
things are Considered Outmoded by that standard; what's the point in
having a pissing match over which is *more* obsolete!?

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#234833

In article <20260602091754.00000c7a@gmail.com>,
John Ames  <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:01:02 -0000 (UTC)
>cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:
>> But they are not something that needs defense on their technical
>> merits.
>
>They're also not something that needs an unprovoked pithy dismissal,
>for that matter.

I see you snipped out all of the relevant context of my message,
to focus (I think) on something that someone else said earlier.

Please don't do that.  Respond to that person, if you wish, but
don't make it appear that I am saying things I am not.

>None of this stuff is *necessary,* in the grand scheme of things,
>except for what society demands we use in order to get through life,*
>and the world is full of unsettling creeps who would be perfectly happy
>for us to consider *everything* outmoded except for whatever they're
>trying to sell us on. (D'you really think Facebook is sandboxing out-
>side links and displaying them in an in-app web browser because they
>care about anyone's security!?)
>
>* (You *do* remember your online banking password? It's okay if you
>  don't, just use our app! But if you need to reset it, hope you hung
>  onto that old e-mail address you lost when the ISP sold out to AT&T,
>  or you can set up biometric 2FA that we pinky-swear we won't sell to
>  Palantir...!)
>
>We're still on Usenet/BBSes/IRC/Web fora/freakin' *Gopher* because they
>are specific ways of interacting with the larger world that we *like,*
>and even prefer to whatever is currently the mainstream. All of these
>things are Considered Outmoded by that standard; what's the point in
>having a pissing match over which is *more* obsolete!?

Since you are responding to my message, I imagine you are
responding to something that you think that I said.  However, I
never suggested that anyone not use whatever you want.  In fact,
in part of my message you did not quote, I encouraged folks to
log into BBSes if they want.  Have at it.

However, I also said that most BBSes expose a captive,
menu-driven interface.  That is a factual statement, not an
opinion.  Moreover, it is similarly factual that those
interfaces are neither as generally powerful nor as expressive
as unfettered access to a timesharing system: as evidence, I
offer that many (most?) BBSes run on top of such systems; those
systems can host BBSes, but BBSes, as application programs,
cannot host timesharing operating systems.  That's not a dig on
BBSes; again, it's just a factual statement.  I said that it is
unclear to me that this is better, but that's just an
observation: it was not accompanied by an opinion, let alone a
value judgement.  Depending on context, I can see arguments
either way.

Finally, I don't think that BBSes need defense on their
technical merits versus operating systems.  BBSes are programs.
Use them if you want to, or don't if you don't want to.  It is,
however, factually inaccurate to say that are as general as a
multiuser, multiprogrammed, multiprocessing operating system.
The comparison doesn't even make sense; it's like arguing that a
screwdriver is better than a chair: they're different categories
of things.

	- Dan C.

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#234830

  To: Daniel
-=> Daniel wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-


 > I see BBS as islands designed to serve small geographical areas in
 > the times of metered dial-up connectivity. For that scenario, they
>  totally made sense.

 Da> In the 1980s and early 90s, this was true.

 Da> Today, some boards are silo'd by design, and in many cases it's for
 Da> nostalgia. Sometimes, it's a project board owned by sysops who have
 Da> multiple live BBS systems. But there are many bbses that aren't
 Da> silo'd whatsoever. Far from it.

 One of my favorite networks, FSXnet, is based out of New Zealand. I'm
 on the California coast. It's about as world-wide as networks get - and
 more join every week.

 Da> Many boards, like mine, have portals to wikipedia and weather
 Da> services, lynx interface, some sports API access. We even aggregate
 Da> news feeds with full story downloads. No ads, clickbait, side-loaded
 Da> iframes, trackers, cookies, cookie alerts. Quite a number of boards out
 Da> there serve as information gateways for all to use.

 I added an RSS reader recently, and MRC (Multi Relay Chat, if memory
 serves) is an interesting chat network between BBSes that have
 regularly scheduled get-togethers - even an occasional movie watch
 party.

 > But there are better options (namely, pubnix and tildes) for
 > partaking in the smolnet in a world of always-on, universal Internet
 > access.

 Da> That's merely your opinion. What seems better to one may not be for
 Da> others.

 I'm on a tilde, I enjoy the nostalgia of reading email and news on PINE
 and playing with a smol web page, gopher and Gemini. I've often thought
 it would be interesting to add home pages to Synchronet, wouldn't be
 too hard to do. But the devil is in the details.

 > Why use BBS-siloed message boards, when you can have full USENET access?

 Da> We've had usenet for many years as well. Have you been on a bbs in the
 Da> last forty years? It doesn't seem like it. We don't require modems
 Da> anymore. Some boards still offer dialup access on top of ssh/telnet. It
 Da> is more for nostalgic reasons though.

 I suppose the original poster didn't see my .signature.  :)


 > Why use FIDO email and convoluted inter-zones gateways, when you can
 > have full Internet email?

 Da> For a number of years, my primary email was on a bbs. I even had
 Da> thunderbird configured to pull from it if I wasn't going to be on the
 Da> bbs that day. IMAP for the win.

 Da> Synchronet has supported this feature as far back as I remember and the
 Da> developer of the system has been quite active on adding features for
 Da> years. Hell, the primary scripting language for door creation is
 Da> javascript. Can't be more web-based/modern than that.

 I've had callers read my BBS via IMAP (a little clunky, to say the
 least) and NNTP for years, and it works well.

 Da> I don't actually offer echomail on my bbs. But this may change after I
 Da> switch bbs services. Time will tell.

 > Why use BBS chat rooms, when you have IRC at a global scale?

 The original poster could benefit from calling a few BBSes out there.
 Some are nostalgic throwbacks, others are doing new, interesting things
 with old tech.

 One thing left unmentioned - ANSI art. There are some amazing examples
 of ANSI art, both installed into BBSes and art packs available for
 viewing/download from versious art groups.

         kurt weiske | kweiske at realitycheckbbs dot org
                     | http://realitycheckbbs.org
                     | 1:218/700@fidonet



 
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
--- Synchronet 3.21f-Win32 NewsLink 1.2
 *  realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org

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#234842

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 07:25:42 -0700, Kurt Weiske wrote:

> One thing left unmentioned - ANSI art. There are some amazing
> examples of ANSI art, both installed into BBSes and art packs
> available for viewing/download from versious art groups.

This <https://www.arewesixelyet.com/> is also from the same era, just
a bit prettier.

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#234864

On 2026-06-01, Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
> Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> writes:

>> Now that we have always-on Internet and cheap UNIX-derived/-inspired
>> operating systems (instead of MS-DOS machines), there are better
>> options than BBS.

> None of your statements are true. Some guys out there may have believed
> your malicious post and some of them may have turned away from exploring
> the mature BBS landscape. I'm just glad that the usenet population is
> really small and niche. The damage you've done may be minimal.

> -- Daniel sysop | air & wave bbs finger | info@bbs.airandwave.net

My "malicious post"? The "damage I've done"? Are you out of your mind?

This is USENET. Your Sysop BBS-esque policing has no effect here.

Learn to play along with others, or get lost. You have no power here.

-- 
EOT

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#233963

On 2026-02-18, Kurt Weiske wrote:

>  To: Beej Jorgensen
> -=> Beej Jorgensen wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-
>
>>https://connect.sdf.org/
>
> BJ> I'm a big fan, MetaARPA member. It's not always the most stable in
> BJ> terms of the extra services they run, but the core is solid. And the
> BJ> museum is excellent. (I've heard. I *almost* got to go there the last
> BJ> time I was in Seattle. Soon!)
>
> Have you looked at the "tildeverse"?
>
> Not quite as historical as some of the memories here, but "tildes" are
> usually single *nix boxes supporting a small group of like-minded
> users. They offer shell accounts, email, web, gopher and gemini spaces,
> news and IRC. (The name "tilde" came from ISPs that offered web space
> with isp.net/~username URLs...)
>
> They've gone modern, some have fediverse spaces now, too. Many seem to
> have roots in SDF.

SDF also has some members-only instances (social.sdf.org, among one or
two other regional ones?), and an open instance (mastodon.sdf.org). But
at least social.sdf.org isn't really very stable, and has shown signs of
issues over a long time (pointing to either something broken in Mastodon
itself or some issue on that specific instance). Once every few months,
using social.sdf.org via brutaldon ends up being a lottery where either
you get the requested content or you're redirected to the brutaldon
about page because something failed (brutaldon could perhaps use better
error handling too).

(Do note, I'm not saying it's slow - it is, but that would be
manageable, if it were slow but always worked properly, but it's
sometimes mixed with failures.)

Ended up joining another instance because of that and of the 500 char
limit (which really is a flaw from upstream Mastodon; some instances
have patched it, but it still needs patching...)

-- 
Nuno Silva

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