B4BBS

Yesterday’s Technology Today!

B4BBS is up and running again. Come join us for some VT100 backgammon and Tetris, just click the “Connect” button above.

Other methods
Telnet

  1. Telnet to b4bbs.sampsa.com
  2. Log in as New and complete the registration process
  3. Finally grab a copy of SyncTERM for the most accurate terminal emulation.
SSH
  1. SSH to new@b4bbs.sampsa.com (username new, password f)
  2. Type “f” at the SSH password prompt.
  3. At the Login: prompt, enter “New”.
  4. Go through the New User process, on consecutive logins you will use the user name and password from this process to log into the SSH server.
  5. Finally grab a copy of SyncTERM for the most accurate terminal emulation.

Fidonet Access B4BBS is now a full-fledged host on Fidonet, node address 2:250/7. Users can send and receive netmail as well as post and read an assortment of echos.

Internet Email B4BBS users can now automatically send and receive email from the internet. The addressing is <username> @ b4bbs.com or <first.last> @ b4bbs.com.

Old-skool Emulators in DOSBOX (including RIPTerm)

I have rolled out an entirely self-contained distribution of DOSBox that includes a number of terminal programs, including RIPTerm for graphical connections to B4BBS. At the moment we have pre-made, self-contained distribution for Win32 and Mac OSX as well as a tarball to get people going on various UNIX/Linux-type systems (user to supply dosbox)

Instructions (Win32):

  1. Download a copy of the B4BBS client suite for Win32
  2. Expand the zip file somewhere sensible
  3. Run b4bbs.bat
  4. Type B4BBS into the DOSBox window that opens up. You should now be connected to B4BBS using a graphical terminal emulator!

Instructions (Mac OS X ):

  1. Save a copy of B4BBS client suite for OS X tarball into your home directory not Downloads.
  2. Expand the tarball into your home directory (note that this will overwrite any DOSBox configuration in your ~/Library/ directory): cd ~ ; tar xvfz [client suite file] NOTE: Do this in Terminal.app. Double clicking on the tarball will extract the files in the wrong place!
  3. Run the DOSBox application that is now in your ~/Applications directory
  4. Type B4BBS into the DOSBox window that opens up. You should now be connected to B4BBS using a graphical terminal emulator!

I know this process is a bit complex, .pkg format Installer coming soon.

Instructions (Generic UNIX/LINUX):

  1. Install DOSBox
  2. Download a copy of B4BBS client suite for *nix tarball.
  3. Expand the tarball into your home directory. If you decide to untar it somewhere else, make sure you edit the file b4bbs/dosbox.confto reflect the new location of the files
  4. cd into the install directory, run the b4bbs.sh script. (cd b4bbs ; ./b4bbs.sh)
  5. Type B4BBS into the DOSBox window that opens up. You should now be connected to B4BBS using a graphical terminal emulator!

Not brilliant I know, I’m working on something much smoother.

 


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