seek mundanity's cure
This is a chill, laid-back BBS (bulletin board system), much like the kind one might connect to via dial-up during the '80s and '90s before the internet became mainstream. Bulletin boards were a fun, popular way for users to connect, post messages, download files, and play online games.
Built specifically with retro-gaming and retro-computing in mind, this BBS aims to recreate each of those experiences.
Why run a BBS today?
BBSes mean different things to different people. Won't lie - around here, it's mainly for nostalgia.
One might remember BBSing as time spent after school or late at night on weekends, hopping from one BBS to another, posting a few witty messages to friends, getting into flame-wars with "enemies", downloading new games to play, and admiring all the ANSI art along the way. If you know, you know. It was an exciting and almost mysterious time, when you didn't know what next adventure awaited you and your modem.
Then the modern internet rendered all of it... normal... and mundane.
Each of these aspects of the classic BBS experience is recreated here, while also meshing it with modern technology.
Above all, BBSing is a hobby; it's an excuse to tinker, experiment, and have fun with old and new software. It's a means to preserve and replay several classic door games that cannot otherwise be played.
One could (and probably should) consider it as a scaled-down alternative to modern social media platforms. A typical BBS is run by an individual person as opposed to a business entity, and is therefore generally free of ads and corporate influence.
If any of the above sound appealing to you, then you've come to the right place.
You can connect now in your browser by clicking the castle globe above, or simply install SyncTERM for a dedicated full-screen telnet/ssh terminal, and experience the board the way all boards were meant to be experienced.
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