• Re: Looking for BBS with abandonware

    From alonzo@21:1/130 to Dustin Picciuolo on Monday, June 02, 2025 06:33:04
    Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I
    was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a

    It's not a BBS but you can get a lot of that stuff from
    the Internet Archive. Lots of old BBS stuff. I
    just go to: archive.org

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Dustin Picciuolo on Tuesday, June 03, 2025 17:57:08
    Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I
    was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

    I invite you on over to 2oFB; 20ForBeers.com:1337

    We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the LocalZzZ File Conference's BBS Software File Area, and the Paulie's BBS Software Collection File Archive; which is a HUGE collection of MANY BBS archives.

    Furthermore, use the search function to scan all 60+ File Conferences as they cover LOTS of retro goodness of all hardwares, OSes, etc...



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  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Paulie420 on Tuesday, June 03, 2025 22:14:42
    On 03 Jun 25 17:57:08, Paulie420 said the following to Dustin Picciuolo:

    We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the LocalZzZ Fi
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Them's fightin' words...

    Atreyu

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Atreyu on Wednesday, June 04, 2025 20:12:22
    We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the LocalZ
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Them's fightin' words...

    I know - but I seriously think I have it; 30TB of literal retro (and other hackdumps) archives... I'm not ARCHIVE.ORG, but fairly certain my File Conferences are larger than any bbS out there.

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    Was gonna say I was coming by - I know yer bbS, but hit me with the addy so I can come checkup. :P Also, do come by 2oFB and check my conferences... :P



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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to maskreet on Wednesday, June 04, 2025 20:13:28
    Furthermore, use the search function to scan all 60+ File Conferences they cover LOTS of retro goodness of all hardwares, OSes, etc...

    One day soon I should pop over virtually and see about getting you setup with the flisterz mod I made, it was created with huge file collections
    in mind.

    You've already been awesome with the offers to help. Basically, I have a VERY simple fTelnet website setup for 2oFB - using the Mystic www server.

    I just don't know how to add flisterz, but I need to. Its prolly not that tough... ChatGPT for the win??? :P



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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to maskreet on Thursday, June 05, 2025 19:35:06
    You just have to make sure your regular user level is the same
    as in the .ini file (it's set for 50, change it to your board's regular user level if need be, this is to restrict file areas and groups set
    with higher security levels for non-privileged users from being generated), drop all of the files in the package somewhere in your
    script directory, like "scripts/flisterz/" and if you want to test it
    just create a sysop-only menu item in the BBS somewhere that runs the
    MPY.

    Kk - my regular users are s20, with EXTENDED ACS @ s50... but I might set it to s50 and only offer the www file areas for EXTENDED; special File Conferences, and all...

    It should just create everything needed immediately. Then just
    follow the instructions about adding it to your Mystic events.
    Had to check your tagline, you're running Linux, that's perfect.

    Alright - well, I need to get it setup then. Thanks for the reply... when I do I'll drop you a line. :P



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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to paulie420 on Friday, June 06, 2025 16:44:48
    I know - but I seriously think I
    have it; 30TB of literal retro (and

    Man, it took me soooooo long to get through a search for something I was looking for, and I finally found it!! but stupidly didn't download it right then, because my "marked downloads" were cleared on logout. Now I'm dreading searching through all that again :).



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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to phigan on Friday, June 06, 2025 17:31:59
    Man, it took me soooooo long to get through a search for something I was looking for, and I finally found it!! but stupidly didn't download it right then, because my "marked downloads" were cleared on logout. Now
    I'm dreading searching through all that again :).

    LOL - I can always find things quick and easy @ 2oFB... I always just save the FILENAME and then I can find it quick in the future. ;P Thats the key.



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  • From slacker@21:3/193 to phigan on Saturday, June 07, 2025 04:32:27
    Man, it took me soooooo long to
    get through a search for something
    I was looking for, and I finally
    found it!! but stupidly didn't
    download it right then, because my
    "marked downloads" were cleared on
    logout. Now I'm dreading searching
    through all that again :).

    Paulie can correct me if I'm wrong but there's also a master list of all the files you can download. Yo can download that text file and then grep it for what you're looking for at a later date.

    I think it was somthing like allfiles.txt and a 200+MB text file...


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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to slacker on Saturday, June 07, 2025 08:23:07
    Man, it took me soooooo long to
    get through a search for something
    I was looking for, and I finally
    found it!! but stupidly didn't
    download it right then, because my
    "marked downloads" were cleared on
    logout. Now I'm dreading searching
    through all that again :).

    Paulie can correct me if I'm wrong but there's also a master list of all the files you can download. Yo can download that text file and then grep it for what you're looking for at a later date.

    :P 2oFB allfiles.txt = 256MB!

    $ ls -all allfiles.txt
    -rw------- 1 paulie420 paulie420 269354276 Jun 7 01:13 allfiles.txt

    $ du -sh allfiles.txt
    257M allfiles.txt



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  • From hyjinx@21:1/126 to paulie420 on Thursday, June 12, 2025 17:48:41
    LOL - I can always find things quick and easy @ 2oFB... I always just save FILENAME and then I can find it quick in the future. ;P Thats the key.

    I was downloading some abandonware (DOS based) from 2oFB a couple o nights ago and it might be 'just me' but I downloaded a batch download with Y-modem batch using mTCP Telnet. The batch worked fine when the files were in the same file base/group, but as soon as the files came from another group, a data error occurred. What was more annoying is that it cleared the entire list of marked downloads, not just the ones that had already been downloaded, so I had to remember what I marked all over again. Is this a bug in Mystic or is this something nuanced to 2oFB? Or do you think it's just mTtelnet?

    NB the reason I used Y-Modem (if you are curious), is because mTCP doesn't support Zmodem and I'm (nauturally) using real hardware, so downloading via HTTP isn't an option.

    Anyways I thought I'd let you know so you might be interested in testing for yourself.

    Cheers!
    Al


    hyjinx // Alistair Ross
    Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube) alsgeeklab.com

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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to slacker on Thursday, June 12, 2025 14:10:45
    but there's also a master list of
    all the files you can download. Yo

    Oh shiz, I didn't notice that. That's MUCH nicer :). I'll go find it today, probably. Thanks!



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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to hyjinx on Saturday, June 14, 2025 14:07:32
    LOL - I can always find things quick and easy @ 2oFB... I always just FILENAME and then I can find it quick in the future. ;P Thats the key

    I was downloading some abandonware (DOS based) from 2oFB a couple o
    nights ago and it might be 'just me' but I downloaded a batch download nights ago and it might be 'just me' but I downloaded a batch download with Y-modem batch using mTCP Telnet. The batch worked fine when the
    files were in the same file base/group, but as soon as the files came
    from another group, a data error occurred. What was more annoying is
    that it cleared the entire list of marked downloads, not just the ones that had already been downloaded, so I had to remember what I marked all over again. Is this a bug in Mystic or is this something nuanced to
    2oFB? Or do you think it's just mTtelnet?

    Gosh - no, it was PROBABLY some file that doesn't exist in the file system for some reason or another - I need to run a mutil file pack. :/

    Sorry about that... sometimes when pulling from File Conferences/Areas that are on my NAS some file won't be present or exactly what Mystic is expecting... the issues of having so much data going into BBS software.



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