Welcome back to the Adventure!
this is Adam, and today we are setting up Telnet and connecting to a Builtin Board System.
We will get started right after this
A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer server running software that allows users
to connect to the system using a terminal program.
Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software
and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users through
email, public message boards, and sometimes via direct chatting.
Many BBSes also offer on-line games in which users can compete with each other, Bulletin
board systems were in many ways a precursor to the modern form of the World Wide Web,
social networks, and otelnetther aspects of the Internet.
For this exercise, I have selected a program suite called MTCP.
mTCP is a set of TCP/IP applications for personal computers running PC-DOS, MS-DOS, FreeDOS,
and other flavors of DOS.
The applications include: DHCP, FTP, an FTP server, HTGET, an HTTP server, IRC client,
Netcat, PING, A packet sniffer and diagnostic tool for packet drivers, an SNTP client, and
TELNET.
The download link will be in the description.
I have already downloaded the package, decompressed it, and have the files in the apps directory
ready to go.
As a quick note, I have started the computer with the networking option we created in our
CONFIG.SYS file from a previous episode.
A card should appear momentarily linking to that video.
We will need internet connectivity to start using Telnet
To start we will enter Telnet at the prompt followed by the BBS we want to connect to
[C:\TELNET a90smanilabbs.ddns.net] We have to register for the BBS before we
can start using it.
In this case I have already registered so I can sign in.
for this BBS we are greeted with the User Bulletins if we don’t want to post anything
we can press Q. Next, we have the system Bulletins.
If none of these topics interests you, press Q. Now we are on the main menu for this BBS.
The key features in a BBS are bulletins of courses, Files that are available to download,
and Door games.
This BBS doesn’t have any file available but they do have some Door games which we
can access by pressing D. These are text based games than you can play while connected to
the BBS.
They are generally multi user so you will be playing with other BBS users.
Lunatix for example has you assume the role of a patient at an asylum.
The goal is to escape.
A card may appear here If I have a playthrough of a BBS door game on my gaming channel.
Now we know what a BBS is and how to connect to one, but How can you find a BBS to connect
to.
For that we will switch to a Brower and be right back.
We are back.
Here at the telnetbbsguide.com This site has a listing for hundred of BBSs and growing.
You can click on the BBS list section and select the view you would like.
I prefer the detailed list.
At the top we have some basic sort and filter options then we have the list itself.
For each entry that telnet is available you will see URL to enter at the prompt
That concludes our look at BBSs.
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