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%%%%% Zamfield`s Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List %%%%%%
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Publishing Info: June 15th 1992.
Published with the Textedit text editor
for X-windows. Now Available in Postscript
form thanks to Interleaf.
Availablity: Anonymous FTP at Wuarchive.wustl.edu
in the /pub directory.
E-mail requests can be made to
Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu.
Posted on alt.bbs.internet twice
a month.
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FOREWORD:
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The following list has been compiled with the help of the
wonderfully generous who associate with InterNet or UseNet.
I owe them many thanks and please continue to send information.
The amount of mail I recieve is enormous, and I appreciate the
responses.
I have a few things to say about these BBS's in general. So bear
with me, or skip ahead, but do take the time to read this.
1. These BBS's are provided as a service to anyone
on Internet. Not just you. This means that you should
try not to dominate these sites
by staying logged in continuously or repeatedly trying to
gain access.
2. While you may not directly pay for these services
someone does. These bbs's are run on someone else's
computer, which means that someone else pays to keep it
running, provide space and access, and fix problems.
3. You are a guest, and please keep that in mind while
using these BBS's
Okay, that wasn't so bad after all.
Most of these BBS`s offer services unique to BBS'ing. Some offer
small scale versions of standard Internet sevices. Keep in mind
that mail or articles posted on BBS's does not reach everyone in
the world, and if you can get to UseNet, you will problably find
better responses. Most of the files on these BBS`s can be found
by anonymous FTP, so don't tie up the system downloading files if
you have FTP. Do be considerate on these BBS`s, some people aren't
using Telnet or Rlogin to get to these, some people still dial
numbers with modems at there homes.
I'm not going to say anymore, because you can figure most of
this out for yourselves. Enjoy the list and write back to tell
me about these BBS`s. I want to add as much info to these as
possible. A little abstract, such as services, will be
great.
For users of JANET (UK), you may access these bbs's through
first connecting to UK.AC.NFSNET-RELAY.TELNET or
PAD.UK.AC.NFSNET-RELAY.TELNET. Likewise, users of internet can
get to JANET by telnet SUN.NFS.AC.UK, login as janet.
Something New!!!!!
all sites that are prefixed with ===========
and sufixed with the same thing are sites that are
down and will probably be removed from this list.
such as
==========
Mars Hotel mars.ee.msstate.edu
-- down now
==========
just something new to help clear any misconceptions up.
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6/15/92 Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu
NAME ADDRESS LOGIN BBS Software
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TEST SITE 128.2.111.40
-- This site is included to help the designer of it bbs
-- software work out it's bugs. Currently it is ofline,
-- but when it does go online be sure to help out. I
-- included his original post hear because he describes
-- his system better than me.
-- I am working on starting a new bbs that is
-- avaible on the internet. Basically, I am
-- working on writing software and would like to
-- have some people use it and help me to debug
-- it. To login tlenet to 128.2.111.40, port
-- 8888 and just follow the directions. BTW,
-- if you don't get anything when connecting
-- that just means someone else is online. I
-- need to work on it. mail responses to
-- aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu Alex R.N. Wetmore.
-- This is Alex's project not mine.
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ANOTHER TEST SITE utbbs.civ.utwente.nl bbs
-- 130.89.1.219
-- Try this place and tell the sysop any bugs
-- you find. Has lots o files, message bases,
-- conferencing, talk, and chat.
-- Sysop Erwin Verwoerd.
AfterFive af.itd.com 9999
-- 128.160.2.249 9999
-- open 24 hours a day now. Weekends and holidays
-- too.
-- MUCK - enhanced tinymuck2.2.10.4d-beta. Based on
-- Bourbon Street, New Orleans. May not be
-- appropriate for all ages, especially very young
-- children as the database is rather graphic in
-- section describing stip tease, and bars.
-- BBS is Citadel like Quartz and Grind. No HotKeys
-- though. Supports 250 concurrent users.
-- Contact Howard, Darrel, Trish, Eyes, or Parade,
-- wizards, if you wish to work on any aspect of After-
-- Five.
BadBoy`s Inn 192.136.108.18 (unstable) bbs Pirate 2.0
-- badboy.aue.com (should be stable)
-- also try nameserver.aue.com (not sure on this one)
-- Be sure to use badboy.aue.com, it will usually get
-- you throught to wherever badboy really is.
-- Boards, Talk, Chat, Mail Test site for new Pirate
-- Software. Pirate 2.0 kicks, if it would work
-- all the time!
-- This site is rather deserted, probably because of
-- difficulty finding the place, but it has a great
-- message base.
Bergon By Byte oscar.bbb.no bbs unknown
-- This is a new site, but not sure about it, so don't
-- go flooding this place until I can confirm
-- its availablity.
-- Large message areas, but mostly norweigan,
-- International conference for anglophones, menus
-- can be shown in english and general bulletins are
-- translated. Lots of files.
-- Has a registration fee, of $60 or $30 student.
Cimarron (in Spanish) bugs.mty.itesm.mx bbs Pirate 1.0
-- 131.178.17.60
-- Send mail to sysop with necessay info(?) and you
-- will be validated after two months.
-- Nice BBS, too bad it is all in Spanish. Good place
-- to get aquainted with if you are trying to learn
-- Spanish, lots of conversations to look at. Cimarron
-- is a type of ram, and is the school pet.
-- Open between 18:00 to 6:00 Mexican Central Time.
Cleveland Free-Net 129.22.8.75 (cwns16.ins.cwru.edu) CWRUBBS
-- 129.22.8.76 (cwns9.ins.cwru.edu)
-- 129.22.8.82 (cwns10.ins.cwru.edu)
-- freenet-in-a.cwru.edu
-- freenet-in-b-cwru.edu
-- freenet-in-c-cwru.edu
-- Usenet, Internet, MUD, USA Today ON-Line. Local
-- mail, and Interest Groups.
-- This site is huge. The entire system is based on
-- a town metaphor, which means to mail people you walk
-- to the post-office , and to talk you go to the rec
-- center, etc. The amount of local/regional infomation
-- at this site is unreal, but most people will be
-- interested in the conversations that go on, and the
-- possiblility of having an account on a system that
-- closely resembles a full unix account.
CueCosy cue.bc.ca cosy Cosy 4.2
-- 134.87.11.200
-- Conferences and Topics. EAN Mail, Usenet, and FTP
-- require a full unix account. Only teachers and
-- educators are eligible for a full unix account.
-- Download messages and mail via Kermit & Xmodem,
-- Online Unix course is being considered, for now
-- a QA conference is available. Some local files
-- are available too.
-- Sysop jnemeth@cue.bc.ca John Nemeth.
Delft University BBS 130.161.180.68 BBS
-- tudrwa.tudelft.nl
-- In Holland, Mostly Dutch. Files, messages, Chat
-- area's
-- VERY large MS/DOS file base, but you have to be able
-- to understand Dutch descriptions.
-- This is probably a very cool bbs, but I doubt that
-- many people seeing this will find it of much use.
Eagle's Nest 131.95.127.2 bbs <passwd bbs> Pirate 1.6
-- seabass.st.usm.edu
-- For info and account request mail
-- nest-resquest@rock.b11.ingr.com
-- boards, 2 chat rooms, IRC, mail, etc.
-- must give name, address, e-mail address, and
-- alias (up to 10 chars). info will be returned
-- via email.
-- sysop gtveda@seabass.st.umv.edu
-- or rocker@rock.b11.ingr.com
Endless Forest 137.48.1.5 2001
-- forest.unomaha.edu 2001
-- Boards, E-mail. Reminds me of WWIV BBS. all-message
-- base. Said to be a kind of poetry/philosophy hangout.
-- If anyone has anything to add to this site's
-- description, I would appreciate it.
Heartland Peoria Illinois FreeNet
-- 136.176.10.10 fnguest
-- heartland.bradley.edu
-- Mail, Public Forum, Recreation, Calendar, Social
-- services, Senior center, Teen center, Local job &
-- government info, Legal, Medical, Tax, & Invest/Banking
-- Forums SIG's, library, Home & Garden, Science & Tech,
-- & Education Forums
-- Community metaphor, and mostly local info.
Hewlett-Packard BBS hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com
-- 15.255.72.16
-- has tech help, and 28/28S/48S/48SX files/programs.
-- New releases, prodouts, and announcements.
-- This is the one and only source if you need
-- something for your Hewlett-Packard calculator. I
-- have see games, sounds, pictures,and nearly
-- everything else for the 48 series at this
IDS World Network 155.212.1.2 guest
-- idsvax.ids.risc.net
-- IDS DataForum is a public access system
-- run on a DEC VAX. It is menu driven, supports
-- VT100, and ANSI graphics.
-- Features, TELNET, FINGER, Weahter Underground,
-- Ham Callsign Book. Adds Internet Mail (VMS Mail).
-- Includes Entertainment, such as, International
-- MUD's, local-only games, CONQUEST & GALACTIC
-- TRADER, and CB Simulator for CHATS.
-- RIME, PC-BBS messaging network, Usenet NEWS with
-- "nearly" full newsfeed.
-- DailOut service, online Game Developer Conference,
-- and BBS software available as well.
-- Local access at (401)-884-9002, (V.32, Telebit/
-- PEP, USR HST, V.42bis).
-- more info at ids-info@idsvax.ids.com
ISCA bbs.isca.uiowa.edu iscabbs DOC (Citadel)
-- -> FTP <- bbs.isca.uiowa.edu <ftp server>
-- 128.255.19.233
-- 128.255.19.175
-- Update, can now handle 50 users.
-- 130 message rooms, over 300 megs each of IBM, Mac,
-- Amiga, and other, software. Kermit, XYZModem, or
-- FTP, from the BBS. ftp server at grind.isca.uiowa.edu.
-- private IRC, Internet and IRC access for local users.
-- Online data system Panda.
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Mars Hotel Mars.EE.MsState.Edu bbs Pirate
-- 130.18.64.3
-- Boards, Talk, Chat, IRC, Mail.
-- Fairly extensive files,
-- ftp'able, Kermit,XYZmodems,
-- Died recently due to unrepairable hardware
-- failures. This System will probably remain
-- down for a year or so, or indefinately if
-- another machine is not found for it.
-- I will continue to update its status if any
-- changes occur.
-- Send Donations, Money, Machines, Parts, Etc...
-- and Mars can live again with all the old
-- info and files still intact.
-- Mars is/was a Sparc 4/110 that lost a Mongo
-- chip. The EE department might consider ordering
-- a replacement, but has no idea where to get one.
-- Info will be forwarded if sent to Zamfield@dune.ee.
-- msstate.edu. Also, if anyone has a spare 4/110
-- the EE department said that would do just fine.
-- Further info, offerings, etc, contact ME,
-- Zamfield@dune.ee.msstate.edu and I will facilitate
-- the rebirth of Mars if possible.
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M-Net hermes.merit.edu
-- 35.1.48.150
-- at the Which Host? prompt type um-m-net.
-- at the MichNet login: prompt type newuser.
-- This is a Public Access UNIX/Conferencing System.
-- 100 Conferences, sh, ksh, csh, bbs, & menu shells
-- for every type of user.
-- write/talk/xtalk/chat for communicating between
-- users, and PARTY for group chats.
National Education BBS nebbs.nersc.gov guest
-- appearantly this site is once again active.
-- If not then someone tell me, I am kinda busy
-- here lately. From past descriptions and experiences,
-- this site is a one person at a time site, but then
-- again I could be wrong. I seem to remeber there
-- being a great deal of neat files.
-- Well this site is private so about all you
-- can do is read posts.
Netcom netcom.netcom.com guest + <CR> at passwd
-- 192.100.81.100
-- voice # 408-554-UNIX
-- Full Unix service. Money for access.
-- $17.50/month ($19.50 for invoiced billing)
-- (408) 241-9760/9794 (San Jose, CA) and
-- (415) 424-0131 (Palo Alto, CA).
Nyx BBS isis.cs.du.edu new
-- 130.253.192.9
-- Full news feed, Local downloads,
-- shell access (with validation),
-- and Ftp. It is a completely free
-- public access Unix system run by
-- the University of Denver's Math
-- and Computer Science Department.
-- Sysop: Prof. Andrew Burt. The system
-- is run by donations on a donated Pyramid
-- 90x with a homebrew menuing system
-- Lots of files, unix shell with registration.
-- Telnet access limited for now, but should be
-- getting a faster system soon.
Olajier 129.31.22.11 Olajier <passwd Olajier>
-- castor.ee.ic.ac.uk
-- Capitals are important for both the login
-- and passwd. This BBS is at Imperial College
-- in London.
OuluBox (Finnish) tolsun.oulu.fi box
-- 130.231.96.16
-- Can set English as prefered language,
-- said to switch to Finnish at the most
-- inconvenient time. IRC
-- Contains boards and files. As mentioned
-- above, just when you get to the good stuff
-- it goes Finnish on you.
The Picayune milo.ndsu.NoDak.edu new
-- star96.nodak.edu 20
-- star24.nodak.edu or star12.nodak.edu for slower speeds
-- 134.129.107.131
-- North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network.
-- readonly News service, file areas, tetris
-- online, local email, and online games.
-- a 386 running unix, 2 80 meg drives, 600 users
-- give or take a few. And Now Ethernet.
-- courtesy(sp) of Marshal Perlman.
-- cool welcome screen.
-- sysop glaeske@cs.uwp.edu
Quartz Quartz.Rutgers.Edu bbs Citadel
-- 128.6.60.6
-- Rooms/Boards. This system is extremely active
-- and the messages move very quickly, so don't
-- be too suprised at the rate of response to posts
-- and you can get left behind very easily.
-- Suggest MUD to chat.
Samba North Carolina 152.2.22.80 bbs Modified XBBS
-- lambada.oit.unc.edu
-- (919)-962-9911
-- offers vi, emacs, rn, NEWS, MAIL
-- local messaging, SIGS, Conferencing
-- Files (Kermit/FTP), & INFO
-- limited NewsFeed.
Softwords COSY softwords.bc.ca cosy Cosy
-- 134.87.11.1
-- Very friendly with good discussions, but 9600
-- baud connection is a pain.
SpaceLink BBS spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
-- 128.158.13.250
-- NASA news, educational materials, ask-a-NASA-
-- person service?
Sparcs BBS ara.kaist.ac.kr bbs Pirate 1.8
-- 143.248.1.53
-- try login in as irc for the irc chat server.
-- boards, local mail, chat, and talk.
TriState Online 129.137.100.1 visitor FreeNetIII
-- tso.uc.edu
-- new FreeNet site.
Virginia Tech Cosy vtcosy.cns.vt.edu cosyreg
-- 128.173.5.10 bbs (for list)
-- Virginia Tech Conferencing System. Offers
-- local conferencing, up to date listing of local
-- BBS's and read only Usenet NEWS. Tons of Messages.
-- No files.
Youngstown Free-Net yfn.ysu.edu visitor
-- 192.55.234.27
The World world.std.com new
-- 192.74.137.5
-- Public access Unix system. 19.2, 96, 24, & 12
-- hundred baud modem connections. 3 GB disk
-- storage. CompuServe Packet Network access.
-- and SLIP connection up to T1.
-- signup, dial 617-739-WRLD, type new. basic
-- rates are $2/hr 24 hrs/day and $5 monthly fee.
-- 20/20 plan, $20 for 20 hrs, including monthly
-- fee. Also available from Compuserve Packet
-- Network. $5.60 surcharge is added to monthly
-- bill. Further info at staff@world.std.com
-- Email to Internet, UUCP, BITNET, CSNET, EUNET,
-- JANET, JUNET, Fidonet, BIX, Compuserve, Applelink
-- and MCImail.
-- USENET, ClariNet, Electronic Mailing Lists,
-- Chatting, Unix Software, GNU Software, Games,
-- Online Book Initiative, AlterNet Acces, Internet.
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SERVICES
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The following is a list of useful services that most
BBS'ers are interested in. I have not checked any of
these except Archie. If you have more info about
these or if you know of other to add, please mail
me: Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu. I will make the
changes and post the list again. Enjoy. :-)
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Service Address Login
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Archie quiche.cs.mcgill.ca archie
-- 132.206.2.3
-- archie-client sites.
-- archie.sura.net
-- archie.mcgill.ca
-- archie.funet.fi
-- archie.au
-- archie.doc.ic.ac.uk
-- cs.huji.ac.il
-- Archie is the easiest, fastest, and most convienent
-- way to find files available via anonymous FTP. The
-- archie-client sites are sites that are used for
-- archie front ends to query info, the
-- quiche.cs.mcgill.ca is the original archie site, and
-- you can telnet to and use this archie without a client,
-- although the client is much simpler to use and
-- easier on the server.
DDN Network Information Center
-- nic.ddn.mil
-- 192.112.36.5
-- TACNEWS, WHOIS Server, NIC This site is not nearly
-- as useful as the NIS server listed below.
FTP Mail write mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
-- reply <MAILADDR>
-- set reply addr, since headers are usually wrong
-- connect [HOST [USER [PASS]]]
-- defaults to gatekeeper.dec.com, anonymous
-- ascii files grabbed are printable ascii
-- binary files grabbed are compressed or tar
-- or both
-- chdir PLACE
-- "get" and "ls" commands are relative to PLACE
-- (only one CHDIR per ftpmail session)
-- compress
-- compress binaries using Lempel-Ziv encoding
-- compact
-- compress binaries using Huffman encoding
-- uuencode
-- binary files will be mailed in uuencode
-- format
-- btoa
-- binary files will be mailed in btoa format
-- ls (or dir) PLACE
-- short (long) directory listing
-- get FILE
-- get a file and have it mailed to you
-- quit
-- terminate script, ignore rest of mail message
-- (use if you have a .signature or
-- are a VMSMAIL user)
-- you must give a "connect" command, default host is
-- gatekeeper.dec.com, default user is anonymous, default
-- password is your mail address.
-- binary files will not be compressed unless 'compress'
-- or 'compact'
-- command is given; use this if at all possible, it
-- helps a lot.
-- binary files will always be formatted into printable
-- ASCII with "btoa" or "uuencode" (default is "btoa").
-- all retrieved files will be split into 60KB chunks and
-- mailed.
-- VMS/DOS/Mac versions of uudecode, atob, compress and
-- compact are available, ask your LOCAL wizard about
-- them if you can't locate them (but try
-- gatekeeper.dec.com in /archive/pub/VMS if you're
-- still trapped on a VMS system.)
-- several mail unsplitters are hiding on
-- gatekeeper.dec.com in /pub/mail/ua/misc/unsplit.
-- includes one in c, one in perl, and one in VMS DCL.
-- >>> examples:
-- -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get a root
-- directory listing:
-- connect
-- ls
-- quit
-- -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get the
-- README.ftp file:
-- connect
-- get README.ftp
-- quit
-- -> connect to gatekeeper.dec.com and get the
-- gnuemacs sources:
-- connect
-- binary
-- chdir /pub/GNU
-- get emacs-18.57.tar.Z
-- quit
-- -> connect to uunet.uu.net as anonymous and get a
-- root directory list:
-- connect uunet.uu.net
-- dir
-- quit
GeoServer Martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000
-- 141.212.100.9 3000
-- Provides information by city or area code. This
-- infomation includes population, longitude and
-- latitude, elevation, and various other information.
IRC Client bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu
-- 128.2.54.2
-- Internet Relay Chat access. Not all IRC commands are
-- supported. IRC is similar to the chat system on
-- Pirate BBS's but much more powerful. IRC has channels,
-- which you join to join a discussion, or you can create
-- your own to discuss whatever you like. These sessions
-- are very informal, and topics can stay quickly.
Library Systems ->FTP<- ftp.unt.edu
-- This site contains a huge, 100-150
-- page, guide to internet libraries.
-- The file is under the library
-- directory. Send thanks and responses
-- to Billy Barron, BILLY@vaxb.acs.unt.edu.
Lyric Server ->FTP<- cs.uwp.edu
-- these files are available via
-- anonymous ftp. This is not
-- really a telnetable service, but
-- it is nice to know about so I
-- included it.
National Ham Radio Call-Sign Callbook
-- 128.205.32.4 2000
-- marvin.cs.Buffalo.Edu 2000
-- I am very impressed with this service,
-- I have figured out the problem. The
-- name listing did not include the port
-- number. This should clear up any problems
-- with this site.
-- Also, if this site hangs at you commands
-- try hitting enter again. it seems to work
-- fine other than that.
-- any problems should be reported to
-- bowen@cs.buffalo.edu as well as to myself.
NCSU Services ccvax1.cc.ncsu.edu INFO or PUBLIC
-- 152.1.13.4
Network Information Service (Univ. of California at Berkeley)
-- mailhost.berkeley.edu 117
-- 128.32.136.9, 117
-- 128.32.136.12, 117
-- 128.32.206.9 117
-- 128.32.206.12 117
OCEANIC 128.175.24.1 OCEANIC
-- delocn.udel.edu
-- Ocean info center, from the U. of
-- Delaware. Contains technical and
-- scientific info on oceanic research.
-- DOS software for viewing oceanographic
-- graphics.
-- type <{body}gt; to logout (no brackets).
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Slugnet chat system cons1.mit.edu
-- 18.80.0.88, 2727
-- sorta like IRC
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UM-Weather Service madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000
-- 141.212.196.79 3000
-- This site offers City/State forecasts in most of the
-- major cities. You can also get ski reports and
-- earthquake reports. Very complete service.
Vatech Central Branching Exchange
-- 128.173.16.6
-- vtcbx.cc.vt.edu
-- Access to all local on-campus boards.
-- these boards have messages, files, etc.
-- to get to the Dream World BBS, type
-- C 26964, and hit enter a couple o times.
WAIS server hub.nnsc.nsf.net wais
-- 192.31.103.7
-- quake.think.com
-- 192.31.181.1
-- nnsc.nsf.net
-- 129.89.1.178
-- info at think.com <<ftp server>
-- Wide Area Information Service. Gives access to online
-- documents. More info can be obtained from think.com
-- via anonymous ftp.
--
( Thomas A. Kreeger ! The flame's core was glacial crystal, )
( Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu ! shards and facets flashing up, twisting )
( Jacked in to Internet from ! and gone, leaving behind near-subliminal )
( somewhere deep in the USA ! images so bright and sharp that they cut )
( ! the eye. Deke winced. People mostly, )
( -Gibson & Swanwick, Dogfight ! pretty little naked people, fucking. )