Directory of Bulletin Board Systems Resources

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Bulletin Boards are systems where you can use your computer and a modem to directly connect to another computer containing a lot of information (usually file downloads, news, electronic mail). These have generally been replaced by websites over time due to the telephone costs incurred.

Resources in This Category

• Arcade BBS

  http://arcade.demon.co.uk/
  The definitive Acorn based bulletin board, on the net. It's on-line in south-east England, practically all the time for access by modem dialup, serving as a virtual meeting point for hundreds of users and holding an impressive array of files numbering a few thousand.

• CCl4 - Solvent Abuse

  http://www.ccl4.org/
  Bizarre BBS which seems to have some weird connection to RISC OS.

• The Plasma Sphere BBS

  http://www.halium.com/bbs/
  Supporting speeds 300-33600 bps, two lines, online 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Online support for Acorn, ArmBBS, FidoNet, Arc-Binkley, and ARCbbs in its 8500+ file filebase and message base.

 

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