Re: Poll: Best BBS from 2022 at facebook
By: Ragnarok to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Mon Apr 18 2022 08:47 pm
I love BBS wars!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/414733985361645
jejeje!
Mystic is alright, but I don't know why they are ahead on this. The real poll is how many people run the software.
Twice as many people run Synchronet, and it has way more features. I think maybe the default menus on Mystic are prettier and certain things are a little easier to setup, but Synchronet is way more powerful.
i think people should check out elebbs or just run an older dos bbs software, but if they like running it, that's good.
Re: Poll: Best BBS from 2022 at facebook
By: MRO to Xerxes on Tue Apr 19 2022 10:59 pm
i think people should check out elebbs or just run an older dos bbs software, but if they like running it, that's good.
Since I used RA in the 90s, I was setting up a BBS with EleBBS before I started using Synchronet. But EleBBS wasn't exiting with an errorlevel to run events like I was expecting (that's how RA did its events). I thought it was a bug and decided to look for other BBS software and found
Synchronet. I don't know if EleBBS is still actively maintained, but I haven't heard much about it, and I haven't heard of anyone on the message networks posting from a BBS running EleBBS.
Re: Re: Poll: Best BBS from 2022 at facebook
By: dragon to Xerxes on Tue Apr 19 2022 09:24 pm
My database shows 309 Synchronets and 219 Mystics.
You probably have the most accurate database I've ever seen.
So, I'm wrong it's not double but still close to 50% more...that's not insignificant.
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I never ran Telegard but as far as Renegade I don't think it's the "spiritual successor" to rg either.
There are "bridge" programs out there that will give you telnet and stuff to the DOS BBS software. There are people who do it and there are times I think it's tempting, but you'd still lose a ton of stuff compared to Synchronet.
Re: Re: Poll: Best BBS from 2022 at facebook
By: Xerxes to MRO on Wed Apr 20 2022 12:22 pm
also bbses come and go. like bbses will disappear right after being on a list. and there's bbses that arent on any lists.
so who really knows.
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Re: Re: Poll: Best BBS from 2022 at facebook
By: Xerxes to dragon on Tue Apr 19 2022 11:58 pm
> Re: Re: Poll: Best BBS from 2022 at facebook
> By: dragon to Xerxes on Tue Apr 19 2022 09:24 pm
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> dr> My database shows 309 Synchronets and 219 Mystics.
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> You probably have the most accurate database I've ever seen.
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> So, I'm wrong it's not double but still close to 50% more...that's not
> insignificant.
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> Sysop of Desert Rats Sanctuary --- https://bbs.kn6q.org
whenever i see a new bbs or one i havent heard of, it's a mystic one.
if there ARE more more synchronet bbses, these might be a holdout from the old days when someone would just install a synchronet bbs and let it rot. back then there was a huge amount of synchronet systems.
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