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From: tak2@Isis.MsState.Edu (Thomas A. Kreeger)
Subject: Zamfield's Internet BBS List
Message-ID: 1992Mar31.054027.20150@ra.msstate.edu
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1992 05:40:27 GMT
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Here it is.
Later
Zamfield
% Zamfield`s Wonderfully Incomplete, Complete Internet BBS List %%
Publishing Info: March 30th 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.
3/30/92 Zamfield@Dune.EE.MsState.Edu
NAME ADDRESS LOGIN BBS Software
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.
AfterFive pa.itd.com 9999
- 128.160.2.249 9999
- hours 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. CST. Please no
- logins during the day.
- MUCK - enhanced tinymuck2.2.7d-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 120 concurrent users.
- This site is running on a very fast machine, but
- you might experience network delays. Contact
- Howard, Darrel, Trish, Wolvercuss, Akbaar or Captain,
- 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.
- I will post an update as soon as I can, and
- then correct this list for the next post.
Cimarron (in Spanish) bugs.mty.itesm.mx bbs Pirate 1.0
- 131.178.17.60
- 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 8:00 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 4.0
- 134.87.11.200
- Conferences and Topics. EAN Mail, Usenet
FTP,
- downloads Kermit & Xmodem, Online Unix course, some
- local files. If anyone has anything to add to this
- site's description, I would appreciate it.
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.
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 DataForum 192.67.241.11 guest
- ids.jvnc.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 isca01.isca.uiowa.edu iscabbs DOC (Citadel)
- grind.isca.uiowa.edu <ftp server>
- 128.255.19.233
- 128.255.19.175
- Update, can now handle 70 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.
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.
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 bbs
- 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.
Netcom netcom.netcom.com guest + <CR> at passwd
- 192.100.81.100
- Full Unix service. Money for access.
- $15.50/month ($17.50 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
-
- Contains boards and files. As mentioned
- above, just when you get to the good stuff
- it goes Finnish on you.
The Picayune star96.nodak.edu 20
- star24.nodak.edu or star12.nodak.edu for slower speeds
- 134.129.107.131
- North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network.
- limited net news, file areas, tetris online, local
- email.
- a 386 running unix, 2 80 meg drives, 600 users
- give or take a few.
- courtesy(sp) of Marshal Perlman.
- cool welcome screen.
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?
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.
Service Address Login
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 <$> to logout (no brackets).
Slugnet chat system cons1.mit.edu
- 18.80.0.88, 2727
-
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. )
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