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[ja...@arsmentis.com]

Anyone else think maybe we should just forget about having a web presence and instead run a telnet BBS, a usenet site, and a gopher server? Is it just me?

[N Y]

That would be pretty sweet! But probably also exclude a lot of people who didn't grow up in the 80s/90s. :P  Perhaps an HTTP-based emulator (I think there's such a thing?) for these things hosted on our future site?

-- Nate

On 1/16/19 4:16 PM, ja...@arsmentis.com wrote:

Anyone else think maybe we should just forget about having a web presence and instead run a telnet BBS, a usenet site, and a gopher server? Is it just me?

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[Michael Grube]

God dann, sign me up right now. Fuck the web! It has gone too far. 

[James Kruth]

There's definitely an http to gopher gateway: https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ (and SDF has a rather active gopher community)

I just found this for telnet, but haven't tested it yet: http://telnet-online.net/

Not sure about usenet - I'm sure something exists. Maybe part of the fun is setting up the client?

- James

[Michael Grube]

AFAIK Usenet is still around.

[Michael Grube]

It appears as if nowadays you must purchase access.

https://lifehacker.com/5601586/how-to-get-started-with-usenet-in-three-simple-steps

Setting up a relay for AHA members seems easy, though.

[James Kruth]

That's definitely an option.

We could also run our own Usenet server, disconnected from the larger network.

- James

[Mitchell Newberry]

Emphatically agreed. Our new website should be a telnet or gopher client that runs in the browser and connects to the BBS and/or gopher server with all our real content. Which itself is just a dump of a git repository full of markdown.

James and I will make the git repository.

Does gopher support images? I forgot.

[Mitchell Newberry]

Relevant: a temple to the old web, https://www.cameronsworld.net/

[James Kruth]

Somewhat seriously, I've been looking at ways to auto-convert jekyll sites to gopher sites and/or writing a gopher server that understands jekyll sites. We could totally do something like that.

Also here's modern BBS software: http://www.synchro.net/ - but it might be kind of fun to run retro BBS software. I hear someone has an Amiga laying around... :) 

- James

[Michael Grube]

If you set up BBS software I will use the fuck out of it.

[Michael Grube]

Upon further inspection, it appears it would make more sense for us to just use one of the boards already set up:

http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html

[James Kruth]

There's even more here: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/

I think it would be fun to run a node at some point, but just trying out the tech would also be fun - I've had a login on the main synchronet instance on and off for years - mostly to play Legend of the Red Dragon. Anyone remember BBS door games?

- James