[Coco] [Color Computer] BBS Programs for COCO3/OS9

[Merv Curley]

On Tuesday 25 January 2005 16:39, neofree3 wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I've never had a COCO3, but remember using one to play games at Radio
> Shack, plus a friend had one I used for a short amount of time. After
> looking at a few sites about them today I've stumbled accross a
> couple
> couple of BBS programs (ACBBS, APBBS) that to my amazement have
> multi-user capability while letting you use the computer as well.
>
>
> I wrote a program called BBSLink, which allows an old computer to be
> telnetable by emulating a modem via serial port. The thought of
> having
> a multi-line BBS via Coco3 is very interesting, and I am prepared to
> make BBSLink support this, allowing it to be telnetable.
>
Way back, as the Internet was developing, we had FidoNet which linked the 
worlds BBS's and there were several Coco Nets on Fido [Coco, OS-9 and 
another].  The Coco BBS software that many of the Fido Coco Sysops used was 
RiBBS.  That was where I first met our loyal Cocoist who lives downunder and 
a few other Aussies. Several others from those days are still here, [you know 
who you are]. RiBBS ran in the background so the Coco was still usable by the 
Sysop.  When I say that it implies the OS-9 operating system.  

A while back we had a BBS that we could telnet to, unfortunately I have lost 
the I.P. address so I don't know if it is still alive.

 I was Sysop for the Toronto Coco U.G. BBS for its last few years and the 
owner of the Fido Coco-nets when we [almost all] moved to the Internet.   
Fido and the Coco groups lived on for awhile and then I lost touch.  There is 
Linux and Windows BBS software for P.C's so you don't have to create 
anything. And you won't be limited to the now horrible speeds of those old 
modems. 

>
> However, I have no COCO3 or OS9 and would need to get them very
> inexpensively. I also have no experience with any of the BBS programs
> (not even as user) so I have no idea which will be good to run, and
> what the requirements are. Would like to run a few online games as
> well, if possible.
>
>
> Can some people with more experience in this subject give me some
> advise of which software to use and what hardware I will need to run
> the BBS (assuming I was going to run them via phone line and modem,
> I'll handle the rest for BBSLink)?
>

I believe the software is available on the Coco rtsi site for many of the old 
BBS systems.  RiBBS is there but I don't believe that it is the latest 
version that I used. It does need the Sysop to be fairly OS-9 aware so it 
wouldn't do for a learner. It works as a local BBS, but you may not find 
anyone to log on to your BBS.

Merv 

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Merv Curley
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