[Coco] Mystic BBS

[Dave Philipsen]

Don’t forget. This is a BBS system from the 80s. That was back in the day when we didn’t have a problem giving out our phone numbers or birth dates. Try entering 800-555-1212



> On Oct 3, 2019, at 9:31 PM, Mike Delyea <mdelyea at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just tried to set up an account and it wants my phone number.  No thanks.
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:30 PM Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I think it’s just called mystic. Telnet to mystic.dynu.net port 2025.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Oct 3, 2019, at 3:03 PM, Fred Hicks <fred.hicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What was the host name for this BBS?  I think I missed it.
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 3:17 AM Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hey, I'm up to $32,000 in my blackjack kitty. I challenge anyone to hack
>>>> my password and drain the kitty. De-throne me from 1st place in the
>>>> blackjack game!
>>>> 
>>>> Dave
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/30/2019 11:49 PM, Dave Philipsen wrote:
>>>>> I don’t know. I’m kind of concerned that somebody might hack into my
>>>> account on Mystic and get all of that cash I’ve been hoarding on the
>>>> blackjack game.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dave
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2019, at 2:31 PM, RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com
>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Lots of folks put telnet BBSes online like this.  And, many don't have
>>>> password restriction at all, since password complexity was not always
>>>> considered on BBS programs back in the day. C'mon folks, don't rain on
>> the
>>>> parade.  As Sean notes, use a different password than your normal ones
>> for
>>>> Banks and such, and enjoy a trip down memory lane.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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