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I made a #BBS to watch aircraft near #YUL ( #Montreal airport), through my home #ADSB antenna setup. It's a #Swift NIO based app that runs on a #RaspberryPi (3) in my office network closet, so please play nicely.

SSH (or telnet): yulbbs.via.sc

Near #CYUL , it broadcasts on #Meshtastic (unencrypted channels: `yul-traffic` + `yul-alerts`), but also at: @yultraffic and @yulalerts .

(*BBS: æsthetic-wise, at least; no messaging)

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The yulbbs about screen. It reads:

YULBBS is powered by ADS-BBS
(a pun on the ADS-B system that provides data)

Both were created by Sean Coates: https://seancoates.com

ssh (or telnet): yulbbs.via.sc

It uses Swift, NIO, swift-nio-ssh, and dump1080 on the backend.
The antenna is near CYUL, in Dorval, Quebec, a borough of Montreal.
The whole thing runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 in my office networking closet.
Aircraft data comes from the air, not from the net. Be nice.

(Yes, I know that it's not a BBS. BBSs have messaging. That's the point.
This *does* try to capture the BBS æsthetic, though. It's just for fun.) — The yulbbs about screen. It reads: YULBBS is powered by ADS-BBS (a pun on the ADS-B system that provides data) Both were created by Sean Coates: https://seancoates.com ssh (or telnet): yulbbs.via.sc It uses Swift, NIO, swift-nio-ssh, and dump1080 on the backend. The antenna is near CYUL, in Dorval, Quebec, a borough of Montreal. The whole thing runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 in my office networking closet. Aircraft data comes from the air, not from the net. Be nice. (Yes, I know that it's not a BBS. BBSs have messaging. That's the point. This *does* try to capture the BBS æsthetic, though. It's just for fun.)

A screen shot of the “ANSI”/BBS style UI. The main “list” view of air traffic near YUL. It contains a list of featured aircraft, a chart of arrivals/departures, recent activity, and some stats.

The map view, which uses Unicode Braille characters. One plane is departing, another is arriving, and a third is not currently heuristically engaged with the airport but it’s nearby.

Sean Coates

@sean@scoat.es · 5 days ago

Okay, I think this thing is ready-enough to tell people about it.

SSH (or telnet): yulbbs.via.sc

Near #CYUL , it broadcasts on #Meshtastic (unencrypted channels: `yul-traffic` + `yul-alerts`), but also at: @yultraffic and @yulalerts .

(*BBS: æsthetic-wise, at least; no messaging)

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Generic Person

@genericperson@hachyderm.io · 6 days ago

Asking for the fine fedifolk who do #bbs stuff. What do you use as your client? SyncTERM is what I remember playing with a while back, but there doesn't seem to be any packages for debian based distros.

In case it wasn't implied enough, Linux is my preferred host for this (until the C64U arrives)

#retrocomputing

Generic Person

@genericperson@hachyderm.io · 6 days ago

In case it wasn't implied enough, Linux is my preferred host for this (until the C64U arrives)

#retrocomputing

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Josh Renaud

@kirkman@digipres.club · 3 weeks ago

Tonight I succeeded in bringing a 33-year-old vaporware BBS game back to life!

After Steve Turnbull sent me the C source code to his unfinished IGS blackjack game "Wildcardz!", I ported it to Javascript. Now I can run it on my Synchronet BBS!

It's a really impressive IGS game. I doubt any ANSI BBS card game could compare visually.

Want background? Check out my history of IGS:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc

#atari #atarist #digipres #igs #textmode #textart #retrocomputing #bbs #retrogaming

This screenshot shows the blackjack game "Wildcardz!" There are two hands of cards shown, one for the player and one for the dealer.

Break Into Chat

Instant Graphics and Sound Archives - Break Into Chat

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joany

@joany@mastodon.bsd.cafe · 3 weeks ago

any #bbs recommendations?

It must have been 10years ago i watched the documentary
I still think of it from time to time

https://youtu.be/nO5vjmDFZaI

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Blake Patterson

@blakespot@oldbytes.space · 2 weeks ago

Feb. 16, 1978 -- forty eight years ago today -- the first public dial-up bulletin board system or BBS went online.

Wired: "1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems..."

https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/

I got my first modem in the summer of 1986, a Prometheus ProModem 1200A (modem on a card) for the Apple II. The first BBS I logged in to was OxGate, an RBBS/RCPM system the phone number of which I still can remember (my earliest BBS software -- firmware-based on that modem card -- had no phone book). I used BBSs avidly until sometime in 1994, when I subscribed to a local ISP's (Widomaker of Williamsburg, VA) dial-up modem-based PPP service that brought TCP/IP to my 486 PC with Windows 3.1. I could then browse the web from home, and that was basically the end of BBSing for me -- for the moment, anyway.

For those interested in experiencing this early form of online community, there are many BBSs online right now, accessible via telnet on systems old and new. I've enjoyed getting back into BBSing this way, especially when using vintage systems to login.

Most any computer can do it, today. Tips on how: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing

#BulletinboardSystem #BBS #BBSing #telnet #dialup #modem #online #terminals #terminalprograms #computinghistory #history #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #nostalgia #ATDT #onlineforums #preinternet #internet #communication #RBBS #AppleII #CRT #memories #Wired #tech #technews #technology

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Apple IIe computer (circa 1983) dialed into an electronic bulletin board system (BBS)

Prometheus ProModem 1200A modem packaging with details

Logged into a telnet-based BBS using MuffinTerm for iPadOS

WIRED

Feb. 16, 1978: Bulletin Board Goes Electronic

1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems and, arguably, Twitter. It was several decades before the hardware or the network caught up to Christensen and Suess’ imaginations, but all the \[…\]

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8-Bit Boyz

@8bitboyz@mastodon.social · last week

The weekend is almost here so why not setup an Image BBS on your Commodore 64! Even if your just curious or planning to do so in the future here is the latest build of Image BBS 3.0 with all the latest updates to 2026!!
Download: https://8bitboyz.com/download/image-3-0-install-february-2026/
#Commodore64 #c64 #BBS

8-Bit Boyz

@8bitboyz@mastodon.social · last week