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Want to feel really old? 👴 Then Andreas aka netzherpes has just the thing for you. Presenting:

Ta-da! A BBS Webclient!

Did it work? You're welcome. 😜 Those were the days when a 56K modem was among the fastest tools an average Joe could use to transfer data. When you sometimes waited days(!) for the somewhat illegal download of floppy disk images of the game of your dreams, paid off phone bills to your parents for years afterward, and the world was simply a better place... Ah, nostalgia. 🫠

But back to the project. BBS systems are still around in significant numbers. Interestingly, there's also new and current BBS software. But a pain point has always been getting the respective terminal in the right configuration to run on the exact system you're currently sitting in front of. And that's exactly what the WebClient solves. Open the browser, enter the address, and feel content.

Speaking of feeling content: The pre-configured hackerforce BBS is now accessible not on 2323 but on 2324. Did someone experience too much traffic?