Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

Dustin Picciuolo

--- ProBoard v2.30
* Origin: Kingdom's End BBS | Telnet: bbs.kingdomsendbbs.net (21:2/131)

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, uti for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I was wonder if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

I have 178 shareware CDs online, but a TB or so of files on the HDD.

... I like OS/2 as much as the next fanatic!

--- Renegade v1.35/DOS
* Origin: The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.rgbbs.info (21:1/144)

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

TitanticBBS has a huge selection of downloads, but if you're particularly looking for doors that are registrable, check out the fool's Quarter website.

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,999)


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On 31 May 2025, Dustin Picciuolo said the following...

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I
was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

Dustin Picciuolo

Try "2o f0r beers."

... I wish life had a scroll-back buffer.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, uti for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I was wonder if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

Yep, I have a shed load of good oldies, hand picked on bbs.alsgeeklab.com 2323

Cheers
-Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube) alsgeeklab.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Al's Geek Lab -=- bbs.alsgeeklab.com:2323 (21:1/126)

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I
was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a

It's not a BBS but you can get a lot of that stuff from
the Internet Archive. Lots of old BBS stuff. I
just go to: archive.org

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: From the depths of Bunker 3 (21:1/130)

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps, utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I
was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from a bbs.

I invite you on over to 2oFB; 20ForBeers.com:1337

We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the LocalZzZ File Conference's BBS Software File Area, and the Paulie's BBS Software Collection File Archive; which is a HUGE collection of MANY BBS archives.

Furthermore, use the search function to scan all 60+ File Conferences as they cover LOTS of retro goodness of all hardwares, OSes, etc...



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

On 03 Jun 25 17:57:08, Paulie420 said the following to Dustin Picciuolo:

We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the LocalZzZ Fi

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Them's fightin' words...

Atreyu

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)

On 03 Jun 2025, paulie420 said the following...

Does anyone out there have a good filebase of abandonware doors, apps utils for BBS? I have a few, like from the web and from /r/bbs but I was wondering if anyone actually had them accessible to download from bbs.

I invite you on over to 2oFB; 20ForBeers.com:1337

We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the
LocalZzZ File Conference's BBS Software File Area, and the Paulie's BBS Software Collection File Archive; which is a HUGE collection of MANY BBS archives.

Furthermore, use the search function to scan all 60+ File Conferences as they cover LOTS of retro goodness of all hardwares, OSes, etc...

One day soon I should pop over virtually and see about getting you setup with the flisterz mod I made, it was created with huge file collections in mind.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/12 (Linux/64)
* Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)

We have the largest file archives on any BBS - you can check the LocalZ

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Them's fightin' words...

I know - but I seriously think I have it; 30TB of literal retro (and other hackdumps) archives... I'm not ARCHIVE.ORG, but fairly certain my File Conferences are larger than any bbS out there.

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)

Was gonna say I was coming by - I know yer bbS, but hit me with the addy so I can come checkup. :P Also, do come by 2oFB and check my conferences... :P



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
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Furthermore, use the search function to scan all 60+ File Conferences they cover LOTS of retro goodness of all hardwares, OSes, etc...

One day soon I should pop over virtually and see about getting you setup with the flisterz mod I made, it was created with huge file collections
in mind.

You've already been awesome with the offers to help. Basically, I have a VERY simple fTelnet website setup for 2oFB - using the Mystic www server.

I just don't know how to add flisterz, but I need to. Its prolly not that tough... ChatGPT for the win??? :P



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

On 04 Jun 2025, paulie420 said the following...

Furthermore, use the search function to scan all 60+ File Confer they cover LOTS of retro goodness of all hardwares, OSes, etc...

One day soon I should pop over virtually and see about getting you se with the flisterz mod I made, it was created with huge file collectio in mind.

You've already been awesome with the offers to help. Basically, I have a VERY simple fTelnet website setup for 2oFB - using the Mystic www server.

It works perfectly with Mystic's web server, just no search function since that uses PHP and Mystic doesn't have that capability yet. Otherwise it all works the same, it's all generated static HTML files from an MPY script.

I just don't know how to add flisterz, but I need to. Its prolly not that tough... ChatGPT for the win??? :P

It's pretty much setup to run right out of the box with no search capabilities by default.

You just have to make sure your regular user level is the same
as in the .ini file (it's set for 50, change it to your board's regular user level if need be, this is to restrict file areas and groups set with higher security levels for non-privileged users from being generated), drop all of the files in the package somewhere in your script directory, like "scripts/flisterz/" and if you want to test it just create a sysop-only menu item in the BBS somewhere that runs the MPY.

It should just create everything needed immediately. Then just
follow the instructions about adding it to your Mystic events.

Had to check your tagline, you're running Linux, that's perfect. It definitely should just work right off the rip, no special tweaks for Windows with symlinks.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/12 (Linux/64)
* Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)

You just have to make sure your regular user level is the same
as in the .ini file (it's set for 50, change it to your board's regular user level if need be, this is to restrict file areas and groups set
with higher security levels for non-privileged users from being generated), drop all of the files in the package somewhere in your
script directory, like "scripts/flisterz/" and if you want to test it
just create a sysop-only menu item in the BBS somewhere that runs the
MPY.

Kk - my regular users are s20, with EXTENDED ACS @ s50... but I might set it to s50 and only offer the www file areas for EXTENDED; special File Conferences, and all...

It should just create everything needed immediately. Then just
follow the instructions about adding it to your Mystic events.
Had to check your tagline, you're running Linux, that's perfect.

Alright - well, I need to get it setup then. Thanks for the reply... when I do I'll drop you a line. :P



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

I know - but I seriously think I
have it; 30TB of literal retro (and

Man, it took me soooooo long to get through a search for something I was looking for, and I finally found it!! but stupidly didn't download it right then, because my "marked downloads" were cleared on logout. Now I'm dreading searching through all that again :).



--- NE BBS v1.07 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)

Man, it took me soooooo long to get through a search for something I was looking for, and I finally found it!! but stupidly didn't download it right then, because my "marked downloads" were cleared on logout. Now
I'm dreading searching through all that again :).

LOL - I can always find things quick and easy @ 2oFB... I always just save the FILENAME and then I can find it quick in the future. ;P Thats the key.



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

Man, it took me soooooo long to
get through a search for something
I was looking for, and I finally
found it!! but stupidly didn't
download it right then, because my
"marked downloads" were cleared on
logout. Now I'm dreading searching
through all that again :).

Paulie can correct me if I'm wrong but there's also a master list of all the files you can download. Yo can download that text file and then grep it for what you're looking for at a later date.

I think it was somthing like allfiles.txt and a 200+MB text file...


--- NE BBS v1.07 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)

Man, it took me soooooo long to
get through a search for something
I was looking for, and I finally
found it!! but stupidly didn't
download it right then, because my
"marked downloads" were cleared on
logout. Now I'm dreading searching
through all that again :).

Paulie can correct me if I'm wrong but there's also a master list of all the files you can download. Yo can download that text file and then grep it for what you're looking for at a later date.

:P 2oFB allfiles.txt = 256MB!

$ ls -all allfiles.txt
-rw------- 1 paulie420 paulie420 269354276 Jun 7 01:13 allfiles.txt

$ du -sh allfiles.txt
257M allfiles.txt



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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

LOL - I can always find things quick and easy @ 2oFB... I always just save FILENAME and then I can find it quick in the future. ;P Thats the key.

I was downloading some abandonware (DOS based) from 2oFB a couple o nights ago and it might be 'just me' but I downloaded a batch download with Y-modem batch using mTCP Telnet. The batch worked fine when the files were in the same file base/group, but as soon as the files came from another group, a data error occurred. What was more annoying is that it cleared the entire list of marked downloads, not just the ones that had already been downloaded, so I had to remember what I marked all over again. Is this a bug in Mystic or is this something nuanced to 2oFB? Or do you think it's just mTtelnet?

NB the reason I used Y-Modem (if you are curious), is because mTCP doesn't support Zmodem and I'm (nauturally) using real hardware, so downloading via HTTP isn't an option.

Anyways I thought I'd let you know so you might be interested in testing for yourself.

Cheers!
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube) alsgeeklab.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Al's Geek Lab -=- bbs.alsgeeklab.com:2323 (21:1/126)

but there's also a master list of
all the files you can download. Yo

Oh shiz, I didn't notice that. That's MUCH nicer :). I'll go find it today, probably. Thanks!



--- NE BBS v1.07 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)