DeltaDon
Veteran Member
Any telnet BBS's out there that are devoted to just CP/M 2.2 & 3.0? Most BBS's seem to be either game or computer brand related.
I used to hangout on the BBS's prior to the net, but never ran across anything dedicated to CP/M. There were times that I had to use CP/M on the job and I never really cared for it. I think it's fine that there are those who want to keep it alive but what can you do with it other that 'show & tell'? Oops - standby for an avalanche of info and situations here about that.I haven't seen one yet. Most BBSs want to re-create the heyday of BBSing, so they focus on a time after CP/M.
If you do find one, let us know.
I used to hangout on the BBS's prior to the net, but never ran across anything dedicated to CP/M. There were times that I had to use CP/M on the job and I never really cared for it. I think it's fine that there are those who want to keep it alive but what can you do with it other that 'show & tell'? Oops - standby for an avalanche of info and situations here about that.
I used to hangout on the BBS's prior to the net, but never ran across anything dedicated to CP/M. There were times that I had to use CP/M on the job and I never really cared for it. I think it's fine that there are those who want to keep it alive but what can you do with it other that 'show & tell'? Oops - standby for an avalanche of info and situations here about that.
Any telnet BBS's out there that are devoted to just CP/M 2.2 & 3.0? Most BBS's seem to be either game or computer brand related.
So, by "Telnet BBS" I assume you mean a BBS that you Telnet too (vs a web forum)?
Is the intent that this be accessed via, well, Telnet on a host computer but not the actual CP/M machine?
Yes, a BBS that isn't a dial up, but uses the internet and Telnet and is a gathering place for CP/M related programs, info on computers running CP/M, tips and techniques. Uploads/downloads of program & utilities etc.
Hello,
How far have you looked. You may heve dug quite a bit, just not found EXACTLY what you were looking for. But there seem to be LOTS of BBS active, just are any what you're looking for?
Just did a search for BBS TELNET and there's a listing to look at of 950 sites. A long job to search through them all. I started at the top of the list and I guess that most are NOT what you're looking for. Although I did get to one that was specifically Amstrad (incl for the PCW which would interest me).
Back when I started access to PCs (i.e. before the web existed) I was using a stack of BBS systems. I started off with email then, both within the bounds of the BBS (Fido ?) and things with the pre-web Usenet stuff which some of the BBS systems supplied access to. This was all dialup of course. I used to use an email reader called Blue Wave, the email download came as a packet which you had to unpack beforw you could access the indiv messages. Still got BW installed on an old PC here. Downloaded a fair bit of software such systems.
But cannot remember anything specifically CP/M.
No problem to use Telnet/W-XP to get the benefits of the PC, then anything that needs transferring between the PC and the CP/M computer I can move happily using slipper-net, floppy disks, 22DISK etc.
Did you start at the top of the 950+ list? I could easily start from the bottom and work up.
Later.. Just connected to the Amstrad BBS, worked fine. Not a lot there, but need to explore further. Were some others there with PCWs, but much more activity regarding the various games machines. Interesting.
Geoff