On 2018 Feb 22 22:42:06, you wrote to All:

 TP> BBS software these days is a PHP application running over a web
 TP> interface

don't tell that to Synchronet (written in C/C++), Mystic (written in
freepascal) or any of the other *traditional* BBSes that are still around ;)

 TP> and is way better than a simple telnet based system - pictures
 TP> threads, fora, the lot

pictures are about the only thing that traditional BBSes didn't display but
they were easily downloaded and displayed on the local screen... aside from
that,

 TP> https://www.phpbb.com/
 TP> https://mybb.com/

those are the furthest things from traditional BBSes... hell, IRC is in a close
race with BBSes, too, if one looks at it right... closer than those forums
things...

)\/(ark
still a BBS sysop running traditional BBSes since the early '80s

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
... Do it tomorrow. You've made enough mistakes today.
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