Ahoy, mateys.

Tired of standard BBSing? Unconvinced by claims of yet another "totally original and different BBS"? Aye, me too. However, if the following keywords sound interesting to you, I invite you to check out Fatcats BBS:

- Multinode ANSI graphical interface:
Home of SyncHack. Nethack, roguelike & RPG elements like HP/MP, maps,
quests, achievements, inventory and more, together with a fully
functioning BBS shell.

- Nerdy:
Live, eat, breathe and dream in an ANSI world. Bespoke BBS mods, ANSI art
all over the place, geeked-out interfaces, object-oriented multinode fun,
users have their own /home/dir, friendly people, etc..

- Unconventional:
If you're looking for a traditional BBS, you'll probably leave feeling
unfulfilled, cursing my ancestors. Be forewarned. Fatcats is not your
grandmother's BBS!

- It's got all that generic BBS crapola, too:
Doors, message networks, interwebs UI, files, FTP, SSH, SMTP/POP3, etc..

Address: telnet://fatcatsbbs.com, or http://fatcatsbbs.com.

Fatcats is the only existing BBS with this type of UI (AFAIK), and we are looking for some regular users.

Hope to see you on Fatcats!

Regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

"What is wrong with me ?"
"I wish the hell I knew, Captain. But something unusual has definitely
been happening to you."
"Why do doctors always say the obvious as if it's a revelation?"
"Why do captains always act like they are immortal ?"
-- Picard and Beverly in ST:TNG "The Battle"

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Hi art,

Fatcats is the only existing BBS with this type of UI (AFAIK), and we are looking for some regular users.

I was initially unsure on your UI but have grown to like it over time.

As a fellow UK sysop are you part of Fidonet Region 25/26 (UK and
Ireland)? I was wondering if there might be scope to organise a good old fashioned 'meet' some time soon? Perhaps somewhere like central London, Croydon or Reading? I am sure that I could encourage a few of my regular
UK users to these locations. Have not been to a BBS 'meet' for at least
15 years! Thoughts?

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Cheers,
Alex Kemp (ajk) telnet://norbertbbs.org

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Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: Ajk to art on Mon Jan 23 2012 23:11:32

Hi Alex,

Fatcats is the only existing BBS with this type of UI (AFAIK), and we are looking for some regular users.

I was initially unsure on your UI but have grown to like it over time.

Thanks, like Marmite, either you like the taste of SyncHack, or you don't, I've found. It is a bit unconventional, but I'm happy to hear you are growing into it. It is a project in progress so things are changing, getting easier all the time.

As a fellow UK sysop are you part of Fidonet Region 25/26 (UK and
Ireland)? I was wondering if there might be scope to organise a good old fashioned 'meet' some time soon? Perhaps somewhere like central London, Croydon or Reading? I am sure that I could encourage a few of my regular
UK users to these locations. Have not been to a BBS 'meet' for at least
15 years! Thoughts?

I am not part of fido, but I have been considering joining. I'll probably speak to you privately about that if you don't mind.

I would love to attend/organise a BBS meet. In truth I am not sure I'd bring much to the table from my end--most of my users are international, and few are regulars. :( But it's something I'm happy to take part in, even if it's just to show up and meet some people... let me know and we can try to kick it all off. Fatcats is based in London, FYI.

Last time I was at a BBS meet, I was in the 416 (toronto) area code, off the back of a 2600 meeting, so yeah... it has been a long, long time for me as well!

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

"Commander, don't worry about it. But as far as I'm concerned, you and I
have shared something that we will treasure forever."
-- Ro to Riker in ST:TNG "Conundrum"

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Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: art to Ajk on Tue Jan 24 2012 08:00 am

Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: Ajk to art on Mon Jan 23 2012 23:11:32

Hi Alex,

Fatcats is the only existing BBS with this type of UI (AFAIK), and we a looking for some regular users.

I was initially unsure on your UI but have grown to like it over time.

Thanks, like Marmite, either you like the taste of SyncHack, or you don't, I found. It is a bit unconventional, but I'm happy to hear you are growing int it. It is a project in progress so things are changing, getting easier all t time.

As a fellow UK sysop are you part of Fidonet Region 25/26 (UK and Ireland)? I was wondering if there might be scope to organise a good old fashioned 'meet' some time soon? Perhaps somewhere like central London, Croydon or Reading? I am sure that I could encourage a few of my regular UK users to these locations. Have not been to a BBS 'meet' for at least 15 years! Thoughts?

I am not part of fido, but I have been considering joining. I'll probably sp to you privately about that if you don't mind.

I would love to attend/organise a BBS meet. In truth I am not sure I'd bring much to the table from my end--most of my users are international, and few a regulars. :( But it's something I'm happy to take part in, even if it's just show up and meet some people... let me know and we can try to kick it all of Fatcats is based in London, FYI.

Last time I was at a BBS meet, I was in the 416 (toronto) area code, off the back of a 2600 meeting, so yeah... it has been a long, long time for me as well!

Kind regards,

art@fatcatsbbsdotcom

"Commander, don't worry about it. But as far as I'm concerned, you and I
have shared something that we will treasure forever."
-- Ro to Riker in ST:TNG "Conundrum"

The last time I had a bbs meet was 1995. Those were great times then for me. :-)

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û


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"The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE> wrote in message news:4F1F1BAB.4.dove-ads@parkave.synchro.net...

The last time I had a bbs meet was 1995. Those were great times then for
me.
:-)

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û

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This is off topic I know, but I've seen your ad for your BBS but have never been able to connect. It always times out on me...

Is it still up or did you decide to take it down?

Thanks,

Mark

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Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: Weed Hopper to The Millionaire on Wed Jan 25 2012 12:36 pm

"The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE> wrote in message news:4F1F1BAB.4.dove-ads@parkave.synchro.net...

The last time I had a bbs meet was 1995. Those were great times then for me.
:-)

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û

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This is off topic I know, but I've seen your ad for your BBS but have never been able to connect. It always times out on me...

Is it still up or did you decide to take it down?

Thanks,

Mark

No it's still up. I just have firewall setting problems so I just log on
myself until I can find out how to fix the problem. I am on a Mac with a VM
and Win XP SP3+ and don't know how to open ports on Mac.

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û


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Hi,

> This is off topic I know, but I've seen your ad for your BBS but have never
> been able to connect. It always times out on me...

No it's still up. I just have firewall setting problems so I just log on myself until I can find out how to fix the problem. I am on a Mac with a VM and Win XP SP3+ and don't know how to open ports on Mac.

Yes I also like to call other BBS systems and tried calling you but was
unable to connect. Maybe I should have told you earlier. I don't know
anything about how Apple computers work so am not able to help much.

The only advice I can offer is to ensure your broadband router is setup
to allow inbound port 23 connections and to route such traffic to your
Apple computer. This often requires that you configure the router with a static LAN IP address for your Apple network card MAC address.

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Cheers,
Alex Kemp (ajk) telnet://norbertbbs.org

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"The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE> wrote in message news:4F206B7A.2.dove-ads@parkave.synchro.net...

Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: Weed Hopper to The Millionaire on Wed Jan 25 2012 12:36 pm

"The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE> wrote in message news:4F1F1BAB.4.dove-ads@parkave.synchro.net...

The last time I had a bbs meet was 1995. Those were great times then
for
me.
:-)

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û

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This is off topic I know, but I've seen your ad for your BBS but have never
been able to connect. It always times out on me...

Is it still up or did you decide to take it down?

Thanks,

Mark

No it's still up. I just have firewall setting problems so I just log on myself until I can find out how to fix the problem. I am on a Mac with a
VM
and Win XP SP3+ and don't know how to open ports on Mac.

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û

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If you want to share the OS version and VM software and version information with me, I'd be willing to see if I can help. Haven't worked with MAC's
much, but you never know. Might get lucky.

My e-mail address is mark.meserve@localyocalbbs.com if you don't want to
post it on the group.

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Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: Weed Hopper to The Millionaire on Thu Jan 26 2012 12:11 pm

"The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE> wrote in message news:4F206B7A.2.dove-ads@parkave.synchro.net...

Re: Re: Fatcats BBS
By: Weed Hopper to The Millionaire on Wed Jan 25 2012 12:36 pm

"The Millionaire" <the.millionaire@VERT/PARKAVE> wrote in message news:4F1F1BAB.4.dove-ads@parkave.synchro.net...

The last time I had a bbs meet was 1995. Those were great times then for
me.
:-)

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û

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þ Synchronet þ Park Avenue Place - parkave.synchro.net

This is off topic I know, but I've seen your ad for your BBS but have never
been able to connect. It always times out on me...

Is it still up or did you decide to take it down?

Thanks,

Mark

No it's still up. I just have firewall setting problems so I just log on myself until I can find out how to fix the problem. I am on a Mac with a VM
and Win XP SP3+ and don't know how to open ports on Mac.

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û

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If you want to share the OS version and VM software and version information with me, I'd be willing to see if I can help. Haven't worked with MAC's much, but you never know. Might get lucky.

My e-mail address is mark.meserve@localyocalbbs.com if you don't want to post it on the group.

I will try a few things first and then if they don't work, I'll contact you.

$ The Millionaire $
Park Avenue Place
Surrey, B.C., Canada Û  Û


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