9 Apr
2017
9 Apr
'17
12:20 a.m.
Well, this is interesting ...
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/a-1986-bulletin-board...
Not impressed! He's using all kinds of modern hardware and telephony tricks. The VCFed BBS, under development, will be a REAL dial-in service. There will be telnet access too, but no microcontrollers or modern translation adapters or anything of the sort. Just a bare-metal MS-DOS server, MajorBBS software, an analog PBX with GSM antenna, and Internet access.