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    From n2qfd@21:2/150 to All on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 04:41:37
    Hello All,

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    i.e.

    Fidonet- good for x, organized like x, general focus of net is x

    fsxNET- .......................

    DOVE-Net- .......................

    I mean we can all just read what's getting posted there, but if I was a new user and I saw the different networks listed, some with overlapping bases, it seems ham/amateur radio is everywhere... apart from say weed-net I don't have any sense of what of if the network has a flavor if you will to it's communications.

    I've been working on getting established myself with 267_Net which is a New York area cluster under the Fidonet banner. Are there any other geographic sub divisions like this? I think it would help out users better understand the landscape if we had some sort of map that didn't pigeonhole but helped to layout the framework of what's out there.

    Thoughts?

    N2QFD

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  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to N2Qfd on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:24:11
    On 20 Mar 24 04:41:37, N2Qfd said the following to All:

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    This was attempted in the Othernets echo in Fidonet a while ago, someone
    began a Google Sheets project.... but became abandoned as far as I can tell.

    Atreyu

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  • From n2qfd@21:1/154 to Atreyu on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 13:33:30
    Bummer,
    But c'est la vie life gets in the way some times.

    thanks for the reply

    N2

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  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to Atreyu on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:31:00
    Atreyu wrote to N2Qfd <=-

    On 20 Mar 24 04:41:37, N2Qfd said the following to All:

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    This was attempted in the Othernets echo in Fidonet a while ago,
    someone began a Google Sheets project.... but became abandoned
    as far as I can tell.

    For anyone who may care, I clipped this bit below from somewhere once,
    and saved it; I believe it was maybe a binkd-config file or something.
    I'm sure it's not perfectly accurate, but maybe is a start. The
    "outbound dir" column is probably not useful/important. I'm also sure
    that many (most?) of these FTNs are not in active use any more.
    For what it's worth:


    #######################################################################
    # FTN BSO FTN DNS #
    # domain outbound dir Zone lookup domain # #######################################################################
    domain fidonet /sbbs/ftn/out/fidonet 1 binkp.net
    domain fmlynet /sbbs/ftn/out/fmlynet 8
    domain survnet /sbbs/ftn/out/survnet 9
    domain virnet /sbbs/ftn/out/virnet 9
    domain winsnet /sbbs/ftn/out/winsnet 9
    domain araknet /sbbs/ftn/out/araknet 10
    domain league10 /sbbs/ftn/out/league10 10
    domain wwivftn /sbbs/ftn/out/wwivftn 11
    domain zyxelnet /sbbs/ftn/out/zyxelnet 16
    domain nazznet /sbbs/ftn/out/nazznet 19
    domain fsxnet /sbbs/ftn/out/fsxnet 21 fsxnet.nz
    domain usenet /sbbs/ftn/out/usenet 21
    domain zone21 /sbbs/ftn/out/zone21 21
    domain sportnet /sbbs/ftn/out/sportnet 24
    domain billnet /sbbs/ftn/out/billnet 25
    domain choicfdn /sbbs/ftn/out/choicfdn 30
    domain gamenet /sbbs/ftn/out/gamenet 32
    domain htmlnet /sbbs/ftn/out/htmlnet 32
    domain advnet /sbbs/ftn/out/advnet 33
    domain amiganet /sbbs/ftn/out/amiganet 39
    domain cybernet /sbbs/ftn/out/cybernet 40
    domain sfnet /sbbs/ftn/out/sfnet 42
    domain unionnet /sbbs/ftn/out/unionnet 42
    domain dorenet /sbbs/ftn/out/dorenet 44
    domain beerme /sbbs/ftn/out/beerme 45
    domain agoranet /sbbs/ftn/out/agoranet 46
    domain gatornet /sbbs/ftn/out/gatornet 57
    domain tqmradio /sbbs/ftn/out/tqmradio 69
    domain scinet /sbbs/ftn/out/scinet 77
    domain retronet /sbbs/ftn/out/retronet 80
    domain anet /sbbs/ftn/out/anet 92
    domain zenet /sbbs/ftn/out/zenet 92
    domain linuxnet /sbbs/ftn/out/linuxnet 110
    domain stn /sbbs/ftn/out/stn 111
    domain pasnet /sbbs/ftn/out/pasnet 115
    domain gamesnet /sbbs/ftn/out/gamesnet 144
    domain gmsnet /sbbs/ftn/out/gmsnet 145
    domain ezynet /sbbs/ftn/out/ezynet 151
    domain battlnet /sbbs/ftn/out/battlnet 169
    domain dbnet /sbbs/ftn/out/dbnet 201
    domain vqnet /sbbs/ftn/out/vqnet 220
    domain fidode /sbbs/ftn/out/fidode 242
    domain gtpower /sbbs/ftn/out/gtpower 276
    domain pinet /sbbs/ftn/out/pinet 314
    domain whisper /sbbs/ftn/out/whisper 316
    domain potsnet /sbbs/ftn/out/potsnet 337
    domain combatnt /sbbs/ftn/out/combatnt 411
    domain vkradio /sbbs/ftn/out/vkradio 432 ftn.vkradio.com
    domain ilink /sbbs/ftn/out/ilink 454
    domain justanet /sbbs/ftn/out/justanet 510
    domain micronet /sbbs/ftn/out/micronet 618
    domain happynet /sbbs/ftn/out/happynet 637
    domain spooknet /sbbs/ftn/out/spooknet 700
    domain fishnet /sbbs/ftn/out/fishnet 701
    domain cscnet /sbbs/ftn/out/cscnet 719
    domain dovenet /sbbs/ftn/out/dovenet 723
    domain xnet /sbbs/ftn/out/xnet 777
    domain rdwxnet /sbbs/ftn/out/rdwxnet 801
    domain rmininet /sbbs/ftn/out/rmininet 900
    domain dixie /sbbs/ftn/out/dixie 901
    domain zeronet /sbbs/ftn/out/zeronet 911
    domain dsdsnet /sbbs/ftn/out/dsdsnet 999
    domain tqwnet /sbbs/ftn/out/tqwnet 1337
    domain quartz /sbbs/ftn/out/quartz 2547


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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to N2qfd on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:51:56
    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document
    that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief
    synopses for them?

    I agree this would be useful. Navigating the different BBS networks is one of the areas of BBSing that I think can be overwhelming for newcomers (or the newly returned), and information about which networks are active can sometimes be out of date.

    I'd be interested in seeing average traffic volumes for the different networks maybe over the past 6 months. Having counts of automated posts separated from human discussion would be really nice too.


    Chris/akacastor

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  • From deon@21:2/116 to AKAcastor on Thursday, March 21, 2024 21:54:54
    Re: BBS-Networks
    By: AKAcastor to N2qfd on Wed Mar 20 2024 10:51 am

    Howdy,

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document
    that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief
    synopses for them?

    I agree this would be useful. Navigating the different BBS networks is one of the areas of BBSing that I think can be overwhelming for newcomers (or the newly returned), and information about which networks are active can sometimes be out of date.

    So when I created clrghouz, this was/is one of my goals. I've captured some networks, but I know it isnt up to date.

    https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/domain/list

    Systems that poll clrghouz (or it polls) and present all their address, it will capture it and it's slowly building a list of (configured) networks as well. Its not 100% since not all mailers are 5D and guessing which domain 3D/4D address belongs to is not reliable.

    I'd be interested in seeing average traffic volumes for the different networks maybe over the past 6 months. Having counts of automated posts separated from human discussion would be really nice too.

    For the networks that clrghouz is a part of, I've done that. My aim is also to move all my nets from my BBS to clrghouz and join some other nets as well so that it can be a reference for somebody looking to join FTN networks. (Happy for anybody running a net to add clrghouz to it.)

    I've been pretty occupied with other things at the moment, so my activity with clrghouz has been paused, but when I find some time I'll do some more..

    (Its a bit slow at the moment, because I'm not deleting messages - and there are many DB records [21mil seenby records from 710,000 echomails] that are queried to build some of the stats - so if you hit the website and its slow, hang on a bit longer and it should display eventually :)


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  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Deon on Thursday, March 21, 2024 11:43:32
    So when I created clrghouz, this was/is one of my goals.

    So you're the brilliant mind behind clrghouz! Thank you for developing and operating this great resource. Even without knowing the extent of what clrghouz is doing (as I am learning now), it has been super useful for me!

    I've captured some networks, but I know it isnt up to date. https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/domain/list

    Fantastic!

    I'd be interested in seeing average traffic volumes for the different networks maybe over the past 6 months. Having counts of automated posts separated from human discussion would be really nice too.

    For the networks that clrghouz is a part of, I've done
    that. My aim is also to move all my nets from my BBS to
    clrghouz and join some other nets as well so that it can
    be a reference for somebody looking to join FTN
    networks. (Happy for anybody running a net to add clrghouz to it.)

    Great stuff! The information you're collecting is definitely interesting.
    I've been pretty occupied with other things at the
    moment, so my activity with clrghouz has been paused,
    but when I find some time I'll do some more..

    I'm going to explore clrghouz a bit more, I hadn't realized how much there is to it. Thanks for running this!


    Chris/akacastor

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  • From Exodus@21:1/176 to N2Qfd on Thursday, March 21, 2024 19:40:42

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    i.e.

    Fidonet- good for x, organized like x, general focus of net is x


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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to n2qfd on Thursday, March 21, 2024 20:30:06
    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    There was once a google doc that had all the current FTNs; I think on erb.pw?? (The Quantum Wormhole website)



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  • From Roon@21:4/148 to paulie420 on Friday, March 22, 2024 10:49:47
    Hello paulie420,

    21 Mar 24 20:30, you wrote to n2qfd:

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that
    shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for
    them?

    There was once a google doc that had all the current FTNs; I think on erb.pw?? (The Quantum Wormhole website)

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17pmf7cS9ocU99Rm6qlJD_OncqmbDI5Qj8Yw99A5 bgVc/edit#gid=0


    Regards,
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  • From Kurisu@21:3/122 to Roon on Friday, March 22, 2024 15:59:48
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17pmf7cS9ocU99Rm6qlJD_OncqmbDI5Qj8Y bgVc/edit#gid=0

    Ah damn, 901 is in use... that was the planned zone for the FTN my friends and I have been working on... it's my local area code, hence the choice.

    I'll have to come up with something new.... bummer.

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  • From Shurato@21:2/148 to Kurisu on Friday, March 22, 2024 18:34:00


    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17pmf7cS9ocU99Rm6qlJD_OncqmbDI5Qj8Y
    bgVc/edit#gid=0

    Ah damn, 901 is in use... that was the planned zone for the FTN my friends and I have been working on... it's my local area code, hence the choice.

    I'll have to come up with something new.... bummer.

    Didn't stop Araknet from taking 10, which League10 had had for years, but wasn't well known... Now I have to do batch file gymnastics to handle 2 nets with the same zone...

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  • From Kurisu@21:3/122 to Shurato on Saturday, March 23, 2024 07:03:15
    Didn't stop Araknet from taking 10, which League10 had had for years, but wasn't well known... Now I have to do batch file gymnastics to handle 2 nets with the same zone...

    Yeah, I could just use it anyway, but I don't want to be *that* guy, for that very reason. Would likely never actually be an issue but I would rather not have anyone have to deal with that.

    Plus, you know, the whole "stepping on someone else's toes" thing. Just seems pretty damn rude to me.

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  • From Ragnarok@21:2/151 to n2qfd on Monday, April 01, 2024 20:47:55
    El 20/3/24 a las 08:41, n2qfd escribió:
    Hello All,

    I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    i.e.


    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17pmf7cS9ocU99Rm6qlJD_OncqmbDI5Qj8Yw99A5bgVc/edit#gid=0
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  • From Ragnarok@21:2/151 to paulie420 on Monday, April 01, 2024 20:59:30
    El 22/3/24 a las 00:30, paulie420 escribió:
    n2> I'm curious if anyone has ever put together a document that shows the
    n2> different BBS networks and gives a brief synopses for them?

    There was once a google doc that had all the current FTNs; I think on erb.pw?? (The Quantum Wormhole website)


    maybe this list:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17pmf7cS9ocU99Rm6qlJD_OncqmbDI5Qj8Yw99A5bgVc/edit#gid=0
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