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Are there any dial up BBS still in operation anywhere? MUDs must be /vr/ related

>> No.6026629

>>6026624
heres the "official" registry of remaining BBS. dont have time to check for MUDs but there has to be some left out there
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/

>> No.6026642

>>6026629
Thanks

>We list 538 BBS and related systems

If there are still over 500 active BBS in the world, I guess that's pretty good for 2019

>> No.6026735

>>6026642
Those are telnet BBSs though. You asked for dialup.

>> No.6026753

>>6026735
>The Telnet BBS Guide is the largest active listing of Dial-Up and Telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet! We list 538 BBS and related systems with brief and detailed descriptions and a downloadable text-version listing suitable for listing on your BBS or for as a download for others to view and use.
>The Telnet BBS Guide is the largest active listing of Dial-Up

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6026758

https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/ballon-bbs/

Someone needs to connect and take screenshots

>> No.6026771

Any nice looking Sprite MUDs around with modern networking?

>> No.6026864 [DELETED] 

>>6026771
byod's space station 13 is good if you like clusterfucks

>> No.6026865

>>6026771
byond's space station 13 is good if you like clusterfucks

>> No.6027241

Good luck getting dialup modems to work above 2400bps. Even if you have a "land line" to use they're all ultimately using voip for some if not all of the transport.

>> No.6028093

>>6027241
Good luck on making it to 18

>> No.6028290

>>6026629
There's many hundreds of MUDs. They cost practically nothing to upkeep and even by the early 2000s the remaining players were die hards and grandpas who never played any other game, and neither of those groups ever left.

https://www.mudconnect.com/ has become slightly less complete over the years but it's still a good starting point, join games and ask people about other MU*s.

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>>6026758

>> No.6028530

>>6026624
what does BBS have to do with MUDs?

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6028553

>tfw no /vr/mud

>> No.6028562

>>6028553
>/vr/mud
>the only race is cave troll
>the only class is wizard

>> No.6028608

>>6027241
You can get it to connect at 38400 but it's almost always unstable af. 9600 is okay-ish on most setups but above that goes downhill rapidly.

>> No.6028675

>>6028530
play MUDs

>> No.6028740

>>6028675
I played a lot of MUDs, I don't understand the connection to bulletin board systems unless you're referencing that both were usually accessed through a telnet client which is kind of irrelevant

>> No.6028932

>>6026624
>Are there any dial up BBS still in operation anywhere?
I doubt there possibly could b-
>>6026629
Well huh.

>> No.6028967

>>6028740
In addition to the typical doorgames there were a few MUDs available for multinode BBSes. They were popular with people having limited or no Internet access.