The place where Bulletin Board Systems live on!
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**Post / Comment Guidelines**
- Don't Spam.
- Don't be a jerk.
- Read the FAQ (TODO :)) when it's ready.
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Reminisce with [The BBS Documentary](http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/), viewable online [here](http://archive.org/details/BBS.The.Documentary).
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Find one of hundreds of BBSes running **today** using the lists found at [The Telnet BBS Guide](http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/), [BBS Guide](http://bbs.guide/), or [IPTIA BBS Resource Site](https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/).
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You will want to use a proper BBS compatible terminal to get the full experience: [SyncTERM](http://syncterm.bbsdev.net) ^(win,mac,lin), [Netrunner](http://mysticbbs.com/downloads.html) ^(win/lin), or [mTelnet](http://mt32.bbses.info/) ^(win,os2)
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Find oodles of software, text files, and people at [The BBS Archives](http://archives.thebbs.org/) and [The BBS Corner](http://www.bbscorner.com/).
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Create your own BBS with [DayDream](http://daydreambbs.com/), [EleBBS](http://elebbs.com/), [Maximus](http://maximus.sourceforge.net), [ENIGMA½](https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs), [Mystic BBS](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysticbbs/), [Renegade](http://renegadebbs.info/), [Synchronet](http://www.synchro.net), or [x/84](https://github.com/jquast/x84).
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[fTelnet and HtmlTerm](http://ftelnet.ca/) are Flash and HTML 5 telnet clients for access to BBSes via the web should you decide to start your own BBS.
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**Current Featured BBS**
- [Havens BBS](http://havens.synchro.net)
- telnet: havens.synchro.net:23
- Software: Synchronet
- SysOp: Hustler
- [Previously Featured BBSes](https://www.reddit.com/r/bbs/wiki/index#wiki_previous_featured_bbses)
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**List of ANSI/Ascii Art Related Sites**
- [16 colors](http://16colo.rs/)
- [artpacks.org](http://artpacks.org/)
- [blocktronics](http://blocktronics.org/)
- [amiga.textmod.es](http://amiga.textmod.es/)
- [pc.textmod.es](http://pc.textmod.es/)
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**Other BBS resources**
- [Break Into Chat WIKI](http://http://breakintochat.com//) - The Break Into Chat wiki was created to preserve the history of these and other BBS door games, after editors on Wikipedia began deleting door game articles.
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