Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes (very rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight
referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)

Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.

... What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

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It also helps having a 'required keypress' to not initiate an auto disconnect. I've seen ESC*2 on some boards, mine is ENTER. Most bots
that hit my board get booted by that alone.

On my board, you have to press 1 before logging in. Amazingly, that stops a lot of the bots. Before I set it up this way, I had tons of people hitting the login screen and throwing everything but the kitchen sink at it, trying
to get in.

What gets me is, it's a totally open, free BBS, and I don't even
ask for much as far as starting an account. Just a name (any name)
will do, and a password.

... I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

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Re: Re: FidoNet; Ken Kaplan - and t
By: Alonzo to Digital Man on Sun Dec 15 2024 08:03 pm

Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes (very rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)

Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.

Oh, interesting. I'd heard/seen SLBBS in reference to Searchlight, but not SBBS. e.g. https://slbbs.org/
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Re: Re: FidoNet; Ken Kaplan - and t
By: Digital Man to Alonzo on Sun Dec 15 2024 05:29 pm

Re: Re: FidoNet; Ken Kaplan - and t
By: Alonzo to Digital Man on Sun Dec 15 2024 08:03 pm

Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes (very rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)

Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.

Oh, interesting. I'd heard/seen SLBBS in reference to Searchlight, but not SBBS. e.g. https://slbbs.org/

Curious, I looked a little bit more and the Wikipedia page on BBS software says "SLBBS" is the abbreviation of Searchlight and the executable and documentation of Searchlight BBS agree with that:
207110 Defl:N 70364 66% 08-01-1988 03:09 5cf79b0f SLBBS.DOC
20496 Defl:N 11359 45% 08-26-1989 18:54 b215dcb9 SLBBS.EXE

I guess I could install the old SLBBS to look further...
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Alonzo wrote to Digital Man <=-

Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.

I co-sysoped Just Say Yes in 1991. The root directory was c:\slight.
Don't know if that was custom or not.



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Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always
referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS
files was named SBBS.

Hey hey, the default directory structure for SL is SLBBS, I'm one of the few SLBBS's running today, been online since 1988 infact :-)

Nick

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Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)

You know what, guys? I may be wrong. It was a long time ago and
my brain doesn't work as well as it used to. Maybe Searchlight
BBS was know as SLBBS and not SBBS. I am sorry if I confused anyone.

... Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things

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Hey hey, the default directory structure for SL is SLBBS, I'm one of the few SLBBS's running today, been online since 1988 infact :-)

Yes, you are right. Sorry, my brain is a bit fuzzy and it has
been a LONG time since I ran my Searchlight board.

What is the name of your board? Most likely, I used to call
it back in the day. Mine was called The Lost City.

... Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

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Re: Re: FidoNet; Ken Kaplan - and t
By: Alonzo to Digital Man on Sat Jan 04 2025 08:21 pm

Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)

You know what, guys? I may be wrong. It was a long time ago and
my brain doesn't work as well as it used to. Maybe Searchlight
BBS was know as SLBBS and not SBBS. I am sorry if I confused anyone.

No problem. "SBBS" being the preferred shorthand for "Synchronet BBS" that I chose over 30 years ago, it's dear to my heart. :-)
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What is the name of your board? Most likely, I used to call
it back in the day. Mine was called The Lost City.

Hiya Alonzo,

It's called The Trashcan BBS, located in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Nick.

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Hiya Alonzo,

It's called The Trashcan BBS, located in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Nick.

I shot you a message on your board about 2 months ago and never got a reply. I was wondering if I could get a rip of Night Owl 26 or a full zip of the cd directories.

It's the only one I am missing from Night Owl 4 thru 27.

Thanks!

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What is the name of your board? Most likely, I used to call

It's called The Trashcan BBS, located in Christchurch, New Zealand.

ok, thanks. I don't think I ever called that one. Back in the old days
it would cost a lot of money to call NZ. Thankfully, we
don't have to worry about that anymore.

... You can learn many things from children... like how much patience you have

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