BBS Scene News 03/2026
2026-03-11 20:30:05QWK Archiv Webseite
The Website BBSviz contains datasets from various BBS that you can read. Those QWK datasets are processed with a custom script that provides not only all the messages written in the past by BBS users it also shows different stats.
At the moment the archive starts in 1995 and shows messages from U.S. BBSes.
Updates & Releases
SyncTERM and SyncroNET got updates. SyncTERM is now available in Version 1.8rc1 and SyncroNet in Version 3.21c. Downloads can be found on at Synchro.net.
The new SyncTERM fork PhotonTERM offers nativs SSH support (ed25519, ecdsa, rsa, macOS Keychain, gpg-agent and more)
MacOS/Windows and Linux downloads are on Github.
TERMinator is a new mobile Terminal that comes for iOS and Android. Android Users have to sideload the app for now. iOS users can get it from the offical store.
There is also a Windows port and a port for non-Intel macOS users as well. While a Linux version is planned, it's not available as of writing this news.
TERMinator Downloads
Mini Museum opening
Die Diskette, is the Name of a new tiny Museum in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. It will open on March 14th 2026 for the first time.
The owner is planning to open once a month and have a rotation exhibition. The first theme is Portable Computers from 1980s.
All devices are fully functional and visitor are encourage to use them. And on top of it all the entry if free!
More informations are on the websiteDiskette.ch
Myrient Archive goes dark
The Myrient Archive will go offline on March 31th 2026.
According to the owner of the Archive the webhoster will raise prices due to price increase for storage. Thanks AI.
The Archive contains nearly 400 Terrabyte of Videogames and Tools from various plattforms. Many ROM dumps from arcade boards and more.
BBSindex is downloading a parts of the archive to preserve at least the DOS collection. It will be later found at the BlackICE BBS.
Ravenlordess Nominated
The Cosplayerin Ravenlordess is nominated in the category Cosplay Stars of the Gamehers Awards.
Her Cosplays are mainly from Commodore Amiga Videogames. The public voting is open until March 31th 2026.
We did an Interview at the Amiga 37 with her which you can watch at approx 12 minutes into our coverage of the Amiga 37 here.
The URL to Vote is: https://bit.ly/tghvoting.
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Computer Museum Cologne Picturegallery published!
2026-03-11 20:30:05The Picturegallery Computer Museum Cologne with 29 Pictures can now be found at the Menuepoint Pictures or you follow this Link: Computer Museum Cologne.
The Computer Museum Cologne
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Cologne Retrotreff 2026 Picturegallery published!
2026-03-08 20:30:05The Picturegallery Cologne Retrotreff 2026 with 10 Pictures can now be found at the Menuepoint Pictures or you follow this Link: Kölner Retrotreff 2026.
After a break since 2019 the cologne Retrotreff is back!
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BBSindex.de update [2.6.0]: Search
2026-02-13 20:00:05We have now a searchbar integrated into the BBSindex PC Design. The News Database will be searched for Titel and then for the text content of the article. Results will be sorted by news date. You can find the search box on the upper right unter the menue in the PC view of the site.
When you're on the english part of BBSindex your results will only be from articles in english. If you're on the German part you will get results with german and english language.
Other minor updates of BBSindex are mainly in the backend and some small adjustments on different design pages.
We're testing the search only on the PC view of BBSindex for now. We plan to roll out this feature to other designs after the test time frame.
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BBS Scene News 02/2026
2026-02-12 09:00:02AUGS Amiga Meeting
The Amiga User Group Switzerland invites to the annual meetup at Gemeinschaftszentrum Hottingen in Switzerland.
On 14. and 15. of March 2026 it is all about the Amiga and Commodore Computer. At the meeting the swiss Amiga scene will exchange knowledge about the Systems for longtime users and newcomers.
Besides a fixing booth for amigas with health issues there will also be a video projector to show demos and videos. if you're a gamer you can proof your skills within the 4 player dynablaster competition.
There is more at the AUGS meeting to see. More informations about the event are available on augs.ch
February the 16. in 1978
On this day in history the first BBS was going online. That's 48 years ago. Both founder of the first BBS with the name CBBS startet the online evolution for home computer. Both, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess are no longer with us. But they leave a leagacy that is rememberd 48 years later. They founded the home use online communication that would spread all over the world until today. Without them there might not have been the FidoNet by Tom Jennings or other inventions like ZIP Files and much more.
To find an overview about BBS Projects visit the website BBSday.org
LORD in the Web
Lord Of the Red Dragon the beloved online door game got a new webport. Visit lord.interplex.app to see the newest implementation of it. An older one can be found at a-net-online.lol/lord
The newest webport however has the IGMs in focus. IGM for LORD are Addons/Mods for the basegame.
Some rumors also going the someone is working on a webport for the door game Planets The Exploration of Space also known as TEOS.
Usurper Reborn
The BBS DoorGame from 1993 is getting a remake. All 10 races and 11 classes with the turnbased fight system and over 50 dungeons are from the original. In general the new version is very close developed on the original. For now the version 0.6 is looking for alpha test players.
What's special about this version is that it will not run only with 16 bit DOS. Instead it will run on 32 Bit versions of Windows systems. There is also native support für Linux and macOS. And every BBS Software that supports DOOR.SYS or DOOR32.SYS can run the game for there users. It is open source and free. If you like to take a look at it you can get the code on github and join the community on Discord.
uMRC Door
The Mystic Relay Chat know as MRC is a shared chatprotocoll that users from different BBSes allow the chat together even tho they are not connected to the same BBS.
With uMRC this chatuniverse is opening up more. It was online accessible if the BBS was running the Mystic BBS Software. With uMRC any system that can execute Windows 32 programms can add the chatclient as a door to the BBS.
That means Sysops using Renegade BBS or SyncroNet can particepate now at the Mystic Relay Chat.
Letzte BBS Video News
Quellen/URLs:
augs.ch
bbsday.org
lord.interplex.app
a-net-online.lol/lord
https://github.com/binary-knight/usurper-reloaded/releases
https://discord.gg/BqY66QkPGE
https://github.com/codefenix-dev/uMRC
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Vintage Computer Festival Solothurn 2025 Picturegallery published!
2025-12-31 15:00:04The Picturegallery Vintage Computer Festival Solothurn 2025 with 38 Pictures can now be found at the Menuepoint Pictures or you follow this Link: Vintage Computer Festival Solothurn 2025.
Pictures of the Vintage Computer Festival Solothurn 2025 at Technikwelt Enter
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Heinz Nixdorf Museum Picturegallery published!
2025-12-31 14:45:02The Picturegallery Heinz Nixdorf Museum with 51 Pictures can now be found at the Menuepoint Pictures.
Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF)
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Amiga 40 Panels
2025-11-18 18:45:25This week and next week we're posting the rest of the Amiga 40 Germany panels and interviews.
We're currently working to rescue the audio from Beth Richard's panel.
We have one panel that has 10 minutes of audio that we can't recover. It is the AGA panel.
We are also have to look into the David Pleasance panel because of some technical issues with his computer that delayed the speech.
If you're lucky you get two more panel videos on top.
All panels that will be uploaded have improved audio. That doesen't mean the quality is perfect but you can listen to it and understand most of it.
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Amiga 40 LiveStream
2025-10-14 08:18:53We're streaming from the Amiga 40 in Germany!
The Stream will start on Saturday, 18th October 2025 at 09:30am (UTC+2) and will show all the action from the stage.
The Sunday Stream starts at 10:00am (UTC+2) and will show also talks and presentation from the Stage. We also plan some cutin walktroughs with AmigaBill!
Note: Not all Content will be held in English. Some talks may be in German. Looking at the List of Presenter we guess that about 80% of the talks held in English.
Here are your Streaminglinks:
Youtube: https://youtube.com/BBSindex Twitch: https://twitch.tv/BBSindex Twitch: https://twitch.tv/AmigaBill
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Update: HomeComputer Museum Gallery
2025-06-23 17:26:27We vistied the HomeComputer Museum in Helmond (NL) again and added 51 Pictures to the already existing Gallery.
Enjoy the new Pictures!
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