http://bbsindex.de News from the BBS and Retrocomputer Scene en-en 2026-06-01 16:51:46 http://www.bbsindex.de/rss_en.php http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=469 ANet BBS With ANet BBS there is another BBS Software for Linux showing up with a very rich feature list. FidoNet, SynchroNet, Web, TelNet, SSH, RLogin, FTP pretty much covers all the basis functions of modern BBS software. Message users crossplattform via InterBBS is not a standard yet. Build-in RSS reader and support for DOOR.SYS, DOOR32.SYS as well as .js doors from SynchroNet makes using addon software very easy. Even the popular game L.O.R.D is preinstalled into the package. Right now, the software is in a very early Alpha stage. More details are found on Github C64 BBS Software Drive 8 Another BBS Software in development. It's called Drive 8 and aims for the Commodore 64. What's special about is the fact that it's not coded in basic but in C instead. If you want to test the Software you can reach out to the reddit user robbiew. AI BBS? In the last time we often covered new BBS software projects in our News. That leads to the assumption that AI plays a roll in it. SynchroNet a BBS software that is a long time around in the BBS space depends now on ClaudeCode. That is a AI Modell optimized for coding. But there is still software out there that is not using AI tools. Renegade BBS and Major BBS to new just two of it. These tools allow novice coder or even people without coding knowledge to create software. My personal opinion is that we might have a high enough amount of BBS software for most of the system platforms. Than you have all the Webports of BBS games, new Door Games and other addon software for BBS systems. I just hope that the amount of project does not outrun the quality. Happy Birthday ZModem! ZModem is turning 40 years old. On May, 20 in 1986 Chuck Forsberg posted the ZModem specification on UseNet. The filetransferprotocol allowed besides file transfer with build in error correction now batch trasfers and bidirectional datastreams. With HS-Link, based on ZModem you could transfer files and chat with the Sysop at the same time. 2026-05-31 11:00:02 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=469 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=467 The Picturegallery Fantasy Basel 2026 with 93 Pictures can now be found at the Menuepoint Pictures or you follow this Link: Fantasy Basel 2026.Pictures from the Fantasy Basel 2026. We'll start at the retro computing area and will follow up with more impression from the event. 2026-05-25 20:30:03 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=467 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=465 The Picturegallery Retro Game Level 1-1 Burgdorf with 28 Pictures can now be found at the Menuepoint Pictures or you follow this Link: Retro Game Level 1-1 Burgdorf.Pictures of the Retro Game Level 1-1 Event in Burgdorf 2026 2026-05-24 11:30:02 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=465 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=455 New Ticketstrategie The Flipper und Arcademuseum (Pinball and Arcademuseum) in Seligenstadt (near Frankfurt Main in Germany) offers now Tickets up to three month in advance. Usualy new Tickets are sold within minutes as they get available. To give the visitors a little bit more planning time the ticket offering extends now from one to three month. The museum is operated by volunteers and is the main reason for only one day of public access to all the gaming machines inside the facility. Another reason is that a little bit of time is needed to fix, maintain and prep all the retro machines for the next gaming sessions. There will be a cancelation fee on the tickets to prevent abuse of the new system. Tickets can be canceled 24h before the booked day. There is a waitlist for all gamers that didn't get a ticket in the first place. Quick Updatecheck for the Scene Synchronet for Windows comes now in it's fresh Version 3.21e and Syncterm got an update as well with Version syncterm 1.8rc2 Renegade BBS for DOS got also an update to Version 1.40. BinktermPHP 1.8.9 is the latest Version of the fully functional fidonet and bbs suite that runs in browsers. The crossplattform multiplayer game Darklands is now on Version 0.21. L.O.R.D. Challenge The BlackICE BBS will start a Lord of The Red Dragon Door Game Challenge on Mai,01 2026 at 00:00 Local BBS time. The Multiplayer BBS Game will be played until the Dragon is defeated. Fame and glory awaits the winner of the challenge. The Dragonslayers name will ingraved on the Wall of Kings where the best players of the BlackICE BBS are noted now for over a decade. Sources: flipperundarcade.de Syncro.net rgbbs.info lovelybits.org/binktermphp darklands.cx BlackICE BBS 2026-04-08 17:46:05 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=455 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=453 We are currently working on our online infrastructure. BBSindex.TV had more downtime as uptimes. This domain is beeing transfered right now. BBSindex.CH is already setup in our new infrastructure but you can't see much for now there. As soon as we know the specific timeframe when the main domain BBSindex.de will be transfered we'll let you know in advance. 2026-03-31 21:22:21 http://bbsindex.de/news.php?newsid=453