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====== Welcome ====== | ====== Welcome ====== | ||
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This is the [[wp> | This is the [[wp> | ||
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+ | Not sure what a BBS is? | ||
+ | * Videos: | ||
+ | - [[https:// | ||
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+ | * Articles: | ||
+ | - [[https:// | ||
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+ | - [[wiki: | ||
===== About Synchronet ===== | ===== About Synchronet ===== | ||
- | Synchronet BBS Software is a free software package that can turn your personal computer into your own custom online service supporting multiple simultaneous users with hierarchical message and file areas, multi-user chat, and the ever-popular BBS door games. | + | Synchronet BBS Software is a free software package that can turn your personal computer |
- | Synchronet development began as a personal hobby in 1990 for single-tasking MS-DOS compatible computers and Hayes compatible modems. The program was sold commercially from 1992-1996 after which time it was released (with source code) for both the 16-bit DOS and 32-bit OS/2 platforms to the public domain and development by the [[person: | + | Synchronet development began as a personal hobby in 1990 for single-tasking MS-DOS compatible computers and Hayes compatible modems. The program was sold commercially from 1992 to 1996 after which time it was released (with source code) for both the 16-bit DOS and 32-bit OS/2 platforms to the public domain and development by the [[person: |
- | In November of 1999, the author found a renewed interest in further developing Synchronet, specifically for the Internet community, embracing and integrating standard Internet protocols such as Telnet, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IRC, NNTP, and HTTP. Synchronet has since been substantially redesigned as an Internet-only BBS package for Windows and Unix [[http:// | + | In November of 1999, the author found a renewed interest in further developing Synchronet, specifically for the Internet community, embracing and integrating standard Internet protocols such as Telnet, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IRC, NNTP, and HTTP. Synchronet has since been substantially redesigned as an Internet BBS package for Windows and Unix [[http:// |
Synchronet Version 3.1x for Windows and Unix is available for [[http:// | Synchronet Version 3.1x for Windows and Unix is available for [[http:// | ||
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===== About this Wiki ===== | ===== About this Wiki ===== | ||
- | * Created (by [[person: | + | * Created (by [[person: |
* Powered by [[wiki: | * Powered by [[wiki: | ||
* Hosted on [[bbs: | * Hosted on [[bbs: | ||
- | * Yes, the [[server: | + | * Yes, the [[server: |
- | * If you'd like to contribute, [[http://wiki.synchro.net/? | + | * This wiki was transitioned to Synchronet-Linux from Apache-Linux in Nov-2015 after the addition of FastCGI support to the Synchronet [[server: |
+ | * [[person: | ||
+ | * This is a major task that is going to take some time, please be patient | ||
+ | * If you'd like to contribute, [[http://web.synchro.net/? | ||