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:: Starship Junkyard
Starship Junkyard is a BBS that was online from 1994 to 2005, and is now back online as of 31 October 2009.
To Access to BBS:
You can log in via the web (requires Flash).
If you have your own telnet client, point it to to dropbear.ath.cx
If you're after a telnet client, mTelnet is a decent client for Windows. PuTTY also works well.
What's there? Currently:
I'm open to suggestions of games or features to add. Twitter @limefruit, email starship.junkyard.bbs@gmail.com, or the Starship Junkyard Facebook group.
In the spirit of the BBSing era, Starship Junkyard is running on donated hardware, and is plugged in to an overloaded power board.
BBS History:
There's a lot to say, and I'm slowly gathering material from around the net, BBS archives, and my paper archives from that era.
= History =
== 1992 ==
December:
First computer and modem installed at our house. We got online with OzEmail (then a BBS with custom interface software).
== 1993 ==
Downloaded Procomm to get NAV updates from their BBS in Sydney. Found BBS adverts in computer mags.
== 1994 ==
March:
Faced with growing phone bills, and at age 12 without any actual way of paying them, decided to open my own BBS.
June:
Started testing. Named "The Eclipse BBS", and running on Ezycom 1.10.
December 2nd:
Opened the doors. Named "Starship Junkyard", and running on Maximus 2.00.
Opening hours were Friday and Saturday nights only, 10pm-6am. Phone (07) 202 8498.
== 1995 ==
April:
Archive ad dated 1995-04-18
== 1996 ==
Feburary:
An offline notice placed on Usenet alt.bbs.ads (I presume I got in trouble for phone bills and wasn't allowed to use the line for a while. Mustn't have lasted long.)
An ad placed on Usenet alt.bbs.ads
July:
An ad placed on Usenet alt.bbs.ads
== 1997 ==
An ad placed on Usenet alt.bbs.ads in 1997
== 1998 ==
Ashen Shezza Red Monkey and Scave
An ad placed on Usenet alt.bbs.ads in 1998
== 1999 ==
== 2000 ==
== 2001 ==
An ad from 2001
An email to the 80sBBS list on bringing the BBS back on telnet
== 2002 ==
== 2003 ==
July: A dialin node added: 07-3844-4039. Telstra were running a "free second line" deal so I got it put on. Only one guy ever used it, and he only used it once a month. Cut it off a few months later.
== 2004 ==
Lost interest in running the BBS. Kept it going because it didn't need any maintenance.
== 2005 ==
Tuesday, February 22, 2005. Pulled the plug.
Some screen shots taken from the last backup after it was shut down.
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Warren Jones
[facebook]
20/11/2007 | omg !! this brings back memories!!
*sniff* | | Ilija Kolar
[facebook]
26/12/2007 | I miss the good ol underground of networking... | |
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Julian McCarthy
[facebook]
10/02/2008 | Over the years, imagine how many users with the nickname "New" you may have collected without that prompt. |
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