I have been browsing boards, to find heavily modified boards. What are some of the most decked out modded boards around? Are there any that do not even resemble the software they are using? (like major bbs, synchronet, mystic, you get the ideah lol)

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Re: modded bbs's
By: The Wanderer to morningstarr on Thu Jan 22 2026 02:58 pm

Re: modded bbs's
By: morningstarr to All on Thu Jan 22 2026 01:06 pm

not even resemble the software they are using? (like major bbs,
synchronet, mystic, you get the ideah lol)

I've tripped across a couple lately that make me amazed with the amount of work put in to them:

Bottomless Abyss: bbs.bottomlessabyss.net The Quantum Wormhole: bbs.erb.pw

absinthebbs.net:1940
theunderground.us:10023
futureland.today:23
20forbeers.com:1337

There is one you can get to from BCR game server but cannot remember the name of it.

...Take my advice. I don't use it anyway.

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Hey Robert!

On Fri, Jan 23 2026 01:13:00 -0600, you wrote:

Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:13:41 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Subject: Re: modded bbs's
Newsgroups: general
References: <[email protected]>
Content-Language: en-US
From: Robert Wolfe <[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 260123-2, 1/23/2026), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
Organization: Niagara Info Exchange (NIX)
X-NNTP-Server: WcNNTPServer v10.0.500.1

Is there by chance a way to disable putting all of your message headers in the actual message body?

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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Robert Wolfe wrote to MORNINGSTARR <=-

Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:13:41 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Subject: Re: modded bbs's
Newsgroups: general
References: <[email protected]>
Content-Language: en-US
From: Robert Wolfe <[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 260123-2, 1/23/2026), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
Organization: Niagara Info Exchange (NIX)
X-NNTP-Server: WcNNTPServer v10.0.500.1

On 1/22/2026 3:52 PM, MORNINGSTARR wrote:

> I totally get this. I am currently trying to restart my system, and as
> such am trying to bring back and update the modules for my particular
> BBS package that I wrote to get them up to date with current release of
> the software.

I would love to check it out, when it's ready. Let me know when it's done or

i

fyou need someone to test things out. I'll stop in and give it a go.

Take care!
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et

Tjhanks. Right now, I'm putting my qwk networking mod (started in
2014), which is basically a WINS version of the QWK by FTP script that ships with Synchronet.

Just so you know... I've quoted your entire message above. Every
message you post includes all that "header" garbage in it, at the
beginning of each message, which should not be happening.



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morningstarr wrote to All <=-

I have been browsing boards, to find heavily modified boards. What are some of the most decked out modded boards around? Are there any that do not even resemble the software they are using? (like major bbs, synchronet, mystic, you get the ideah lol)

There are other menu systems available for Synchronet 2.x that'll work
with a little bit of tweaking. I took the Renegade-like menus, added
some color to them, and added an ansi header. You don't have to go too
far down to see stock Synchronet, though.

I see a lot of ANSIs out there, would love to see some menu mods that
change how the BBSes function.



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Re: modded bbs's
By: Amessyroom to morningstarr on Fri Jan 23 2026 07:49 am

Bottomless Abyss: bbs.bottomlessabyss.net The

Quantum Wormhole: bbs.erb.pw absinthebbs.net:1940
theunderground.us:10023 futureland.today:23 20forbeers.com:1337

There is one you can get to from BCR game server but cannot remember
the name of it.

...Take my advice. I don't use it anyway.

a lot of those 'modded' boards have the plague of annoying long ansi
screens.
i hate it when it takes 3+ mins to just get to the main menu.
it's k-rad lameness.
Then you go on there and they have nothing but a link to stupid game servers. they cant even bother to setup their own games.

futurland is an interesting one. that guy has always had good ideas and he's creative.
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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: Robert Wolfe to ACCESSION on Fri Jan 23 2026 07:59 pm

Is there by chance a way to disable putting all of your
message headers in

t

yes, if i don't use NNTP to read and post. That's all. I will bring
this idea up with Santronics development.

Do you see how bad it is? because it's pretty bad.
i wouldn't even call it an idea. it's a bug issue.
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i hate it when it takes 3+ mins to just get to the main menu.

Same.


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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: Khronos to phigan on Sat Jan 24 2026 02:14 pm

I think bbs's mean different things to different people.
Some people like them for the games.
Some people like myself like them for message bases.
Others like them because of a small user base.

Yeah, and I like them for the tacos. Not sure why you're sayin' that stuff, though, or what you're replying to specifically.

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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: fusion to MRO on Sat Jan 24 2026 02:42 pm

On 24 Jan 2026, MRO said the following...

Well they're not really _my_ needs and i've heard people complain
about it too. I don't know why a sysop thinks going through 10 scrolling ansis is enjoyable for their users. it becomes a parody after a while.

while i certainly don't have 10 scrollers, i added the flag to your
account on my bbs to skip the stuff that is there. and made your
account permanent. for when you maybe call a couple years from now
again hehe

i think your stuff is fine but i dont remember your mystic bbs that well.
i remember your synchronet bbs better.

I don't really call bbses that much anymore. i've always enjoyed being a
user more than a sysop. in my old age i dont have any interests anymore.


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Re: modded bbs's
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Sat Jan 24 2026 11:42 am

i wont say what the guys name is. he's a great guy. he's a cool guy. his bbs is great. but god damn it takes forever to just get through all the bullshit.

and then shitty mystic dropped me. and i'm trying to get back on to email the guy and mystic thought i was on the node for 45 freaking minutes!

If you didn't log off Mystic properly, the node sometimes hangs and the Sysop has to open nodespy and kill the ghost node.
Definatley a Mystic flaw, James Coyale should work on that annoying little bug.
Other than that Mystic is pretty solid.

Denn

... I am Bart of Borg. Prepare to eat my shorts, man.

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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: poindexter FORTRAN to morningstarr on Fri Jan 23 2026 07:21 am

There are other menu systems available for Synchronet 2.x that'll work with a little bit of tweaking. I took the Renegade-like menus, added some color to them, and added an ansi header. You don't have to go too far down to see stock Synchronet, though.
I see a lot of ANSIs out there, would love to see some menu mods that change how the BBSes function.

A lot of the ones I have been to are bone stock lol!
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Hey Fusion!

On Sat, Jan 24 2026 08:42:00 -0600, you wrote:

while i certainly don't have 10 scrollers, i added the flag to your
account on my bbs to skip the stuff that is there. and made your
account permanent. for when you maybe call a couple years from now
again hehe

Since he seems to be directing some of this towards me: I have 3 total "scrollers", a prelogin before the matrix, a welcome (randomized) during the login process, and a goodbye when leaving, so he is definitely exaggerating quite a bit here. I've had way more people praise the artwork, and complain that it flies by way too fast that they have to scroll back to see it, than say anything negative about it. By all means, don't like it? Don't call. Easy enough.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm, because beating people up is illegal.
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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: Accession to fusion on Sun Jan 25 2026 09:17 am

Since he seems to be directing some of this towards me: I have 3
total "scrollers", a prelogin before the matrix, a welcome

i was only being playful. i dont think i've even called your bbs much.
I don't call bbses much at all.

i just meant in general those krad bbses have long scrollers and tons and
tons of stuff in the beginning.

I was not even THINKING of your bbs.
certainly a lot of your buddies are guilty of the annoying scrollers
that get old after seeing them 2x.

fast that they have to scroll back to see it, than say anything
negative about it. By all means, don't like it? Don't call. Easy
enough.

it's not a dick, dont take it so hard.


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looking after some of the richest clients in the world...Now we do!"
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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Sun Jan 25 2026 10:40 am

I tried downloading a taco from your BBS, but the download failed repeatedly.

You might've been using 'raw' mode...

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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Morningstarr on Sun Jan 25 2026 10:40 am

I notice that, too - in all fairness, the stock, single-menu Synchronet layout is
pretty dang handy and a lot simpler to deal with. I liked the older modal menus from my youth, so I went with those. It took a little tweaking to make sure I had all of the menu actions reflected in the menu ansis, seems they were made for version 2 and some commands had been changed/added.

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Re: modded bbs's
By: Kirkman to morningstarr on Wed Mar 18 2026 07:53 pm

I have not customized my entire BBS shell, but I am very proud of my IGS login shell and sequence at Guardian of Forever BBS -- guardian.synchro.net.

What an awesome bbs dude! Keep h and keep up the good work!

Or you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymii4HSuqt0

I will def. check it out! Thanks



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I have not customized my entire BBS shell, but I am very proud of my IG
login shell and sequence at Guardian of Forever BBS -- guardian.synchro.net.

What an awesome bbs dude! Keep h and keep up the good work!

modding bbses is very cool. And a lot of fun when "Writers' Block"
doesn't set in.

... What principles? I'm trying to get elected!
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Re: modded bbs's
By: Morningstarr to Kirkman on Wed Jul 22 2026 05:02 pm

I have not customized my entire BBS shell, but I am very proud of my IGS
login shell and sequence at Guardian of Forever BBS --
guardian.synchro.net.

What an awesome bbs dude! Keep h and keep up the good work!
I will def. check it out! Thanks

Thanks!

--Josh

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