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AUSTRALIAN BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM REGISTRY
(What do those weird classifications mean?)
by
Greg Chrystal
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The Australian Bulletin Board System Registry is a service dedicated
to maintaining accurate lists of operational bulletin boards within the
country. It is released every month, with separate BBS listings for
each state. I have gleaned a *very* small sample from the list
published by the Australian BBS Registry, number 9109 (September 1991).
I have also taken the liberty of including the 'BBSoftware' category for
the BBS below, as the majority of BBSs listed include it, and I wanted
the description to be as complete as possible. Furthermore, I have
recently joined Prophet and therefore know they are using TBBS; in fact,
they are presently trialing a beta release of the latest version.
System: Prophet BBS
Sysop: Helen Lewis
Phone: (02) 835-1122
Baud: V.21 V.22 V.22bis
Access: Mem Reg LVA
Hours: 24 Hours
Computer: Compaq 386/25
Info: <G> rated system. Each month latest
: files from EXEC-PC in the USA online
: for members. Various online magazines
: including the daily USA Today 'newspaper'
BBSoftware: TBBS
EXPLANATIONS OF THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES:
System: The name of the bulletin board. BBS stands for
Bulletin Board System. Sometimes the name may include
the type of software run by the system.
Sysop: The SYStem OPerator. Literally 'God'. Certainly
omnipotent and omnipresent.
Phone: The number to call.
Baud: The various baud rates or speeds which the board's
modems support. I've listed the most common below:
V21 - 300/300
V22 - 1200/1200
V22bis - 2400/2400
V23 - 1200/1275
V32 - 9600/9600
V32bis - 14400/14400
(Some other terms you may come across...)
V42 - Error Correction standard, similar to MNP 4
V42bis - Data Compression standard, similar to MNP 5
Access: There are various levels of access on bulletin boards.
If a board is public, it tends not to have any other
levels.
Public - Open to anyone.
LVA - Limited Visitor Access. A visitor is
basically one who isn't a registered
user.
VA - Visitors have some degree of access.
Reg - Registration is necessary to use this board.
Mem - Membership is necessary and this usually
means financial membership.
Hours: When the board is available. Although many say 24
hours, this is not strictly true. They often close
for a few hours to process mail or for backups. These
times are usually well publicised on the board.
Computer: What computer the BBS software runs on. It is a common
misapprehension among first time users that to log on
to a BBS you have to be using the same OS. A BBS can,
for instance, run on an IBM PC and yet be a dedicated
Amiga board. In this respect, the platform is
irrelevant and the orientation of the board is what is
important.
Software: This refers to the BBS software the computer runs.
Amiga software includes Paragon and MAXs, while
TBBS (The Bread Board System) and RA (Remote Access)
are common on IBM PCs and clones.
Info: Some general information about the board. Some boards
are very particular, with a definite orientation
towards a particular computer or OS, or field of study.
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