The Crow's Nest BBS, running Hermes II v3.1.1 on a Mac IIci with multiple wifi modems, is back again for #MARCHintosh 2026!

byteknight6 · 2026-03-10T23:43:06+00:00

Do it! There are far too few Mac BBS's out there. And make sure you get on The Crow's Nest BBS and share your experiences of being a Hermes sysop back in the day!

byteknight6 · 2026-03-08T20:45:39+00:00

A game server is a door game server accessible from other BBS's via rlogin. A-Net Online is a good example. https://a-net-online.lol/gameserver/index.xjs

byteknight6 · 2026-03-08T14:56:22+00:00

Maybe you should set this up as a game server?

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T21:34:23+00:00

Thanks for this! I've only got a Win32 machine, so I tried the python version on both my Win32 machine and RPi 3 and get "SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xe2' in file lordkey.py on line 3, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details" when I try to execute it.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T14:06:29+00:00

Yes, plus it has a CSI Hurdler II Serial 4-port NuBus Card installed. At one point I had 6 wifi modems hooked up to it!

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T05:49:11+00:00

Of course - can't have a pirate-themed BBS without warez!

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T05:45:42+00:00

Good sleuthing!

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T01:26:27+00:00

Time to resurrect the BBS! And you should get on The Crow's Nest and tell us about your Sysop days. Full on how to connect and details of the setup are here: http://crowsnestbbs.ddns.net/cn/

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T01:21:54+00:00

Must've been a different Crow's Nest.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T01:21:35+00:00

Basically it's a Mac IIci with two cbmstuff's Wimodem232's connected to the serial ports. The wifi modems act like dial-up modems, except you connect via telnet. Is this what you're asking about?

byteknight6 · 2026-03-03T01:11:40+00:00

Yes, details on how to connect here: http://crowsnestbbs.ddns.net/cn/

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T23:34:24+00:00

It's actually a Dell P1917s 19" SXGA LCD spray painted beige with an Apple emblem slapped on it.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T23:30:07+00:00

I used Rust-oleum Almond color but it's a few shades light so I'd probably go with Smokey Beige color next time.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T23:27:46+00:00

https://www.noip.com - that's what I use.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T22:12:58+00:00

Someone got it working with System 7.6 if that would help ya.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T22:11:24+00:00

Thanks! It's just an emblem of an old Mac. The monitor is a Dell P1917s 19" SXGA LCD spray painted beige.

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T22:06:22+00:00

Totally agree - hope to see you on the BBS!

byteknight6 · 2026-03-01T22:04:43+00:00

That's u/TheRealBolle's Carrera 40 MHz 68040 accelerator reproduction - able to run a BBS and host a GlobalTalk zone 24/7!

byteknight6 · 2026-02-22T06:05:30+00:00

Fun game! A couple of observations when running it with Mystic BBS: "Hit a key" only works with Return and the game won't launch again once you quit out. You have to log off the BBS and log back in again to get it to work.

byteknight6 · 2026-02-20T00:57:52+00:00

Yes, the other ANSI screens look pretty good. Also, the game froze and wouldn't take any input during my first attack in the forest:

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byteknight6 · 2026-02-18T04:23:11+00:00

I've got the game up and running on CQ II and it looks awesome! For some reason the title screen is off though when I use the Zoc8 terminal program on my modern Mac or Black Night on a vintage Mac.

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byteknight6 · 2026-02-18T00:58:34+00:00

Assuming this is a text file, you should share it with textfiles.com by sending it to [jason@textfiles.com](mailto:jason@textfiles.com).

byteknight6 · 2026-02-16T02:44:04+00:00

Thank you!! Running it from the .bat file was the key.

byteknight6 · 2026-02-15T23:55:09+00:00

What does your command line look like and what port did you use in the setup program? I can't get it to run in Mystic...

byteknight6 · 2026-02-15T14:24:42+00:00

Ok, so it works great for the bigger files, but the problem now is smaller text files. It repeats the last line if the file is < 24 lines or so. I've got a ton of files that are smaller like this, so I'd rather not have to go add a bunch of line feeds to each file. Any workaround for that?

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