Bangkok Nights
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About
Bangkok Nights BBS
Bangkok Nights BBS is a FREE electronic
bulletin board system which is a local call to Knoxville, Tennessee and surrounding areas
and which can be telnetted to from anywhere in the world. There are no fees of any kind
required for access. Some of the things you will find there include:
Local and
International Message bases on a variety of subjects - General Interest, Political,
Science Fiction/Fantasy, Gaming, Society for Creative
Anachronism, Computers/Technical, Women's Issues, Cooking, Alternative Lifestyles, and
many more...
Private e-mail to
other users on the BBS and many others across the world.
Online Games to play
against other users.
A wide variety of
files (over 35 gigabytes!) to download.
Online Live Chat with
up to 7 other people at once!
The sysop (short for system
operator) of Bangkok Nights is White Queen. Bangkok
Nights BBS has been online since August 23, 1991. The BBS was named for the song
"One Night in Bangkok" from White Queen's favorite musical Chess (the London version, of course).
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE:
The BBS resides on a 20+ node
network consisting of DOS, Novell, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, and
Solaris workstations. The Novell NetWare 4.11 file server is a Pentium 233
with 128mb RAM equipped with a 30 gigabyte drive, and a Tripp-Lite OmniPro 1050 UPS.
We also have two CD servers with NEC 7 CDROM changers and a Pioneer 18 disc changer.
The network topology is a mix of 100-BASE-T, 10-BASE-T, and 10-BASE-2 coaxial
ethernet (cheapernet) and allows us to share resources with C Delight BBS. Modified
files are backed up daily using a Colorado PowerDAT 6000 4 gigabyte tape drive. The
dial-up BBS node runs from the server on a Pentium 100 workstation The Telnet/Web
server is a Pentium II-400 with 128mb RAM running Windows NT 4.0 Server and Ataman Software's Remote Logon Daemon. Our
Internet connection is a 128K dedicated ISDN line to Esper
Systems using a 3Com OfficeConnect 510 Router.
The BBS software is WWIV version 4.30, licensed for 8
nodes.
BBS
Networks We Belong To
Bangkok Nights BBS is a member of several national networks of bulletin board systems
which include:
WWIVnet @6215, WWIVlink @16567, ICEnet @6567
Bangkok Nights is also the host system for this network
for female sysops and co-sysops: FemmeNet @1.
How to Get to the BBS:
Node 1: (865) 777-0162 USRobotics Courier DS
V.Everything 56Kbps
Node 2-4: *** PRIVATE ***
How
to Access Bangkok Nights BBS via Dial-Up
All you need to access Bangkok Nights is a computer, a modem, and
some sort of terminal software (preferably for DOS, not Windows). Most modems come with a
communications package, or you can purchase terminal software or a remote-access package
such as PCAnywhere. Once you get online, you can download several very good shareware
terminal programs. One I recommend highly for new users is Qmodem.
You'll have to check the docs for your terminal program, but most have a "dialing
directory" in which you put the phone number and other information for calling a BBS.
How to Access Bangkok Nights BBS via Telnet
To log into Bangkok Nights via Telnet, you
can use the TELNET.EXE that comes with Windows (be sure it is set to ANSI terminal type),
but it won't be in color if you have Windows 95 or NT. For a better Telnet
program with color graphics, take a look at the selection on TUCOWS or your favorite shareware site.
Use the following address to telnet to the BBS: telnet://bbs.ogle.org. You will need to hit
your [spacebar] key to bring up the login prompt.
Once connected, the BBS will prompt
you for your handle or user number and a password. If you are new to the BBS, simply type
"NEW" to fill out the new user questionnaire. You'll not have full access to the
system until you are validated. Normally, I validate new users within a day or two so if
you don't get access after that time, I recommend you send me another message.
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