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Outwest BBS
■ UP 82ms · checked
on The Vortex’s BBS list
- address
- outwestbbs.com
- listed by
- Denn Gray
- runs
- Synchronet · 20 nodes · SSH, Telnet
- where
- Clearfield, UT, USA
- added by
- bbs hq on The Vortex, not yet verified as its sysop
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The Outwest BBS is an online Bulletin Board System (BBS), that was originally active from 1992-1997, on Oct 15 2015 the Outwest BBS was brought back online using Rob Swindell’s Synchronet BBS software via Telnet over the internet rather than a traditional dial-up modem.
Web address: http://outwestbbs.com , http://outwest.synchro.net and http://owbbs.tplinkdns.com
Features and technology:
Software: The revived Outwest BBS runs on Rob Swindell’s Synchronet ver 3.20 BBS software, which is a modern platform that supports internet connectivity.
Hardware: HP t5740e thin client PC running Windows 7 32 bit.
Interface: Consistent with classic BBSes, the Outwest BBS features a text-based interface and menu system, with ANSI art.
Content: The BBS includes Dovenet and Developernet inter BBS message boards and online games. This is typical of vintage bulletin board systems, which fostered a strong sense of community and offered games that could be played by users.
BBSLink drop down menu for Synchronet’s Web v4, authored by: Denn Gray Sysop of the Outwest BBS.
Arcade drop down menu for Synchronet’s Web v4, authored by: Denn Gray Sysop of the Outwest BBS.
How to access the Outwest BBS
You can connect to the Outwest BBS using a Telnet client like Syncterm, Netrunner, or PUTTY terminal emulator’s that redirects a COM port to Telnet, or a modern 32-bit terminal emulator.
Telnet address: outwestbbs.com , outwest.synchro.net and owbbs.tplinkdns.com/
Port: 23 (default Telnet port)
Website: http://outwestbbs.com or http://outwest.synchro.net and http://owbbs.tplinkdns.com/
is it answering
answered 61 of 62 checks · reliability 99% · answered in 82ms last time
one mark a dial, oldest first — green answered, red did not. 62 kept, since ; the directory calls every board every night and remembers six months of them.
the score
nobody has scored it yet
six axes, one to ten, rated here or inside the BBS list on The Vortex — one score, either way. a rating fades with age, so come back and rate it again in a season.
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their screens
every screen this board has drawn for a caller before login — 1 so far, since . a board that changes its welcome art keeps every screen here; one we stop meeting on our regular calls is let go after three visits and six months. the art belongs to its sysop and its artists.