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RC-BOX
■ UP reliability 96% · 132ms · checked
on The Vortex’s BBS list
- address
- rc2014.ddns.net:2014
- listed by
- lodger
- runs
- RBBS · 1 node · Telnet
- where
- Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany
- added by
- bbs hq on The Vortex, not yet verified as its sysop
prove it is yours - listed
This is (probably) the first RC2014 based bulletin board system in the world!
“RC-BOX” is a classic 1985 RBBS 4.1 (BDS C code) bulletin board system utilizing a RC2014 (Z80 based) computer kit running the CP/M 2.2 operating system and BYE5 communication program to interface with the outside world. It’s single-user, so the connection will be dropped with a “BUSY” message if someone else is already logged in. In that case, try again a little later.
RC-BOX RBBS 4.1 for CP/M in action
On the hardware side there is a RC2014 DIY computer kit with an 7 MHz Zilog Z80 CPU, 64 KB RAM, RomWBW ROM module, CF-card module, SIO/2 dual-serial module and WiFi module. This setup makes for a nice, CP/M 2.2 capable Z80 machine that powers the bulletin board system. The picture below shows the actual system you connect to.
This is the RC2014 8 bit computer that runs RC-BOX BBS
You can also access a (restricted) CP/M command line and enjoy a round of “Super Star Trek”:
Enjoy a round of “Super Star Trek” online!
Do you want to connect like it’s 1985? Then come, take a look around:
telnet://rc2014.ddns.net:2014
is it answering
answered 53 of 63 checks · reliability 96% · answered in 132ms last time
one mark a dial, oldest first — green answered, red did not. 63 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.
sign in to rate it here — with a BBS HQ account, or your Vortex handle.
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.