THE LAST TELEGRAPH OFFICE

This is a new BBS oriented around information sharing and communication.

SSH: bbs.acornabbey.us 2222
Yes, dial-up works!: +1-917-259-1391 2400bps ARQ/LAPM/V42BIS

Brand new mystery door game, "The Oxford Cipher," designed by me, written by Claude and Claude Code.

Fidonet 1:3634/62:
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Local message groups:
AI as Tech Support
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Visiting Scotland
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These local message groups are up and running, waiting for visitors and posts. Suggestions for new message groups are welcome.

The BBS is running on a VPS server hosted in Germany, but I am in North Carolina in the USA.

Sysop: David Dalton, veteran sysop of Science Fiction Writers Network, Bethania, North Carolina, 1983-1986 (TBBS). Retired editorial systems director, San Francisco Chronicle.

Mystic BBS 1.12 A48
Binkd 1.1a-115
Ubuntu 24.04.4

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Last Telegraph Office (1:3634/62)

THE LAST TELEGRAPH OFFICE

This is a new BBS oriented around information sharing and communication.

SSH: bbs.acornabbey.us 2222
Dialup: +1-917-259-1391 2400bps ARQ/LAPM/V42BIS

Dialing in with a modem? A few things will help you connect:

- Lock your modem to 2400 bps. Both 2400 and 1200 work reliably. The line will not go faster, and letting your modem reach for 9600 or above will usually fail to train over my VoIP path.

- Do NOT let the modem auto-negotiate to its top speed. If it tries V.32/V.34 first, the handshake dies before you connect. Force V.22bis (2400) or V.22 (1200) in your modem's setup.

- Leave error correction and compression ON. V.42/LAPM and V.42bis make a large, real difference in throughput and reliability.

- 300 baud is not supported.

- A real POTS line, or a VoIP line running G.711 (u-law), gives the cleanest connection. G.729 and other compressed VoIP codecs will not pass a modem carrier. If your calls won't train, check your VoIP provider's codec first.

- If it rings several times before answering, that's normal. My modem picks up after the second ring.

- Give it a try at 2400 with error correction on. That is the sweet spot, and I have found that 2400 with error correction is near 100 percent reliable.

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Brand new mystery door game, "The Oxford Cipher," designed by me, written by Claude and Claude Code.

Fidonet 1:3634/62
Linux BBS
UFO's
Fidonet News
BBS Ads
Emergeny Comms
Shortwave Listening
Netmail

Local message groups:
AI as Tech Support
Off-Grid Communications
Typewriters
Fax Exchange
TBBS History
Cat-Care Tech
Visiting Scotland
Scottish Literature

These local message groups are up and running, waiting for visitors and posts. Suggestions for new message groups are welcome.

The BBS is running on a VPS server hosted in Germany, but I am in North Carolina in the USA.

Sysop: David Dalton, veteran sysop of Science Fiction Writers Network, Bethania, North Carolina, 1983-1986 (TBBS). Retired editorial systems director, San Francisco Chronicle.

Mystic BBS 1.12 A48
Binkd 1.1a-115
Ubuntu 24.04.4

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Last Telegraph Office (1:3634/62)