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HTML/BBS
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| Filename: | HTML/BBS |
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| File size: | 0879 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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<html><head><title>About Bulletin Boards</title></head> <body background="imgs/Background"> <h1>What have bulletin boards to offer me?</h1> <p>Bulletin boards (<dfn>BBS</dfn>s) are often run as hobbies by many people, and Acorn enthusiasts are lucky to have several <strong>free</strong> high-quality bulletin boards dedicated to them. A wealth of Public Domain programs and information is to be found, and major systems such as <dfn>Arcade</dfn> and <dfn>Digital Databank</dfn> have a huge database of the latest software, waiting to be downloaded. No more sending off to PD libraries and waiting for a piece of software that's probably out-of-date: download the latest programs instantly for a fraction of the cost.</p> <p align=center><img src="imgs/Arcade" width=332 height=248><br><em>Arcade's main menu</em></p> <p>There are also many special-interest and general bulletin boards run fully or partly for profit, offering huge resources - including huge libraries of images, music and applications - to the home user. Most bulletin boards also feature message areas for public discussion and chat facilities.</p> <p>You can even dial other people with modems directly, to transfer software and chat, using Termite's unique SplitChat mode.</p> <p align=center><img src="imgs/Chat" width=332 height=248><br><em>Chatting direct another modem-user</em></p> <p>One bulletin board you may like to call is <dfn>Furzefield Hq</dfn>, the DoggySoft support BBS. Latest versions of our software is available, including updates to Termite for registered users. There's also fidonet discussion groups (echos), on-line games, and the fastest way to contact us. If you have dial-up access, give it a ring on 01494 681711.</p> <p align=center><img src="imgs/FHq" width=332 height=248><br><em>The new Furzefield Hq main menu</em></p> <p>Because Termite is a multi-session communications environment, you can even connect to more than one <abbrev>BBS</abbrev> at once, if you've more than one modem and serial port.</p> <hr> <p><a href="Index"><img src="imgs/butbak" align=middle width=88 height=88 border=0 alt="(O)"></a> Go up to <a href="Index">index page</a></p> </body></html>
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M| 00000400 6f 73 74 20 62 75 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 20 62 6f 61 |ost bulletin boa| 00000410 72 64 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 |rds also feature| 00000420 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 61 72 65 61 73 20 66 | message areas f| 00000430 6f 72 20 70 75 62 6c 69 63 20 64 69 73 63 75 73 |or public discus| 00000440 73 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 63 68 61 74 20 66 61 |sion and chat fa| 00000450 63 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 2e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 |cilities.</p>.<p| 00000460 3e 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 65 76 65 6e 20 64 69 |>You can even di| 00000470 61 6c 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 |al other people | 00000480 77 69 74 68 20 6d 6f 64 65 6d 73 20 64 69 72 65 |with modems dire| 00000490 63 74 6c 79 2c 20 74 6f 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 |ctly, to transfe| 000004a0 72 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 61 6e 64 20 63 |r software and c| 000004b0 68 61 74 2c 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 54 65 72 6d 69 |hat, using Termi| 000004c0 74 65 27 73 20 75 6e 69 71 75 65 20 53 70 6c 69 |te's unique Spli| 000004d0 74 43 68 61 74 20 6d 6f 64 65 2e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a |tChat mode.</p>.| 000004e0 3c 70 20 61 6c 69 67 6e 3d 63 65 6e 74 65 72 3e |<p align=center>| 000004f0 3c 69 6d 67 20 73 72 63 3d 22 69 6d 67 73 2f 43 |<img src="imgs/C| 00000500 68 61 74 22 20 77 69 64 74 68 3d 33 33 32 20 68 |hat" width=332 h| 00000510 65 69 67 68 74 3d 32 34 38 3e 3c 62 72 3e 3c 65 |eight=248><br><e| 00000520 6d 3e 43 68 61 74 74 69 6e 67 20 64 69 72 65 63 |m>Chatting direc| 00000530 74 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6d 6f 64 65 6d 2d |t another modem-| 00000540 75 73 65 72 3c 2f 65 6d 3e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 |user</em></p>.<p| 00000550 3e 4f 6e 65 20 62 75 6c 6c 65 74 69 6e 20 62 6f |>One bulletin bo| 00000560 61 72 64 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 6c 69 6b 65 |ard you may like| 00000570 20 74 6f 20 63 61 6c 6c 20 69 73 20 3c 64 66 6e | to call is <dfn| 00000580 3e 46 75 72 7a 65 66 69 65 6c 64 20 48 71 3c 2f |>Furzefield Hq</| 00000590 64 66 6e 3e 2c 20 74 68 65 20 44 6f 67 67 79 53 |dfn>, the DoggyS| 000005a0 6f 66 74 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 42 42 53 2e |oft support BBS.| 000005b0 20 4c 61 74 65 73 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 | Latest versions| 000005c0 20 6f 66 20 6f 75 72 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 | of our software| 000005d0 20 69 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 2c 20 69 | is available, i| 000005e0 6e 63 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 73 |ncluding updates| 000005f0 20 74 6f 20 54 65 72 6d 69 74 65 20 66 6f 72 20 | to Termite for | 00000600 72 65 67 69 73 74 65 72 65 64 20 75 73 65 72 73 |registered users| 00000610 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 66 |. 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If you have | 00000680 64 69 61 6c 2d 75 70 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 2c 20 |dial-up access, | 00000690 67 69 76 65 20 69 74 20 61 20 72 69 6e 67 20 6f |give it a ring o| 000006a0 6e 20 30 31 34 39 34 20 36 38 31 37 31 31 2e 3c |n 01494 681711.<| 000006b0 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 20 61 6c 69 67 6e 3d 63 65 6e |/p>.<p align=cen| 000006c0 74 65 72 3e 3c 69 6d 67 20 73 72 63 3d 22 69 6d |ter><img src="im| 000006d0 67 73 2f 46 48 71 22 20 77 69 64 74 68 3d 33 33 |gs/FHq" width=33| 000006e0 32 20 68 65 69 67 68 74 3d 32 34 38 3e 3c 62 72 |2 height=248><br| 000006f0 3e 3c 65 6d 3e 54 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 46 75 72 |><em>The new Fur| 00000700 7a 65 66 69 65 6c 64 20 48 71 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 |zefield Hq main | 00000710 6d 65 6e 75 3c 2f 65 6d 3e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 70 |menu</em></p>.<p| 00000720 3e 42 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 54 65 72 6d 69 74 65 |>Because Termite| 00000730 20 69 73 20 61 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 2d 73 65 73 73 | is a multi-sess| 00000740 69 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 69 6f |ion communicatio| 00000750 6e 73 20 65 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 |ns environment, | 00000760 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 65 76 65 6e 20 63 6f 6e |you can even con| 00000770 6e 65 63 74 20 74 6f 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 |nect to more tha| 00000780 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 3c 61 62 62 72 65 76 3e 42 42 |n one <abbrev>BB| 00000790 53 3c 2f 61 62 62 72 65 76 3e 20 61 74 20 6f 6e |S</abbrev> at on| 000007a0 63 65 2c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 27 76 65 20 6d 6f |ce, if you've mo| 000007b0 72 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 6d 6f 64 65 |re than one mode| 000007c0 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 72 69 61 6c 20 70 6f 72 |m and serial por| 000007d0 74 2e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 68 72 3e 0a 3c 70 3e 3c |t.</p>.<hr>.<p><| 000007e0 61 20 68 72 65 66 3d 22 49 6e 64 65 78 22 3e 3c |a href="Index"><| 000007f0 69 6d 67 20 73 72 63 3d 22 69 6d 67 73 2f 62 75 |img src="imgs/bu| 00000800 74 62 61 6b 22 20 61 6c 69 67 6e 3d 6d 69 64 64 |tbak" align=midd| 00000810 6c 65 20 77 69 64 74 68 3d 38 38 20 68 65 69 67 |le width=88 heig| 00000820 68 74 3d 38 38 20 62 6f 72 64 65 72 3d 30 20 61 |ht=88 border=0 a| 00000830 6c 74 3d 22 28 4f 29 22 3e 3c 2f 61 3e 20 47 6f |lt="(O)"></a> Go| 00000840 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 3c 61 20 68 72 65 66 3d 22 | up to <a href="| 00000850 49 6e 64 65 78 22 3e 69 6e 64 65 78 20 70 61 67 |Index">index pag| 00000860 65 3c 2f 61 3e 3c 2f 70 3e 0a 3c 2f 62 6f 64 79 |e</a></p>.</body| 00000870 3e 3c 2f 68 74 6d 6c 3e 0a |></html>.| 00000879
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