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The files in the Retsof Texas AC 512 Austin Area BBS list are changed
daily. Later uploads get new versions. I add a `*' code if I have
verified that local boards have the list available for download. The
outer filename changes monthly and ranges from RETSOF01.ZIP to
RETSOF12.ZIP. RETSOF12 is superseded by RETSOF01 the following year.
My new scheme for Camel's Back lists is A512ymmx.ZIP to gain more exposure.
Get real. Do not use any BBSlist from anywhere that is more than
90 days old. They degrade about 1% per day and many boards are gone.
The most recent monthly BBS list is available to long distance callers
without the need of going through a registration process. Camel's
Back BBS has 5 high speed lines available at 1-512-243-0077. This
number is listed in the BBS Lister section of Boardwatch Magazine.
Further refreshes during the month will be found in the new file
section as RETSyydd.ZIP. Please change the outer name to RETSOFmm.ZIP
(or whatever compression method) (if you put the refreshed file on your
system.
It is distributed automatically by file TIC from Balcones Fault Line to
most Austin hubs and then to most nodes and points in net 382, mass
e-mailed to VBBS boards in Area Code 512, posted to alt.bbs.lists,
sent to Houston for the Internet Gopher, forwarded to the Fidonet
Filebone by 1:382/1 for worldwide Filebone distribution, is published in
Austin Tech-Connected monthly newpaper and Texas Computing Magazine,
and is uploaded by me to other netted and independent
IBM/Macintosh/Amiga/Atari/Apple boards in the Austin Wide Area Exchange.
Text or g-file versions are on many boards for online capture or download,
including After Hours 32 line chat board at 1-512-320-1650.
If you don't get one, it's your own fault.
Sending up to 100 pages of multiple files in this BBS list by FAX
is not practical, so forget it.
I call bulletin boards in the Austin Wide Area Exchange and am registered
on most of the 300 local systems. It takes a while to get around to all of
them, so respond in one of the BBS echos if you have something changing.
Some of sysops want to advertise, others wait for me to dig them out, but
few say anything when they get tired of running a BBS.
I include information for Corpus Christi,
Victoria, Kingsville, Georgetown, and elsewhere in the area code.
(Independent non-netted BBS information from outside the Austin
area is greatly appreciated, since bulletin boards are so volatile,
and calls within the area code are expensive. This information should
be provided every 2-3 months, so I will not think that the BBS went down.)
If your information is accurate in Fidonet, WWIVnet, or Virtualnet
nodelists, I will find it weekly. However, if you are a mail-only node,
I will not list your BBS unless you provide an additional public number
for human callers.
I ONLY WANT TEXAS AREA CODE 512, not anything else.
Out-of-Austin callers may call the Texas Computing BBS at 1-800-890-2038.
This is a free BBS and a free call. Leave your BBS info there.
If you want to change your listing or add some specialties,
post a summary on a wide area echo available in Austin, send e-mail
to John Foster on most Fidonet boards in 1:382/__, e-mail
Retsof on most Austin WWIV or VBBS boards,
post an advertising message to Fidonet Austin BBSINFO and/or
WWIV BBS info or Virtual net BBS info echos (RECOMMENDED!
so callers will see also)
send an internet message to
[email protected], call voice
to 1-512-346-8253 or mail to
RETSOFtware BBSlist Dept.
4113 PAINT ROCK DR
AUSTIN TX 78731-1320
I get many callers who for some reason cannot use an answering machine
or interact with a real person, so having a BBS online for users that
have never called one is out of the question.
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RESPONSE.ddd
Submit date ___ / ___ / ____
-=[ R E T S O F ]=- TEXAS Area Code 512 BBSlist Data gathering Response Form
All information is optional but the BBS telephone numbers, which are critical.
This is the kind of input that will help get the callers you want.
Discard any form lines not needed for this submission.
Keep online postings to 79 columns with NO ANSI colors. Fidonet hates that.
Mail calls only ( ) Listed Fido calls only ( )
Private board requiring system or new user password ( )
(If any of these, I may only require names, modems capabilities, and net
addresses to keep my echo address lists in order.
It probably won't go on the list.
BBS Name: __________________________ previous BBS name: _____________________
BBS Software ___________ Release _______
add more form lines for shared BBS
Sysop since: ___/____/_____ This BBS online since: ___/____/_____
Sysop Name: ______________________________ handle: __________________________
snailmail address ___________________________________
___________________________________
______________________ __ ______-_____
STATE ZIP +4
Co-Sysop Name/handle if for a required function: ___________________________
Front end Mailer: _____________________________
Member of metro / national networks:
Net ____________________ address: ____________________
Net ____________________ address: ____________________
Net ____________________ address: ____________________
Net ____________________ address: ____________________
Net ____________________ address: ____________________
add more form lines if needed
message post/call ratios ( )
Internet address: ____________________________@_____________________________
Usenet address: ______________________________________________ .UUCP
Mandatory cost for BBS: $$$___________ per _________
Optional cost for BBS: $$________ per _____ for WHAT? ______________________
Donation $_________ per ____________ anything ( ) free ( )
What Validation required for BBS: _____________________
What Validation required for extra services: ________________________
Commercial system ( ) Government system ( )
CPU type: ___ CPU brand/model: __________________ Operating Sys: ______v_____
I Support IBM ( ) Mac ( ) Apple ( ) Amiga ( ) Atari ( ) Commodore ( )
Unstacked/Stacked total Hard Drive space: ______Mb/_____Mb (not incl. CD-ROMs)
Hard drive brands: _____________________ MFM/RLL ( ) ESDI ( ) IDE ( ) SCSI ( )
MASTER file name of all files only on the hard drives ______________________
compressed MASTER file name of all files (e.g. ___.ZIP) ____________________
other MASTER file names __________________________ purpose _________________
Approximate number of files _____________ dynamic Master file list ( )
(as WWIV or VBBS)
Downloads only ( ) file upload/download ratios ( ) Adult file section ( )
File distribution network or company software supported ____________________
# CD-ROM disks online simultaneously ____
CD-ROM titles available on the board or for rotation:
1. ______________________________ Master file for CD-ROM __________________
2. ______________________________ Master file for CD-ROM __________________
3. ______________________________ Master file for CD-ROM __________________
4. ______________________________ Master file for CD-ROM __________________
5. ______________________________ Master file for CD-ROM __________________
add more form lines
online games ( ) 10-49 online games ( ) 50+ online games ( )
Up to 5 most popular online games:
Recent interesting online game: ____________________
A few Non-game online doors: _______________________
Adult/matchmaking doors ( )
Graphical User Interface: ________ user software required: _______________
Private messages to sysop only ( )
Metro (local calling area) messages ( )
National messages ( ) Adult message bases ( )
Offline Message Door(s)/Reader(s) _________________________________
Bidirectional transfers: BIMODEM: ( ) HSLINK: ( ) JANUS: ( ) Other: _____
Primary BBS purpose or file groupings:
BBS Specialty codes or restrictions (See RETABLyy.ddd for codes)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If you list more than one BBS line, there is room for 10 codes on each line
if you want more.
Other specialties or features not in BBSlist
( ) - _________________________
( ) - _________________________
( ) - _________________________
(Defaults: 24 hours 8/N/1, full duplex,
IBM compatible, area code 512, Austin Wide Area Exchange, free BBS,
not networked)
BBS schedule: 24 hours or Fidonet 22 hours 7 days: ( )
Minimum guaranteed schedule. Extra time will be a bonus.
part time start: ___:___ am/pm to ___:___ M-F ( ) weekend ( ) other _____
part time start: ___:___ am/pm to ___:___ M-F ( ) weekend ( ) other _____
Student board: up for fall ( ) winter ( ) spring ( ) summer ( )
normally down for breaks
If I am playing games or tinkering with the BBS for more than 2 hours/day
the lister should call it unscheduled part-time ( )
or maybe not even a BBS for public callers, just for friends. ( )
If calls rollover to other lines, only one entry is needed, but if you
have more than one class of modem, callers would appreciate knowing
which number to use for that modem to maximize.
Modem proprietary codes from RETHSM(high speed) or RETABL
#s is number of rotary lines (hunt group) accessed from this number
min.bps is minimum bits per second rate you permit on this line
bps rate is lower basic DCE carrier speed, not higher DTE bit rate.
1.Modem brand/model ____________________ 1-512-____-_____ #s____ min.bps ____
ISDN - must state exact mode used -- no auto negotiation
128.0 2 B channels ( ) 2 phone #s __________ ___________
64.0 type C X.75 ( )
64.0 type D X.75 + V.42bis ( )
64.0 type E X.75 NL (T70) ( )
64.0 type F X.75 NL (T70) + V.42bis ( )
64.0 type S V.120 ( )
38.4 type B V.110 ( )
19.2 type A V.110 ( )
V.34/28.8( ) RockwellV.FC28.8( ) 24.0( ) 19.2( )
Codex24.0( )
TurboPEP23.0( ) PEP18.0( )
AT&TV.32terboUSR21.6( ) nonUSR19.2( )
ZyXEL19.2( ) 16.8( )
HST16.8( ) 14.4( ) 9.6( ) Dual Std( ) V.Everything( )
CSP9.6( ) Hayes-V9.6( )
ITU/CCIT-T V.32b14.4( ) V.32/9.6( ) V.22b/2.4( ) V.22/1.2( )
MNP( ) V.42( ) V.42b( )
2.Modem brand/model ____________________ 1-512-____-_____ #s____ min.bps ____
ISDN - must state exact mode used -- no auto negotiation
128.0 2 B channels ( ) 2 phone #s __________ ___________
64.0 type C X.75 ( )
64.0 type D X.75 + V.42bis ( )
64.0 type E X.75 NL (T70) ( )
64.0 type F X.75 NL (T70) + V.42bis ( )
64.0 type S V.120 ( )
38.4 type B V.110 ( )
19.2 type A V.110 ( )
V.34/28.8( ) V.FC28.8( ) 24.0( ) 19.2( )
Codex24.0( )
TurboPEP23.0( ) PEP18.0( )
V.32terboUSR21.6( ) nonUSR19.2( )
ZyXEL19.2( ) 16.8( )
HST16.8( ) 14.4( ) 9.6( )
CSP9.6( ) Hayes-V9.6( )
ITU/CCIT-T V.32b14.4( ) V.32/9.6( ) V.22b/2.4( ) V.22/1.2( )
MNP( ) V.42( ) V.42b( )
3.Modem brand/model ____________________ 1-512-____-_____ #s____ min.bps ____
ISDN - must state exact mode used -- no auto negotiation
128.0 2 B channels ( ) 2 phone #s __________ ___________
64.0 type C X.75 ( )
64.0 type D X.75 + V.42bis ( )
64.0 type E X.75 NL (T70) ( )
64.0 type F X.75 NL (T70) + V.42bis ( )
64.0 type S V.120 ( )
38.4 type B V.110 ( )
19.2 type A V.110 ( )
V.34/28.8( ) V.FC28.8( ) 24.0( ) 19.2( )
Codex24.0( )
TurboPEP23.0( ) PEP18.0( )
V.32terboUSR21.6( ) nonUSR19.2( )
ZyXEL19.2( ) 16.8( )
HST16.8( ) 14.4( ) 9.6( )
CSP9.6( ) Hayes-V9.6( )
ITU/CCIT-T V.32b14.4( ) V.32/9.6( ) V.22b/2.4( ) V.22/1.2( )
MNP( ) V.42( ) V.42b( )
Add more form lines if needed
Do you encourage high speed or low speed callers to use any particular lines?
Note:
Are games or CD-ROMs only available on certain lines?
Note:
Voice # 1-512-____-______ public ( ) private ( )
Fax # 1-512-____-______ public ( ) private ( )
Mail # 1-512-____-______ public ( ) private ( )
>>>-----> Also note if date of moving ____ / ____ / _____
and the new numbers if known.
any equipment addition/changes/deletions to the BBS in the next 30-60 days?
One line comment about the BBS:
Why would users call if not above? What is special about your system?
Anything I missed or you think the world should know _______________________
Do not write in this space []
