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Mystic BBS v1.12 a41 (x86/64 Linux) |
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by James Coyle |
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Mystic BBS[1] 1.12 Alpha 41 was released on 27 December |
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2018[2]. |
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Mystic BBS was conceived around the year 1995[3] when the |
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author became frustrated by the lack of customization |
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available with Renegade BBS[4], and first released to the |
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public in late 1997[5] during a period when many BBS[6] |
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packages were seeing a decline (or a full stop) in |
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development. Mystic is developed from the ground up with |
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all original source code and is intended to be the |
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spiritual successor to both Telegard[7] and Renegade[8] |
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(two of the packages the author used prior to developing |
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Mystic BBS). |
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With the fall of MS-DOS[9] and the decline of the BBS, |
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Mystic continued to push forward by releasing an OS/2[10] |
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and Windows 32[11] native version in 1998[12]. Mystic was |
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the first of the non-commerical DOS based BBS packages to |
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make the transition and integrate directly with the Telnet |
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[13] protocol. Mystic also went on to become the first of |
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the MS-DOS based packages to release a native Linux[14] |
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version in 1999[15], and the first to introduce a |
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standardized platform for DOOR games[16] across all 4 |
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operating systems. |
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In the following years after the first MS-DOS release in |
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1997[17], Mystic grew to become one of the most widely |
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used BBS packages. Popular amongst many SysOps[18] who |
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took ease of customization and the user experience |
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seriously, it is arguable that Mystic was (or even still |
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is) the most popular BBS software[19] for those who share |
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a common interest in ANSI art[20] and BBS modding. |
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In recent years, Mystic has removed its DOS version and |
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its limitations, and has moved on to better integrate |
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with Internet protocols. Mystic now has internal Telnet |
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[21], RLOGIN[22], SSH[23], NNTP[24], POP3[25], SMTP[26], |
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FTP[27], HTTP[28] and BINKP[29] servers while continuing |
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to focus on and enhance the SysOp and user experience. |
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In the fall of 2011[30], Mystic added a native Mac OSX[31] |
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version and went open source for several years. |
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In early 2015[32], Mystic introduced a stable release for |
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Raspberry Pi [33]with 1.10. Mystic in 2015 provided the |
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only integrated BBS and echomail solution for the |
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Raspberry Pi (ARM Linux) and OSX (Macintosh) platforms. |
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References |
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1. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Mystic%20BBS (link) |
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2. https://archive.org/search.php?query=date:2018-12-27 (link) |
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3. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A1995 (link) |
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4. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Renegade%20BBS (link) |
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5. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A1997 (link) |
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6. https://archive.org/search.php?query=BBS (link) |
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7. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Telegard (link) |
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8. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Renegade%20BBS (link) |
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9. https://archive.org/search.php?query=MS-DOS (link) |
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10. https://archive.org/search.php?query=OS2 (link) |
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11. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Windows%203.2 (link) |
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12. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A1998 (link) |
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13. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Telnet (link) |
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14. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Linux (link) |
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15. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A1999 (link) |
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16. https://archive.org/search.php?query=DOOR%20games (link) |
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17. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A1997 (link) |
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18. https://archive.org/search.php?query=SysOp (link) |
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19. https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28BBS%20software%29 (link) |
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20. https://archive.org/search.php?query=ANSI%20art (link) |
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21. https://archive.org/search.php?query=TELNET (link) |
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22. https://archive.org/search.php?query=RLOGIN (link) |
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23. https://archive.org/search.php?query=SSH (link) |
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24. https://archive.org/search.php?query=NNTP (link) |
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25. https://archive.org/search.php?query=POP3 (link) |
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26. https://archive.org/search.php?query=SMTP (link) |
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27. https://archive.org/search.php?query=FTP (link) |
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28. https://archive.org/search.php?query=HTTP (link) |
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29. https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28BINKP%29%20OR%20%28Fidonet%29%20OR… |
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30. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A2011 (link) |
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31. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Mac%20OSX (link) |
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32. https://archive.org/search.php?query=year%3A2015 (link) |
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33. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Raspberry%20Pi (link) |
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Date Published: 2019-02-01 18:10:59 |
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Identifier: Mystic_BBS_v1.12_a41_linux |
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