• The River Styx BBS

    From Charon@VERT/STYX to All on Thu Oct 11 22:09:00 2012
    Please allow me a moment of your time to introduce a new BBS to hit the net:

    The River Styx
    riverstyx.darktech.org

    We offer the following:

    Games <most are registered> and growing
    message bases <growing>
    Files <growing>

    I am new to the telnet bbs'ing, but have been in the BBS game since the mid 1980's.

    Please stop by and take a look.

    Any suggestions for The River Styx would be greatly appreciated!

    Take care,

    Charon
    The River Styx
    riverstyx.darktech.net


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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Charon on Fri Oct 12 22:23:08 2012
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Thu Oct 11 2012 06:09 pm

    The River Styx
    riverstyx.darktech.org


    okay, now THAT url works

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  • From Charon@VERT/STYX to Mro on Sun Oct 14 14:30:00 2012
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Charon on Fri Oct 12 2012 18:23:00

    LOL! I am very sorry...

    Charon
    The River Styx BBS
    riverstyx.darktech.org


    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Thu Oct 11 2012 06:09 pm

    The River Styx
    riverstyx.darktech.org


    okay, now THAT url works



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  • From Charon@VERT/THERIVER to All on Mon Dec 9 19:25:58 2013
    The River Styx BBS is back and online. We have recently recovered from a
    crash and are getting back into the game. There are several registered door games, DoveNet, and a growing File section that is currently offered, with
    more on the way.

    Please stop by and check us out...

    We will be waiting..

    Charon
    riverstyx.darktech.org
    "You Journey Ends Here"


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  • From Charon@VERT/THERIVER to All on Fri Dec 13 19:14:58 2013
    We are back and proudly serving the BBS scene.

    Please stop by at riverstyx.darktech.org and have a look around. The BBS is just recovering from a crash, but many doors have been up and the file bases are
    growing.

    Charon
    riverstx.darktech.org
    "Your Journey Ends Here"


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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Charon on Sat Dec 14 16:19:01 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Fri Dec 13 2013 02:14 pm

    We are back and proudly serving the BBS scene.

    Please stop by at riverstyx.darktech.org and have a look around. The BBS
    is just recovering from a crash, but many doors have been up and the file bases are growing.



    make sure you backup! dropbox is free and it's easy to automate backups with dropbox or other services.

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  • From Charon@VERT/THERIVER to Mro on Sun Dec 15 15:05:25 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Charon on Sat Dec 14 2013 11:19:01

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Fri Dec 13 2013 02:14 pm

    We are back and proudly serving the BBS scene.

    Please stop by at riverstyx.darktech.org and have a look around. The BBS is just recovering from a crash, but many doors have been up and the file bases are growing.



    make sure you backup! dropbox is free and it's easy to automate backups with dropbox or other services.


    Yup..

    I got it in the works.. I have never used DropBox. Is it reliable?

    Thanks,

    Charon
    riverstyx.darktech.org

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  • From KF5QEO@VERT/MAINLINE to Charon on Sun Dec 15 20:10:27 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Fri Dec 13 2013 14:14:58

    is just recovering from a crash, but many doors have been up and the file bases are growing.
    Hmm, strange place 200 doors, no windows, no lights. Just doors. Even in the attick, there's a door mounted at a 45 degree angle, right on the edge of the roof! You got to kick the door open, then climb up and jump off the roof to use the door! Why there's even a door inside the chimney! I thought that was an oven, but then noticed when I went to turn it on, it was another door! Why a man could starve to death there! Even the bed, which was quite comfortable, is a door! Seems to lead to hell, but none the less a door!

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Charon on Sun Dec 15 23:42:32 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to Mro on Sun Dec 15 2013 10:05 am

    make sure you backup! dropbox is free and it's easy to automate backups with dropbox or other services.


    Yup..

    I got it in the works.. I have never used DropBox. Is it reliable?



    it's reliable as anything else that's free and 'cloud'

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  • From Gryphon@VERT/CYBERIA to KF5QEO on Mon Dec 16 02:11:00 2013
    On 12-15-13, KF5QEO said the following...

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Fri Dec 13 2013 14:14:58

    is just recovering from a crash, but many doors have been up and the f bases are growing.
    Hmm, strange place 200 doors, no windows, no lights. Just doors. Even
    in the attick, there's a door mounted at a 45 degree angle, right on the edge of the roof! You got to kick the door open, then climb up and jump off the roof to use the door! Why there's even a door inside the
    chimney! I thought that was an oven, but then noticedwhen I went to
    turn it on, it was another door! Why a man could starve to death there! Even the bed, which was quite comfortable, is a door! Seems to lead to hell, but none the less a door!

    This sounds like the Winchester Mystery House.

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  • From Charon@VERT/BEDROCKB to KF5QEO on Sun Dec 15 23:26:33 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: KF5QEO to Charon on Sun Dec 15 2013 15:10:27

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to All on Fri Dec 13 2013 14:14:58

    is just recovering from a crash, but many doors have been up and the file bases are growing.
    Hmm, strange place 200 doors, no windows, no lights. Just doors. Even in t attick, there's a door mounted at a 45 degree angle, right on the edge of th roof! You got to kick the door open, then climb up and jump off the roof to use the door! Why there's even a door inside the chimney! I thought that w an oven, but then noticed when I went to turn it on, it was another door! W a man could starve to death there! Even the bed, which was quite comfortabl is a door! Seems to lead to hell, but none the less a door!


    lol!

    Very well said!

    Charon
    riverstyx.darktech.org

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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Charon on Mon Dec 16 13:17:09 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Charon to Mro on Sun Dec 15 2013 10:05 am

    make sure you backup! dropbox is free and it's easy to automate
    backups with dropbox or other services.

    I got it in the works.. I have never used DropBox. Is it reliable?

    Any cloud backup service is the bee's knees. I use Google Drive, basically it makes a folder on your system that's automatically sync'ed to your online cloud storage. Dropbox is nice, if you use a referral link you'll get extra storage (free account should be adiquate for your BBS backup needs), and if you get other people to use your referral link you'll get more storage.

    It's nice having the same files sync'ed to all your systems. For example, Google drive you can choose which folders you want to sync, so like my work computer only sync's a couple files for work purposes. I also synch my BBS terminal program so if I add a BBS to my listing, it updates the list on all my systems.

    Yeah, Cloud Storage, totally worth it.


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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Android8675 on Mon Dec 16 21:31:27 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Android8675 to Charon on Mon Dec 16 2013 08:17 am


    It's nice having the same files sync'ed to all your systems. For example, Google drive you can choose which folders you want to sync, so like my work computer only sync's a couple files for work purposes. I also synch my BBS terminal program so if I add a BBS to my listing, it updates the list on
    all my systems.

    Yeah, Cloud Storage, totally worth it.


    until it ends up missing.

    but it's a good 2nd or 3rd choice to backup

    if you use a special dropbox apk you get 50gigs free for 2 years.

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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Mro on Mon Dec 16 21:05:55 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Mon Dec 16 2013 04:31 pm

    if you use a special dropbox apk you get 50gigs free for 2 years.

    I have a Box link for 50 GB free, if anyone wants them -- email at poindexter@realitycheckbbs.org or netmail me.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Poindexter Fortran on Tue Dec 17 00:44:38 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Mon Dec 16 2013 04:05 pm

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Mon Dec 16 2013 04:31 pm

    if you use a special dropbox apk you get 50gigs free for 2 years.

    I have a Box link for 50 GB free, if anyone wants them -- email at poindexter@realitycheckbbs.org or netmail me.


    just post it here.
    it's not a one shot deal, is it?

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  • From Poindexter Fortran@VERT/REALITY to Mro on Tue Dec 17 11:13:49 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Mon Dec 16 2013 07:44 pm

    just post it here.
    it's not a one shot deal, is it?

    I don't think there's an unlimited number of referrals.

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  • From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to Mro on Tue Dec 17 12:41:45 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Mon Dec 16 2013 04:31 pm

    Yeah, Cloud Storage, totally worth it.


    until it ends up missing.
    but it's a good 2nd or 3rd choice to backup

    Haven't had that happen yet, but since the files are saved locally the cloud could be considered backup #2, but the files on my system are far from valuable.

    My work system has a 7 cart tape system (LTO4? 400-800gigs per tape), cloud, and we keep a tape offsite in case the office burns down... because it could happen.


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  • From Falcon Lord@VERT/LIMITS to Android8675 on Wed Dec 18 01:33:00 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Android8675 to Mro on Tue Dec 17 2013 07:41 am

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Mon Dec 16 2013 04:31 pm

    Yeah, Cloud Storage, totally worth it.


    until it ends up missing.
    but it's a good 2nd or 3rd choice to backup

    Haven't had that happen yet, but since the files are saved locally the cloud could be considered backup #2, but the files on my system are far from valuable.

    My work system has a 7 cart tape system (LTO4? 400-800gigs per tape), cloud, and we keep a tape offsite in case the office burns down... because it could happen.



    I work in the IT field and believe me IT HAS HAPPENED! I feel so sorry for people that diligently backup all of their files, but only to fail to take a copy offsite. We just had a customer lose over 8+ years of data. They made perfect backups, but it doesnt help when your backups are sitting in feet of water, along with your server, due to a busted sprinkler head.

    We do onsite and cloud backup. I was just asking about Dropbox, because I do not want to spend a ton of money backing up a BBS to a cloud. I do onsite backups currently, and will consider DropBox.

    Thank you guys for all of the information!

    Charon
    riverstyx.darktech.org

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Dec 18 03:53:14 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Tue Dec 17 2013 06:13 am

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Poindexter Fortran on Mon Dec 16 2013 07:44 pm

    just post it here.
    it's not a one shot deal, is it?

    I don't think there's an unlimited number of referrals.



    okay then, just post it here.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Android8675 on Wed Dec 18 03:55:37 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Android8675 to Mro on Tue Dec 17 2013 07:41 am

    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Android8675 on Mon Dec 16 2013 04:31 pm

    Yeah, Cloud Storage, totally worth it.


    until it ends up missing.
    but it's a good 2nd or 3rd choice to backup

    Haven't had that happen yet, but since the files are saved locally the
    cloud could be considered backup #2, but the files on my system are far
    from valuable.


    well everything that is free has strings attached. geocities was a good example. all those free services that google and other rivals shut down with little notice.

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Falcon Lord on Wed Dec 18 03:56:47 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Falcon Lord to Android8675 on Tue Dec 17 2013 08:33 pm

    feet of water, along with your server, due to a busted sprinkler head.

    We do onsite and cloud backup. I was just asking about Dropbox, because I do not want to spend a ton of money backing up a BBS to a cloud. I do onsite backups currently, and will consider DropBox.

    Thank you guys for all of the information!


    well you can pay for commerical dropbox or just get a dedicated server from ovh
    or another budget provider and do automated backups.

    it pays to backup if you have something you dont want to lose.

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  • From Jason@VERT/HDCAFE to Mro on Wed Dec 18 15:41:28 2013
    Re: The River Styx BBS
    By: Mro to Falcon Lord on Tue Dec 17 2013 10:56 pm

    well you can pay for commerical dropbox or just get a dedicated server from ovh
    or another budget provider and do automated backups.

    I use livedrive for my business. I have their pro, but you don't need the pro account to backup everything.. The pro account gives me 5 licenses for unlimited backups on 5 different machines, and then i get a 5TB briefcase that i can use like dropbox, but whats better is that the briefcase comes with FTP/SFTP/WEBDAV access.

    I use this to .tar up my sbbs folder, then sftp it up to livedrive. :) Works well for me...

    http://bit.ly/getlivedrive

    Jason


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  • From Charon@VERT/THERIVER to All on Sun Jan 12 19:35:40 2014
    Hey all, please stop by and check out The River Styx BBS. We have be up for
    a bit, and have some doors, files, and a gfile section to offer. We are continuingly growing and adding things all of the time.

    Take care and hope to see you there!

    Charon
    riverstyx.darktech.org

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  • From Arcade Master@VERT/LIMITS to All on Mon Jan 20 23:45:00 2014
    Hey guys, please stop by The River Styx BBS and let Charon know that Arcade Master sent you. Charon has taken the time to learn telnet bbsing <which was
    a shocker for him> and is working dilegently to put an older BBS <which used
    to be mine> back into action.

    I underdstand that bbs'ing is a fad of the past, but we don't have to let it be.

    So, stop by and check it out!@

    Thank you for calling and keeping The River Styx and many other bbs
    communities alive!

    Take care..

    riverstyx.darktech.org

    Arcade Master

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