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Five ways in. The browser terminal works on anything; the native clients give you the full retro experience.
Click Connect
The fastest path. No download, no install — works on phones too.
Open browser terminalThat's it.
Hit Connect now on the home page. Welcome to the network.
Install SyncTERM
The gold-standard BBS client — handles ANSI, RIP, IBM CP437 fonts, and modem-era protocols. Free.
Connect
Open SyncTERM, choose Manual Dial, and enter:
Use any telnet client
Built-in on most platforms. Note: Windows 10+ disables telnet by default — enable in Turn Windows features on or off.
Recommended clients
SSH — encrypted and modern
Works in any terminal. macOS, Linux, and Windows 10+ all ship with ssh.
First time? Don't have an account?
Replace your_alias with guest for read-only access, or new to register.
Rlogin — for door-game launchers
The browser terminal uses rlogin internally to launch specific doors. Useful if you're scripting your own launcher.
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Sysop: StingRay Location: Woodstock, GA Users: 385 Nodes: 15 (1 / 14) Uptime: 112:41:55 Calls: 3,161 Calls today: 1 Files: 21,507 Messages: 414,755