I have been browsing boards, to find heavily modified boards. What are some of the most decked out modded boards around? Are there any that do not even resemble the software they are using? (like major bbs, synchronet, mystic, you get the ideah lol)

I know you've been by before, but to those who haven't futureland.today is VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most customized Synchronet BBS right now - I've gotten props from some tough BBS customers I won't name, but if you haven't been by, you're missing out!

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On Mar 17, 2026 09:49am, HM DERDOC wrote to
MORNINGSTARR:

I have been browsing boards, to find

heavily modified boards. What are

some
of the most decked out modded boards

around? Are there any that do not

even
resemble the software they are using?

(like major bbs, synchronet, mystic,

you get the ideah lol)

I know you've been by before, but to

those who haven't futureland.today

is VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most

customized Synchronet BBS right now

- I've gotten props from some tough BBS

customers I won't name, but if

you haven't been by, you're missing out!

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telnet/ssh://futureland.today
https://blockbra.in

i might have to stop by :)

I saw the other day there is a local IT firm
in Buffalo called SynchroNet.
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Robert Wolfe wrote to HM DERDOC <=-

On Mar 17, 2026 09:49am, HM DERDOC wrote to
MORNINGSTARR:

I have been browsing boards, to find

heavily modified boards. What are

some
of the most decked out modded boards

around? Are there any that do not

even
resemble the software they are using?

(like major bbs, synchronet, mystic,

you get the ideah lol)

I know you've been by before, but to

those who haven't futureland.today

is VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most

customized Synchronet BBS right now

- I've gotten props from some tough BBS

customers I won't name, but if

you haven't been by, you're missing out!

+++
= Synchronet =

telnet/ssh://futureland.today
https://blockbra.in

i might have to stop by :)

I saw the other day there is a local IT firm
in Buffalo called SynchroNet.

Dude, your quoting absolutely sucks. Are you using a 40-col terminal of
some kind? It's not coming through well, as you can hopefully see from
the dumpster-fire displayed above. Please fix.



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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: Gamgee to Robert Wolfe on Tue Mar 17 2026 07:42 pm

Are you using a 40-col terminal of
some kind? It's not coming through
well, as you can hopefully see from
the dumpster-fire displayed above.
Please fix.

I don't know if they are, but I
absolutely am myself. The new Commodore64 Ultimate, the re-release of the C64. Using Ultimate Term, still getting
accustomed to getting around on it.


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Re: RE: modded bbs's
By: Robert Wolfe to HM DERDOC on Tue Mar 17 2026 15:49:00

I know you've been by before, but to those who haven't futureland.today is VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most customized Synchronet BBS right now

Just spent some time there, and yeah, it's very customized, but not better. I found it rather tedious navigating the screens of "icons", particularly in the Forums and News Reader sections. Not to mention that the descriptions are heavily abbreviated for lack of space, so you're not always sure what your going into. a list mode is definitely needed.

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Re: modded bbs's
By: Hm Derdoc to morningstarr on Tue Mar 17 2026 09:49 am

I know you've been by before, but to those who haven't futureland.today is VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most customized Synchronet BBS right now - I've gotten props from some tough BBS customers I won't name, but if you haven't been by, you're missing out!

Nice job on the BBS customizations. Very easy to use with a mouse and lots to see.

Prowler

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I have been browsing boards, to find heavily modified boards. What are some of the most decked out modded boards around?

I have not customized my entire BBS shell, but I am very proud of my IGS login shell and sequence at Guardian of Forever BBS -- guardian.synchro.net.

To use it you have to be using an Atari ST (real or emulated) with a recent version of the "Instant Graphics and Sound" software.

Or you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymii4HSuqt0

I have also made a proof-of-concept of a main menu based on the ST: TMP / Wrath of Khan tactical graphics, but this is a demo on my BBS right now, not the actual menu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToCZE8bRxuw

(My BBS also has a custom Atari ST VT-52 login sequence, as well as a lot of custom ANSI demos)

--Josh

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On 18 Mar 2026, Mortar said the following...

Re: RE: modded bbs's
By: Robert Wolfe to HM DERDOC on Tue Mar 17 2026 15:49:00

I know you've been by before, but to those who haven't futureland. is VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most customized Synchronet BBS righ

Just spent some time there, and yeah, it's very customized, but not better. I found it rather tedious navigating the screens of "icons", particularly in the Forums and News Reader sections. Not to mention
that the descriptions are heavily abbreviated for lack of space, so
you're not always sure what your going into. a list mode is definitely needed.

makes me think of the bottom line of the user interface for Turbo Vision (from things like Turbo Pascal, DOS Navigator, etc) .. you don't really have a tooltip option for a terminal program so they just displayed that sort of
information on the bottom line of the screen.

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Re: RE: modded bbs's
By: Robert Wolfe to HM DERDOC on Tue Mar 17 2026 15:49:00

Just spent some time there, and yeah, it's very customized, but not better.
I found it rather tedious navigating the screens of "icons", particularly in the Forums and News Reader sections. Not to mention that the descriptions are heavily abbreviated for lack of space, so you're not always sure what your going into. a list mode is definitely needed.

"better" is certainly subjective, but you do hit the nail on the head in some ways as to some challenges. running an icon driven board where the icons are 12 x 6 means I have to cut things off at 12 characters, it's not really a problem when I have time and skill to draw a nice icon or go in there and use some human judgment on what to label something, but there are times when I import a lot of stuff, and forums and RSS feeds are good examples of that. I don't consider myself an ANSI artist, more of a coder so on one hand it's great when I can add a new network or door game, on the otherhand i've got to get icons and labels for these things. there are over 5000 RSS feeds being fed through there - they have semi-dynamic icons, but yeah, easy to get lost in there, at least first time (once you recognize the icons like me, you can be in a stupor and find your way around -> we've tested it)

To me, it's more curation than design, but yeah, I acknowledge the clunkiness there and I'd like to reach more of a "curation" phase than "development" (I gotta stop adding stuff - i wish i had a cosysop - i'll be done soon, i keep telling myself). List mode can be a thing for another rewrite, this things held together with rubber bands and chewing gum lol

i think there's definitely things you probably missed in your session - even when you go idle interesting things happens, but i mean it's fair to come to the conclusion it's not "better" at face value 2 seconds in if traditional BBS's interfaces are your jam - which is probably a lot of people here. me personally, i'm totally happy how it's turned out though myself for whatever reasons.

sometimes i use arrows to get around, sometimes i use typeahead mode, but mostly i just use my mouse and slouch way back. sometimes i just trip out off the screensavers and fall out of my chair. maybe it's just a curiosity for some, but i can loiter here endlessly. it's designed for loitering, really - i guess in my BBS heyday, I'd loiter on multi-line boards for hours - that's the nostalgia goal for me, loitering on the fringes of cyberspace with gifted delinquents, it's more abstract. :)

cheers,
derdok

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Nice job on the BBS customizations. Very easy to use with a mouse and lots to see.

Thanks for the compliments and stopping by ... hope to see you around again! :)

cheers,
derdok

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Re: modded bbs's
By: Prowler to Hm Derdoc on Wed Mar 18 2026 01:43 pm

Re: modded bbs's
By: Hm Derdoc to morningstarr on Tue Mar 17 2026 09:49 am

I know you've been by before, but to those who haven't futureland.today is > > VERY CUSTOMIZED. Maybe the most customized Synchronet BBS right now -
I've gotten props from some tough BBS customers I won't name, but if you haven't been by, you're missing out!

Nice job on the BBS customizations. Very easy to use with a mouse and lots to see.

Prowler

It's not only customized but it's fun to use.
That's missing from a lot of bbses.

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Re: RE: modded bbs's
By: Hm Derdoc to Mortar on Wed Mar 18 2026 11:41 pm

Re: RE: modded bbs's
By: Robert Wolfe to HM DERDOC on Tue Mar 17 2026 15:49:00

Just spent some time there, and yeah, it's very customized, but not better.
I found it rather tedious navigating the screens of "icons", particularly
in the Forums and News Reader sections. Not to mention that the
descriptions are heavily abbreviated for lack of space, so you're not
always sure what your going into. a list mode is definitely needed.

"better" is certainly subjective, but you do hit the nail on the head in some > ways as to some challenges. running an icon driven board where the icons are > 12 x 6 means I have to cut things off at 12 characters, it's not really a
problem when I have time and skill to draw a nice icon or go in there and use > some human judgment on what to label something, but there are times when I
import a lot of stuff, and forums and RSS feeds are good examples of that. I > don't consider myself an ANSI artist, more of a coder so on one hand it's
great when I can add a new network or door game, on the otherhand i've got to > get icons and labels for these things. there are over 5000 RSS feeds being
fed through there - they have semi-dynamic icons, but yeah, easy to get lost in there, at least first time (once you recognize the icons like me, you can be in a stupor and find your way around -> we've tested it)

as you know i visited your bbs after 12 hrs of working and a hazy mind but i didn't really see any issues with navigation or difficulty in understanding What i was selecting on your bbs.

I think he was going a bit too fast and maybe preoccupied.

To me, it's more curation than design, but yeah, I acknowledge the clunkiness there and I'd like to reach more of a "curation" phase than "development" (I gotta stop adding stuff - i wish i had a cosysop - i'll be done soon, i keep telling myself). List mode can be a thing for another rewrite, this things held together with rubber bands and chewing gum lol

i think there's definitely things you probably missed in your session - even when you go idle interesting things happens, but i mean it's fair to come to the conclusion it's not "better" at face value 2 seconds in if traditional BBS's interfaces are your jam - which is probably a lot of people here. me personally, i'm totally happy how it's turned out though myself for whatever reasons.

sometimes i use arrows to get around, sometimes i use typeahead mode, but mostly i just use my mouse and slouch way back. sometimes i just trip out off the screensavers and fall out of my chair. maybe it's just a curiosity for some, but i can loiter here endlessly. it's designed for loitering, really - i guess in my BBS heyday, I'd loiter on multi-line boards for hours - that's the nostalgia goal for me, loitering on the fringes of cyberspace with gifted delinquents, it's more abstract. :)

cheers,
derdok

it's good to have something playful and different. really, what else do we have now for bbses? Stuff that most regular people would not be interested in.


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Dude, your quoting absolutely sucks. Are you using a 40-col terminal of some kind? It's not coming through well, as you can hopefully see from the dumpster-fire displayed above. Please fix.

\
No, I was using a larger font in my offline message editor for medical reasons. My 60-year-old eyes have a hard time reading smaller fonts,
even with glasses. So please take things like that into consideration
before saying things like what I quoted above. Bur for your
convenience I actually logged in to reply to your message.

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Robert Wolfe wrote to GAMGEE <=-

Dude, your quoting absolutely sucks. Are you using a 40-col terminal of some kind? It's not coming through well, as you can hopefully see from
the dumpster-fire displayed above. Please fix.

No, I was using a larger font in my offline message editor for medical reasons. My 60-year-old eyes have a hard time reading smaller fonts,
even with glasses. So please take things like that into consideration before saying things like what I quoted above. Bur for your
convenience I actually logged in to reply to your message.

Okay, well perhaps you should consider how they (your messages) look to others, because they're very hard to read.

As for "taking that into consideration", how was I supposed to know
about your vision issue beforehand?



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Okay, well perhaps you should consider how they (your messages) look to others, because they're very hard to read.

As for "taking that into consideration", how was I supposed to know
about your vision issue beforehand?

I'm sorry. Been in a mood here lately that tends to trickle over into
other things.

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Robert Wolfe wrote to GAMGEE <=-

Okay, well perhaps you should consider how they (your messages) look to others, because they're very hard to read.

As for "taking that into consideration", how was I supposed to know
about your vision issue beforehand?

I'm sorry. Been in a mood here lately that tends to trickle over into other things.

All good. Hope things pick up a bit for ya.




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All good. Hope things pick up a bit for ya.

thank you.

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Re: Re: modded bbs's
By: Robert Wolfe to GAMGEE on Fri Mar 20 2026 10:38:00

As for "taking that into consideration", how was I supposed to know
about your vision issue beforehand?

I'm sorry. Been in a mood here lately that tends to trickle over into
other things.

/How/ you say things can be as important as /what/, especially in text form. Staying neural is your best bet.

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