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bbs enthusiasts might remember the name Telegard - a bbs server written based on wwiv's source code and hugely popular with the ibm pc/ms-dos crowd

telegard had a long and tumultuous history by its authors, and its own source was eventually leaked and was modded into many more popular (pirate-friendly) ms-dos boards like Renegade, Oblivion and Iniquity.

while i was doing research a few months ago on the history of those systems, i found out that telegard.net - the original home of tg - was taken over by a domain squatter in 2010, populated with ads for the past 15 years.

two months ago, i noticed that the squatter had not renewed the domain, and it went into the long grace/redemption/auction/expiry cycle. i checked on it every single morning, and to my absolute delight, it was released this morning for purchase. 馃捀

the domain will be used purely for historical preservation of telegard and its many descendants

update: restored the old site from the WBM archived version to https://telegard.net

#bbs #warez#softwarePreservation

tim strike's telegard.net website, circa its last update in 1999

Telegard Product Information

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Telegard Information
Telegard BBS Software is a full featured bulletin board system software for beginners and experts! Features include a full message section with JAM and Squish formats, a full file section w/file tagging & CDROM support, multinode & multilingual support, powerful menus, scripts, and door support!
Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 Release - Y2K Fixes
Service pack 4 for Telegard 3.09.g2-sp3 fixes all the known Y2K problems (pertaining mostly to subscription expiry). The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09.g2-sp3 releases. NOTE: You must already have applied the sp3 service pack in order to apply sp4.
Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 (tg309sp4.zip, 583K)

Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 Release
Service pack 3 for Telegard 3.09.g2 fixes most (if not all) the known problems and bugs with Telegard 3.09.g2. The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09g2 releases.

Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 (tg309sp3.zip, 282K)
Telegard 3.09.g2
tim strike's telegard.net website, circa its last update in 1999 Telegard Product Information Home Guestbook Telegard Information Resources Download File Archive Other Software fks Software Telegard Information Telegard BBS Software is a full featured bulletin board system software for beginners and experts! Features include a full message section with JAM and Squish formats, a full file section w/file tagging & CDROM support, multinode & multilingual support, powerful menus, scripts, and door support! Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 Release - Y2K Fixes Service pack 4 for Telegard 3.09.g2-sp3 fixes all the known Y2K problems (pertaining mostly to subscription expiry). The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09.g2-sp3 releases. NOTE: You must already have applied the sp3 service pack in order to apply sp4. Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 (tg309sp4.zip, 583K) Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 Release Service pack 3 for Telegard 3.09.g2 fixes most (if not all) the known problems and bugs with Telegard 3.09.g2. The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09g2 releases. Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 (tg309sp3.zip, 282K) Telegard 3.09.g2

bbs enthusiasts might remember the name Telegard - a bbs server written based on wwiv's source code and hugely popular with the ibm pc/ms-dos crowd

telegard had a long and tumultuous history by its authors, and its own source was eventually leaked and was modded into many more popular (pirate-friendly) ms-dos boards like Renegade, Oblivion and Iniquity.

while i was doing research a few months ago on the history of those systems, i found out that telegard.net - the original home of tg - was taken over by a domain squatter in 2010, populated with ads for the past 15 years.

two months ago, i noticed that the squatter had not renewed the domain, and it went into the long grace/redemption/auction/expiry cycle. i checked on it every single morning, and to my absolute delight, it was released this morning for purchase. 馃捀

the domain will be used purely for historical preservation of telegard and its many descendants

update: restored the old site from the WBM archived version to https://telegard.net

#bbs #warez#softwarePreservation

tim strike's telegard.net website, circa its last update in 1999

Telegard Product Information

Home
Guestbook
Telegard
Information
Resources
Download
File Archive

Other Software
fks Software
Telegard Information
Telegard BBS Software is a full featured bulletin board system software for beginners and experts! Features include a full message section with JAM and Squish formats, a full file section w/file tagging & CDROM support, multinode & multilingual support, powerful menus, scripts, and door support!
Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 Release - Y2K Fixes
Service pack 4 for Telegard 3.09.g2-sp3 fixes all the known Y2K problems (pertaining mostly to subscription expiry). The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09.g2-sp3 releases. NOTE: You must already have applied the sp3 service pack in order to apply sp4.
Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 (tg309sp4.zip, 583K)

Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 Release
Service pack 3 for Telegard 3.09.g2 fixes most (if not all) the known problems and bugs with Telegard 3.09.g2. The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09g2 releases.

Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 (tg309sp3.zip, 282K)
Telegard 3.09.g2
tim strike's telegard.net website, circa its last update in 1999 Telegard Product Information Home Guestbook Telegard Information Resources Download File Archive Other Software fks Software Telegard Information Telegard BBS Software is a full featured bulletin board system software for beginners and experts! Features include a full message section with JAM and Squish formats, a full file section w/file tagging & CDROM support, multinode & multilingual support, powerful menus, scripts, and door support! Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 Release - Y2K Fixes Service pack 4 for Telegard 3.09.g2-sp3 fixes all the known Y2K problems (pertaining mostly to subscription expiry). The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09.g2-sp3 releases. NOTE: You must already have applied the sp3 service pack in order to apply sp4. Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 4 (tg309sp4.zip, 583K) Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 Release Service pack 3 for Telegard 3.09.g2 fixes most (if not all) the known problems and bugs with Telegard 3.09.g2. The service pack contains a binary fix and some other supplemental files to update both the DOS and OS/2 3.09g2 releases. Download Telegard 3.09.g2 Service Pack 3 (tg309sp3.zip, 282K) Telegard 3.09.g2
Julio J.
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now nearly 20 years after it was first published, rob o鈥檋ara鈥檚 Commodork remains to be the most faithful recollection of the bbs era. i鈥檝e re-read it almost every year since it was printed, and i鈥檓 always struck by how accurate his memory for the warez and modeming scene is.

i鈥檓 amazed that we still do not have a comprehensive written history of BBSes to this day.

#bbs#retroComputing #warez #commodore #books

now nearly 20 years after it was first published, rob o鈥檋ara鈥檚 Commodork remains to be the most faithful recollection of the bbs era. i鈥檝e re-read it almost every year since it was printed, and i鈥檓 always struck by how accurate his memory for the warez and modeming scene is.

i鈥檓 amazed that we still do not have a comprehensive written history of BBSes to this day.

#bbs#retroComputing #warez #commodore #books

OMG I just remembered the BBS craze. Which happened in the decade or so between my childhood computers (Commodore 64), and owning my first PC, so I didn't get to participate. By the time I got back into computers, net connections, email and the web were a thing.

But the BBS is one aspect of the future we need to build. A community-hosted server, offering members a range of services, connected to others via an open digital network.

Who recognises this wonderful retro Technology, used in Times Long past for retro places where UUCP was the language between machines, port 23 was actively used over POTS twisted pair wires, and the Sysop could read all text you wrote...

#RetroComputing#AF16550#ATX3DT#ATA#MNP5#Telebit #programming#Waffle#BBS