• BBS is Open!

    From BiggieB to All on Friday, February 20, 2026 22:46:53
    Hey everyone!

    Jersey Jam BBS opened it doors on Feb 19, 2026 to the world.

    Although the BBS is still in development, the best way to test it out and gain content is to open it for other people to interact.

    We offer a few ways to connect to the BBS (Telnet, SSH & WEB) and offer several BBS Door Games (see external programs), IRC, ANSI & RIP graphics etc.

    Jersey Jam is also connected to the DOVE-NET message network that is part of the Synchronet network. You can read thousands of messages and reply, and post, back to the DOVE-NET for global community interaction.

    Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements or any issues.

    Thanks!
    BiggieB
  • From Morningstarr to BiggieB on Sunday, March 08, 2026 13:45:08
    Re: BBS is Open!
    By: BiggieB to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 10:46 pm

    What's up man!? Cool to see you got a board up and running. I can help ya where I can. I'm not a guru, but I can make things work.
    I run a bbs as well.
    Hobbyspc.synchro.net
  • From BiggieB to Morningstarr on Sunday, March 08, 2026 18:11:28

    Re: BBS is Open!
    By: BiggieB to All on Fri Feb 20 2026 10:46 pm

    What's up man!? Cool to see you got a board up and running. I can help ya where I can. I'm not a guru, but I can make things work.
    I run a bbs as well.
    Hobbyspc.synchro.net



    Hey there Morningstarr! Thanks for stopping by and I will have to check your bbs as well! Right now I've been trying to setup FIDOnet and I still need to sit down and do a bunch of ANSI art to personalize the board a bit. Welcome aboard.
  • From Morningstarr to BiggieB on Sunday, March 08, 2026 22:57:58
    Re: BBS is Open!
    By: BiggieB to Morningstarr on Sun Mar 08 2026 06:11 pm

    Hey there Morningstarr! Thanks for stopping by and I will have to check your bbs as well! Right now I've been trying to setup FIDOnet and I still need to sit down and do a bunch of ANSI art to personalize the board a bit. Welcome aboard.

    Fido-net is a beast to setup. I haven't even tried lol. keep me updated! I'll come by daily and check it out. I have a good bid of mods. It is nowhere near close to being done. I don't think it ever will be lol.
  • From BiggieB to Morningstarr on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 10:41:52

    Re: BBS is Open!
    By: BiggieB to Morningstarr on Sun Mar 08 2026 06:11 pm

    Fido-net is a beast to setup. I haven't even tried lol. keep me updated! I'll come by daily and check it out. I have a good bid of mods. It is nowhere near close to being done. I don't think it ever will be lol.


    Same here. BBS'ing is a labor of love! I ran a bbs back in 88-95 and it was constant work but so rewarding. What ANSI editor do you like to use with Synchronet? Seems PabloDraw is the best from what I've tried but still a bear to work with. Plus it crashes both on Windows and Mac OS out of the blue. I really need to work on ANSI screens to personalize my bbs.
  • From Morningstarr to BiggieB on Saturday, March 14, 2026 19:05:30
    Re: BBS is Open!
    By: BiggieB to Morningstarr on Tue Mar 10 2026 10:41 am

    I use pablo draw...yeah it sucks, but it works. Delete that last message i posted. I was trying to quote your text and ended up saving it....booooo. So this time, I didn't quote lol.
    I am not a great artist by no means. I can manage..modding synchronet is a beast too. You can do so much with it, but you better be good with javascript and creative...You can do a lot in baja, it's easier to use. I end up using both. If piece together different scripts to get shit to work. If you need any help let me know. I will see what I can do. I am thinking about starting a qwk network for synchronet support. If you go on the usual places to get support, you will get rude replies. I have seen the old school sysops who know all about synchronet, literally run people off. They close their board down lol
    The other day, I was trying to display an ansi at a slower speed. So the picture didn't blow by so fast, you couldn't see it. I had the @codes@ up on the wiki page and went through all of the codes and was wondering what the best one would be..It wasn't documented to well. So I went to cvs irc channel and asked.
    The first response I got was and I quote...."what are you using synchronet irc as the wiki now?"
    so be careful how you word your questions, make sure you read the documentation on what you are doing...and expect blow back.
    I thought you would have came by my board by now. I am adding a telnet link on my board to your bbs so, if someone stumbles accross the menu, in my external programs, they may telnet to your board...kind of free advertising.

    Oh, just forgot, if you ask a question on dove-net or irc. Make sure your spelling is correct and punctuation is on point. They won't even answer your question. They will just make fun of you.
    Don't mind my spelling or punctuation on here. I don't really find it a priority to make things perfect.

    Good luck, and have a wonderful day.
  • From BiggieB to Morningstarr on Sunday, March 15, 2026 11:46:08

    Re: BBS is Open!
    By: BiggieB to Morningstarr on Tue Mar 10 2026 10:41 am

    I use pablo draw...yeah it sucks, but it works. Delete that last message i posted. I was trying to quote your text and ended up saving it....booooo. So this time, I didn't quote lol.

    LOL. No problem, it's been deleted. I think there's a setting in Sync that I can toggle to left members delete their posts. I'll look into that.

    I am not a great artist by no means. I can manage..modding synchronet is a beast too. You can do so much with it, but you better be good with javascript and creative...You can do a lot in baja, it's easier to use. I end up using both. If piece together different scripts to get shit to work. If you need any help let me know. I will see what I can do. I am thinking about starting a qwk network for synchronet support. If you go on the usual places to get support, you will get rude replies. I have seen the old school sysops who know all about synchronet, literally run people off. They close their board down lol

    Is there a BAJA editor that's good to use? I haven't advertised my BBS yet because I'm waiting on spicing it up a bit with some ANSI art and adding more content, and working out all the networking services and such. Trying to get enough content to keep folks busy and interested when they arrive to bring them coming back. That's always the hardest thing to do.

    The other day, I was trying to display an ansi at a slower speed. So the picture didn't blow by so fast, you couldn't see it. I had the @codes@ up on the wiki page and went through all of the codes and was wondering what the best one would be..It wasn't documented to well. So I went to cvs irc channel and asked.
    The first response I got was and I quote...."what are you using synchronet irc as the wiki now?"
    so be careful how you word your questions, make sure you read the documentation on what you are doing...and expect blow back.

    So far I've been posting questions on the Synchronet discussions DOVE-NET group and Rob, and a few others, have been helpful. I only post questions that I just can't figure out after hours or research and trying. I don't want to be "that noobie guy" constantly asking questions. However, it is costing me many more hours a day plugging along trying things - LOL

    I thought you would have came by my board by now. I am adding a telnet link on my board to your bbs so, if someone stumbles accross the menu, in my external programs, they may telnet to your board...kind of free advertising.

    Sorry about that. I have been struggling trying to get FIDONET up and running and it has been consuming all my time. Yesterday alone I spent close to 8 hours on it. I finally gave up at midnight and said "screw it" and was just gonna give up. Then, I woke up this morning and the darn thing is working. Crazy. I think my hub is just very slow at responses.. I mean I try something and it's like 4 hours later before I get anything back. Right now it's working but I'm trying to figure out how to get messages older than last night coming in. Like a years worth. That's my goal today.

    I'll be stopping by your place today for sure. :) And thanks for coming by and posting and stuff.

    Oh, just forgot, if you ask a question on dove-net or irc. Make sure your spelling is correct and punctuation is on point. They won't even answer your question. They will just make fun of you.

    I can read a post of mine 10 times over before submitting and right after it's posted I find errors! LOL

    Don't mind my spelling or punctuation on here. I don't really find it a priority to make things perfect.

    Good luck, and have a wonderful day.


    Thanks a bunch!!
  • From BiggieB to Morningstarr on Sunday, March 15, 2026 12:59:44
    Oh... I forgot to tell ya. I added your BBS listing to my logoff msg. And thanks for putting mine on yours.

    Also, I tried logging into your system but I got a message from your BBS that my IP was blocked and for me to go F myself - LOL! I jumped onto another network to connect and sent ya an email.