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Started by Chris Hellyar. One of the most popular Christchurch BBSs of the 90's. Switched hands a couple of times before resting with Nick. To my knowledge, can still be found online through Telnet.


Sysop: Nick MacKechnie

Telnet: telnet://bbs.thenet.gen.nz Port 2324 or via http://bbs.thenet.gen.nz/telnet

Web: http://bbs.thenet.gen.nz

City: Christchurch, New Zealand

Inception: Originally 1988

Fees: Free – Unlimited Access

Files: General Selection of over 25,000 Shareware files

Nets: JustaXnet 510:5126/0 – Fidonet 3:772/210 – AdventureNet 33:1000/200 –  – STN 111:8644/1, RelayNet 900:104/3159, Micronet 816:510/10, fsxNET 21:1/142

Software: Searchlight 5.1 Beta Revision 2, Irex 2.29, Squish/386 1.11

Doors: Barren Realms Elite, L.O.R.D, Usurper, Falcons Eye, Global War, Death Masters

CDs: Night Owl 13, 15 ,16 ,17 ,18 ,19 ,20 , 21, 24, 25, 26

Notes: Searchlight BBS Software Support Site, Offline (QWK) mail is available.

The Trashcan BBS now runs on Windows 10 Professional as part of a Microsoft Server 2019 network.

Software

Frontend Processor – Internet Rex version 2.31

Mail Processor – Squish/386 1.11

BBS Software – Searchlight 5.1Beta Rev2 Unlimited Node Licence / Spinaker 3.01 SR

Tick Processor Filemanager Gamma (31/03/93)

Telnet Server Net2BBS v1.24

Fossil Driver Netfoss v1.24

Operating System – Windows 10 Professional

Hypervisor – Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows Server 2019)