OSP/BBS Survey
Current
Results
May
'99
%'s have not been recently calculated, it just takes too damn long to do. ;-)
| Users | 8 | |
| SysOps | 55 | |
| BBS Programmer | 2 | |
| Beta Testers | 1 | |
seems as if more sysops are doing these surveys, if possible, could you get your users to vote as well.
-- Terminals--
Favorite Dial-up Terminal program?
| Terminate | 7 | 16% |
| Telix | 4 | 9% |
| RIPterm | 1 | 3% |
| BananaComm | 3 | 9% |
| Qmodem95 | 3 | 6% |
| LiTerm | 3 | 9% |
| FrontDoor terminal | 3 | 6% |
| Intermail terminal | 0 | 0% |
| LiveWire | 1 | 3% |
| Qmodem Pro DOS | 3 | 6% |
| ZOC | 3 | 6% |
| Telemate | 2 | 6% |
| ComIt | 3 | 9% |
| FEAR-Terminal | 1 | 3% |
| ProComPlus | 2 | 6% |
| ZTerm | 1 | |
| MiniCom | 2 |
Favorite TELNET Terminal program?
| Windows Telnet Terminal | 2 | 7% |
| Java Enabled | 2 | 4% |
| LiTerm | 3 | 11% |
| Qmodem95 | 3 | 4% |
| NetTerm | 3 | 11% |
| mTelnet | 7 | 18% |
| ZOC | 2 | 4% |
| RipTel | 1 | 4% |
| OS/2 iak telnet terminal | 2 | 7% |
| Reflection | 1 | 4% |
| CommNet 32 | 3 | 11% |
| TelSRV - EleBBS | 1 | 4% |
| FEAR-Tnet | 1 | 4% |
| SecureCRT | 1 | 4% |
| Tera Term | 1 | 4% |
| ProComPlus | 1 | 4% |
| Alpha Terminal/CRT | 1 | |
| CRT | 1 | |
| rTelnet | 1 | |
| MCTel | 1 |
-- Online Games --
Favorite online games (door games)?
| LoRD 2: New World | 17 | 7% |
| The Clans | 9 | 3% |
| LoRD | 34 | 14% |
| Global Wars | 8 | 4% |
| Falcons Eye | 13 | 5% |
| Arrow Bridge | 4 | 1.5% |
| Arrow Bridge 2 | 3 | 1.5% |
| Barren Realms Elite | 20 | 8% |
| ChaosLinerZ | 1 | 0.5% |
| Dementia Wall | 1 | 0.5% |
| Lore | 4 | 1.5% |
| Usurper | 9 | 3% |
| Trade Wars or TW2002 | 17 | 7% |
| Leviathans Reef | 1 | 0.5% |
| Bazooka Of the Red Dragon | 1 | 0.5% |
| Operation Overkill | 2 | 1% |
| Life In Latexila | 1 | 0.5% |
| NetRunner | 1 | 0.5% |
| Forces Of Darkness | 1 | 0.5% |
| Caribbean Contraband | 1 | 0.5% |
| War of the Words | 1 | 0.5% |
| Food Fite | 3 | 1% |
| Dungeon Master | 2 | 1% |
| MogulS | 1 | 0.5% |
| Friends & ThugS | 1 | 0.5% |
| Joust F/X | 2 | 1% |
| Shadow Board | 1 | 0.5% |
| Blood Shed | 1 | 0.5% |
| Dark Lands | 2 | 1% |
| Falcon Honor | 2 | 1% |
| WTLord | 1 | 0.5% |
| Immortals | 1 | 0.5% |
| Land of Devastation | 1 | 0.5% |
| Kannons & Katapults | 2 | 1% |
| Beast's Domain | 1 | 0.5% |
| Super Slots | 4 | 2% |
| Mahjongg Pyramid | 1 | 0.5% |
| Golf Solitaire | 1 | 0.5% |
| Hackers 2000 | 1 | 0.5% |
| King of the Board | 1 | 0.5% |
| Scrabble | 1 | 0.5% |
| The Pit | 3 | 1.5% |
| Yankees & Rednecks | 1 | 0.5% |
| Outpost Trader | 1 | 0.5% |
| Chat with Lisa | 1 | 0.5% |
| Exitilus | 5 | 2% |
| SimBBS | 1 | 0.5% |
| Battle Grid | 1 | 0.5% |
| Mechwars | 1 | 0.5% |
| Hacker (rexx script) | 1 | 0.5% |
| Realm of the Forgotten | 1 | 0.5% |
| Planets TEOS | 8 | 3% |
| Galaxy 5 | 1 | 0.5% |
| THangMan | 1 | 0.5% |
| Realm of Kisom | 1 | 0.5% |
| Kingdoms | 1 | 0.5% |
| 2151 (Trivia) | 1 | 0.5% |
| BBS Hacker | 2 | 0.5% |
| Coin Trivia | 1 | 0.5% |
| iMMortal coMbat | 1 | 0.5% |
| Paladine | 1 | 0.5% |
| Virtual Hunt | 1 | 0.5% |
| The Lords of Irongate | 1 | 0.5% |
| Donuts | 1 | 0.5% |
| Franchise FootBall | 1 | 0.5% |
| GutterBowl | 2 | 0.5% |
| Dungeon Master | 1 | 0.5% |
| Imperium | 1 | 0.5% |
| GOLEM DDO-F/X | 1 | 0.5% |
| BLACK JACK DDO-F/X | 1 | 0.5% |
| Stack'em | 1 | 0.5% |
| Studs and/or Studet | 2 | 1% |
| BBS DragRacing | 1 | 0.5% |
| BBS Putt-putt Golf | 1 | 0.5% |
| BBS Golf | 1 | 0.5% |
| Godfather of Crime | 1 | 0.5% |
| Fresh Water Fishing | 1 | 0.5% |
| Hackers: Cyber City | 1 | 0.5% |
| SkyCop | 1 | 0.5% |
| Chat with Annie | 1 | 0.5% |
| Quest for NORA | 1 | |
| Colonies | 1 | |
| Gangland Wars | 1 | |
| LemonAid Stand | 1 | |
| Engima of Ahrella | 1 | |
| Bordello | 1 | |
| Casino | 1 | |
| Leech | 1 | |
| BloodQuest (DDO-F/X) | 1 | |
| VGA Planets | 1 | |
| L.O.D. | 1 | |
| Death by Adrenaline | 1 | |
| BarWorld | 1 | |
| GruntFest | 1 |
Most favotite online game overall?
| Trade Wars | 6 | |
| Global Wars | 2 | |
| LoRD2: The New World | 8 | |
| LoRD | 17 | |
| Falcons Eye | 4 | |
| Vampires | 1 | |
| Dark Lands | 1 | |
| Usurper | 2 | |
| Land of Devastation | 1 | |
| Barren Realms Elite | 2 | |
| The Pit | 1 | |
| Chat with Lisa | 1 | |
| The Clans | 1 | |
| Arrow Bridge 2 | 1 | |
| THangMan | 1 | |
| Leviathans Reef | 1 | |
| Exitilus | 2 | |
| Donuts | 1 | |
| Dungeon Master | 1 | |
| Teos | 1 | |
| Food Fight | 1 | |
| BloodQuest (DDO-F/X) | 1 | |
| The Clans | 1 | |
| Lore | 1 |
-- Chat Doors --
Are you a chatter?
| Yes | 42 | 67% |
| a bit | 4 | 7% |
| Nope | 14 | 26% |
What is your favorite chat door program?
| Zchat | 8 | |
| SyncChat | 2 | |
| Chaos Chat | 1 | |
| Renegade Chat | 0 | |
| Cyber Chat | 3 | |
| Tom Chat | 0 | |
| wcIRC | 4 | |
| Iniquity Chat | 4 | |
| JMJ Chat | 2 | |
| BBS Chat | 1 | |
| Mex Chat | 1 | |
| Teleconference WG | 2 | |
| Inverse Chat | 1 | |
| Fred | 1 | |
| IceChat | 2 | |
| Telegard Chat | 1 | |
| Trade Wars Radio | 1 | |
| EleChat | 1 | |
| LightChat | 1 | |
| CitrisSoft IRC | 1 | |
| KewlChat | 1 | |
| Citadel/UX Chat | 1 | |
| EzyChat | 1 |
-- Vote Doors --
What is your favorite vote door program?
| DCT Vote | 4 | |
| JMJ Voting Booth | 1 | |
| Telegard Vote | 9 | |
| BBS Vote | 1 | |
| Renegade Vote | 6 | |
| Obv/2 Vote | 1 | |
| Iniquity Vote | 1 | |
| EZvote | 2 | |
| Chaos Voting | 1 | |
| Free Vote | 3 | |
| Iniquity Voter | 1 | |
| WorldGroup Polls | 1 | |
| FastVote | 1 | |
| VADV | 1 |
-- BBS/OSP Software --
Which BBS or OSP softwares do you prefer?
| Antix | 0 | |
| BBBS | 0 | |
| Daydream | 0 | |
| Desire | 0 | |
| GAP BBS | 0 | |
| Iniquity | 6 | |
| Illusion | 2 | |
| Instinct | 0 | |
| Inverse | 1 | |
| Enigma | 0 | |
| Ezycom | 3 | |
| EleBBS/2 | 3 | |
| Maximus | 1 | |
| Mystic | 1 | |
| Oblivion/2 | 1 | |
| PCBoard | 2 | |
| ProBoard | 3 | |
| Chaos BBS | 1 | |
| Remote Access | 3 | |
| Renegade | 2 | |
| JetBBS | 1 | |
| SearchLight | 1 | |
| SpitFire | 1 | |
| Synchronet | 1 | |
| T.A.G. | 1 | |
| Telegard | 12 | |
| TriBBS | 4 | |
| Virtual BBS | 1 | |
| WildCat | 12 | |
| WWIV | 0 | |
| X-Board | 1 | |
| Zeus | 0 | |
| AdeptXBBS | 1 | |
| Falken | 1 | |
| PC-PunterNet | 1 | |
| Citadel/UX | 1 | |
| Public Address | 1 | |
| ShotGun | 1 | |
| WorldGroup | 1 |
Which Front End software do you prefer?
| Front Door | 26 | |
| Dutchie | 0 | |
| Binklyterm | 5 | |
| D'Bridge | 1 | |
| TIMS | 0 | |
| Opus | 0 | |
| SeaDog | 0 | |
| Fido 12N | 0 | |
| Tabby | 0 | |
| InterMail | 12 | |
| Platinum Xpress | 5 | |
| Xenia | 1 | |
| T-Mail | 1 | |
| WorldLink (WG) | 1 | |
| Portal of Power | 1 |
Which Internet transfer program do you prefer?
| Fido 2 Internet | 11 | |
| TransX | 15 | |
| IREX | 14 | |
| Seat | 0 | |
| Soup2pkt/Uka_PPP | 2 | |
| PXW (FTP) | 2 | |
| WCecho/QWK | 1 | |
| FTP | ||
| EleBBS - Allfix | 1 | |
| WorldLink (WG) | 1 |
Which Mail tosser program do you prefer?
| IMail | 4 | |
| GEcho | 19 | |
| FastEcho | 8 | |
| InterEcho | 1 | |
| CDRMail | 0 | |
| FMail | 5 | |
| Ezycom | 4 | |
| PXW or PXD | 4 | |
| Parma Tosser | 1 | |
| TriToss | 2 | |
| NNTP (WG) | 1 | |
| Squish | 1 |
-- OSP/BBS Use--
What do you do on an OSP/BBS?
| Messaes | 39 | |
| Online Games | 22 | |
| Voting | 10 | |
| Multi-node Chat | 9 | |
| Bug the SysOp | 10 | |
| Upload Files | 14 | |
| Download Files | 14 | |
| Software Support | 5 |
What do you do best on an OSP/BBS?
| Messages | 31 | |
| Online Games | 16 | |
| Voting | 4 | |
| Multi-node Chat | 4 | |
| Bug the SysOp | 8 | |
| Upload Files | 7 | |
| Download Files | 9 | |
-- Calls to System --
On average PER NODE, how many calls/day
| 0-5 | |
| 6-10 | |
| 11-15: | |
| 16-20: | |
| 21-25: | |
| 26-30: | |
| 31-35: | |
| 36-40: | |
| 41-45: | |
| 46-50: |
On average how many calls do you get on your OSP/BBS for 1 day?
| 0-5 | |
| 6-10 | |
| 11-15: | |
| 16-20: | |
| 21-25: | |
| 26-30: | |
| 31-35: | |
| 36-40: | |
| 41-45: | |
| 46-50: | |
| 51-60 | |
| 61-75 | |
| 75-100 | |
| 130 | |
On average how many calls do you get on your OSP/BBS for 1 week?
| 0-10 | |
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| 11-20 | |
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| 21-30 | |
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| 31-40 | |
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| 41-50 | |
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| 51-60 | |
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| 61-70 | |
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| 71-80 | ||
| 81-90 | ||
| 91-100 | |
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| 101-110 | |
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| 111-120 | |
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| 121-130 | ||
| 131-140 | |
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| 141-150 | |
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| 151-160 | ||
| 161-170 | ||
| 171-180 | |
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| 181-190 | ||
| 191-200 | |
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| 201-210 | ||
| 211-220 | |
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| 221-230 | ||
| 231-240 | |
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| 241-250 | ||
| 251-260 | ||
| 261-270 | ||
| 271-280 | ||
| 281-290 | ||
| 291-300 | |
|
| 400-500 | |
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| 501-599 | |
|
| 600-700 | |
|
| 900 | |
|
| 1000+ | |
Public responces:
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The internet is a useful resource, but ...LONG LIVE THE BBS
SCENE!
-Arion Bayard
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nice survey! :D
-Overdrive
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You Have to try mTelnet! It is just like using an old dos
terminal,it's GREAT!
http://ozbbs.ml.org/
-Dan Edwards
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Hi, we need to have more people know about BBSes... how? Idon't
know, have the web advertise it or something. A few years
ago,there were about 5 BBSes in town, and each got about 25-100
calls perday, depending on the number of lines they had. Now,
there's only oneleft(mine), and it gets on average 1 call per
day.
-Jack Frost
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Nice survey. I cliented here from alt.bbs via DejaNews.BBS's
should in general be better indexed and operatorsshould do much
more to get/give clients the info they needup front.Docs have
always been and continue to be an issue: cost, production values
and clarity, maintainance.I am personally interested in *OLD*
boards. The oldest boardin my parts (incept date April 16, 1981)
just went down and it won't go back up again without a major
infusionof funding. Who's next in the old/about to go downpecking
order?Not that OLD boards are the be-all and end-all but I'mnot
crazy about discarding tried and true, robust logicin favour of
stuff that doesn't work.Just as an example I've historically
operated on a WANwith good replication and redundant nodes on the
PSTN.This evening, the local Society of Internet
Professionals'site, TCP/IP only, is down with a DNS problem.
What's thegood of all the big pipes if users can't
communicatesecurely with each other?Roman Kowalczuk, SYSOP, The
New Stelex Sector BBSc/o General Delivery, Postal Station
"A"Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W 1A0
tnssbbs@hotmail.com
-Oscar
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long live bbess
-BuNtEr
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Yeah, I've been a BBS SysOp here in Canada for 8 years now,
what's anOSP? :)
-Mother
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This is a pretty Kewl survey. I run a BBS here in Coloradocalled
"Prototype BBS" I actually run a Macintosh BBS (The
only one Iknow of) and it does pretty well. Over the last year or
so, I have hadless and less people call.
-Phrenic
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Its a shame that BBS's have been overshadowed by theinternet, and
more BBS's should be developed for 32 bit platformswithout having
to multitask multiple nodes (like Wildcat, Excalibur,Worldgroup,
or PCboard for example)
-The Overlord
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Nice to see that someone out there is listening. :)
HM
-HausMaus
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