I made a backup of my entire HD back when I could and was able to transfer it to digital media.

The problem that I have is, with the help of DOSBox I can run the older BBS, but I cannot remember what the system password was set to.

It's been over 20 years now.

I remember once when I was hacked that the person obtained access to the Command Prompt and used a text editor to load up a file which they were able to get the password from. Does anyone remember where that info is stored?

-P

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I made a backup of my entire HD back when I could and was able to
transfer it to digital media.

The problem that I have is, with the help of DOSBox I can run the older
BBS, but I cannot remember what the system password was set to.

It's been over 20 years now.

I remember once when I was hacked that the person obtained access to the Command Prompt and used a text editor to load up a file which they were
able to get the password from. Does anyone remember where that info is stored?

if you use list.com you likely can see the system password in config.dat


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On Monday,March 10, 2025 at 08:30 PM, Utopian Galt wrote:

if you use list.com you likely can see the system password in config.dat

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Holy cow is that application still around and will it work on modern Windows systems?

-P

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|#0Lair of the Wolverine |#7(tel) bbs.theshardforge.cc
|#2( . )
|#2< ^ > |#7(net) WWIVnet: @142, GHOSTnet: @7 |#0

"|#1We are |#2NOT |#1your average BBS|#0"

                    
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Holy cow is that application still around and will it work on modern
Windows systems?

Windows 32bit edition.


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On Wednesday,March 12, 2025 at 08:21 AM, Utopian Galt wrote:

Windows 32bit edition.

If I did an internet search for it I'd spend all night looking for it. Can you link me where that resides, please?

=P

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|#0Lair of the Wolverine |#7(tel) bbs.theshardforge.cc
|#2( . )
|#2< ^ > |#7(net) WWIVnet: @142, GHOSTnet: @7 |#0

"|#1We are |#2NOT |#1your average BBS|#0"

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