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A Curated List of Fun Destinations for Telnet

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This article from Hacker News presents a list of interesting and fun destinations accessible via Telnet, highlighting the enduring appeal of the text-based internet and providing resources for users to explore.

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精選的 Telnet 趣味目的地列表

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這篇來自 Hacker News 的文章精選了一系列可透過 Telnet 訪問的有趣目的地,強調了文字網際網路的持久魅力,並為使用者提供了探索資源。

Places to Telnet | telnet.org

Places to Telnet

A list of fun destinations for telnet

Overview

The text based internet can be exciting, informative, and fun. Using telnet,
you can access a variety of these resources on the internet. Below you’ll find
lists of a few places to get you started.

If you have an interesting item to add, just send an email to us:

Various fun telnet servers

india.colorado.edu 13
Get the current time

mapscii.me
A Telnet interface to a Braille/ASCII map renderer (code and info)

horizons.jpl.nasa.gov 6775
NASA JPL HORIZONS solar system data (website for more details)

telehack.com 23
Telehack. Also play via the website

doom.w-graj.net 666
Play Doom in the terminal (code and details)

freechess.org 5000
Free Internet Chess Server aka freechess.org

ticker.bitcointicker.co 10080
The live price of bitcoin

1984.ws 23
Edison Carter is…

telnet.wiki.gd
Telnet Live Wikipedia with AI assistant (more info, code)

Notable, but no longer online :(

towel.blinkenlights.nl 23
Star Wars asciimation

towel.blinkenlights.nl 666
The Bofh Excuse Server

Real classics. I especially miss the Bofh server.

Rainmaker was pretty great, and it lasted at least as far as 2018. I don’t recall
what happened to it.

The telnet server is offline, but the website is still up for this one!

Both are offline at the time of this update.

Muds, Talkers, BBS, and other systems

Directories

http://telnetbbsguide.com
A large active listing of Dial-Up and Telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet:

http://vintagebbs.org/bbsLookup.php
A bbs directory with location based searching:

http://www.jumpjet.info/Offbeat-Internet/Public/TelNet/url.htm
Jumpjet has a nice list of telnet locations organized by category:

http://synchro.net/sbbslist.html
Synchronet is a nice list of bbs systems:

http://www.mudconnect.com/
Mudconnect keeps a good list of muds and moos:

http://www.lights.ca/hytelnet/
Hytelnet is an old (an now unmaintained) directory: