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The letters B-B-S stand for the words Bulletin Board System. It signifies a dedicated computer hardware and software system which can be accessed by others using similar hardware and some special software. Most of the times the hardware needed is simply a computer and a modem, and the "special software" is nothing more than an ordinary telecommunications program.
BBSes can be seen to be interlinked to each other, forming a network. Here the BBS servers connect to each other at predetermined times to exchange information with the aim to pass it onto other BBSes and their users. This concept is much like that of the Internet but it is much older and the machines are not connected to each other at all times.
A typical BBS carries a files and a message area. The files area is much like what you would see on the Internet. The message area, on the other hand resembles a bulletin board in that someone with a query would write a message and post it to the board for others to see and comment. Those wishing to reply would write their comments and post it next to the original message (or send it as e-mail, if they want to reply privately). This reply would be open to the comments of others, too. So, somebody else who has got other ideas to offer could post his/her own message next to the previous ones. And this would go on until the subject becomes dead, when noone else wants to comment anymore.
Because there will be plenty of people joining in and, of course, plenty of subjects to talk about, each subject is discussed in a separate part of the board called an "echo conference area".
An Internet BBS is basically the same thing, except that users can access the BBS server with programs that can be used on the Internet, rather than ordinary telecommunications programs and, of course, no additional hardware is necessary once the client computer is connected to the Internet.
The software to use depends on the server program but typically these can be web browsers, telnet programs, or sometimes special client software.
ArchiMac BSS can be accessed via any of these methods. That is,
You would normally need an account on the BBS first, for any of these. However, to make life easier, the Sysop had enabled the web interface as "read only" for anybody to access the system without a login name and a password until 2002. However, due to a legislation change introduced in 2002 that holds the system admin responsible for anything that appears on web pages, this section is now closed to public access. Sorry about that!
Opening of accounts are not allowed anymore but if you are interested in how the system looks, you can use the former two of the above methods by using the user name Guest and the password Guest to login.
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