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Strangeplanet BBS

An active Amiga bulletin board running CNet 3.05c through WinUAE on Ubuntu. Messages, doors, files and direct oldschool access — preserved, alive and online.

Direct access
Connect straight into the live CNet node.
Amiga environment · Account required · Direct node access
System Core

Original software, modern host, no fake retro layer.

Strangeplanet BBS is built around a real Amiga-era system core: CNet 3.05c. It runs through WinUAE and is maintained on Ubuntu, keeping the original structure intact while allowing the board to stay online as a living, usable system instead of a dead archive or a themed frontend.

Amiga Runtime
CNet 3.05c
WinUAE
Ubuntu Host
Telnet Access

Inside the board

The system is built around the things that made BBS culture worth using in the first place: message areas, utilities, files, continuity and signal.

Message Base

Messages

Structured discussion areas with handles, replies and long-form continuity. Not a feed, not disposable content — actual persistent conversation.

Interactive Layer

Doors

Classic BBS extras, utilities and side systems that give the board rhythm, atmosphere and oldschool character beyond just posting.

Filebase

Files

Amiga material and broader archive content accessible through the board. More preserved file culture than polished interface.

Environment
Real Amiga-era BBS software stack, preserved as a functioning node rather than rebuilt as a fake web clone.
Access
Connect directly using and enter the board through the live public node.
Status
Online, maintained and still built around permanence instead of platform churn.
Strangeplanet BBS — Live Session