Does anyone know if Araknet is still a thing?
Many of the online sites etc seem to be down, or am I really late at the party? :-)



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Re: Araknet
By: Mickey to All on Sat Jan 18 2025 06:47 pm

Does anyone know if Araknet is still a thing? Many of the online sites etc seem to be down, or am I really late at the party? :-)

You're not alone in wondering this. No one seems to know for sure.

I suggest logging onto 20 For Beers BBS, which is a currently active ArakNet node (perhaps the most active), and posting in the ARAK echoes there to ask about the situation. That's probably the best way to get seen and hopefully get an answer.

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Many of the online sites etc seem to be down, or am I really late at the party? :-)

Ah, Well, I listen to the Araknet Radio almost all the time I`m online here hehehe

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On 01/19/2025 1:24 pm Codefenix said...

Re: Araknet By: Mickey to All on Sat Jan 18 2025 06:47 pm

You're not alone in wondering this. No one seems to know for sure.
I suggest logging onto 20 For Beers BBS, which is a currently active ArakNet node (perhaps the most active), and posting in the ARAK echoes there to ask about the situation. That's probably the best way to get

Thanks. I've seen it on a couple boards. Not very busy.



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Does anyone know if Araknet is still a thing?
Many of the online sites etc seem to be down, or am I really late at the party? :-)

Arak is alive and well; the FTN side of things is available @ 2oFB, and the website SHOULD be alive...

Theres a Discord channel if you want to chat w/ the Arak community; https://discord.gg/YjWxmqFP

One of the reasons the website might be having issues, or that you don't hear as much about Arak, is that Smooth... who's the main Arak guy, has been away from the scene for quite awhile. That being said, the entire Arak community is still kicking and theres even been some recent BBS mod releases.

Cheers!



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On 01/20/2025 3:16 am krull said...

Ah, Well, I listen to the Araknet Radio almost all the time I`m online here hehehe

I guess thats a good thing. :-)

p.s. What genre of music?




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On 19 Jan 2025, paulie420 exclaimed the following...

Arak is alive and well; the FTN side of things is available @ 2oFB, and the website SHOULD be alive...

Theres a Discord channel if you want to chat w/ the Arak community; https://discord.gg/YjWxmqFP

Thanks for this info. I'll try and get in touch. I'd like to add it to my new Enigma board.

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Re: Re: Araknet
By: paulie420 to Mickey on Sun Jan 19 2025 03:35 pm

Howdy,

away from the scene for quite awhile. That being said, the entire Arak community is still kicking and theres even been some recent BBS mod releases.

How does one join it? I'm curious about the BBS mods... :)


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Re: Araknet
By: Mickey to All on Sat Jan 18 2025 06:47 pm

The Diamond Mine BBS (my board) subscribes to it. So yes, it's up and operational.

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Does anyone know if Araknet is still a thing?
Many of the online sites etc seem to be down, or am I really late at the par :-)

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Ah, Well, I listen to the Araknet Radio almost all the time I`m onlin here hehehe

I guess thats a good thing. :-)

p.s. What genre of music?

They play a lot of mod tracks and stuff like that... and sometimes Sample Central podcast... :)

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Mickey wrote to All <=-

Does anyone know if Araknet is still a thing?
Many of the online sites etc seem to be down, or am I really late at
the party? :-)

Araknet has been semi-broken since at least August of 2024. My hub
stopped answering, Smooth's BBS went down for a couple of months, I
contacted him and Anachronist on Discord, they moved me to a new hub,
but I'm having connection issues.

It looked like Smooth's board came back up and some nets are still
working. All I saw were automated BBS ads that picked up where they'd
left off. Left a message for smooth on his board, no answer.

And... Smooth's board is down again.

I think Araknet is down for the count. It's a shame since Agoranet might be going down as well - they both covered the scene well.







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Hey poindexter!

On Mon, Jan 20 2025 10:51:08 -0600, you wrote ..

I think Araknet is down for the count. It's a shame since Agoranet might be going down as well - they both covered the scene well.

Nah, you can count on me to be too lazy to take Agoranet down. Use it as much as you want! :)

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away from the scene for quite awhile. That being said, the entire Arak community is still kicking and theres even been some recent BBS mod releases.

How does one join it? I'm curious about the BBS mods... :)

ArakNet, the FTN, is an invite-only network - but you are certainly Arak-worthy and I'll nominate you if you have interest... I'm the newbie, learning from the Deons of the BBSlandscape. :P
'Arak mods' are released from the sister group Phenom... I'm sure you've seen Phenom releases in the different file areas.



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Re: Re: Araknet
By: paulie420 to deon on Mon Jan 20 2025 07:18 pm

Howdy,

How does one join it? I'm curious about the BBS mods... :)

ArakNet, the FTN, is an invite-only network - but you are certainly Arak-worthy and I'll nominate you if you have interest... I'm the newbie, learning from the Deons of the BBSlandscape. :P

Ahh thanks - I'd be in, if I get an invite :)

I'm no ANSI artist (I've seen some awesome artwork, which I guess comes from the folks as well?) but I do like to see what mods are being created (for ideas) and what things that could be done to add to the BBS experience.


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Accession wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I think Araknet is down for the count. It's a shame since Agoranet might be going down as well - they both covered the scene well.

Nah, you can count on me to be too lazy to take Agoranet down. Use it
as much as you want! :)

Works for me!




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Ahh thanks - I'd be in, if I get an invite :)

I'm no ANSI artist (I've seen some awesome artwork, which I guess comes from the folks as well?) but I do like to see what mods are being
created (for ideas) and what things that could be done to add to the BBS experience.

I'm blown away by your one Ceefax (or similar) Synchronet board... what BBS would you want to be nominated??

Address too, please.



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Re: Re: Araknet
By: paulie420 to deon on Tue Jan 21 2025 05:35 pm

Howdy,

I'm blown away by your one Ceefax (or similar) Synchronet board... what BBS would you want to be nominated??

Address too, please.

Thank you sir... :)

I've got the content networking now, but I need to refix messaging...

That would be alterant.bbs.dege.au port 23. It always needs more work, and every now and again I fix more or complete things...


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