ASTRO-Net is an electronic mail network connecting BBSes together, using
QWK networking protocol.
A QWK e-mail network could be considered as a kind of old-fashioned forums in Internet.
Participants post messages in conferences (message areas), and the messages are transferred to other BBSes at regular times, thus allowing the quick and efficient exchange of messages literally all over the world.
ASTRO-Net is a network focusing on astronomy and astrophysics and is divided in 6 main branches:
- ASTRO-Net
- Astronomy
- Physics
- Space Exploration
- ASTRO-Latin
- SciFi
Each branch contains several conferences.
If you are a SysOp you can download the ASTRO-Net infopacket from
here or read the files from
here. Please, read the rules
here first to be sure you agree with ASTRO-Net's rules. Thanks.
The available conferences are:
- ASTRO-Net - Announcements (Read first!)
- ASTRO-Net - SysOps Only
- ASTRO-Net - Suggestions
- Astronomy - General chat
- Astronomy - Amateur
- Astronomy - Radio astronomy
- Astronomy - Telescopes
- Astronomy - Software
- Astronomy - Ancient astronomy
- Astronomy - News Feeds
- Physics - General chat
- Physics - Computational
- Physics - Quantum mechanics
- Physics - Relativity
- Physics - Strings theory
- Physics - News Feeds
- Space Exploration - General chat
- Space Exploration - Extragalactic
- Space Exploration - Mars
- Space Exploration - Moon
- Space Exploration - Others
- Space Exploration - News Feeds
- ASTRO-Latin - General chat (Spani/Portu)
- SciFi - Films
- SciFi - TV Series
- SciFi - Literature
- SciFi - Magazines
- SciFi - News Feeds
Authorized BBSes distributing ASTRO-Net (Alphabetically):
| Name |
Location |
Web address |
Telnet (BBS) |
FTP |
| 1st Choice Core |
Ashburton, New Zealand 7700 |
http://1stchoicecore.co.nz |
telnet://1stchoicecore.co.nz |
- |
| datavase BBS |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
http://bbs.datavase.info |
telnet://bbs.datavase.info |
ftp://ftp.datavase.info |
| Digital Distortion BBS |
Eugene, Oregon, USA |
http://digdist.bbsindex.com |
telnet://digdist.bbsindex.com |
ftp://digdist.bbsindex.com |
| ERA BBS |
Sorocaba, SP - Brasil |
http://erabbs.dtdns.net:82 |
telnet://erabbs.dtdns.net |
ftp://erabbs.dtdns.net:2121 |
| Land of Mysticism |
Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA |
http://lombbs.dyndns.org |
telnet://lombbs.dyndns.org |
ftp:://lombbs.dyndns.org> |
| Orbis BBS |
Weatherford, TX, USA |
- |
telnet://orbisbbs.synchro.net |
- |
| The Curio |
Cheshire, England |
http://thecurio.servebbs.com |
telnet://thecurio.servebbs.com |
ftp://thecurio.servebbs.com |
If you are reading ASTRO-Net in a system not listed above, please notice that probably you are not seeing the latest posts, and that your posts will not be distributed on the network.
