tHe sHacK bBSvelvet.ath.cx · 1998–2006 · reopened 2026

The ANSI screens

These are not screenshots. Each frame below is the original screen file from the dump, rendered live by the same ANSI interpreter the working board uses — the 2006 escape codes interpreted again, with their colors, bolds and blinks intact.

Arriving

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      .  `\\\\\\ _.\      O       -+-
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     .     `\\  \\\\~  _     .      
             |   \\\\~~~
.                                    .
  . (o)))\))\))))/)/)))/)/)))\))) .
      >                        \
      ) \o /  WeLCoMe To   \o/ )     .
 .    \   \   ~~~~~~~ ~~   \   \ .
      )  /  tHe sHacK bBS!   \ )
      \     ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~     \
   .  ) tHe sHit We DoN'T KnOW )   .
      \_._..________..____.._._>
     (o))//)////)\))/)))/)//))/)) .
 .     .     .          .      . 
    .           SysOps:     .       .
         . -+/=-oo==oo-=/+-   .
.--==--==--==--==-. .--==--==--==-==-.
| ==o KrEaToR o== | | oo/ Sdelic \oo |
`-==--==--==--==--' `-==--==-==--==--'
LOGIN — The login screen as it stood in 2006 — the spaceship, the waves, “WeLCoMe To tHe sHacK bBS”.
                            ___..__.______.._        ,   ,
      ,    ,    /\   /\    (o))\))\))/))/)/)))      /(   )\
     /( /\ )\  _\ \_/ /_     >               \      \ \_/ /   , /\ ,
     |\_||_/| < \_   _/ >    )  WeLCoMe To:  )      /_   _\  /| || |\
     \______/  \|0   0|/     \  ~~~~~~~ ~~~  \     | \> </ | |\_||_/|
       _\/_   _(_  ^  _)_    ) tHe sHacK bBS )     (_  ^  _)  \____/
      ( () ) /`\|V"""V|/`\   \ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~ \   /`\|IIIII|/`\ _\/_
        {}   \  \_____/  /   ) {at} Toga.cx  )   \  \_____/  /  ()
        ()   /\   )=(   /\   \_._.._______.._>   /\   )=(   /\  ()
   jgs  {}  /  \_/\=/\_/  \ (o))/)))/)))\))/))) /  `-.\=/.-'  \ ()
LOGIN.old.July2003 — The July 2003 login screen: a previous logo — carrying the earlier “at Toga.cx” hostname — kept on disk when the new one replaced it.

The menu, across generations

The board restyled its main menu the way modern sites restyle their templates — and kept every generation on disk. Reading them in order is watching the board find its final shape: the doors and amusements of the middle years (Dynasty, the fortune teller, the dictionary) fall away until the 2006 menu is lean: post, read, chat, StarFlight.

Everyday screens


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                 |\./|
                 |\./|
..               |\./|               .
  \^.\          |\\.//|          /.^/
   \--.|\       |\\.//|       /|.--/
     \--.| \    |\\.//|    / |.--/
      \---.|\    |\./|    /|.---/
         \--.|\  |\./|  /|.--/
            \ .\  |.|  /. /
  _ -_^_^_^_-  \ \\ // /  -_^_^_^_- _
    - -/_/_/- ^ ^  |  ^ ^ -\_\_\- -
              LEGALIZE IT!
MOTD — The message of the day: the tree that greeted every caller.
MOTD:
Here's your Message Of The Day
 - put the screen clearing code in the FILE
   not the code...
 - if this file doesn't exsist, then it
   won't Pause! skip everything..
MOTD.old — A retired MOTD — sysop notes to self about screen-clearing code and pause behavior.
   ___     ___    ___   _    _     ___
 /` . \  /`   \ /`   \ / `\/` \  <` __)
/     / /  // //  // //        \ _) \
\__/\__)\____/ \____/ \__/\/\__/(____)
ROOMS — The room-list artwork callers saw when joining a conference.

 -=> tHe sHacK is now a private system.
     joinable via only invitation. 
     please enter the invite password.
INVITE — The board went private: new accounts only through an invite password.


                           
    WeLCoMe To THe sHacK   
                           

Newbie Menu:
~~~~~~ ~~~~~
  <e>nter keycode, <c>hange email, <n>ote to sysop, <l>ogoff.
NewUserMenu — The new-user menu: keycode, e-mail change, note to the sysop.
  Colors can be used when posting a
message.  Type the ^ key, that is -not-
the CTRL key, but the SHIFT-6 on most
keyboards.  Colors are fun!  :)

Key   Color           Key   Color
~~~   ~~~~~           ~~~   ~~~~~
 ^R = Bright Red       ^r = Dark Red
 ^G = Light Green      ^g = Dark Green
 ^Y = Bright Yellow    ^y = Dark Yellow
 ^B = Light Blue       ^b = Dark Blue
 ^M = Light Magenta    ^m = Magenta
 ^C = Bright Cyan      ^c = Dark Cyan
 ^W = Bright White     ^w = Off white

 ^Z = Dark Gray        ^D = The Default
colors-help — How to color your posts: the ^-caret color codes, still honored by the rebuilt board.

The g-file banner and the door

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 XXXX SHiP CoNtRoL'S ANd CoMPuTeR XXXX 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
.====<Computer>====.===<Navagation>===.
| A]nalyzae Planet | M]ap the Planets |
| U]plink Console  | F]ind Warp Path  |
| E]xamine Logs    | W]arp!           |
.===<More Stuff>===:=<General Stuff>==.
| B]attle a Player | L]ist of Players |
| V]iew Status     | Q]uit to bbs     |
.=<Planet Actions>=:=<Planet Actions>=.
| 1] Trade Goods   | 2] Galactic Bank |
| 3] Dock Shipyard | 4] BeamTo Pub    |
| 5] BeamTo Swamps | 6] BeamTo Hills  |
`==================:=================='
SHIPMENU — StarFlight’s ship console: analyze planets, warp, battle other players.

Leaving


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         \ _ /
       -= (_) =-
         /   \         _\/_
           |           //o\  _\/_
    _____ _ __ __ ____ _ | __/o\\ _
  =-=-_-__=_-= _=_=-=_,-'|"'""-|-,_
   =- _=-=- -_=-=_,-"          |
     =- =- -=.--"
logout — Logoff art — the goodbye.
This feature has been disabled until furthur notice!
shelldown — Shell access: disabled “until furthur notice” — as it ever was.

More captures from the era — full terminal sessions, not single screens — are preserved on the sister archive, sdelic.org.