The Northern Lights Bulletin Board System is one of the first "IBM Compatibles" BBS's in Maine. It may be the oldest that is still running and accessible. It also was one of the first to be directly accessible from the Internet. Begun in 1983, and offering Internet services since 1984 (Internet email and Usenet news group access) it has been run primarily as a hobby since its earliest days. Northern Lights Internet Service grew out of the BBS era and has been run as a business since 1994. The BBS has remained available, virtually frozen in time (no maintenance, no updating) since that time.

 You're cordially invited to enter the BBS. You must invoke a telnet client and direct it to the following IP address on port 6000:
  72.224.156.253
  Here is a link, if your computer has been properly configured:
  telnet://72.224.156.253:6000

 The above IP address will change from time to time. I will try to keep the above specification current. If you are unable to access that IP, please let me know via email to:

 You're welcome to download files you find on the BBS. Make sure you have selected the transfer protocol "P", initiate the "download", then using anonymous ftp to the IP address above you may transfer your files from the public directory. (This process is also described in Bulletin 7 of the BBS).

 Jack Kilday
 Northern Lights Internet Service
 

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