Greetings, friends, and welcome to the new and revolutionized Vortex BBS. For our 30 year anniversary, we have pulled out all the stops to reimagine the Vortex at the theoretical limits of the telnet protocol for your viewing pleasure. Come check out all there is to see - breathtaking new visuals, old favorites like LoRD and Usurper, new state of the art offerings such as our very own Wayfarer fantasy door found ONLY on the Vortex, the completely redesigned and improved Plan 9 ultimate BBS list (see our master projects at https://bbshq.org), and SO much more. Step into the future of modern BBSing, now. Come back often, as things are rapidly evolving. Thanks for visiting and please check out the rest of the site, and hope to see you in a telnet session!
Curious what we've got going on before you call? Check out this teaser of what the Vortex has to offer.
Of course, the experience is much better live through telnet -- and for the BEST experience, be sure to save the Vortex in your telnet client's phone book or do whatever is necessary to enable iCE colors! The Vortex has a full iCE color ANSi complement.
[9/9/26]
Well, It's taken a lot of late nights and various motivators, but we're back with a vengeance on a heavily modded Enigma... all the original systems for points and features, this time fully implemented thanks to Enigma. New features exclusive to the Vortex like the intro backscroller and door pausing and much more, and (some) more to come!
[12/03/20]
Door reset scheduled for Monday, December 7 @ 5PM. Be sure to call and get in on the action from the very start! Hopefully we can get a good competitive round of games going! I know I'll be looking forward to it. Congrats EnasYorl on a hard fought victory in LORD! Thanks for the great year of BBSing even if the rest of 2020 stunk!
[1/3/20]
Well, it's been a very long couple of weeks around here, with many late nights, numb fingers, tired eyes, and strong coffees. However, the result is well worth it. You will notice a TON of changes and many brand-new, unique mods -- most notably the point system, score-based user list, trending leaderboards, endorsements... check it out! More coming!!