Internet Revival
In April 1997, the osuny.com domain name was registered with intentions of reincarnating the board on the Internet. This new OSUNY became accessible via interactive telnet and ssh login at the hostname saturn.osuny.com. It ran on the Linux operating system and Citadel/UX conferencing software. As with its previous incarnations, OSUNY attracted a loyal group of users, in spite of only being sporadically available. Saturn eventually disappeared, much to the disappointment of its regular users, and has been offline since late 1999.
In November 2000, a new generation of technological enthusiasts and the remaining old-school who remembered the greatness, rose to the occasion and brought back the OSUNY name. Owing to changes in technology, this OSUNY would once again be accessible from the Internet rather than via dial-up modem. This new system became accessible via interactive ssh login under a generic Dynamic dns host name. Initially, it ran on the OpenBSD operating system and Citadel/UX conferencing software. It later migrated from Citadel/UX to BBS100, and finally to 9bbs running on the Plan 9 operating system. The BBS is currently accessible via ssh at the host osuny.co.uk.
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