I’ve been getting into cracking DOS software, focusing on BBS software, doors, utilities, etc. My latest project is a keygen (registration # and key file generator) for SuperBBS 1.17-3. I understand that, like a lot of BBS software, the source code and registration tools for SuperBBS were lost to time. You can download SuperBBS 1.17-3 from Jason Scott’s BBS Documentary website: http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/IBM/DOS/SUPERBBS/
The keygen ‘SBBSKEY2.ZIP’ is available for download in file area 4 (cracks) of Another Millennium BBS, another.tel port 23.
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SuperBBS 1.17-3 KEYGENv2 by akacastor 2024-04-10
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The SBBS-KEY keygen will generate a registration number to enter in CONFIG and
a .SCC file that must be placed in the SBBS directory.
You _MUST_ do _BOTH_ of:
1) Enter Sysop Name, BBS Name, and Reg # under Registration in CONFIG.
and
2) Place the generated .SCC file in your SBBS directory (where BBS.EXE lives).
The timestamp of the .SCC file cannot be altered! SuperBBS includes the .SCC
file timestamp in its verification checks.
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usage: SBBS-KEY "Sysop Name" "BBS Name"
NOTE - don't forget the quotes around each name!
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example:
C:\CRACKS>SBBS-KEY "Sysop Name" "BBS Name"
T H E @ ############
@ @ #### ###
SuperBBS 1.17-3 @@@ ### ####
KEYGENv2 by akacastor 2024-04-10 @@ @@@@ @@ ### ####
@@@ @@ @@ ### ###
@@ @@@@ @@ ### ####
@@ @@ @ @@ ### ###
Place .SCC file in SBBS directory. @ @@ @@ @ ### ####
@ @@ @@ @@@@##########
NOTE: the .SCC file timestamp must @ @@ @@ @@@@@@ ###
not be changed! @ @@ @@@@@@ @ ###
@ @@ @@@@@@ @ #M#
@ @@@@@@ @@ @ #t#
Sysop: Sysop Name @@ @@@@ @@ @@ #M#
BBS: BBS Name @@@@@ @@@@ ###
Reg #: 37603203 @@@ @@@ @@ ###
@@@ @@ @@@@@@@@ @@@ #####
SCC File: 917C5F7C.SCC @@ @@ #########
SCC Date: 2024-04-10 00:54 @@ @@
@ @ C L A S S
guess what... 1994, 2024, your shit's still getting cracked.
it's just now more of a philanthropic move instead of an anarchist one
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For anyone interested in seeing SuperBBS - there is a BBS ‘The Lower Planes’ at tlp.zapto.org (BBS on port 6502) that claims to be the only SuperBBS in the world.