CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS II BBS
CQ II is dedicated to vintage Macintosh and Apple IIgs users!
About CQ II
CQ II runs Mystic BBS software on a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo Mac Mini with OS X 10.6.8,
which is about as retro as I could make it. CQ II was created because of a distinct
lack of Mac BBS's out there. CQ I runs on an Apple IIgs and is at port 6502 and
caters more to Apple II users. The original CQ ran Nexus software with an AE
Line on an Apple IIe in northern MN back in the good ol' 80's.
So wha' be thar t' do here?! • Post on Mac, Apple IIgs, or other retrocomputer-related forums. • Play over 200 door games like LORD, Trade Wars, Oregon Trail, Lemonade Stand, and BBS Tournament Wordle! • View thousands of Mac / Apple II game-related walkthroughs, cheats, hacks, etc. • Download vintage Mac / Apple IIgs games, apps, and Inside Mac Games. • View the latest vintage / modern Mac news and read the latest national headlines. • View some awesome ANSI art and old BBS logon screens. • Get on live local and international multi-chats. • Play some monthly LIVE Tournament Trivia.

How do I come aboard?
For modem-equipped Macs, I suggest using ZTerm (OS 6-9) terminal program.
ZTerm supports ANSI-BBS but to get it to look right you've got to go under
Settings -> Terminal and select zt-ibm font and check PC ANSI-BBS. atdt
cqbbs.ddns.net:6800 in the terminal.
For networked vintage Macs, the BEST way to connect to CQ II is with
Christopher Swan's Black Night terminal program. It supports full ANSI, X Y
and ZModem downloads, and is compatible with System 7 - OS 9.2.2. Setting it
up for telnet and ANSI emulation is a bit of a pain, so I've created a
preconfigured version to download here. Just follow the instructions in the
Readme First document and you'll be BBS'ing in no time!
If you're lucky enough to own a compact Mac with an Ethernet connection, you
can connect up with Black Night but the ANSI font needs to be smaller. To do
this, go under Edit -> Session Settings and select Terminal. Click on Setup
and change Point to 9 then click OK twice. Make sure to save your settings
when you quit the program. Apple IIgs users can get full color ANSI emulation with Spectrum using an
Uthernet II card! You can also use Spectrum, ANSITerm, and ColorTERM with a
modem-equipped IIgs. Don't want to take that pristine old computer off the shelf?! Get on with a modern
terminal program like Zoc (my favorite for my MBP) or SyncTERM (more PC-like). You can also
connect directly from this web page below or through the excellent OS9 desktop-themed web page os9.ca! Hope t' see ye thar!
-Byte Knight, Sysop