Khanya BBS, Pretoria, South Africa

	Khanya BBS has been closed!	Khanya BBS closed on 21 September 2005 In the early 1990s there were more than 50 BBSs in Gauteng, but one by one they have closed. Khanya was one of the last BBSs to remain, but had had no callers for several months, so when the hardware failed therte didn't seem to be much point in repairing it. The information on the rest of this page is therefore of historical interest only

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Both meanings feature in the joyful Paschal (Easter) hymn:

Shine! Shine! O New Jerusalem!
The glory of the Lord has shone on you!
Exult now and be glad, O Zion!
Be radiant, O pure Theotokos
in the Resurrection of your Son!

Khanya BBS was a 24-hour Christian BBS. One of the main aims of Khanya BBS is, in conjunction with FamilyNet, OCNet and other networks, to provide an electronic communications service for churches and Christian NGOs, especially those who cannot afford a full Internet connection. We will do this by gating e-mail, newsgroups and echomail conferences between the Fido and UUCP formats, and making them available in either format.

The BBS was operated by the Orthodox Christian Network. The service is not be limited to Orthodox Christians, but will be for all Christian groups, though we will also be trying to open and improve communications between Orthodox Christians in the Second World, especially Russia, and others elsewhere. In many parts of the world BBS networks are no longer growing, as the Internet becomes increasingly accessible and popular, but in Russia, in particular, Fido-type networks are still growing rapidly, as they are far more affordable (and also far more under the control of the users).

Thanks to a generous donation from Doug Moore, of Computers for Christ in the USA, OCNet now has the hardware to be able to run such a BBS. Computers for Christ recycles computers that have been donated, and makes them available to churches and other Christian organisations that could not otherwise afford them.

We are testing various kinds of BBS software to see what is most suitable, and Khanya BBS is now running for 24 hours, with daily maintenance lasting 15 minutes being done at midnight, South African time. The number is (012) 333-0004. At the moment we are running Maximus BBS software, with the Watergate mail tosser, and BinkleyTerm. The system is connected to FamilyNet and CCCNet. You can send netmail to the FamilyNet address 8:7903/10 or the CCCNet address 220:27/1.

Please pray for us as we seek to extend the ministry of the OCNet in this way.

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