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== History == | == History == | ||
Vuijlsteke launched the system in 1990 on a PC equipped with a USRobotics Courier/Sportster 2400 baud modem. In 1992 it was upgraded to a [[ZyXEL U-1496]] supporting 14.4 kbit/s. The BBS offered standard message boards, freeware file areas, and a small selection of door games. It also carried ANSI artwork contributed by callers.<ref name=" | Vuijlsteke launched the system in 1990 on a PC equipped with a USRobotics Courier/Sportster 2400 baud modem. In 1992 it was upgraded to a [[ZyXEL U-1496]] supporting 14.4 kbit/s. The BBS offered standard message boards, freeware file areas, and a small selection of door games. It also carried ANSI artwork contributed by callers.<ref name="VuijlstekeInterview">Michel Vuijlsteke, interview, 1 October 2025. Interview about memories of his BBS, Yusupov's House.</ref> | ||
Although listed in Belgian BBS directories, Yusupov's House had only a handful of users and was mostly accessed by random callers. According to Vuijlsteke, he continued to receive unexplained calls years after shutting it down, only later realising that people were still dialling the BBS number.<ref name="VuijlstekeAbout" /> | Although listed in Belgian BBS directories, Yusupov's House had only a handful of users and was mostly accessed by random callers. According to Vuijlsteke, he continued to receive unexplained calls years after shutting it down, only later realising that people were still dialling the BBS number.<ref name="VuijlstekeAbout" /> | ||
== Name == | == Name == | ||
The name ''Yusupov’s House'' was chosen spontaneously: while reading Leo Tolstoy’s ''[[War and Peace]]'', Vuijlsteke opened the book at random and encountered the sentence, “I was driving past Yusúpov’s house just now,” which became the board’s title.<ref name=" | The name ''Yusupov’s House'' was chosen spontaneously: while reading Leo Tolstoy’s ''[[War and Peace]]'', Vuijlsteke opened the book at random and encountered the sentence, “I was driving past Yusúpov’s house just now,” which became the board’s title.<ref name="VuijlstekeInterview" /> | ||
== Closure == | == Closure == | ||
The BBS was closed in 1995 after the introduction of [[Trumpet Winsock]], which allowed Vuijlsteke to connect to the Internet over dial-up using Microsoft Windows. Internet access quickly displaced the need to maintain a personal BBS.<ref name=" | The BBS was closed in 1995 after the introduction of [[Trumpet Winsock]], which allowed Vuijlsteke to connect to the Internet over dial-up using Microsoft Windows. Internet access quickly displaced the need to maintain a personal BBS.<ref name="VuijlstekeInterview" /> | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
Revision as of 21:42, 1 October 2025
| Yusupov's House | |
|---|---|
| country | Belgium |
| networks | FidoNet (2:291/1925) |
| closed | 1995 |
| modem speeds | 2400, 14.4k |
| software | QuickBBS |
| sysop | Michel Vuijlsteke |
| operating system | DOS |
| founded | 1990 |
| city | Ghent |
Yusupov's House was a bulletin board system (BBS) based in Ghent, Belgium, and operated by Michel Vuijlsteke between 1990 and 1995. It was a single–line system running under DOS with QuickBBS software and was connected to FidoNet as node 2:291/1925.[1]
History
Vuijlsteke launched the system in 1990 on a PC equipped with a USRobotics Courier/Sportster 2400 baud modem. In 1992 it was upgraded to a ZyXEL U-1496 supporting 14.4 kbit/s. The BBS offered standard message boards, freeware file areas, and a small selection of door games. It also carried ANSI artwork contributed by callers.[2]
Although listed in Belgian BBS directories, Yusupov's House had only a handful of users and was mostly accessed by random callers. According to Vuijlsteke, he continued to receive unexplained calls years after shutting it down, only later realising that people were still dialling the BBS number.[1]
Name
The name Yusupov’s House was chosen spontaneously: while reading Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Vuijlsteke opened the book at random and encountered the sentence, “I was driving past Yusúpov’s house just now,” which became the board’s title.[2]
Closure
The BBS was closed in 1995 after the introduction of Trumpet Winsock, which allowed Vuijlsteke to connect to the Internet over dial-up using Microsoft Windows. Internet access quickly displaced the need to maintain a personal BBS.[2]
Legacy
No known artifacts or message archives of Yusupov’s House have survived. Its existence is chiefly recorded in Vuijlsteke’s personal writings.[1]