I ran a BBS called DeltaBoard for awhile. The idea came from a friend of mine (Paul T.?) who thought a BBS that changed (Delta meaning change) would be cool.

So my BBS changed, selecting a different theme and name when you called in. There were eight different themes. I thought I’d share the welcome screen for each one.

Theme 1: Delta

    ____    ____       _____
    |   \  |      |      |     /\
    |    ) |---   |      |    /  \   Online in Iowa since last week!
    |___/  |____  |____  |   /____\    Originally Online in 1989!
 
          /) The DeltaBoard (\
    3/12/2400/9600/14.4 Baud - 8/N/1
 
          SysOp:  Zigwald Malushi
      Co-SysOps:  
 
If you are a first time caller, enter 'NEW':

Theme 2: Star Drek

.             .               .                 .                .
                         Space...  The final frontier...                   .
              .                    .             .          .        .
  .      _/_/_/  _/_/_/  _/_/_/  _/_/_/      _/_/    _/_/    _/_/_/  _/  _/
        _/        _/    _/  _/  _/  _/      _/  _/  _/  _/  _/      _/  _/
    .  _/_/_/    _/    _/_/_/  _/_/        _/  _/  _/_/    _/_/    _/_/ 
          _/    _/    _/  _/  _/  _/      _/  _/  _/  _/  _/      _/  _/
     _/_/_/    _/    _/  _/  _/  _/      _/_/    _/  _/  _/_/_/  _/  _/    .
 .          .             .          .                 .               .
         S T A R   D R E K   :   T h e   L o s t   G e n e r a t i o n     .
  .            .        .         .                    .
                           Captain:  Jean Luc Malushi     .         .
.        .              Sci. Officer:  Lt. Commander Bob     .            .
                    .         Bad Monster:  ......        .       .
     .           .              .                     .                 .
Input your Starfleet ID or enter 'NEW' to join the academy:

Theme 3: Castle Delta

 ___ ___ ___               ___ ___ ___
 | |_| |_| |               | |_| |_| |
 |         |   You stand   |         |
  \       /    before...    \       /
  _|     |___________________|_____|_ 
 |            C A S T L E            |
 |  ____    ____       _____         |
 |  |   \  |      |      |     /\    |
 |  |    ) |---   |      |    /  \   |
 |  |___/  |____  |____  |   /____\  |
 |___________________________________|
 
    Your King:  Zigwald of Nothingham
         Surf:  Sire ....
   Chief Peon:  ....
 
The gaurd shouts "Halt!  Who goes there?  State thy name or shout 'NEW' if
this is your first visit..."
 

Theme 4: Hotel Delta

  -----------------------------------
 |             H O T E L             |
 |  ____    ____       _____         |
 |  |   \  |      |      |     /\    |
 |  |    ) |---   |      |    /  \   |
 |  |___/  |____  |____  |   /____\  |
 |                                   |
 |           [..  VACANCY]           |
  -----------------------------------
        Manager:  Zigwald Malushi
          Clerk:  ....
        Bellhop:  Hopsing
 
"Please sign your name or scribble 'NEW' to register" the clerk requests.

Theme 5: Haunted Mansion

Based on the famous Disneyland and Walt Disney World attraction ;-)

When hinges creek in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds
echo through the halls...  Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is
deathly still - that is the time when ghosts are present - practicing their
terror with ghoulish delight...
        .                .      .    \\  .  /--------------------------\
Welcome, foolish mortals, to the...  //.   / .  .  _  . . . . ___ _ __  \
   _   .  .  __________  .  .       /_     | |__| /_\ | | |\|  | |_ | \ |
  (_)     __/ ___  ___ \__   .   __/  \  . | |  | | | |_| | |  | |_ |_/ |
 .   .   /__\ |_|  |_| /__\   __/    /_    | .  .  _  . .  __ .  _  . . |
   .     |[]| .. __ .. |[]|  /  .   / /  . | |\/| /_\ |\| (_  | / \ |\| |
     . + |--| # |  | # |--| +        /_    | |  | | | | | __) | \_/ | | |
      _|_|__|___|__|___|__|_|_   .    / .  \                            /
 __---         /    \         ---__         \--------------------------/
 
I am your host.  Your ... Ghost Host.  Kindly step all the way in please and
make room for everyone.  There's no turning back now . . .
 
Please tell me your name, or type 'NEW' if this is your first visit.

Theme 6: DeltaBoard

                               you have dialed...
 ________  ._______  ._______        .__  .__  ._______  ._______  .__  .__
 \\ .___ \ \\ .___ \ \\_____ \       \\ \ \\ \ \\ .___ \ \\ .____\ \\ \ \\ \
  \\ \_\\ \ \\ \_\\ \      \\ \  .___ \\ \_\\ \ \\ \_\\ \ \\ \_____ \\ \_\\ \
   ))____. ) )) ___. )      )) ) ))__) ))____. ) )) ___. ) )) ___. ) ))____. )
  .____// / // /_// /      // /            // / // /_// / // /_// /      // /
 //______/ //______/      //_/            //_/ //______/ //______/      //_/
 
                                congratulations.
                           we knew you could do it...
 
     /) Welcome to The DeltaBoard - Des Moines' ONLY OS-9 Based Network (\
    ((      "A private system operating 24 hours a day (sometimes)."     ))
     \)       If this is your first visit, please login as 'NEW'.       (/
 

Theme 7: Den of Iniquity

    ._.__________________________
  /   \                         \
 /_____\  \/\/ E |_ < [] |\/| E  \     ||=\\   ||===  ||\ ||    /\  |--
        )                         )    ||  >>  ||==   ||\\||   <  > |--
       /          T []           /     ||=//   ||===  || \||    \/  |
      /    ..   .    ,  __      /
     /     /\   |      (_      /   || ||\ || ||  //\\  ||  || || ==== ||  ||
    /     /--\  |      __)    /    || ||\\|| || << .>> ||  || ||  ||   \\//
   /     ~    ~ ~~~~         /     || || \|| ||  \\/\\ \\==// ||  ||    ||
  (      .__________________(_____
   \    /                        /   B E W A R E  :  N o   f u r n i t u r e
    \__/________________________/    (under 18 not permitted without parent)
 
          If this  is your first visit, type 'NEW' as your Username.
 

Theme 8: Revenge-Net

  -+=====================================================================+-
    |                                                                    |
    |  +--+   +---+ +   + +---+ +   + +---+ +---+     +   + +---+ +-+-+  |
    |  |   >  |     |   | |     |\  | |     |         |\  | |       |    |
    |  +--+   +-+   |   | +-+   | \ | | +-+ |-+   +-+ | \ | +-+     |    |
    |  |   \  |      \ /  |     |  \| |   | |         |  \| |       |    |
    |  +    + +---+   +   +---+ +   + +---+ +---+     +   + +---+   +    |
    |                                                                    |
  -+=====================================================================+-
 
                  "For all of those who have venged before..."
       "People who seek revenge ... are just admitting that they lost."
       "Never seek revenge on someone who doesn't think they beat you."
      "Don't get mad, get even ... even if it means serving jail time..."
 
  (quotes from 'Revenge is Sweet Enough for Babies', Thom Cobra, Pan Books,
        ISBN 1-55851-380-4 - used with permission from the publisher.)

                  If you are a first time caller, enter 'NEW':
 

Ah, fun times. There were customized screens for bad passwords, logging out, menus, message of the day, and more. Fun stuff! OS-9 made it so easy to do things like this with scripts (batch files) and command line utilities.

I’ll share more, later…