are there any bbs/internet services that you can access via an emulator?

digital

like micronet/prestel or telecom gold, etc, i seem to remember?

jonesypeter

Fuse has Spectranet support. Details are here: https://sourceforge.net/p/fuse-emulator/wiki/Spectranet Emulation/

This thread contains details of some of the active hosts:

https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/index.php?p=discussion/40975/spectranet-the-tnfs-directory-thread

More detail about the hardware is available here:

http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Main_Page

digital

all these sites are good but they could do with email/chat and bulletin boards. maybe ill try and set one up