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Atari BBS Community 1st Sunday Zoom Chat Reminder (October 6th 2024)
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Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, October 6th 2024 at 3pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). At a recent meeting we introduced a slight change in t
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Atari BBS Community 1st Sunday Zoom Chat Reminder (October 6th 2024)
Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, October 6th 2024 at 3pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). At a recent meeting we introduced a slight change in t
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Atari BBS Community 1st Sunday Zoom Chat Reminder (October 6th 2024)
Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, October 6th 2024 at 3pm Eastern. For more information and the proposed agenda, go to http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat This is also the link to the zoom meeting itself (it will automatically forward from 15 minutes before until four hours after the meeting starts). At a recent meeting we introduced a slight change in t
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BBS Express Pro! ownership changes hands
On October 12, 1990, Orion Microsystems (the company owned by Keith Ledbetter and Chris King) sell the BBS Express Pro! source code to Bob Klaas of K Products. According to the attached archived message on the Basement BBS, the source code was sold for $5000.
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ZMODEM is released
On October 14, 1988, Chuck Forsberg releases the ZMODEM specification. Zmodem is a file transfer protocol that superscedes both XMODEM and Forsberg's own YMODEM (see http://timeline.textfiles.com/1988/10/14/1/FILES/zmodem.txt). The YMODEM protocol specification, which was introduced in 1985, was documented and re-released on this day as well (see http://timeline.textfiles.com/1988/10/
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FoReM XE Online
FoReM XE on this date in 2021 was restored back to service. Part of the Southern Amis Projects and run by Sysop Giarc The Warden of Alcatraz BBS: alcatrazbbs.ddns.net port 9000 Feature enhancements as well as code improvements for modem and wait call routines increase reliability which provide the consistent uptime and confidence of continued service of FoReM XE. Accessible at foremxebbs.ddns
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The Basement BBS first goes online
The Basement BBS first goes online in November, 1986. The first version of the BBS ran MPP A.M.I.S. BBS Software on an Atari 800XL, 1 Dual Density 1050 disk drive, and a Supra 300AT modem (which was a rebranded MPP 1000E modem). The modem/dial-up version of the Basement BBS was online until September, 1998. It then returned as an Internet telnet only BBS on July 4, 2017. Its telnet address is base
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The Cleveland Freenet Goes Offline
The Cleveland (Ohio) Freenet (CFN), which started in July 1986, ceased operations on this day, September 30th, in 1999. CFN was a a free public community computer system, the first of its kind in the world. The success of CFN lead to the creation of other Freenet systems located throughout the world. However, dwindling usage due to the growing World Wide Web and Y2K concerns in its software, lead
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