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Atari BBS Community Zoom Chat
Just a reminder about tomorrow's Atari BBS Community Chat for 3pm eastern on Sunday, November 5th. Agenda wise, we have a few things we can look at and discuss, so we'll leave it up to whoever shows up to decide... or whatever else comes to mind! For more information... https://tinyurl.com/nkbjhvb9 See you there! Please PM me for the meeting link...
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Atari BBS Community Zoom Chat
Sorry for the late notice.... work (monthly deployment fell on the same weekend as the chat again). So this is your reminder for tomorrow night about the Atari BBS Community Chat for 8pm eastern on Friday, November 17th. I'm really not going to plan an agenda because there are some really interesting invites going out and I think the discussion is going to be driven by whic
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Atari BBS Community Zoom Chat
Just your regular Atari BBS Community Zoom Meet Reminder As always, we meet on the first Sunday and third Friday of every month. The next meeting is Sunday, December 3rd at 3pm Eastern. No real agenda for this since my work project is in it's final stages, but those tend to be the most fun! (Rumor has it, we might have some people showing off some new IGS work!)
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Atari BBS Community Zoom Chat
Figured since this is the last one of the year (and kinda short notice) I'd post in a few more places.... Just your regular Atari BBS Community Zoom Meet Reminder... sorry for the late reminder. As always, we meet on the first Sunday and third Friday of every month... the next meeting is tonight, Friday, December 15th at 8pm Eastern. No real agenda for this since my wo
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Atari BBS Community 1st Sunday Zoom Chat
Sorry its late been working on the magic URL It's time for your Atari BBS Community Zoom Chat Reminder! http://www.ataribbs.com/zoomchat Forevermore (and by that I mean as long as we do this or as long as I don't get hit by a bus) that will be the Zoom Chat Link. Magic as in most of the time, it will give the info and agenda for the next meeting, and
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Atari BBS Community 3rd Friday Zoom Chat
Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Friday, January 19th 2024 at 8pm 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). Hope to see you there!
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Atari BBS Community 1st Sunday Zoom Chat
Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, February 4th 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). Hope to see you there!
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Atari BBS Community 1st Sunday Zoom Chat
Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, March 3rd 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). This will likely be a Michtron 3.0
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Atari BBS Community 3rd Friday Zoom Chat
Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for Sunday, March 15th 2024 at 8pm 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). We're all dying to know... how did YOU spend "Baud Day
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BBS Express Pro! is released
In May, 1988 Orion Micro Systems, the company owned by Keith Ledbetter and Chris King, released BBS Express Professional (commonly known as BBS Express Pro!). BBS Express Pro! is the sequel to Keith Ledbetter's first BBS program, BBS Express! BBS Express Pro! has many features that were not commonly available in other Atari BBS programs at the time. These features include 32 message ba
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Bill Metcalfe passes away
Bill Metcalfe, co-owner of @ircular Logic, passed away on May 6, 2020. He was 62. Bill, along with co-owner Tom McComb, created several popular games for the Atari 8 bit computer in the 80s and early 90s. These games ran under the BBS Express Pro! Bulletin Board System Software. Bill and Tom marketed these games under the company name @ircular Logic. Their catalog includes "Nebula Elit
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Basement BBS switches to BBS Express Pro!
On this day, May 19th, in 1988 the Basement BBS switched to BBS Express Pro! software (node x127). The Basement BBS operated until September, 1998. In early 2017, the SysOp obtained some old backup floppy disks from the BBS Express Pro! version of the Basement. These floppies were backups from 1990 through 1993. After recovering the BBS from the backup disks, the BBS re-opened on July 4, 2017 as a
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FidoNet is officially released
Tom Jennings, creator of FidoNet, officially releases the FidoNet software this month in 1984. Soon after its release, dozens of BBSs would use it to link message bases and email via late night modem to modem communication. FidoNet would eventually grow into a worldwide network of BBSs that's still in use today. At its peak, in 1996, FidoNet had approximately 39,000 participating syste
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AMIS BBS is released (observed)
AMIS stands for Atari Message Information System. It's one of the earliest bulletin board programs for the Atari (8-bit) computer. The exact release date of AMIS is unknown, however, the June 1982 issue of Antic Magazine (Volume 1, number 2, page 25) reports that the Michigan Atari Computer Enthusiasts (MACE) have developed a bulletin board program for the Atari (8-bit) computer. Anti
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