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Nov 05Atari 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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Nov 18
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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Dec 03
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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Dec 16
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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Jan 07-
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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Jan 20-
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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Feb 04
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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Mar 03
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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Mar 16-
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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Apr 20-
Atari BBS Community 3rd Friday Zoom Chat
Apologies for the very late reminder... Just a reminder for the Atari BBS community zoom chat for tonight, Friday, April 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 me
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Sep 02
FoReM XE BBS is released
On this day, September 2nd, in 1985, FoReM XE BBS software is released. FoReM XE, developed by Matthew Singer, is an Atari 8-bit BBS written in the BASIC XE programming language. Previous versions of FoReM were written in BASIC XL and Atari Basic (see the Atari Frequently Asked Questions by Michael Current for a list of versions). FoReM XE is in the public domain. One of its noteworthy features i
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Sep 04
ICD unveils BBS Express! ST
On or around this day, September 4th, in 1987, ICD unveils BBS Express! ST at the The Atari MAGIC (Michigan Atari General Information Conference) show. BBS Express! ST is an Atari ST version of the popular BBS Express! software written by Keith Ledbetter. BBS Express! ST was released sometime between July 24, 1987 and September 4, 1987. In the 24-Jul-87 #63 issue of Z*Magazine, it's ru
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Sep 05
Number of BBSs in U.S. Reaches its Peak
The September 5, 1994 issue of Infoworld (Volume 16, number 36, page 52) estimates that there are 60,000 BBSs in the United States that serve 17 million users. This statistic is believed to be the peak of the number of BBSs in the United States. The number of BBSs began to decline after 1994. The BBS growth spanned from 1978 to 1994. The decline was largely due to Dial-up Internet service becoming
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Sep 19
First Emoticon Invented
On this day, September 19th, in 1982, Carnegie Mellon professor Dr. Scott Fahlman invented the first emotion; the humble smiley. The image beow shows the text from the email that introduced the smiley emoticon. According to narratively.com, every September 19th is "Emoticon Day". Dr. Fahlman hands out cookies with smiley faces on them.
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Sep 30
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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