Games For Your Intellivision Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I used to run System Reset! BBS In Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was running Express Pro....I think node x_59 if I remember correctly.... I had a friend write a PC Dos term program called Genterm that did Atascii graphics. It was never released to the general public, but if there is some interest I might be able to get a copy of it somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 (edited) I also have a PC-based ATASCII terminal program for accessing internet-based ATASCII BBSes like mine. It's called AT_Telnet. It is just a terminal - no file transfers available in it. It was originally written by Tom Hunt and I took it over around 2000. You can download it at my website below. It is tested under Windows XP only. http://bf.amfband.com Edited April 7, 2012 by bf2k+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I used to run System Reset! BBS In Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was running Express Pro....I think node x_59 if I remember correctly.... Must be another node# as x_59 is/was "The 19th Hole - 416-xxx-xxxx". "System Reset" doesn't seem to be listed on the 1999 Pro node list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I bought X_59 from the guy who ran The 19th hole. He took it down, and I started System Reset! BBS, which ran for a number of years after the 19th hole was long gone. So, yeah, X_59 was my node.......was a member of the 'USF' Express Pro Network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Ah, that explains. You were in the "USF" around 1998/1999? I used to get the "USF" mails from "The Jail" in Canada, which frequently went wrong :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Yeah, the Jail was bad for that, but I don't now who was creating dupes....I used to pass off my messages to Europe.... It was a lot of fun back then, but long distance calls were expensive.... I've always wanted to put my BBS back up, but I suspect the costs wouldn't be worth the effort or the calls I would get. I might be convinced if I could somehow hook it up to telnet from the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I might be convinced if I could somehow hook it up to telnet from the internet. Er... You've not heard of Atari Inside or my BBS (DarkForce) ? We use a Lantronix serial port to LAN adaptor to hook our boards to the 'Net. Works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yeah, the Jail was bad for that, but I don't now who was creating dupes....I used to pass off my messages to Europe.... It was a lot of fun back then, but long distance calls were expensive.... Expensive, indeed. Apart from the Dutch netcalls I had to call to the USA, Canada and Germany at least once a week, usually more. I've always wanted to put my BBS back up, but I suspect the costs wouldn't be worth the effort or the calls I would get. I might be convinced if I could somehow hook it up to telnet from the internet. I still run my Pro BBS (5.0) but exchanged the modem for a null-modem cable and run a telnet conversion tool on a W2K server. Apart from up and downloads it works pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I run The Electric Cafe BBS - telnet thecafe.dtdns.net This runs Steve Carden's TCP/IP Express Pro 7.0. This BBS is 24 hours and runs on real Atari hardware: Atari 130XE with 576K RAM upgrade ICD 256kb MIO with Warerat's ROM upgrade External Seagate SCSI Hard Drive 18GB Lantronix telnet/serial converter What happened to The Electric Cafe BBS? -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hmm, dunno - just tried it - resolves to an ip address but never progresses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 tested: pb.dartktech.org bfbbs.no-ip.com atarinews.org ttt.sk:5678 tcpiexpress.dyndns.org thunderdome.homeip.net altirra and new ice-t - works fine i waiting for another SIO2PC for testing on real hw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Why isn't Darkforce on your list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I finally got my BBS up and running with the Oasis Jr BBS 1988 software! It's working great after much trial & error to configure the program and menus. YYZ BBS is now available via telnet: yyzbbs.no-ip.org Running on original Atari 130XE 1MB & disk drives. APE supplies the R: handler connection for telnet. Come by and visit. It's been 1987 - 1988 since I ran this board. -=[Lord Cygnus]=- YYZ BBS Houston, TX I added the 80 column feature to the BBS. ASCII callers use 'ctrl [' for carriage return if stuck at a prompts if your enter key does not respond properly (don't ask me why it does that; I don't know). Of course, ATASCII 40 column looks and functions properly since the board was built for it! /|\TARI RULZ! I'll have a UDS-10 or UDS-100 installed soon & a battery back-up unit. Until then, I'm still using APE connected to my real A8 equipment to answer calls via Telnet: yyzbbs.no-ip.org -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 ! I added your BBS telnet address to our board @ YYZ BBS. I call your board on my real 130XE using ICE-T 80 column. I have called your board a few times with Windows XP Hyper-Term. I like using real A8 real equipment though (for the nostalgia)! -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slor Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Anyone who hasn't added the IRC gateway to your BBS list, please feel free to: For VT100 emulation (if you're using and Atari with Ice-T or other VT100-capable terminal), telnet to irc.atarichat.net, port 800. For ASCII dumb terminal, telnet to irc.atarichat.net, port 400. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Anyone who hasn't added the IRC gateway to your BBS list, please feel free to: For VT100 emulation (if you're using and Atari with Ice-T or other VT100-capable terminal), telnet to irc.atarichat.net, port 800. For ASCII dumb terminal, telnet to irc.atarichat.net, port 400. Thanks! Oh that is awesome! Can't wait to try that out in Bobterm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 ! I added your BBS telnet address to our board @ YYZ BBS. I call your board on my real 130XE using ICE-T 80 column. I have called your board a few times with Windows XP Hyper-Term. I like using real A8 real equipment though (for the nostalgia)! -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Thanks, appreciated. I understand about the nostalgia part - don't much care for emulation, as technically impressive as it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 ! I added your BBS telnet address to our board @ YYZ BBS. I call your board on my real 130XE using ICE-T 80 column. I have called your board a few times with Windows XP Hyper-Term. I like using real A8 real equipment though (for the nostalgia)! -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Thanks, appreciated. I understand about the nostalgia part - don't much care for emulation, as technically impressive as it is... Using our real equipment is the ultimate experience reminding us of our first experiences back in the dayz! /|\TARI RULZ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Emulation is great when the real technology is not practical. For example in Kuwait I hit the Atari BBSs (when the crappy internet is not blocking me) using Syncterm that can do ATASCII. Otherwise while at home I get on the BBSs with my Atari 800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org tested with SIO2PC and ape on real 800xe and works superb fast i forgot one realtime chating IRC.. someone know it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Skip back 5 messages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 thanks im online on real 800xe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 thanks im online on real 800xe Kewl... another Atari user on the BBSs with the real equipment! Neat experience eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Hey guys. I'm experimenting a bit with my UDS1100 and some settings... Can the next few callers that logon tell me if the <enter> message now comes up without having to bang the keyboard first? Previously, it would just show a blank screen on connection until you bashed some keys... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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