Kyle22 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 It looks good. The only things I would have done differently are: 1. mention that SIO2PC, APE, and the PC are not necessary if you have an interface (850, etc.) and a Lantronix box. 2. Express is OK, but now days I think more people use BobTerm or Ice-T. BTW, I validated your account. You now have full access. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scitari Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 It looks good. The only things I would have done differently are: 1. mention that SIO2PC, APE, and the PC are not necessary if you have an interface (850, etc.) and a Lantronix box. 2. Express is OK, but now days I think more people use BobTerm or Ice-T. BTW, I validated your account. You now have full access. Thanks! I will add the 850/Lantronix bit. I didn't like BobTerm as much and doesn't ICE-T require more memory than a standard 8-bit has? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I don't remember from the top of my head, but I think it runs on a 128K system. Possibly even 64K. Others can chime in with more information (Doc?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 What are some good active BBSs? The lists on the web seem very transient. Many thanks! DarkForce! is still around - check my sig. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) I did a blog post on my experience connecting to a BBS from original hardware using SIO2PC & APE. Did I miss anything important you think I should add? Many thanks! Nice blog post. In addition to Kyle's suggestions, you may also want to mention the Wifi232 modem (see http://biosrhythm.com/?page_id=1453) as an option too. I have at least one user on my BBS that connects with one of these on his Atari 800XL. Edited October 1, 2018 by JohnPolka 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scitari Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 DarkForce! is still around - check my sig. Thanks! I added your to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scitari Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Nice blog post. In addition to Kyle's suggestions, you may also want to mention the Wifi232 modem (see http://biosrhythm.com/?page_id=1453) as an option too. I have at least one user on my BBS that connects with one of these on his Atari 800XL. Thanks! I added the wifi modem as an option. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) What are some good active BBSs? The lists on the web seem very transient. Many thanks! Good blog post. Glad to see more people interested in the BBS scene. I got around to updating the BBS list (had to burn some PTO time......) Sorry it's been so long. http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php ... and of course, SFHQ is still around. TVAG... sometimes. (Just have to figure out how to turn off the new user lock I put on there awhile back). Just a note.. I put ST Guild as offline since the domain name fails to resolve.... I kept Bates Motel up since I can never seem to access it though others can..... If anyone has any more information, it's always appreciated. Edited October 2, 2018 by Tillek 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scitari Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Good blog post. Glad to see more people interested in the BBS scene. I got around to updating the BBS list (had to burn some PTO time......) Sorry it's been so long. http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php ... and of course, SFHQ is still around. TVAG... sometimes. (Just have to figure out how to turn off the new user lock I put on there awhile back). Just a note.. I put ST Guild as offline since the domain name fails to resolve.... I kept Bates Motel up since I can never seem to access it though others can..... If anyone has any more information, it's always appreciated. Awesome! Thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 DtDNS is permanently down so anybody relying on will no longer be seen many BBS's are 'down' but really aren't this happened in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 For those who checked out the file section at The Basement BBS and wondered why there were no file descriptions...they were inadvertently turned off by a buggy BBS module. That module has been fixed and the file descriptions are back. So, check them out.... -JP identify buggy module... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 DtDNS is permanently down so anybody relying on will no longer be seen many BBS's are 'down' but really aren't this happened in August. I don't think any of the BBS's in the list were ever listed with DtDNS... The Boot Factory was always listed with the no-ip address. But thanks for the update.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php I'll get The Last Hope back online again soon! Power out rebooted the host, so I figured good to do a bit of cleanup before opening it up again... Couple things I noticed with the list: Title should be 2018? A number of A8 BBS's are listed as PC - Alcatraz, Boot Factory, Part Time, The Basement Cheers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) Good blog post. Glad to see more people interested in the BBS scene. I got around to updating the BBS list (had to burn some PTO time......) Sorry it's been so long. http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php ... and of course, SFHQ is still around. TVAG... sometimes. (Just have to figure out how to turn off the new user lock I put on there awhile back). Just a note.. I put ST Guild as offline since the domain name fails to resolve.... I kept Bates Motel up since I can never seem to access it though others can..... If anyone has any more information, it's always appreciated. I am able to connect to Bates Motel. I connected a day or two ago. ST Guild has been down for awhile. I asked the SysOp about it and he says he's gotten very busy with other things recently. He didn't give a time frame when it will return. I heard from the SysOp of Alcatraz today. His BBS will be sporatically up and down in the near term as he works to recover some data on another hard drive partition. Also when you try to connect to Alcatraz, be sure to use the dynamic dns address. The BBS' static I.P. has changed. Some BBS lists (including http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php) have the outdated static IP address for Alcatraz. The dynamic dns telnet address is alcatrazbbs.ddns.net:9000. Any word on when YYZ and 8 Bit Guild will return? -JP Edited October 2, 2018 by JohnPolka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 identify buggy module... It's not anything that's in the wild. It was a module I wrote specifically for my BBS. It inadvertantly overwrote the system byte that toggles file descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) I'll get The Last Hope back online again soon! Power out rebooted the host, so I figured good to do a bit of cleanup before opening it up again... Couple things I noticed with the list: Title should be 2018? A number of A8 BBS's are listed as PC - Alcatraz, Boot Factory, Part Time, The Basement Cheers I look forward to seeing the Last Hope back. Were you able to fix the connect issue where one had to send several (e.g., 25 to 30) carriage returns before connecting? Just curious... I suspect new users may not know to send several carriage returns before connecting. As for the PC icon... That indicates an emulated system. Maybe a different icon like "EM" (or "E") would be more obvious. -JP Edited October 2, 2018 by JohnPolka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 how hard to have a post with resolving BBS listing stickied and posted here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 how hard to have a post with resolving BBS listing stickied and posted here? Depends on what you're asking for. A sticky post that someone will constantly keep updated? Unless you're willing to volunteer, it's as hard as finding someone to do it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I am able to connect to Bates Motel. I connected a day or two ago. ST Guild has been down for awhile. I asked the SysOp about it and he says he's gotten very busy with other things recently. He didn't give a time frame when it will return. I heard from the SysOp of Alcatraz today. His BBS will be sporatically up and down in the near term as he works to recover some data on another hard drive partition. Also when you try to connect to Alcatraz, be sure to use the dynamic dns address. The BBS' static I.P. has changed. Some BBS lists (including http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php) have the outdated static IP address for Alcatraz. The dynamic dns telnet address is alcatrazbbs.ddns.net:9000. Any word on when YYZ and 8 Bit Guild will return? -JP Sorry... I don't know any more about LC's systems than you do. I've been hoping to get together with ST Guild's SysOp, but things have been hectic here and he seems to have more interest in car shows. We'll arrange something.... someday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I look forward to seeing the Last Hope back. Were you able to fix the connect issue where one had to send several (e.g., 25 to 30) carriage returns before connecting? Just curious... I suspect new users may not know to send several carriage returns before connecting. As for the PC icon... That indicates an emulated system. Maybe a different icon like "EM" (or "E") would be more obvious. -JP I went ahead and made that change..... (Changing PC to EM). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'll get The Last Hope back online again soon! Power out rebooted the host, so I figured good to do a bit of cleanup before opening it up again... Couple things I noticed with the list: Title should be 2018? A number of A8 BBS's are listed as PC - Alcatraz, Boot Factory, Part Time, The Basement Cheers Good catch... changed the title... and changed the PC on JP's suggestion. Let me know when you're ready to be listed and I'll get you on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) Depends on what you're asking for. A sticky post that someone will constantly keep updated? Unless you're willing to volunteer, it's as hard as finding someone to do it for you. No just the post making the query itself and showing them when viewed, something I had seen, didn't think it was scripted within the forums themselves but within the post. is all Edited October 3, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Unless an automated bot could be written and integrated into AA to periodically verify connection to each one on the list? Is this beyond the realm of possibility? That would provide a real time list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) something like this since the forum here used flash and java... https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7113072/perform-a-dns-lookup-to-resolve-a-hostname-to-an-ip-address-using-javascript#31500047 so that put with this https://j11y.io/javascript/cross-domain-requests-with-jquery/ but it could be cool if AA simply had a script as part of itself and then we just choose the list directly from AA Edited October 3, 2018 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Great idea Doc! That reminds me of something I was thinking about: A Win32 executable that would scrape some latest news headline sites and download the top articles as text. Have it save to a PCLINK: directory, and then an automated script could run on the Atari to pull the latest news onto the board. Possible? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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