Unearthed Files From Alcatraz BBS

[moonlight_mile]

Hey guys,

Along with that modded copy of FoReM BBS I uploaded to the BBS thread, I found a few other items.

 

I checked google and didn't see these anywhere, where they were available for download. If they are, my bad. If not, Enjoy!

 

SuperDos 4.4 (I found 4.3 and 5.1 but not 4.4)

The News Room (It is a cracked version so it isn't the original dump, but I couldn't find it anywhere)

The Prowler (I think this was a phone hacking application).

 

I have a few more files, but they look like just basic programs and something called RSX212.EXE.

 

I will upload these when I had a chance to review them.

 

Enjoy,

Craig

SuperDos44.atr

The Prowler.atr

TheNewsRoom.atr

[moonlight_mile]

Here are a few more files I pulled off. There are only 2 or 3 more files I need to look at. One of them is BBS Express Pro 1.0 and I think that is not freeware, so I will not upload that, unless it is needed and it is in fact freeware.

 

SX212-an R: handler for the SX212 by Trent Dudley-Not sure how much use this will be but here it is.

RainBow Box-Another Phone Modem Utility.-I have no clue what this would have been used for.,

Mail List-A Basic Mail listing program

Label Master/Label Print-This is a basic program. I was unable to load it, this may in fact be an ST Program.

DirBak-No Clue. Could not get this to load. Maybe This is an ST App as well.

 

Let me know if anyone can get the last two programs to run. I can't remember having an ST section, but these disks were dated around 1989 so I probably had an ST uploads section.

 

These are in SpartaDos format, in case you are having issues open the files.

 

Enjoy!

Craig

SX212_Handler.atr

RainbowBox.atr

MailList.atr

LabelMaster.atr

DirBak.atr

[Triads]

Thanks again for sharing..

[moonlight_mile]

Found a few more files. There won't be much more left after this.

 

 

TeleChess 1 and 3-I guess an early "multiplayer" chess game. I was able to load techess1 but not techess3

BBS Tormentor-I think this is pretty self explainatory, I guess?!?!?!

Amodem752-I got it to run, looks like some type of modem handler by Trent Dudley

-There also was a file called AmodemXE.com but the disk was bad where that file was located.

MindlinkV2-This is some type of MPP terminal software. I actually have the original disk, why, I have no clue as I never had an MPP Modem.

 

 

Music Files-I am asking for your help. I have absolutely no clue what these files are (besides being Music files). It must have been somewhat important that I actually saved it. There was one file that was on a a part of the disk that went bad. So Music4.idx is missing

 

I have a few files on the disks called Hardback.HDR. I am assuming it was for some type of backup program I may have used. Does anyone know what the program would have been? I tried to upload the one file but it won't let me attach that type of file. They are only 83 bytes so maybe a directory list?

 

Enjoy!

 

 

TeleChess1and3.atr

BBS_Tormentor.atr

AModem752.atr

MindLinkV2.atr

MusicFiles.atr

[sup8pdct]

Always gets my attention when a version of superdos crops up. One above i close to 4.3.will need to look to see what has been changed.

 

James

[moonlight_mile]

Always gets my attention when a version of superdos crops up. One above i close to 4.3.will need to look to see what has been changed.

 

James

Glad I could help.

 

Hell, I thought spartados was the defacto dos for atari from 85/86 forward. I had no clue there were so many dos' out for our ol' 8 bit.

[Bill Lange]

Running Prowler from Altirra 2.81 requires a virtual 850 to be attached.

 

It uses SpartaDOS 3.2. Here is the directory:

 

 

Here is a screenshot of The Prowler running:

 

 

Uploaded to archive.org.

Edited June 13, 2017 by Bill Lange

[Bill Lange]

BBS Tormentor V1.0 by Mr. Mojo doesn't seem to have a DOS on the disk image.

 

Here is the disk directory:

 

 

Here is the main menu screen:

 

 

Here is the ATARI BASIC (with assembly language subroutines) source listing:

 

 

Uploaded to archive.org.

[Bill Lange]

LabelMaster.atr

 

 

I get errors trying to load the labelmas.bas program:

 

 

The labelprt.bas appears to be the Super Disk Label Atari Basic program from the January 1984 issue of Antic Magazine written by Richard Kushner.

 

Here is the labelprt.bas program running:

 

 

Here is the labelprt.bas ATARI BASIC source listing:

 

[moonlight_mile]

I'll try to copy labelmaster again and see if it fixes it

I couldn't load either of the label files so you got further than I.

 

The last disk has a copy of TuffHacker on it. I am guessing a pretty early version but I can't be sure.

 

I have used disk wizard 2, copy 2000 and copy the individual files (in SpartaDos) and every time I try to load any file off the disk I get an error 135. File/IOCB not open for write.

 

There are 2 or 3 bad sectors on this disk but I get that error on every file I try to run. It seems like I was able to boot the original disk up once a few weeks ago but now it won't do that either.

 

Is there anyway I can get around that error? I can upload the .atr if you think you guys might be able to fix it.

 

Thanks

[Bill Lange]

AModem752.atr

 

Here is the disk directory (using SpartaDOS 3.2g) of the AModem752.atr disk image:

 

 

There doesn't seem to be a DOS on the disk image.

 

When I ENTERed the AMODEM752.LST file from BASIC, I can see an unDIMed string HDR and a RETURN without a GOSUB in the 2nd line.

 

 

Here is the AMODEM752.LIST BASIC source code:

 

 

And here is the READ.ME text file:

 

Since it has a LISTed BASIC program that needs to be merged with something else, it looks like this might be an incomplete patch to an existing AMODEM version, possibly to keep the file sizes down in the era of 300 BAUD modems.

Edited June 13, 2017 by Bill Lange

[Bill Lange]

DirBak.atr

 

The only thing that I can see on the DIRBAK.ATR disk image is one file named DIRBAK:

 

 

Here is the contents of the DIRBAK file:

 

[Bill Lange]

RainbowBox.atr

 

ATARI BASIC phone system hacking software of some sort.

 

Disk Directory

 

Splash Screen

 

First Screen

 

Second Screen

 

Third Screen

 

Fourth (and last) Screen

 

Here is the ATARI BASIC Source Code:

 

Uploaded to archive.org.

 

 

 

 

[AtariGeezer]

From my observations:

labelmas.bas should be renamed to labelmas.xex

DIRBAK appears to be DIRBAK.ARC

[+Stephen]

AModem752.atr

 

Here is the disk directory (using SpartaDOS 3.2g) of the AModem752.atr disk image:

 

amodem-atr-dir-from-spartados3.2g.png

 

There doesn't seem to be a DOS on the disk image.

 

When I ENTERed the AMODEM752.LST file from BASIC, I can see an unDIMed string HDR and a RETURN without a GOSUB in the 2nd line.

 

2017-06-13_15-44-53.png

 

Here is the AMODEM752.LIST BASIC source code:

 

amod72.lst.png

 

And here is the READ.ME text file:

 

read.me.png

 

Since it has a LISTed BASIC program that needs to be merged with something else, it looks like this might be an incomplete patch to an existing AMODEM version, possibly to keep the file sizes down in the era of 300 BAUD modems.

AOMDEM75.BAS should be easy enough ti find. It was on the Holmes archive, I'm believe I have a few copies on my floppy archive. if you need me to post it, let me know.

[Bill Lange]

MailList.atr

 

This appears to be a simple mail list program in ATARI BASIC in which the names/address are save inside the BASIC code.

 

Disk directory:

 

 

ATARI BASIC source code:

 

 

 

[AtariGeezer]

From my personal collection in the 80's...

 

Amodem752B.ATR

Amodem752A.ATR

 

From the readme files, you are supposed to merge the listed update with AModem 7.5...

 

[+bf2k+]

HARDBACK.HDR was a disk used by Hardback Disk Backup system from Chris King of Orion MicroSystems.

 

If that was the only file on it then it was empty.

[+bf2k+]

And that Amodem 7.52 listing is WAY too short to be the actual program.

[+Stephen]

And that Amodem 7.52 listing is WAY too short to be the actual program.

The 7.52 listing gets merged with the full version of 7.50.

[Bill Lange]

Along with that modded copy of FoReM BBS I uploaded to the BBS thread, I found a few other items.

 

 

This is now on archive.org as well.

 

Here is the phorem.doc file:

 

[AtariGeezer]

Yep, it's an ARC file:

DIRBAK.ARC

 

And a small ATR created from Altirra

DirBack.atr

[Bill Lange]

From my observations:

labelmas.bas should be renamed to labelmas.xex

DIRBAK appears to be DIRBAK.ARC

 

Based on the comment above, I copied labelmas.bas to H1:, renamed it to labelmas.xex and then loaded it from DOS 2.0s.

 

 

Uploaded to archive.org.

Edited June 13, 2017 by Bill Lange

[Stormtrooper of Death]

The RainbowBox.atr program looks a bit like the whizzle that was used by Captain Crunch to use phoneboots. Red Box, Blue Box etc. many difrent small electronic boxes that produced special frequency to dial for free in public phoneboots. I guess, RainbowBox does the same. Never seen such a program on the Atari 8bit. It will be difficult to test, because analog telephony became obsolete 15 years ago... And the digital phonecentres cannot be tricked by the old frequency cheaters.

[moonlight_mile]

Yep, it's an ARC file:

DIRBAK.ARC

 

And a small ATR created from Altirra

DirBack.atr

Did you check it out to see what it is?

 

I did copy the hardback.hdr file to the H: drive and it claims to be 83 bytes but there are only two characters In the file.