DavidMil Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I'm not talking about connecting over the internet (as I found after looking through about 10 pages of search results here) . I'm talking about picking up the phone and dialing a 10 digit number, hearing the modem respond, and putting the hand set into the coupler type BBS. If there are any, can someone post a couple of the phone numbers? I'm trying to show my great granddaughter what it was like in the 'dark ages'. When I tried to explain it to her she asked me why didn't I just use my smart phone... Thanks, DavidMil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Mine is still up since 83.. The web site is www.thekeep.net and the modem no is 503 646 2407 Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Mine is still up since 83.. The web site is www.thekeep.net and the modem no is 503 646 2407 Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk So if I dialed 1-503-646-2407 through a land line with a dial up modem, what would happen? Would I need a web browser? I didn't get my first PC until 1997 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You'd get the bbs what else? Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You'd get the bbs what else? Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Can I access it with Firefox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Sure there's a telnet client on the website Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Your questions make me wonder if you understand what a modem terminal connection is. You use a terminal program on your end and communicate using a modem to establish a serial connection to the BBS. The BBS will answer the call, negotiate the modem connection speed and then send text to your terminal sw that you interact with. Firefox is a web browser that needs a tcp/ip connection to operate. Modems can be used for a tcp/ip connection also but it is an either/or situation. My BBS does not provide a modem tcp/ip connection it is a text based terminal connection as they were before the internet became available. It is also accessible via the internet with your browser. Greg Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Mine is still up since 83.. The web site is www.thekeep.net and the modem no is 503 646 2407 Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Since long distance charges are basically I thing of the past, I was tempted to call it... until I realized RS-232 ports are also a thing of the past on todays's PCs and I can't hook up my modem :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Easy to fix I recommend GearMo USB RS-232 Serial Adapter with LED Indicators Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000 Support https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AHYJWWG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_hLdY1lKh82lBf Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Mine is still up since 83.. The web site is www.thekeep.net and the modem no is 503 646 2407 Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Thank you arcadeshopper. I'll call it this afternoon. DavidMil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I can add some Atari specific areas in the file library and forums if there's interest Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I can add some Atari specific areas in the file library and forums if there's interest Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Is it still a pay BBS? Or is that old info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlord Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 http://telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/list/brief/ Sent from my SM-J727V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 It is but I'm happy to give a free account to any fellow retro computer fans just lmk you got on from atariage and I'll set you up Greg Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlord Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I have my free account. :thumbs: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I have my free account. :thumbs:I upgraded all the comp accounts to something more btw Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I would suggest wardialing, but would probably be a bad idea today 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Stella Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 I would suggest wardialing, but would probably be a bad idea today WOPR would detect it at NORAD, and you'd set off a nuclear war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 WOPR would detect it at NORAD, and you'd set off a nuclear war. Only if you asked it to play a game. Geeze dude... Everyone knows that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 The keep was one of the bbs's I tried when I got my sx212 modem last month but I had problems with random characters being generated. Probably due to my majicjack connection. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 The keep was one of the bbs's I tried when I got my sx212 modem last month but I had problems with random characters being generated. Probably due to my majicjack connection. Did you ever take a look at SimNet? Basically you dial in, and it acts as a gateway to certain telnet BBS's. You'll never know the difference. http://www.uuhec.net/simnet/ I haven't seen their BBS list, but Dark Force is on there. I haven't signed up my BBS since I was planning to set up a landline here (I can still get one) and was going to set up kind of a "private" version of this for just some of the BBS's I can regularly (and figured it would be a jerk move to be on SimNet and using their resources while at the same time not sharing mine). But that's at least one Atari board you can call for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triads Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Signed up, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The keep was one of the bbs's I tried when I got my sx212 modem last month but I had problems with random characters being generated. Probably due to my majicjack connection.Magic jack is only good for voice. Modem the best I could get was 300 baud with many errors. That's the random characters you see. Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I have no personal experience with it but my brother uses Ooma VOIP service with a FAX machine. His internet service is 15mbps cable broadband. The following link indicates Ooma can also be used for outbound modem connections if the correct prefix is entered, I don't know what would be required for inbound connections. http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12555 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 The odd thing is my fax machine works just fine with Magicjack. I'll have to look into this ooma. Anyone else have success using modems with voip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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