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Atari Corp BBS goes online

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This event begins 08/01/2019 and repeats every year forever

In August, 1985 Atari Corp began operating a BBS. The BBS began on two Atari 800 computers and a Corvus hard disk, running the  Nite Light BBS Software. By February, 1987 the BBS had 5 phone lines each connected to an Atari ST. Also in February, 1987 the Atari BBS was averaging 12,000 monthly calls (source: February 1987 issue of Antic Magazine - Volume 5, Number 10 page 52).

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DarkLord

There's a whole thread about the ST setup used to run this. I tried hard to get the hardware

but apparently the current owners/possessors expect boo-koo bucks for them I never could

find common ground with them...  :(

 

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JohnPolka
2 hours ago, DarkLord said:

There's a whole thread about the ST setup used to run this. I tried hard to get the hardware

but apparently the current owners/possessors expect boo-koo bucks for them I never could

find common ground with them...  :(

 

 

Do you have a link to the thread?

 

-JP
 

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DarkLord

Hmm, thought I had started a message thread entitled "DC-Port" but I can't find it now.

 

The thread(s) I'm talking about cover more of the physical hardware, btw.

 

There is a similar message thread:

 

 

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