Tillek

Yeah, but this is clearly an "asked an answered, your honor........" situation. If someone talks about running a BBS and can't be bothered to do a quick search, should they be running a BBS? Do you want to be their full time Yoda?

If you look through this thread and/or do a search on Lantronix in this forum, you'll find examples of working configurations that people have posted. That's the easiest way to set up your own config.

Quack.

We'll see. I start a new job on the 6th, so right now I'm just focusing on the paperwork and making sure everything is good to go for that.... Once everything is locked solid, I'll look at the situation and make a decision one way or the other.

It's not a matter of "can"... It's a matter of "want". I have a few Mega ST's (at least 1 mega 4) and another Mega STE that might be a quick fix... a 2nd Falcon that was flaky but I probably could get working, not to mention the TT. I just don't want to sacrifice another machine. I've already lost a Falcon and MSTE. From what I've been told from the various people who have been out, it definitely came through the network wiring. Everything damaged (from all the neighbors) was hard wired to the network or a network device (in the case of the TV's) that was hard wired. I really think the ST's are just really sensitive to it. I don't know how well those lightning protectors work. But even then, like I said before, this was the actual hardware the BBS ran on back in the 90's. It's more than just losing a mega STE... It's losing THAT MSTE. And on top of that... those games? I don't think anyone plays them. Those old NeST/AtariNet archives? I don't think anyone reads them. So it's really just a matter of how much effort, time and equipment do I throw at something that really isn't used that much. Not to mention that there are at least 3 people talking about putting BBS's up so do we really need SFHQ? There are a lot of other things I could put my time into that would probably be more useful to more people.

It's just really a shame that he's gone. Any captures would be great to see again.

Don Crano's Rubber City Atari

I thought I had it right but might have been backwards. I didn't list Hawaii because I tried connecting to it on multiple days and couldn't. The other one I could connect to and there was a third mentioned (name escapes me) but I couldn't connect to that and I just wrote it off as outdated information on the website. But if you can connect to them, that's good enough for me. I'm heading out on some errands here so I'll take care of it when I get back.

Actually, I'm American, class of 91 and I never had to read any of those books. I mean, I had to read books, and I was in Honors and later AP English... but those books weren't on the list. We had books like "The Once and Future King", "Lord of the Flies", "The Good Earth" and "Of Mice and Men" just to name a few... but then again, the books you mentioned... yeah, probably more the exception than the rule that I didn't have to read them.

In small doses, it can still be fun. As long as we realize at the end of the day the war is long over. I mean, I have Apples and Timex Sinclairs and even a Commodore... and I enjoy them... (Well, not the Commodore, but only because it's a newer acquisition and I just haven't had time, but I plan to really enjoy it soon). Now, it's more like sports fan talk. Trash talk during the game.... then drink beer. Please, everyone, don't take it too seriously... otherwise, you're the judgemental prick bringing everyone down (not suggesting anyone falls into this arena yet, I'm speaking more abstractly.....)

I usually do ignore emkay.......... Thank you... Sincerely... THANK YOU... for pulling the Commode joke. It's been far too long.... and I'm stealing that graphic. (Yeah, I did finally acquire a C128, but still....... It's a classic vintage retro diss......). (*high-five*)...

That's why I put the IP addresses on the Atari BBS List. (It actually resolves them on each page load, not read from the database). As far as more networked BBS's... I don't think we need that. That just encourages people to call fewer BBS's I think. I also don't really think that the IP issue is what is holding people back. I think it's more a matter of getting people who participate in these discussions to actually call BBS's on a semi-regular basis, actively participate in discussions on those BBS's and not just talk about BBSing here. In fact, I'd love to see all discussions on how to RUN a BBS actually take place on BBS's only so that in order to learn how to run one, you first need to learn how to call and post on one.

Too bad it still doesn't send people who try to connect when someone is already on a "busy" signal. I used the MSS-100 for SFHQ because it is (was, I guess) on FidoNet and I needed the domain name resolution. For the Adventurer's Guild (the Carina one) I used a UDS-10 because I have no real need for DNS resolution.

Yeah, what the hell is up with that "What about the Commodore Community" thread? How does someone NOT know? I can't manage to avoid it while trying to find information on the Atari.

So play MIDIMaze on a monochrome monitor?

... and for me to add it to the list. http://www.sfhqbs.org/ataribbslist.php

If you have a copy of BB/ST (and not BBS Express ST) you may be a hero to many.

You need the cable for the 850 (CX-87 if I recall, the CX-88 is the null modem cable so don't get that)... You can get it at best electronics also or try B&C at www.myatari.com (also on ebay as "myatari" but I just checked and all he has on there right now is the CX-88). Then you'll need a 25 pin to 9 pin adapter, because I don't think they made the 850 interface cable in a 9-9 (though you could probably wire one up yourself). Have you tried calling them? They have a phone number at the bottom of the page.

Are there actually any Atari BBS's on dial-up? I thought they were all telnet.

So far, lost a Mega STE, 42" TV, Roku box (the higher end one), the U-Verse gateway, the network switch is faulty (some bad ports), potentially damaged the MSS-100. Not really sure how the other equipment survived (or if anything else fried that I haven't noticed yet). I'm hoping the SFHQ hard drive is ok, but until I get around to hooking it up to another system, I can't be sure. I don't think SFHQ will be coming back unless I can somehow fix the MSTE. The lightning strike actually blew the AT&T box cover off so hard that it flew across the driveway (about 6-7 yards) and broke a window in the building next door. (Fortunately, the landlord owns both). Neighbor across the hall from me lost 2 TV's and her Spectrum box... neighbor upstairs lost a TV, her PC and her AT&T gateway too.

The Veteran Adventurer's Guild is back up (though a test call or two wouldn't hurt just to confirm that it's taking calls from outside the network).

Just to update.... My internet connection is back up and I have the firewall re-configured for the proxy (for accessing BBS's through the SFHQ page that some BBS's use, The Basement being one of them) so if you use that page to access those BBS's, they're good to go. The TVAG BBS is still down as I can't seem to get the new gateway to recognize the Lantronix boxes. The Lantronix device installer sees the two UDS devices, but not the MSS-100 (which was on SFHQ).

Just another question here... Has anyone considered an external option? I'm only asking because I have some other non-Atari ST drives that I'd love to be able to use on my 8-bit if it's possible... For example, the Future Systems GTS 100 and 1000.... Both would be great to use on the A8 (or failing that, a way to take the mech out of the GTS 1000 and use it in an Indus GT as a 360k drive but still have the track display and the buttons.....) Just wondering....

Thing is, if I recall right... you said you wanted to pay about half that. Thing is, I don't think that's likely, unless the thing is broken. Frankly, if I saw someone actually selling one that low, I'd be suspicious.

... and just out of curiosity, did you do something with the ST drive there?