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  1. Kirkman
    I was 14. My dad had taken me on a trip to ToadFest in Maryland in November, where I got to try the Jaguar. Little did I know he and mom were working to obtain one for us.
  2. Kirkman
    We got the Jag for Christmas in 1993. All my other old computers are gone, but the Jaguar remains. And it's been rediscovered by my kids! http://breakintochat.com/blog/2013/11/21/happy-birthday-atari-jaguar/
  3. Kirkman
    Benj Edwards posted this scan of an old advertisement ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Jaguar's retail launch in NY and SF, which is this Friday.
  4. Kirkman
    Don't forget about the Internet Archive. Jason Scott has been tossing terabytes of magazines, books, and other scans into IA for permanent storage. There are a ton of magazines here: http://archive.org/details/computermagazines. If you have scans, I urge you to send 'em to Jason. The IA will make sure they are easily accessible to the world and for all time.
  5. Kirkman
    Yes, I linked to your board and others at the end of the "Remembering Assassin" blog post. But even more interesting, the "C Monster" must have found your board sometime in the last few months. Just a day or two ago I encountered him in the Dark Force Assassin game, and proceeded to kill him. --Josh
  6. Kirkman
    Earlier this year I finally managed to track down Kevin MacFarland, author of the Atari ST BBS door game "Assassin." Thought you guys might enjoy my interview with him. Back then he went by the handle "C Monster." I also wrote up a blog post remembering Assassin. If anyone else remembers the game, I encourage you to leave a comment on the blog! (And, as I mention in the blog, you can still play Assassin today on Dark Force, The Grove, and Starfleet HQ BBSes.)
  7. Kirkman
    Wish I was in SoCal.
  8. Kirkman
    I just checked it out. Very cool to see another new (old) BBS, especially one running a newer version of Space Empire Elite than I had ever played.
  9. Kirkman
    It was a treat to see you had replied to me! I'm a big fan of your blog, particularly your Atari and Apple anecdotes. I grew up on Atari STs given to my family as hand-me-downs and have always loved all things Atari.
  10. Kirkman
    Pretty cool to see TOS included! But this statement struck me as a reach: I don't think Apple took any cues from the Atari ST. Most of their stuff was either original or inspired by work at Xerox PARC.
  11. Kirkman
    Got my S-Video cable. Lovin' it. Thanks, Todd!
  12. Kirkman
    Just got a PM from him. Looks like my cable should arrive this weekend. That would be perfect timing since I took some time off from work to recover from a medical procedure.
  13. Kirkman
    A while back, I came across a Synergy demo done in VT-52. I thought it was cool and made a video capture: http://breakintochat.com/blog/2013/01/23/vt-52-demo-beat-nick-part-2/ Anybody know of other VT-52 demos or animations like this? I know there used to be such things, but I don't know where to find any collections. --Josh
  14. Kirkman
    Agreed. Hope all is well.
  15. Kirkman
    I checked with Jason Scott, but seems like he doesn't have it. I've got to believe there are still copies out there somewhere, maybe on a dead BBS in its file section or something. It might be a wild goose chase, but maybe trolling some of the older remaining telnet BBSes might turn something up.
  16. Kirkman
    Have you contacted Matt Singer directly? He has a LinkedIn profile here: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-singer/31/a42/592
  17. Kirkman
    Anyone ever play the old Atari ST BBS door game "Assassin"? One of my old favorites. You can still play it today on The Grove and Dark Force BBSes. Anyway, I would love to get in touch with the game's authors. I think I may have found Wayne Myers on some social networks (though he hasn't responded to messages), but no luck with Kevin MacFarland. Anyone know/remember them? --Josh
  18. Kirkman
    I found a nice review of FoReM ST from a 1987 Analog magazine: http://archive.org/stream/analog-computing-magazine-58/Analog_Computing_58_1987-10_Adventure_Issue#page/n39/mode/2up Favorite part: I'd love to find an archive of VT-52 animations, but I haven't seen any since my BBSing days. Anyone else?
  19. Kirkman
    Just curious, is anyone out there running a FoReM BBS (either FoReM XEP or FoReM ST)? Also, any of the 8-bit BBSes have any ATASCII animations? I remember once many years ago I had a disk with OASIS software, and it included some animations.
  20. Kirkman
    I never got close to beating this game, but I loved to play it back in the day. Just fired up it up again over the weekend, but couldn't get past the first jump. It's been a long time since I last played.
  21. Kirkman
    I think Cybermorph, Tempest 2000, and NBA Jam were the most-played games in my house. Funnily enough, my 2-year-old son has begun saying "Boom shaka laka." Not because of NBA Jam, but still. One of these days I'll get out the game and let him hear it there.
  22. Kirkman
    Ever since I got fired up about Wikipedia killing off old BBS door game articles, I've been looking through what's left of my old Atari files and stuff. Today I came across a real gem: a textfile I wrote very early in my BBSing career (probably 1992) about why I loved Atari computers and still had hope for the company. As an added bonus, the textfile even gave me the date I started calling BBSes and a short story about who helped me get started (A local sysop who was also an officer of our ACE-St. Louis computer club). I posted the textfile here: http://breakintochat.com/blog/2012/12/24/why-i-love-my-atari-computer/ Man, I wish things had gone differently with the Falcon and the Jaguar. Oh well, I always loved underdogs.
  23. Kirkman
    Yes, it was. I was an Atari fan, and even though I was a kid, it was clear that Atari was an underdog and that the company had made many missteps. Still, the Jaguar seemed like a clean slate, and a chance to reclaim some former glory. So, yeah, it was hard when it didn't work out the way I hoped.
  24. Kirkman
    Our library included Cybermorph, trevor mcfur, tempest 2k, nba jam, syndicate, flipout, and a bunch of others. I didn't realize there was Myst for the Jag. I'll have to check into that.
  25. Kirkman
    Sure. You're still talking about a null-modem connection, right? Socat would let you do that.
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