ATARI BBS GATEWAY (links to all Atari BBS's on one BBS!)

[+doctorclu]

A long time & stable Dallas BBS has offered to provide a "Favorites page" for

the Atari BBs users. Basically I provided a up to date BBS list of the active

Atari sites out there, and he created a place you can go to, bring up an Atari

telnet menu, and go to an Atari BBS.

 

Ever been curious to see the online world of Atari computers? Come check out

the Prison Board BBS:

 

972-329-0781 (this number good for people want to try out Atari modems,

and dialup means.)

216.62.20.217 (This IP number is great for Lantronix users, and has not

changed for a considerable time.)

 

Never has the online Atari world been so easy to access from your Atari

computer. Simply call up the above system, get to the main menu, X for the

internet menu, and then A for the Atari menu. From there, it is simply a

matter of hitting 1 through 9 for the Atari BBS's. Atari BBS's in many cases

run on real Atari computers like the one you're calling with.

 

And the Prison board makes a great E-mail service too.

 

Let me know here if you have any questions, and many thanks to the Prison Board BBS for this awesome service.

Edited February 25, 2008 by doctorclu

[+doctorclu]

I made some screen prints to show what this is all about. Pictured below we have...

 

the login screen,

 

 

the main menu,

 

The Internet menu..

 

and the "Atari Internet" window. Beautiful eh? That Atari menu will take you to the rest of the (hidden) Atari world.

Edited March 19, 2007 by doctorclu

[+doctorclu]

I'm working to update the Atari BBS list for the new year.

 

Here are the BBS's I was able to get on:

 

1) Boot Factory

2) Inside The Atari 8 Bit

3) Mousenet BBS

 

No response from:

 

1) Darkforces

2) Atari 8-bit Inside (Marius' BBS)

3) ST Guild

4) Closer To Home

 

The Chat link will soon be corrected, but wanted to do all the corrections at once.

(Telnet://irc.atarichat.net 800)

 

Also looking into "The Grove BBS" Telnet://shadow.skeleton.org

(Type BBS and then nothing for the password)

 

Also need to add the chat link for the Tuesday night chat

(Telnet://www.atarinews.org)

 

Alright, please let me know of any other BBS's we need to get on this list before I get the changes made. Thanks all!

 

Ok, so that is what I was able to find out there

[+DarkLord]

I'm working to update the Atari BBS list for the new year.

 

No response from:

 

1) Darkforce

 

Yes, we are down right now, but its not permanent - as soon as I can get another

UDS10 in, we'll be back up and running again.

 

I'll keep everyone posted.

 

Thanks Doc!

[+doctorclu]

Some interesting BBS news... this is just to catch you up so that you can go into the BBS's without having to dig for this and can therefore just jump in....

 

1) Boot Factory sysop Abdul

(Atari 8-bit BBS, emulation, ATASCII option)

Running well. Marius (of the fifth BBS to be mentioned here) mentioned thinking about selling his Atari equipment on the message base here. I really hope he didn't.

 

GAMES ON THE BOOT FACTORY

1. Blackjack

2. Rule Prometheus! (Kingdom)

3. Pro-Zee

4. Keno!

5. Life Expectancy

-. Coal Mines of Midlothian (Selectable from main menu ATASCII needed)

 

2) Inside The Atari 8 Bit sysop Steve

(Atari 8-bit BBS, Real equipment, ATASCII option)

Up and going. Been a little activity on the first message base. The game menu does not seem to be active at this time. However this BBS is known for being possibly multi-channel, so you can have more than one user on at a time, and this is run on the real equipment. Good ANSI screens and menus too for the non-Atari user getting on this one.

 

3) Mousenet BBS

(Atari 8-bit BBS, Real Equipment?, ATASCII option)

"11-04-07 BBS Crash"

"sh*t happens, the BBS was crashed the last days and killed all the Boardfiles and my Boot partition. The userist was not deleted. not I have installed an older Backup from 10-03-07 (only the Boardfiles on Partition 5)"

When I checked the message base was not letting me post. So if someone could please let the sysop know if you know him.

 

MOUSENET has ATASCII cartoons and ASCII picture galleries.

 

4) Darkforces

(Atari ST BBS run on a Mega ST 2)

UDS-10 (Serial to Ethernel adaptor) is down. Will be back up when a replacement comes.

 

DARKFORCES, when it comes back up, is a great ST BBS that has a variety of message areas, and many online games. More on this soon.

 

5) Atari 8-bit Inside (Marius' BBS)

(Atari 8-bit BBS run on the real hardware)

See the first entry for the Boot Factory. Possibly down for good.

 

6) ST Guild Chuck B

(ST BBS run on... ???)

telnet://stguild-bbs.dydns.org/

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:16:19 -0400, Chuck B wrote:

> I have had some problems with over the last few months. I and had to shut it

> down. But if you want I will put it back up right now!! I am going to see

> how things go for a month so give it a try.

 

Will have to see if he is willing to give this another go. Posted a message on the Atari ST newsgroups to see what the plans are. Hopefully Chuck will reply.

 

7) Closer To Home Tom Hunt

(Atari 8 bit BBS run under emulation, ATASCII option)

 

This long time BBS has been basically up for forever. It has spells where it is down while family uses the computer, so who knows on this one. There is a discussion about Tom Hunt's work here.

 

8 ) The Grove BBS

(Atari ST BBS run under emulation.)

Telnet://shadow.skeleton.org

(Type BBS and then nothing for the password)

 

Just got on this BBS the other day, looks really promising.

 

Here are the games...

1. Assassin

2. Galactic Empire 2.41

3. Final Frontier 1.53

4. Space Trader Elite

5. Mount NevereST Trivia

6. Cows 9.0

7. Super Star Trek

8. Death

9. Air Defence 3.8

10. Moria/ST

11. DDST (AD&D ST)

12. Pirate Adventure

13. Ghost Town Adventure

14. Blackjack

15. James Bond: World Domination

16. Trivial Pursuit

 

 

PLEASE if you know of any BBS's that are up that are not listed, please let me know ASAP as we are adjusting the BBS list at telnet://rdfig.net (again x at the main menu for internet, then A for Atari, then select the Atari BBS on the list. There are broken links, this will be all updated completely soon).

 

Also don't forget the Atari IRC chat starting at 8 pm CST. (I'll be a late arrival, but plan to be there eventually.)

Edited December 20, 2007 by doctorclu

[+doctorclu]

FANS OF BBS's and Atari chat rooms...

 

The ATARI GATEWAY has all known BBS's, and a some unknown. To find out which is which, come check it out.

 

There are also links to the Atari IRC chat (which meets at 8 pm CST Thursday, and off and on throughout the week at random times.)

 

And there is a link to the telnet chat (Which meets at 10 am CST Sunday and 7 pm CST Tuesday, and it good as a message area after that)

 

All this updated TODAY! Merry Christmas to all BBS & chat fans, and please come see what is new at the Atari Gateway...

 

telnet://rdfig.net

 

X at the main menu (after you get past all the intro screens) for "Internet"

A for the Atari menu

Then select 1 though 11.

 

 

Important details and FAQ Answers

- I don't think Inside the Atari 8-bit second line is active, but left there since it is off and on.

- Dark Forces is not currenlty up, but will be VERY soon.

- Some of these BBS's like Boot Factory will output character in a strange order when you type. This is a strange echo effect over telnet that needs to be ironed out eventually. However, you can read fine, and if you just type away, the output will look normal on the other side. it is only messed up on your side of the screen.

- The Prison Board BBS that runs the Atari Gateway can run as low as 300 baud, however, it will take about 45 minutes to get past the intro screens. We are currently working on this.

- The Prison Board BBS has a dialup line in addition to telnet access at 972 329 0781

- The Prison Board BBS is considering adding Atari Newsgroups as well as making areas for other computer enthusiasts such as Commodore and others.

[+doctorclu]

There are multiple worlds of BBS gaming easily findable at...

 

The Prison Board BBS...

972 329 0781

telnet://rdfig.net

 

At the main menu type X for the internet menu

 

At that menu you will see links to recently updated Atari & Commodore BBS lists. More than just a list, select the number on the list and the Prison Board will take directly there. *

 

You will find other BBS's in the "Telnet outbound" menu for more BBS's. Collin County & Family Net are Dallas based.

 

And in addtion to all the unique Atari & Commodore BBS games run on real and some emulated Atari & Commodore computers, you also have the option of the many door games that are on the Prison Board. Just select "D" at the main menu.

 

Come check us out at the Prison Board!

 

 

 

(* with some links (a few Atari ones at least) you might find where you get a type echo. Dispite how it looks unless you mistype the end result that the BBS will see and displayed in messages will look normal.)

[+doctorclu]

Announcement that Dark Forces and ST Guild are back up!!

 

(And I'll make sure to have the BBS Gateway on the Prison Board updated!)

 

Welcome back you two! You were missed!!

 

 

ST Guild

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

[+DarkLord]

Announcement that Dark Forces and ST Guild are back up!!

 

(And I'll make sure to have the BBS Gateway on the Prison Board updated!)

 

Welcome back you two! You were missed!!

 

 

ST Guild

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Much appreciated!

[+doctorclu]

Announcement that Dark Forces and ST Guild are back up!!

 

(And I'll make sure to have the BBS Gateway on the Prison Board updated!)

 

Welcome back you two! You were missed!!

 

 

ST Guild

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Much appreciated!

 

 

LOL... there are two BBS's that I really remember getting into. JYBOLAC back in the 80's (and maybe we'll need to bring that back again one day) and then there is your BBS that I used to call long distance in 1999. That was cool. So always glad to have you around.

 

 

Oh then there was Psyclos Empire here in Dallas, an Atari computer with a 10 MEG HARD DRIVE!!

 

We were amazed by this technical marvel in 1982.

[+doctorclu]

I have been able to confirm that Darkforces, and the Grove (ST Atari BBS's) are active. Has anyone had any luck with...

 

How about the ST Guild?

 

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Here is the Grove and Darkforces...

 

 

05 The Grove BBS telnet://shadow.skeleton.org

06 Dark Force BBS (Run on a Mega 2 ST) telnet://darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org (Make sure to hit enter after connecting. It will display “ATA” and go from there. Screen will be blank till you do that.)

Edited May 14, 2008 by doctorclu

[jens]

(Make sure to hit enter after connecting. It will display “ATA” and go from there. Screen will be blank till you do that.)

I do believe this to be true for users of the windows 'dos box' (Don't know the technical term for that in English).

On my Atari I think I had to do nothing.

On my Macs I have different behavior depending on which telnet client I use.

[+doctorclu]

(Make sure to hit enter after connecting. It will display "ATA" and go from there. Screen will be blank till you do that.)

I do believe this to be true for users of the windows 'dos box' (Don't know the technical term for that in English).

On my Atari I think I had to do nothing.

On my Macs I have different behavior depending on which telnet client I use.

 

Interesting, thanks for the observation.

 

Well, let's just say if you see nothing on the screen, try hitting enter/return and see what happens then. Some BBS's need to be woken up.

[sniperstorm]

To make a long story short. ST Guild BBS came down, because some problems I had with the Wife. I got married in 2005 only to find the wife was a total sociopath, with a hidden drug addiction. Not to mention she was going to business and asking them to lend her tens of thousands of dollars, to run her bussiness, with inturn went drugs. So in 2 years, she had stole about $200,000 plus dollars to fuel this addiction. And I found out about it around OCT of 2007. So I pulled down the BBS as well as other projects to focus on getting out of the whole she dug, and walked away from. I think I will take a stab at running it again so please telnet over to it. And I may try to add some games and what not. I am not sure what people even would be using the bbs for. So with that get online, and give me suggestions to make it better, and I will do it.

 

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

[+DarkLord]

To make a long story short. ST Guild BBS came down, because some problems I had with the Wife. I got married in 2005 only to find the wife was a total sociopath, with a hidden drug addiction. Not to mention she was going to business and asking them to lend her tens of thousands of dollars, to run her bussiness, with inturn went drugs. So in 2 years, she had stole about $200,000 plus dollars to fuel this addiction. And I found out about it around OCT of 2007. So I pulled down the BBS as well as other projects to focus on getting out of the whole she dug, and walked away from. I think I will take a stab at running it again so please telnet over to it. And I may try to add some games and what not. I am not sure what people even would be using the bbs for. So with that get online, and give me suggestions to make it better, and I will do it.

 

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Man, bummer....

 

Really sorry to hear about your problems but I hope you do keep your BBS up. Lots of people are still interested in them - I've gotten 70+ calls this month alone.

 

I'll be visiting ya for sure. Hang in there bro!

[+doctorclu]

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Sorry to hear all that too. To a certain degree I understand. :/

 

Well, I have tried telneting to the BBS but not getting an answer. Is there something I need to type to wake the BBS?

[sniperstorm]

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Sorry to hear all that too. To a certain degree I understand. :/

 

Well, I have tried telneting to the BBS but not getting an answer. Is there something I need to type to wake the BBS?

No I had it forwarded to the wrong port sorry. Its up/.

[+doctorclu]

telnet://stguild-bbs.dyndns.org

 

Sorry to hear all that too. To a certain degree I understand. :/

 

Well, I have tried telneting to the BBS but not getting an answer. Is there something I need to type to wake the BBS?

No I had it forwarded to the wrong port sorry. Its up/.

 

Ok, got on, sent E-mail for validation and all.