Lord Cygnus Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 YYZ BBS has had a successful great month with 77 calls to the board! Thanks for all who call on a regular basis and support this Atari 8-bit BBS. (taken 12-29-12) Of the 77 calls so far: Guests = 06 300 bps = 05 2400 bps = 30 9600+ bps = 42 80 column callers = 25 40 column callers = 52 Much thanks to: - Steven Tucker for recently updating the AtariMax APE modem for the board to handle the EOL translations properly for ATASCII/ASCII 40/80 column callers. - Stephen Carden for the lastest registered copy of his customized RealDos to run the board. (nice powerful DOS with extra features) Yours truly, -=[Lord Cygnus]=- SysOp of YYZ BBS YYZ BBS is located in Houston, TX USA. Telnet: yyzbbs.no-ip.org IP: 99.116.104.171 (port 23) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 The rewards for the hard work on your BBS are well deserved Lord Cygnus. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Thanks, Darklord. BBS veterans like you on here is what inspired me to work through all the challenges. Our Atari community still lives (just like in the 80's)! Do you have a recent picture of your BBS equipment? -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Edited December 30, 2012 by Lord Cygnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Umm, lemme see... Don't know if/when I've posted these elsewhere, but here are a few. DarkForce, running in all its (semi) glory. (this shot actually shows the UDS1100, I've switched back to the UDS10 since then): The Mega ST4 that runs the BBS, opened up. You can see the ADSpeed accelerator here: The Lantronix UDS10: And finally, someone sent me this shot, they even log on to DarkForce, on the go! HTHs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I finally registered on YYZ. I'll have to get BOB Term working sometime so I can check it out in ATASCII. Will I get access to the other message bases or is there currently only the one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I finally registered on YYZ. I'll have to get BOB Term working sometime so I can check it out in ATASCII. Will I get access to the other message bases or is there currently only the one? Yes, you have more access now at the YYZ BBS. Thanks for signing up! -=[LC]=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Nice, DarkLord! I like your vintage (good working condition) Atari ST setup for DarkForce BBS. Nice job. -=[LC]=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkman Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkman Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 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: If I had to pick a favorite feature (aside from the amount of control given to the SYSOP), it would be support of VT-52 cursor and color codes in messages and text files. With the VT-52 codes, it's possible to do animation and color changing, which can call attention to your messages. VT-52 animation seems to be the "in" thing on ST BBSs right now, and that may be one reason for Forem ST's popularity; it's one of the few with this feature. I'd love to find an archive of VT-52 animations, but I haven't seen any since my BBSing days. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hmm, honestly - I don't remember ever using VT-52 animations. Might be something to look into! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRotCod Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Not quite sure what the lack of interest was on my BBS, but 1 call every 2 or 3 weeks is just dumb so The Electric Cafe' is forever down permanently. Thanks to everyone who called and tried to support the BBS but it's a waste of equipment and electricity. Edited January 7, 2013 by DocRotCod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Sorry to hear that. I unfortunately seem to only have time for one or two BBS calls per month these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Really sorry to hear that Doc. Sometimes its really hard to attract callers/interest, I'll be the first to admit. I'm also guilty of not calling other Atari based BBS's as much as I should. I usually try to make rounds once a month (at least), but sometimes I don't. Work, family, this, that, or the other always seems to interfere. Again, sorry to see your BBS go - it will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Sorry Docrot. I will admit, i didn't think your BBS was currently active or I had trouble getting on there for a while so thought it was own like a month or two ago. Anyway, thanks for putting the BBS back up. It was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Cygnus Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Not quite sure what the lack of interest was on my BBS, but 1 call every 2 or 3 weeks is just dumb so The Electric Cafe' is forever down permanently. Thanks to everyone who called and tried to support the BBS but it's a waste of equipment and electricity. Sorry to hear that I'm not sure if I called your board and gave it the chance it deserved. Well, if you decide to give it another run, let me know so I can call it on a regular basis! -=[Lord Cygnus]=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRotCod Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks guys for the kind words. With the way things are I just don't have time to devote to it anyways. 3 little girls and another on the way = crazyness! I'm not closed-minded to the thought of ever running a BBS again, it's just better to end this chapter now on The Cafe'. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Wow 4 girls! Congratulations on the upcoming one, btw. If you do decide to reopen the Cafe at some point, please post *loudly* and let us know - I'll make sure I've got you on my regular caller list for BBSs and will be a frequent flyer. PS and I thought my one 10 year old girl is a handful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Folks, recently I did an inactive user "purge" on DarkForce. Any account that hadn't been active for longer than 2 years was deleted. We had over 750+ users listed, but only about 200 or so that are actually calling. Some of those accounts hadn't seen a call in over 10 years... At least 1 person (jens) who had called in that time frame was accidentally caught and deleted as well. So if anyone has any problems, just let me know and I'll fix it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 its possible connect to this bbs via atari8etnerhet cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 its possible connect to this bbs via atari8etnerhet cart? It is possible but I wouldn't advise it. The BBS does not offer a 40 column option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Well...actually we do have a 40 column option, but the lazy SysOp just never got around to doing 40 column screens for each section.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 i cant use this bbs on real atari, because aspeqt dont support R:, APE shareware doesnt know RS232 - in 64bit win7 (in 32bit win7 know) and atarie8thernet cart doesnt work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 can someone join irc.atarichat.net:800 ? i testing something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awace Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 ok at 2400 atari terminal simulator at 2400 bps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awace Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Umm, lemme see... Don't know if/when I've posted these elsewhere, but here are a few. DarkForce, running in all its (semi) glory. (this shot actually shows the UDS1100, I've switched back to the UDS10 since then): The Mega ST4 that runs the BBS, opened up. You can see the ADSpeed accelerator here: The Lantronix UDS10: And finally, someone sent me this shot, they even log on to DarkForce, on the go! HTHs. whell the power supply has to come out and be external 1st off 2nd the square smaller chips need heatsink and fans ! then you can remove the copper and recycle it...I am glad i dont have one of those Ok i would love one of those but it would over heat at my house if i left it on but I do like that detailed picture... you should be fine w out fans unless you can burn youre finger on a chip its time to put a vga cooler on it!. have fun and remember NICE pictures... I tried to got onto telnet://thunderdome.homeip.ne using atari simulatort once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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