Bikerbob Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 ME??? I dont play games on BBSs at all.. I just want to call to call.. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I have taken my 8 GB desktop, wiped everything on it and am in the middle of installing Linux Mint, all of my programs are on the cloud anyways and I want to try to get two com ports to work with Steem or Hatari under Linux. I intend to run the BBS under an emulator , but will leave the real ST untouched an running all of tonight while I work on the dial up problem of an emulator. Everything is set up on my BBS I just have to turn it on now, I was working on getting all 10 of my online games to run, and I am proud to say that all 10 work ok. I will put up a list later. As for the PC all I have to loose is Windows 10 and it sucks , so why not got to Linux Mint Cinnamon version for a fresh start? Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 My internet was screwed up last night , the BBS will be up all day and night, as I am working on something else at the moment. Russ It is up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 It seems to be that Linux mint has pre-compiled binaries or socat and tcpserv online so I will be online soon on a couple of BBS systems ...................... Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) On 8/14/2019 at 6:03 PM, rcamp48 said: Spy Visits Spy BBS is now fully operational and has 5 working online games, everything seems to work OK on the 5 games that I have: 1) Dark Lord's Castle 2) DDST -- The Adventure Online Game Vers 1.12 3) Empire -- World War Beta 4) World of Wrestling Federation Online Game 5) ST National, an Atari ST Drag Race Game Sorry but I should have posted this in the ST section, however it pertains to BBS's in general so I will leave it here. I will try to get a few 8 Bit Online games going soon. Russ I just tried the wrestling game and your BBS locked up. -JP Edit: I was able to logon again and tried the ST National Drag Race Game. It's unplayable when you logon to your BBS with ATASCII mode. This game (and I suspect your other games) assume ASCII translation. Edited August 17, 2019 by JohnPolka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 OK I will look it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) https://www.ebay.com/itm/USR-GPRS232-730-Serial-RS232-RS485-to-GPRS-DTU-Support-GSM-GPRS/232133198296?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D59401%26meid%3Db5a33927fe0945cab15e85b0c8d66712%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D282211959352%26itm%3D232133198296%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109 what do you think about these? Edited August 19, 2019 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Not bad but I don't know if I would buy one Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, _The Doctor__ said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/USR-GPRS232-730-Serial-RS232-RS485-to-GPRS-DTU-Support-GSM-GPRS/232133198296?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D59401%26meid%3Db5a33927fe0945cab15e85b0c8d66712%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D282211959352%26itm%3D232133198296%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109 what do you think about these? I wonder how good the documentation is. If it comes with good docs, then it might be worth the gamble to try it out. -JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 So is this just basically something like a Lantronix box that uses cellular networks instead of ethernet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 that's the idea. dial up modern day, but as I read there might be a chance for packet radio off it as well... looks like some restrictions in what cell it will do as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Does someone have a current list of BBSs and addresses? I'm trying to test my SIO2wifi board and need to see if it's a go for wireless connection between the Atari and my rtr and the internet reachable BBSs. Edited September 8, 2019 by Dropcheck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) http://sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php sneak peek.. Alcatraz Girac the Warden EM BBS Express Pro! v2.1a 64.121.84.164 (9000) Unknown Aug 2019 Boot Factory 2k Abdul EM BBS Express Pro! v2.1a 71.62.4.174 (8888) On Line Aug 2019 Dark Force DarkLord ST BBS Express! ST v1.98a 173.80.206.35 (520) On Line Aug 2019 MouseNet Ralf-Markus A8 Old BBS Express v1.0 79.239.91.148 (8888) On Line Aug 2019 Part Time BBS John Polka EM BBS Express Pro! v2.1a 24.22.120.147 (8000) On Line Aug 2019 ST Guild Arch Mage ST BBS Express! v1.98a 24.29.204.255 (23) Unknown Aug 2019 STar Fleet HQ Commodore Clifford ST RatSoft ST v2.1c 99.135.61.89 (5983) On Line Aug 2019 The Basement John Polka EM BBS Express Pro! v2.1a 24.22.120.147 (9000) On Line Aug 2019 The Bates Motel MacRorie ST BBS Express! ST v1.98a 76.14.174.25 (8888) On Line Aug 2019 The Grove Skeezix EM BBS Express! ST v1.98a 24.212.215.196 (23) Off Line Aug 2019 The Resistance Beavis A8 BBS Express Pro! v4.0 73.154.49.234 (10001) On Line Aug 2019 The Veteran Adventurer's Guild Guildmaster Tillek A8 Carina v2.7 99.135.61.89 (3523) On Line Aug 2019 Edited September 8, 2019 by _The Doctor__ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Are there any Atari 8-bit BBSs that can be connected without using an IP address (aka, via a landline phone-number)? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I think there is only 1 and I can't think of it off the top of my head, but chances are there will be more as we keep hearing someones going to do this or that. I might even be one of those somebodies if I can get the energy to do this stuff again or remember to do something from day to day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 9/8/2019 at 8:00 AM, Dropcheck said: Does someone have a current list of BBSs and addresses? I'm trying to test my SIO2wifi board and need to see if it's a go for wireless connection between the Atari and my rtr and the internet reachable BBSs. Dropcheck this is a board you are making? or you bought one and want to test it? how did the tests go btw? If you are making it.. it would be really helpful to have one of these that supports the FULL Hayes AT command set.. because so much of the software back in the day was designed for it. Part of the issues today using Lantronix devices and some of the other wifi or wired "modem" devices is they only support a limited what they think they need command set.. and thats most certainly not true on the BBS end. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Bikerbob said: Dropcheck this is a board you are making? or you bought one and want to test it? how did the tests go btw? If you are making it.. it would be really helpful to have one of these that supports the FULL Hayes AT command set.. because so much of the software back in the day was designed for it. Part of the issues today using Lantronix devices and some of the other wifi or wired "modem" devices is they only support a limited what they think they need command set.. and thats most certainly not true on the BBS end. James Not to mention all the control lines. (CD RI, RTS, CTS, etc). Though what might be good, if easy to implement......... and something the market hasn't seen yet...... An SIO device that mimics a 1030/XM301 or SX212 as SIO... For the software that used those devices (including potentially a ring detector for the joystick port). That would be somewhat epic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 You would think it would be a matter of firmware right? Yeah.. that joystick port thing.. grrrrrr. But to get PUFF BBS running you have to have one. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) The board I am developing is not really meant to run a BBS on. It's purpose is to connect wirelessly to the user's router and use it to communicate with either an internal BBS or external BBS accessible via the internet as a client machine. It's basically an internal version of Stephan Both's sio2wifi board. Now that means of course no hardware control lines since it's based off half the common Rverter circuit. Atari software that implements software flow control should work normally. You will have the ability to disconnect it from the SIO port via a motor control signal switch. Further features such as implementing full flow hardware control etc might be possible, but it would require considerable more development resources than I have at this time. Edited September 11, 2019 by Dropcheck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 23 hours ago, Bikerbob said: You would think it would be a matter of firmware right? Yeah.. that joystick port thing.. grrrrrr. But to get PUFF BBS running you have to have one. James Or the 1030 version of AMIS (which is what I had modified back in the day). I also remember some good 1030 term programs too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Do you know of a BBS that has files for downloading? I've been able to connect to one BBS, so I know the basic connection is okay. The next step is to verify file transfer and chat options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Dropcheck said: Do you know of a BBS that has files for downloading? I've been able to connect to one BBS, so I know the basic connection is okay. The next step is to verify file transfer and chat options. Mine (SFHQ) will be back up in a few hours. Took it down because of a threat of thunderstorms (lost a Mega STE to a strike back in April and a Falcon 030 a few years before that). It's ST though. But there are download files, and you can do a telnet or raw connection. I'll post when it's up. If you're looking for A8, The Basement should have files and JP should be able to be around for chat if you give him a heads up,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Dropcheck said: Do you know of a BBS that has files for downloading? I've been able to connect to one BBS, so I know the basic connection is okay. The next step is to verify file transfer and chat options. Telnet://bfbbs.no-ip.com : 8888 I recommend XModem-1K for the transfer protocol. Edited September 13, 2019 by bf2k+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 5 hours ago, Dropcheck said: Do you know of a BBS that has files for downloading? I've been able to connect to one BBS, so I know the basic connection is okay. The next step is to verify file transfer and chat options. SFHQ is back up. If you wanted to test with telnet, the port is 5983 like it is on the list. I also have a raw port set at 5431 (same url). Lots of protocols to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Dropcheck said: Do you know of a BBS that has files for downloading? I've been able to connect to one BBS, so I know the basic connection is okay. The next step is to verify file transfer and chat options. The Basement and Part-Time BBSs have files for download too (see my signature for telnet addresses). Incidentally, some of the BBSs use telnet protocol (I believe SFHQ and Boot Factory use telnet mode) and others (such as the Basement, Part-Time, and the Resistance) use raw mode. So, it probably would be good to try file transfers on a variety of BBSs. You probably should also test uploading too. -JP Edited September 14, 2019 by JohnPolka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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