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Eero Tamminen wrote: In MiNT there's support for this
DarkLord wrote:I'm just curious - why do this and not stick with the original hardware?
Orion_ wrote:DarkLord wrote:I'm just curious - why do this and not stick with the original hardware?
with Atari computers ageing, I would be afraid to let mine run all day for months/years.
mzry wrote:I'm always wanting to find meaningful uses for my retro machines, having a real Atari running a bbs sounds brilliant
DarkLord wrote:mzry wrote:I'm always wanting to find meaningful uses for my retro machines, having a real Atari running a bbs sounds brilliant
There are a handful of us loonies who are dedicated to it. You'll find even more among the 8bit crowd.
tjam wrote:
That's niceAre you aware if there's decent list of telnet based BBS systems somewhere (Atari, Amiga etc) ?
DarkLord wrote:Orion_ wrote:DarkLord wrote:I'm just curious - why do this and not stick with the original hardware?
with Atari computers ageing, I would be afraid to let mine run all day for months/years.
I'm not. I might be the exception (but I don't think so), but my Mega ST4 has been running 24/7 since the early
90's with one 4-5 year break when I transitioned from dial-up to telnet.
That includes a 4 gig SCSI drive...
PS Replaced the MB once and a couple of power supplies - other than that....
jokker wrote:
and i would to thank you DarkLord for your persistence!
DarkLord wrote:tjam wrote:
That's niceAre you aware if there's decent list of telnet based BBS systems somewhere (Atari, Amiga etc) ?
Go to AtariAge and under the 8bit section look for the permanent message base, "Atari 8bit BBS's". Doctor Clu there maintains
a list that is updated periodically although you may have to browse around a bit to find it.
HTHs.
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/174831 ... ated-bbss/
Tillek wrote:DarkLord wrote:tjam wrote:
That's niceAre you aware if there's decent list of telnet based BBS systems somewhere (Atari, Amiga etc) ?
Go to AtariAge and under the 8bit section look for the permanent message base, "Atari 8bit BBS's". Doctor Clu there maintains
a list that is updated periodically although you may have to browse around a bit to find it.
HTHs.
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/174831 ... ated-bbss/
I also have a maintained list at http://www.sfhqbbs.org/ataribbslist.php
You don't have to dig around to find it.
It also has an option to show either domain names or IP addresses.
DarkLord wrote:I'm just curious - why do this and not stick with the original hardware?
Bikerbob wrote:What about this with Hatari on a PC? I have older laptop with real serial and a UDS-100 lantronix box.. so I should be able to run a BBS through that?
James
Eero Tamminen wrote:DarkLord wrote:I'm just curious - why do this and not stick with the original hardware?
Hatari / raspi could act as backup and testing setup before deploying on the real HW. One can also run several Hatari setups on same PC to test BBS upgrades before deployment. If one's aiming at high availability Atari BBS, there should be a backup plan in case of temporary HW failures.
Eero Tamminen wrote:
Hatari / raspi could act as backup and testing setup before deploying on the real HW. One can also run several Hatari setups on same PC to test BBS upgrades before deployment. If one's aiming at high availability Atari BBS, there should be a backup plan in case of temporary HW failures.
Tillek wrote:
I find that somewhat funny as my experience with Hatari is that it really isn't any more "reliable" than my actual hardware.
Tillek wrote:I find that somewhat funny as my experience with Hatari is that it really isn't any more "reliable" than my actual hardware.
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